kirkl -no problem, you can also use my tips
I searched download page and manual (CTRL+F in most browsers)and:
1)
CTRL+F2 doubles canvas size.
[Shift] + [F2] turns on Adjust Canvas Area.(Or hitting "crop on top right three buttons as in the cheat sheet shown) Hit [Shift]+[F2] again to confirm the changes! Hit [F2] alone to cancel the changes!
- Grab the corners with [LMB] to adjust the crop area freely and [RMB] to keep proportions!
- Grab the edges to just adjust the chosen edge!
- Hold [Alt] to adjust crop area symmetrical around original canvas center!
- Grab inside the crop area to move the whole crop area!
You can crop to any size. BEWARE. Verve is in alpha. any size bigger than 2000 can crash on slow systems. On my system I have to stay below 3000x3000 and then use only a few layers. Crash can always happen. save often, also as png as sometimes a saved file can't be open again. On 1280x720 verve is super save. On doubled size I had only once a crash with 15 Layers.
If you have a black canvas after reopening, carefully crop step by step smaller. Good chance that picture will be visible again.
2)
Can't tell you much about this. Share your experiences
There is a merge function which can happen in very unpredictable results. Save before using it!!
STRG+LMB on Layer dot as described in cheat sheet.
Verve is not made for somehow real 3D, but bumps are quite funny to use.
3)
-new canvas texture procedural. [Ctrl]+[p] to toggle through the 3 modes: 0 = fractal noise, 1 = canvas, 2 = grab layer material
- [Ctrl]+[Shift]+[p] to snapshot current layer's material as canvas texture, which also now gets properly saved and loaded again!
Using any picture with alpha as canvas structure:
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