I've been looking at this software and its just awesome! At last, one thing that people forget for realism is that you almost have to simulate the real thing, fluid dynamics does this perfectly!
+The Multichannel Thanks, Multi! Yeah, it's really most of all a feeling or sense it provides that we can relate to and modify intuitively. While Verve really doesn't physically simulate paint, the fluid dynamics have their own nature, which one grows to understand fairly quickly. But I keep experimenting, of course, trying to get more intricate simulations going, besides expanding its general functionality. Thanks again! :o)
No problem! I just downloaded it not long ago and obviously it will take a while to get used to, but I'm wondering. How do you get the leaves for the brush?
Lol, I just realised what I said sounded vague, I mean, what settings do you use to make the leaves that you do in a lot of these examples? Also, I've been drawing with the software, and it actually looks like a real life painting! I might end up trying to use this if I do a speedpaint. The only bad thing is that it seems to have a very limited amount of times when you can undo. But overall its great, and it doesnt seem to bother me.
+The Multichannel Yeah, presently it has one undo per layer. I've been holding a more complex undo system in hopes to find some way to measure the remaining graphics memory. Not sure, yet, when, but I will try to hook up more. In most examples I just used either brush#2 or #3 with a negative bias (That's the big, dark dial on the little brush panel, that also shows interactive brush orientation and says BIAS.). Next to it you find BRISTLE SIZE and BRISTLES underneath that. With those you get some more control, too. Then just stipple like with the corner of a round brush, similar to Bob Ross, you know. With the new versions you can go for different approaches, though, painting a few leafs as brush images and then use either brush#2, #3 or #10 to throw them onto the canvas in various ways. A new youtube clip is coming soon for that! ;o) In the meantime, I'm happy you're giving it a try! I'd love to see you do a speedpainting with it! 8D
Nothing would make me happier than to use this program, but I am on a Mac, unfortunately. I know you are working on a port over to apple, and patiently await the arrival of Verve. This program looks so good Taron. You really have outdone yourself!
John Kennedy I just tested it. It runs quite ok through Parallels Desktop. One important note though: I have a Wacom tablet, I needed to pipe it through Parallels Desktop's USB setup, to make sure I had pressure sensitivity and tilt available. The app can somewhat run though Wine emulation, but it's very limited in terms of pen support, and performance is sub-par, in a way that it takes away from the intuitive artistic flow of this amazing little application.
Just wanted to say that this software is amazing. I'm in no way an artist, but I still enjoy it a lot and can spend hours in it. Almost like a meditation.
Thank you very much, Jane, I'm deeply happy to read that! ♥ The jury on the definition of the title "artist" is still out, if you asked me, but there's no doubt about the pleasure of exploring your power to create and creating you are! I'd love to welcome you on the forum, if you're not already there and I would enjoy to see some of your meditations! 8)
Super impressive. I played around with 0.99u33 the whole day and had a lot fun. But two things I can't figure out: 1. How do you setup the fluid-simulation to get nice streaks like in 3:55? 2. Is there a way to only use pen-tilt (instead of a combination of tile and stroke direction?) I would love to use pen7 for structures with hard edges like buildings and rocks, But through the stroke direction it's tilting randomly.
You should come to the forum for those discussions for sure! But quickly: 1. The canvas texture is responsible for those "streaks". Increase the strength and size, set stretch to 0 and reduce the density to below 50% (for example, but anything goes). Once you push the fluids around, you'll see what will happen! 8) 2. Not sure exactly what you're doing, but in the next version you have far more control over all of that. Random tilting is not part of any version, yet, so I really don't know what you're experiencing there?! :o\ Thanks for giving it a go, for sure! I'd love to see your experiments!!! *forum, forum, forum (LOL)
01:26 What is the brush setting? I love it! And how can I keep my settings? I can't figure out how to export a brush so I can use it again, and figuring out the settings I've got is a bit hard. I have a great brush going atm and I don't want to close the program in case I lose it... I just "happened upon it" :D Thanks for replying :)
AH, riteasrain, hehe, I like your name, haha! EH, first of all, all brush settings are saved with your project. BUT you can also save settings only, which contains the brushes as well. When you open the save requester, [s] or [Shift]+[s] or the mysterious button on top, you can pick the "format" down at the bottom of the file requester. There you have (*.vrv), (*.png), (*.jpg) and (*.vrs), which are Verve Settings. Choose settings and you'll save brushes and fluid settings and so on. Just not the layer settings. Pffff...all of this is going to change quite a bit in the upcoming version, though, but for the better, no worries! ;o)
Taron Thanks Taron. I noticed when I saved it said something about export, so thanks for explaining what the file extensions mean. Fantastic! I am getting some nice effects :) Lol about my username, I tried to get my usual online name "rightasrain"on youtube but it was taken. So I did the next best thing :D You are doing some great work with this program, all the best for future versions.
Very cool program but the interface is hard to understand. Can you make a tutorial that's all about working with brushes on Verve? How can I select the brush tool and switch brushes?
+skylar99 Thanks, Sky, the GUI is getting an overhaul already as many new features join into the mix, too. While you can still select brushes with the number keys (not numpad) or the tiny buttons on the brush section, this will all become more obvious eventually. I also will make actual tutorials then, too. Come to the forum and check the info or just hit [F1] to go directly to the INFO thread on the forum!
In the future this program will set the standard, and knock all the other art programs out the water. This truely is a sandbox of creative freedom. Im telling you Taron, you have created something exceptional. Long may your progress continue.
Thanks, MrSniper! :o) Yeah, I think Verve is a little miracle I'd love to push to where it can go and it's a massively exciting journey already. 8))) I can't wait to get back to the interface and see, if I can come up with something that is inviting to everybody, especially traditional artists. I think, their knowledge and understanding could really bring out what power lies within Verve already, actually. Especially now! 8D Thanks again!
You are very welcome, Agnes! I'll soon release an online "approach" that may even take it further, but I will resume developing Verve itself, too. Thank you! ☺
+Rita Geraghty Well, come and get it! 8) www.taron.de/forum Just go to the Download&Info section to get your copy. Hopefully you have a powerful windows based machine, though! Ideally you have an Nvidia graphics card no older than 5 years!
Hello Taron! Loving all these videos, but quick question. It looks like you're using a mouse, but I can't seem to emulate your movement and fluidity. What is it that you do to work so fast and efficiently in your program?
+Flynchii Cerros Hi Flynchii, I'm using a Wacom Intuos3 tablet as input device. It would be impossible to paint that effortless with a mouse, I'm afraid. Whereby one should never say "impossible". On the forum there are a number of artists, who do stunning work with the mouse. Though, I'm sure it takes a bit longer. 8) Thank you, of course, I'm happy you like it all! Soon there will be more again, too...
Tahaha, thanks and hey, 574X! Well, it's not quite like watercolor, though you can achieve exciting effects of that nature, but it's both less and more as well. Maybe one day I'll hook up more elaborate solutions for greater realism of all such media. For now it's a celebration of art in a digital nature! :o) ...it's time I give music a little break again and return to Verve, right?! ☺
Edit: I had a problem where I could not use this application because it would not dab the paint. I had to move the pen before any paint was applied. This turned out to be, yet again, Windows Ink. Disable it and it works. Windows Ink has been the cause of a lot of tablet issues.
That sounds weird indeed. Not sure what's happening on your system, but you should join the forum so we can explore your troubles more effectively. Bit weird here on youtube, you know.
If it works on your system, I'd imagine you'll have some fun with the mouse, too, way beyond stick figures, but even those can be fun! ;o) Just make sure you read the docs or watch the video carefully to understand how to set it up nicely. And: THANK YOU, Retso! 8D
SWEET! 8) ...looking forward to see some of your experiments! I hope you're planning on joining the forum, too?! 8} When all goes well, I might have a go at all major devices. ;o)
Thanks a lot, Tom! I can't get enough of this kind comparison! 8) I think, what Bob Ross and I have in common is that we just love what we're doing. I'm still sad that he's not around anymore. Anyway, thanks for the encouragement!
You can import jpg, png and paste from clipboard. Only trouble is that it can only end up 8bit, because of the bad import library I'm having to use. It most certainly is part of my plan to solve that as well, but in the meantime...that's all there is. 8[ ...THANKS, though, that you're using Verve in your workflow is really great to hear! 8)
I found a workaround for my problem. I found that huge canvas sizes would result in black imports. But rescaling seemed to fix the problem. Importing into Photoshop from there alows me to rescale and add detail at a higher resolution. But I recently had Verve crash and now I can't seem to open the file that verve crashed on? Is it possible to restore the file? I believe the error said something about an access violation? Sorry, hate to bother you. Verve is awesome though.
Uh, first of all, please, come to the forum! It's much easier to have an exchange there! There you can also post or send me a link to your file so I may download it and have a look! When images get too big, it can happen that loading goes beyond the available Graphics Memory. This would cause an access violation. Above all else, though, I'm sorry you had to encounter such troubles. I'll do my best to solve it! 8)
What do you mean, you can't access it? Do you get a 404 error? It seems to run just fine from here. Worst case, just send me an email. You will find my address on the bottom of my website. You are welcome, of course. I'm making Verve for you, you know, and that- to me- means more than just making a software. :o)
Hey Taron! Just wondering if you'd ever consider porting verve to ios. I'm pretty excited about the iPad pro and it seems like the graphics chip could handle Verve very well. It would be incredible to use Verve out in the field with the Apple pencil! Just planting a seed. Knowing you though that seed has already germinated! Fingers crossed!
+sylewis Hey Sy, yeah, I have been and still am considering iOS, too! It's a big part of my next big push, when I finally get to it. 8} I'm pretty excited about it, too. I've only heard that it should be extremely responsive to the pen?!
That is great news! I'll keep the dream alive to be able to take Verve anywhere with me! With the apple pencil, the iPad samples the position of the tip even more times per second than it does with a finger, allowing for smoother and more accurate strokes. I'm excited to try it. I'm hoping it could finally trump a Wacom cintiq, and be the portable art tablet people like me have been dreaming about for a long time.
So someone asked me on the AMD forums to test this out with my RX Vega 64 LC. He wants to know what the max canvas size resolution is. So far I can set it to 5k (5120x2880) but the next increment up and I get an error "Reserve Access Violation". What I'm testing is if AMD's HBCC technology will allow us to work past what would otherwise by a Vram limitation by making the program think we have 20gb Vram (8GB GPU + giving it 12GB of my system memory, up to terabytes if one were to have that much RAM)
Ah, that's very interesting! I've had this mentioned along with NVidia's 2080, I think. Anyway, if I remember correctly, NVidia's 1080 ti already allowed up to 6k with Verve, which would likely not be the kind of increment you're talking about. However, I'm just amazed at what's possible these days, while I original hadn't intended for Verve to be some super high resolution paint app. Anyway, unless GL or the hardware prohibits it, Verve goes as high as it can, only letting GL do what it does. I don't do any fancy tiling of the canvas with the intent to reach higher resolutions. In other words, it's up to the cards and its memory management at this point. I can't even afford a 1080 ti right now or any system changes. I'm running NVidia's 970 GTX, which lets me do 3k x 3k without any problems whatsoever. But, again, I rarely paint at such resolutions, though, I probably should. Anyway, THANKS for the report/question! I'm very curious myself. 8)
This program looks so fun!! I really would love to try it out, but I was wondering if it would run nice on a laptop? I mean, is there any chance of it ruining or frying my laptop in any way? That is the only thing that has stopped me from trying it out, as I think i remember reading something that happened similar to someone else in the comments of one of you other demos, so I would just like to know as a precaution :) Thanks in advance!
TheLastStarlighter Via bootcamp you can run Verve just fine on a mac, but I will eventually look into compiling for mac, too. However, no, it doesn't "fry" any computers, hehe, unless their graphics card is defect, which seems to have been the case for one person, actually. Since Verve runs mainly on the card and is demanding, it'll heat it up pretty good for sure.
I just downloaded this software today but when I tried to paint with it, I did not experience any fluid simulation. The paint just looks normal and dry. I have Radeon TM RX 460 Graphics Card.
You should come to the forum so we can discuss more in depth. The card sounds fine, even if it's AMD, which is a little crude for shaders and needs very strict instructions. I'm assuming that you have turned the fluidity up, right? If not, then that would answer everything immediately, of course, but I almost can't imagine that you would've missed that. So, yeah, come to the forum for more! THANKS FOR TRYING, that's for sure! 8)
It's still part of my plan to compile for Linux sometime soon. I'm just a little worried to install dual boot on my machine and emulators really are too slow for me to test. 8{ But I'm working on it! 8)
Hey Geo, I'm still developing Verve, no worries! I'm just working on a vst instrument at the moment to keep my mind fresh and strengthen my C++ skills again, since I might switch over to it for Verve as well. So, yeah, it still is happily growing. 8)
Hi. I discovered Verve painter almost 1,5y ago (it was recommended to me) and I instantly fell in love with it. When I switched to Linux about a year ago one of first things I checked was if Verve works and sadly it didn't. I can run the program under wine but several dysfunctions make it impossible to paint. I then checked the forum and found the information that there's going to be a Linux version soon and since then I regularly check the download site with faster heartbeat every time :) Just to let you know, Taron, I love what you do. I feel it's amazing to live in this world with such beautiful, sharing people. And I hope to play with Verve once again one day. Cheers!
Oh, man...deerbard, I'm so sorry, I can't yet do a Linux version, but it remains part of my plans. I know, it sounds silly, but I need another computer to approach this, but can't yet allow myself to go for it. The same goes for a mac version as well, which I'm also eager to compile. Lots of things I'll still have to get to, including a proper update of the GUI. Anyway, thank you very much for your encouraging kindness and patience. I'm not sure how feasible it would be for you to go for a dual boot with win7 or 8.1, but I can imagine it wouldn't be too bad to have that? My drives are too packed and I'm too scared to go for it myself. Probably silly of me. Well, I'll be thrilled to see you on the forum again, at the latest when I did finally do my Linux adventure. I hope, there are proper Wacom/tablet drivers for it then, too?! Cheers!
Ah no, don't be sorry! Just wanted to let you know there are even more fans waiting for a possibility to paint in Verve. And it doesn't sound silly at all, I can't even afford Win atm, not to mention buying a new machine which I really need for drawing :) But I also stopped using Win for other reasons. Yes, there are drivers good enough I think (I'm a complete dummy when it comes to computers but I use tablet every day for drawing in Krita, so I guess Verve could work?). Thx for reply!
What tablet are you using? I mean...do you have linux driving your tablet? Pretty high on my priorities is to really properly support mobile platforms...still have to deal with openGL ES, though. Lots to learn... 8}
Oooh, ah well, never mind...I should've understood. Duh! xP ...yep, that's very comforting. I hope, BlitzMax on Linux will have proper ties to those drivers. Otherwise there would be yet another thing I'd have to figure out.
Such awesome work you have there man. Its really cool how technology enhances art. And I really loved how you added that highlight at 6:06. Looking forward to seeing more. Trying it out right now and loving it. Works super smooth on HP pavilion dv6.
First time I've heard that one?! O_o ...well, tell me some specs of your computer, so I can even begin to imagine the problem. I've had it run on windows 10 with just a cheap intel graphics card (much to my surprise) and it had no troubles.
Taron Well, I have a Wacom Mobile Studio Pro, runs Windows 10 Home edition I think, 8 gbs of ram and an nvidia display something I guess...Intel i5 processor. Im stumped, tried running on a lower compatability, but it didnt seem to work. HALP PLES!
Woooot?! This sounds like it should run beautifully on that one?! Hmmm. Stupid question, but have you updated to the latest windows release? I know, when I got my Cintiq Companion (wished I didn't), it had win8 on it and nothing would run properly until I updated it to 8.1. Then it all worked fairly well, considering the dreadful Intel HD4000 it has (why, oh, why). So, hmmm... I'm stumped myself. Well, always also make sure you run my latest version and try to join the forum for easier troubleshooting!
Taron Hey, just wanted to let you know, I messed with the settings nonstop and only got it to work once. But that one time I was absolutely stunned! Fun program youve got here! Thanks for your help!
+InformationUTAU Thanks, hm, yeah. Settings have changed a bit, but it should still be possible. Come to the forum and let's have a thread about it. There are a number of crazy good aquarelle threads in the Community section!
+InformationUTAU [Ctrl]+[p] will switch canvas texture modes. Hit it twice to get to the same structure as in the video above! That should make things easier/clearer! ;o)
KovarniyPidor "Dullaby" ...you'll find it on my website www.taron.de in the player somewhere middle of the site. Or on my reverbnation.com page and on soundclick.com. Thanks for asking! 8)
@Olipk Well, your English works perfectly for me, hehe! ♥ ...but, yeah, I'm all over the place, that's true. ☺ Not sure, if you've discovered my synth, yet, haha. I do believe that art and music really share a channel and know that it's a real privilege to dare expand these impulses to programming as well. At the end it all is creation and at the very end it all belongs together, of course. I'm very happy you've found my stuff, though, and grateful for you letting me know about it, too! That's awesome! 8) OH, I'd love to see/hear some of your stuff, if you have anything online!
@@Taronites Cool. Good to hear. Just found the software. You said something about transparency with PNG being redundant. Is there a way to export with transparency already? In particular with a dark background so it doesn't pick up that halo of the canvas? If so this will likely be my goto software to make isolations.
Woot.... no, not sure what the context was, but transparency is neve..hold on, that was about the final png export. There's also a component export, which preserves transparency, but it exports color and bump map separately for use in compositing or texturing, you know. However, all the image IO matters will get more options, especially the import. Things will happen! Anyway, check the documentation on the forum and don't hold back, if you have questions for the community forum!
THANK YOU, that's very nice! 8) ...Verve is just a different approach from the ground up. A lot of work still and I still have to find a way to make it "more grateful", but keep at least some of my ideals. I'm keeping the faith in the artists and keep on developing. 8)
I've been looking at this software and its just awesome! At last, one thing that people forget for realism is that you almost have to simulate the real thing, fluid dynamics does this perfectly!
+The Multichannel Thanks, Multi! Yeah, it's really most of all a feeling or sense it provides that we can relate to and modify intuitively. While Verve really doesn't physically simulate paint, the fluid dynamics have their own nature, which one grows to understand fairly quickly. But I keep experimenting, of course, trying to get more intricate simulations going, besides expanding its general functionality. Thanks again! :o)
No problem! I just downloaded it not long ago and obviously it will take a while to get used to, but I'm wondering. How do you get the leaves for the brush?
Lol, I just realised what I said sounded vague, I mean, what settings do you use to make the leaves that you do in a lot of these examples? Also, I've been drawing with the software, and it actually looks like a real life painting! I might end up trying to use this if I do a speedpaint. The only bad thing is that it seems to have a very limited amount of times when you can undo. But overall its great, and it doesnt seem to bother me.
+The Multichannel Yeah, presently it has one undo per layer. I've been holding a more complex undo system in hopes to find some way to measure the remaining graphics memory. Not sure, yet, when, but I will try to hook up more.
In most examples I just used either brush#2 or #3 with a negative bias (That's the big, dark dial on the little brush panel, that also shows interactive brush orientation and says BIAS.). Next to it you find BRISTLE SIZE and BRISTLES underneath that. With those you get some more control, too. Then just stipple like with the corner of a round brush, similar to Bob Ross, you know.
With the new versions you can go for different approaches, though, painting a few leafs as brush images and then use either brush#2, #3 or #10 to throw them onto the canvas in various ways. A new youtube clip is coming soon for that! ;o)
In the meantime, I'm happy you're giving it a try! I'd love to see you do a speedpainting with it! 8D
thanks!
Nothing would make me happier than to use this program, but I am on a Mac, unfortunately. I know you are working on a port over to apple, and patiently await the arrival of Verve. This program looks so good Taron. You really have outdone yourself!
Thanks, John! In the meantime, you should have a look at bootcamp, though!
John Kennedy I just tested it. It runs quite ok through Parallels Desktop. One important note though: I have a Wacom tablet, I needed to pipe it through Parallels Desktop's USB setup, to make sure I had pressure sensitivity and tilt available. The app can somewhat run though Wine emulation, but it's very limited in terms of pen support, and performance is sub-par, in a way that it takes away from the intuitive artistic flow of this amazing little application.
Just wanted to say that this software is amazing. I'm in no way an artist, but I still enjoy it a lot and can spend hours in it. Almost like a meditation.
Thank you very much, Jane, I'm deeply happy to read that! ♥
The jury on the definition of the title "artist" is still out, if you asked me, but there's no doubt about the pleasure of exploring your power to create and creating you are! I'd love to welcome you on the forum, if you're not already there and I would enjoy to see some of your meditations! 8)
Super impressive. I played around with 0.99u33 the whole day and had a lot fun. But two things I can't figure out:
1. How do you setup the fluid-simulation to get nice streaks like in 3:55?
2. Is there a way to only use pen-tilt (instead of a combination of tile and stroke direction?) I would love to use pen7 for structures with hard edges like buildings and rocks, But through the stroke direction it's tilting randomly.
You should come to the forum for those discussions for sure! But quickly:
1. The canvas texture is responsible for those "streaks". Increase the strength and size, set stretch to 0 and reduce the density to below 50% (for example, but anything goes). Once you push the fluids around, you'll see what will happen! 8)
2. Not sure exactly what you're doing, but in the next version you have far more control over all of that. Random tilting is not part of any version, yet, so I really don't know what you're experiencing there?! :o\
Thanks for giving it a go, for sure! I'd love to see your experiments!!! *forum, forum, forum (LOL)
01:26 What is the brush setting? I love it!
And how can I keep my settings? I can't figure out how to export a brush so I can use it again, and figuring out the settings I've got is a bit hard. I have a great brush going atm and I don't want to close the program in case I lose it... I just "happened upon it" :D
Thanks for replying :)
AH, riteasrain, hehe, I like your name, haha! EH, first of all, all brush settings are saved with your project. BUT you can also save settings only, which contains the brushes as well. When you open the save requester, [s] or [Shift]+[s] or the mysterious button on top, you can pick the "format" down at the bottom of the file requester. There you have (*.vrv), (*.png), (*.jpg) and (*.vrs), which are Verve Settings. Choose settings and you'll save brushes and fluid settings and so on. Just not the layer settings. Pffff...all of this is going to change quite a bit in the upcoming version, though, but for the better, no worries! ;o)
Taron Thanks Taron. I noticed when I saved it said something about export, so thanks for explaining what the file extensions mean. Fantastic! I am getting some nice effects :)
Lol about my username, I tried to get my usual online name "rightasrain"on youtube but it was taken. So I did the next best thing :D
You are doing some great work with this program, all the best for future versions.
Ehehe, yeah...I'm amazed I could have my name, that's for sure! But Rain and Rites make a nice pair, too! 8D
Thanks, Rite! ;o)
Taron You're welcome :)
riteasrain hello :)
Very cool program but the interface is hard to understand. Can you make a tutorial that's all about working with brushes on Verve? How can I select the brush tool and switch brushes?
+skylar99 Thanks, Sky, the GUI is getting an overhaul already as many new features join into the mix, too. While you can still select brushes with the number keys (not numpad) or the tiny buttons on the brush section, this will all become more obvious eventually. I also will make actual tutorials then, too. Come to the forum and check the info or just hit [F1] to go directly to the INFO thread on the forum!
+Taron Thank you for explaining this to me! I will definitely check out the forum!
In the future this program will set the standard, and knock all the other art programs out the water. This truely is a sandbox of creative freedom. Im telling you Taron, you have created something exceptional. Long may your progress continue.
Thanks, MrSniper! :o)
Yeah, I think Verve is a little miracle I'd love to push to where it can go and it's a massively exciting journey already. 8)))
I can't wait to get back to the interface and see, if I can come up with something that is inviting to everybody, especially traditional artists. I think, their knowledge and understanding could really bring out what power lies within Verve already, actually. Especially now! 8D
Thanks again!
Genius at work
Waah, thank you, radi0n! I slept by the time it finished uploading...and that's one heck of a nice wake-up welcome! 8)
Amazing thank you just what I was looking for practising my painting without spending tons of money on paints !!!! Thank you very much :))
You are very welcome, Agnes! I'll soon release an online "approach" that may even take it further, but I will resume developing Verve itself, too.
Thank you! ☺
@@Taronites I can't wait to see how far you go :))
I have always loved the behaviour of watercolours on paper. I would love to get my hands on this software Verve.
+Rita Geraghty
Well, come and get it! 8)
www.taron.de/forum
Just go to the Download&Info section to get your copy. Hopefully you have a powerful windows based machine, though! Ideally you have an Nvidia graphics card no older than 5 years!
Your drawings are effortless and intriguing, could watch you draw for hours! Great soundtrack too, you create our own music?
Thanks, Jerry, that's wonderful fuel for me! Yes, it's my own music. Just a tiny selection of old songs. 8)
Hello Taron! Loving all these videos, but quick question. It looks like you're using a mouse, but I can't seem to emulate your movement and fluidity. What is it that you do to work so fast and efficiently in your program?
+Flynchii Cerros Hi Flynchii, I'm using a Wacom Intuos3 tablet as input device. It would be impossible to paint that effortless with a mouse, I'm afraid. Whereby one should never say "impossible". On the forum there are a number of artists, who do stunning work with the mouse. Though, I'm sure it takes a bit longer. 8)
Thank you, of course, I'm happy you like it all! Soon there will be more again, too...
OH WHAT this looks so much faster than all the watercolor I've been doing, plus saves the trouble of scanning/photography
Tahaha, thanks and hey, 574X! Well, it's not quite like watercolor, though you can achieve exciting effects of that nature, but it's both less and more as well. Maybe one day I'll hook up more elaborate solutions for greater realism of all such media. For now it's a celebration of art in a digital nature! :o) ...it's time I give music a little break again and return to Verve, right?! ☺
Edit: I had a problem where I could not use this application because it would not dab the paint. I had to move the pen before any paint was applied.
This turned out to be, yet again, Windows Ink. Disable it and it works.
Windows Ink has been the cause of a lot of tablet issues.
That sounds weird indeed. Not sure what's happening on your system, but you should join the forum so we can explore your troubles more effectively. Bit weird here on youtube, you know.
It is so fun watching you work. I can barely draw a stick-figure, and have only a standard mouse, but I downloaded anyway because it is just so neat!
If it works on your system, I'd imagine you'll have some fun with the mouse, too, way beyond stick figures, but even those can be fun! ;o)
Just make sure you read the docs or watch the video carefully to understand how to set it up nicely.
And: THANK YOU, Retso! 8D
i sit here with a stylus in my hand and have a big smile watchin this video :)
That's nice to hear! 8) ...hope it runs for you!?
Really cool program. Wish it was on the ipad. I downloaded a copy for my pc though.
SWEET! 8) ...looking forward to see some of your experiments! I hope you're planning on joining the forum, too?! 8}
When all goes well, I might have a go at all major devices. ;o)
Thats actually very awesome
Thanks, Shivo! 8)
i feel like youre the bob ross of digital painting. id watch any video of you just painting in verve and talking
Thanks a lot, Tom! I can't get enough of this kind comparison! 8)
I think, what Bob Ross and I have in common is that we just love what we're doing. I'm still sad that he's not around anymore. Anyway, thanks for the encouragement!
4 awsame painting end esay end fast
Is it possible to import images? I've been having troubles with that. Other than that, I use Verve right along Photoshop sometimes for my workflow.
You can import jpg, png and paste from clipboard. Only trouble is that it can only end up 8bit, because of the bad import library I'm having to use. It most certainly is part of my plan to solve that as well, but in the meantime...that's all there is. 8[ ...THANKS, though, that you're using Verve in your workflow is really great to hear! 8)
I found a workaround for my problem. I found that huge canvas sizes would result in black imports. But rescaling seemed to fix the problem. Importing into Photoshop from there alows me to rescale and add detail at a higher resolution.
But I recently had Verve crash and now I can't seem to open the file that verve crashed on? Is it possible to restore the file? I believe the error said something about an access violation?
Sorry, hate to bother you. Verve is awesome though.
Uh, first of all, please, come to the forum! It's much easier to have an exchange there! There you can also post or send me a link to your file so I may download it and have a look! When images get too big, it can happen that loading goes beyond the available Graphics Memory. This would cause an access violation. Above all else, though, I'm sorry you had to encounter such troubles. I'll do my best to solve it! 8)
I can't access the forum for some reason. I appreciate all the help by the way.
Is the forum getting serviced?
What do you mean, you can't access it? Do you get a 404 error? It seems to run just fine from here. Worst case, just send me an email. You will find my address on the bottom of my website. You are welcome, of course. I'm making Verve for you, you know, and that- to me- means more than just making a software. :o)
Hey Taron! Just wondering if you'd ever consider porting verve to ios. I'm pretty excited about the iPad pro and it seems like the graphics chip could handle Verve very well. It would be incredible to use Verve out in the field with the Apple pencil! Just planting a seed. Knowing you though that seed has already germinated! Fingers crossed!
+sylewis Hey Sy, yeah, I have been and still am considering iOS, too! It's a big part of my next big push, when I finally get to it. 8}
I'm pretty excited about it, too. I've only heard that it should be extremely responsive to the pen?!
That is great news! I'll keep the dream alive to be able to take Verve anywhere with me! With the apple pencil, the iPad samples the position of the tip even more times per second than it does with a finger, allowing for smoother and more accurate strokes. I'm excited to try it. I'm hoping it could finally trump a Wacom cintiq, and be the portable art tablet people like me have been dreaming about for a long time.
I realy need to get use to it
So someone asked me on the AMD forums to test this out with my RX Vega 64 LC. He wants to know what the max canvas size resolution is.
So far I can set it to 5k (5120x2880) but the next increment up and I get an error "Reserve Access Violation". What I'm testing is if AMD's HBCC technology will allow us to work past what would otherwise by a Vram limitation by making the program think we have 20gb Vram (8GB GPU + giving it 12GB of my system memory, up to terabytes if one were to have that much RAM)
Ah, that's very interesting! I've had this mentioned along with NVidia's 2080, I think. Anyway, if I remember correctly, NVidia's 1080 ti already allowed up to 6k with Verve, which would likely not be the kind of increment you're talking about. However, I'm just amazed at what's possible these days, while I original hadn't intended for Verve to be some super high resolution paint app. Anyway, unless GL or the hardware prohibits it, Verve goes as high as it can, only letting GL do what it does. I don't do any fancy tiling of the canvas with the intent to reach higher resolutions. In other words, it's up to the cards and its memory management at this point. I can't even afford a 1080 ti right now or any system changes. I'm running NVidia's 970 GTX, which lets me do 3k x 3k without any problems whatsoever. But, again, I rarely paint at such resolutions, though, I probably should.
Anyway, THANKS for the report/question! I'm very curious myself. 8)
@@Taronites I'll let you know if I get it to take advantage of the HBCC.
Thanks for having joined the forum, by the way! And thanks for your brilliant research. It's very helpful and has already been a revelation!
This program looks so fun!! I really would love to try it out, but I was wondering if it would run nice on a laptop? I mean, is there any chance of it ruining or frying my laptop in any way? That is the only thing that has stopped me from trying it out, as I think i remember reading something that happened similar to someone else in the comments of one of you other demos, so I would just like to know as a precaution :) Thanks in advance!
ah nevermind, it seems that Verve is'nt available for mac :/ will it be coming to mac in the future? I would love to see that happen :)
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Via bootcamp you can run Verve just fine on a mac, but I will eventually look into compiling for mac, too. However, no, it doesn't "fry" any computers, hehe, unless their graphics card is defect, which seems to have been the case for one person, actually. Since Verve runs mainly on the card and is demanding, it'll heat it up pretty good for sure.
Taron
Ah alright, thanks for clearing that up!
Beautiful demonstration!
Thanks, Adrian! I'm still thrilled about how easy that works...I'd say all the credit goes to Verve, really! :o}
quick trick: set your entire canvas on fire!!! :P
Kavukamari That's why I enjoy digital art! O_o
Very nice
I LOVE the forest at 3:30, but then it burned! D:
Ehehehe, thanks, Argon! Well, it should be within your power to bring it back to life! ;o)
I just downloaded this software today but when I tried to paint with it, I did not experience any fluid simulation. The paint just looks normal and dry. I have Radeon TM RX 460 Graphics Card.
You should come to the forum so we can discuss more in depth. The card sounds fine, even if it's AMD, which is a little crude for shaders and needs very strict instructions. I'm assuming that you have turned the fluidity up, right? If not, then that would answer everything immediately, of course, but I almost can't imagine that you would've missed that. So, yeah, come to the forum for more! THANKS FOR TRYING, that's for sure! 8)
Yes, I put up the fluidity to 100% and it still looked normal. I'll make a forum.
www.taron.de/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=2490 Here is my forum post.
Yes, GREAT, I saw it! We'll proceed there...
It's really impressive. I would love to see this on Linux, I don't have a Windows machine to test it :/
It's still part of my plan to compile for Linux sometime soon. I'm just a little worried to install dual boot on my machine and emulators really are too slow for me to test. 8{
But I'm working on it! 8)
I'll be waiting xD
Taron Installing dual boot is REALLY easy! (If you know what's a disk partition, ofc)
Golden Fire Thanks, ofc. If only I had space or a reason to justify following such kind advice.
Good job, amazing fluid simulation
Thanks! 8)
is this program still being developed or did he quit?
Hey Geo, I'm still developing Verve, no worries! I'm just working on a vst instrument at the moment to keep my mind fresh and strengthen my C++ skills again, since I might switch over to it for Verve as well. So, yeah, it still is happily growing. 8)
Do you have plans for cross platform? Mac IOS Windows Linux? Does this work with wine?
Hi.
I discovered Verve painter almost 1,5y ago (it was recommended to me) and I instantly fell in love with it. When I switched to Linux about a year ago one of first things I checked was if Verve works and sadly it didn't. I can run the program under wine but several dysfunctions make it impossible to paint. I then checked the forum and found the information that there's going to be a Linux version soon and since then I regularly check the download site with faster heartbeat every time :)
Just to let you know, Taron, I love what you do. I feel it's amazing to live in this world with such beautiful, sharing people. And I hope to play with Verve once again one day. Cheers!
Oh, man...deerbard, I'm so sorry, I can't yet do a Linux version, but it remains part of my plans. I know, it sounds silly, but I need another computer to approach this, but can't yet allow myself to go for it. The same goes for a mac version as well, which I'm also eager to compile. Lots of things I'll still have to get to, including a proper update of the GUI.
Anyway, thank you very much for your encouraging kindness and patience. I'm not sure how feasible it would be for you to go for a dual boot with win7 or 8.1, but I can imagine it wouldn't be too bad to have that? My drives are too packed and I'm too scared to go for it myself. Probably silly of me.
Well, I'll be thrilled to see you on the forum again, at the latest when I did finally do my Linux adventure. I hope, there are proper Wacom/tablet drivers for it then, too?!
Cheers!
Ah no, don't be sorry! Just wanted to let you know there are even more fans waiting for a possibility to paint in Verve. And it doesn't sound silly at all, I can't even afford Win atm, not to mention buying a new machine which I really need for drawing :) But I also stopped using Win for other reasons.
Yes, there are drivers good enough I think (I'm a complete dummy when it comes to computers but I use tablet every day for drawing in Krita, so I guess Verve could work?).
Thx for reply!
What tablet are you using? I mean...do you have linux driving your tablet? Pretty high on my priorities is to really properly support mobile platforms...still have to deal with openGL ES, though. Lots to learn... 8}
Oh, I meant drawing tablet, not mobile device. I use Wacom Intuos 4. It's great btw.
Oooh, ah well, never mind...I should've understood. Duh! xP ...yep, that's very comforting. I hope, BlitzMax on Linux will have proper ties to those drivers. Otherwise there would be yet another thing I'd have to figure out.
Such awesome work you have there man. Its really cool how technology enhances art. And I really loved how you added that highlight at 6:06. Looking forward to seeing more. Trying it out right now and loving it. Works super smooth on HP pavilion dv6.
shaheen sheriff Fantastic, I'm very happy to hear that!!! Thank you! 8D
You should definitely join the forum, I'd love to see your explorations!
Taron I've joined the forum and will definitely try to contribute however I can :D
Very cool! Looking forward to having you around! 8)
Hey, I cant get verve to open properly on Windows 10. It opens but the cursor is stuck in on spot. Am I doing something wrong?
First time I've heard that one?! O_o ...well, tell me some specs of your computer, so I can even begin to imagine the problem. I've had it run on windows 10 with just a cheap intel graphics card (much to my surprise) and it had no troubles.
Taron Well, I have a Wacom Mobile Studio Pro, runs Windows 10 Home edition I think, 8 gbs of ram and an nvidia display something I guess...Intel i5 processor. Im stumped, tried running on a lower compatability, but it didnt seem to work. HALP PLES!
Woooot?! This sounds like it should run beautifully on that one?! Hmmm. Stupid question, but have you updated to the latest windows release? I know, when I got my Cintiq Companion (wished I didn't), it had win8 on it and nothing would run properly until I updated it to 8.1. Then it all worked fairly well, considering the dreadful Intel HD4000 it has (why, oh, why). So, hmmm... I'm stumped myself. Well, always also make sure you run my latest version and try to join the forum for easier troubleshooting!
Taron I will double check, thank you for such a fast reply! Take care!
Taron Hey, just wanted to let you know, I messed with the settings nonstop and only got it to work once. But that one time I was absolutely stunned! Fun program youve got here! Thanks for your help!
amazing as always
If only it was fine for me to say the same...but I really just mean the magic of fluids! 8}
Thanks, Lapna! :o)
Brilliant work, thank you for making this program and I look forward to playing with it myself.
Thanks, Thor! Hope to see you on the forum then! 8)
this was beautiful : ) thanks
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"Jajj" means "Wow", haha, that's so cute!
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one more program to add to my harddrive
Hehehe, you make it sound like your HD will notice the 291kb it has. 8)))
THANK YOU! ;o)
well when you have 2 out of 4 terabytes full in just 3 months it can really stack up XD.
I can see that happening, yes. xD
God I miss the verve videos
Wonderful message, Richard, thanks! I will resume making videos eventually... just want to finish up some things in Verve first.
Taron glad to hear you are still going strong! Keep up the good work, I’m looking forward to seeing more from you
Oh yes, Verve is precious to me. I'll do my best to have some new videos soon! Thanks, again!
Do you know how to do this on the latest build? It looks really awesome
+InformationUTAU Thanks, hm, yeah. Settings have changed a bit, but it should still be possible. Come to the forum and let's have a thread about it. There are a number of crazy good aquarelle threads in the Community section!
Taron
Okay
+InformationUTAU [Ctrl]+[p] will switch canvas texture modes. Hit it twice to get to the same structure as in the video above! That should make things easier/clearer! ;o)
Taron
Thank you! I was trying to register, but it kept saying I got the question at the bottom wrong.
Taron
Also, this may be a really stupid question, but how do you fill the canvas? (I just learned about this program today)
Song name please? (First one)
KovarniyPidor "Dullaby" ...you'll find it on my website www.taron.de in the player somewhere middle of the site. Or on my reverbnation.com page and on soundclick.com.
Thanks for asking! 8)
Taron Thanks! This song is awsome. :)
Ah, I'm very happy you like it! Thanks for letting me know! 8D
@Olipk Funny how by now even the clip itself is an "oldie", haha... Thanks, Olipk! ☺
@Olipk Well, your English works perfectly for me, hehe! ♥ ...but, yeah, I'm all over the place, that's true. ☺
Not sure, if you've discovered my synth, yet, haha. I do believe that art and music really share a channel and know that it's a real privilege to dare expand these impulses to programming as well. At the end it all is creation and at the very end it all belongs together, of course.
I'm very happy you've found my stuff, though, and grateful for you letting me know about it, too! That's awesome! 8)
OH, I'd love to see/hear some of your stuff, if you have anything online!
Is this still being developed?
Yes, yes, yes, it is...I keep making smaller updates, while the last is a while back, but there will come a major one eventually!
@@Taronites Cool. Good to hear. Just found the software. You said something about transparency with PNG being redundant. Is there a way to export with transparency already? In particular with a dark background so it doesn't pick up that halo of the canvas?
If so this will likely be my goto software to make isolations.
Woot.... no, not sure what the context was, but transparency is neve..hold on, that was about the final png export. There's also a component export, which preserves transparency, but it exports color and bump map separately for use in compositing or texturing, you know. However, all the image IO matters will get more options, especially the import. Things will happen! Anyway, check the documentation on the forum and don't hold back, if you have questions for the community forum!
@@Taronites Cool will look into that. Really like what you did here overall. I haven't found anything on the market like it.
THANK YOU, that's very nice! 8) ...Verve is just a different approach from the ground up. A lot of work still and I still have to find a way to make it "more grateful", but keep at least some of my ideals. I'm keeping the faith in the artists and keep on developing. 8)