Charlie..I started from scratch like you suggested, it worked that way. The end result was the same as my setup. I went back through my projects I have cut and they were all with canvas Z-fill set at 0. I assume your setup ( Z-fill to top) is the preferred way . Is there a rule of thumb for canvas layer Z-fill setting, depending on the type of project ?
BTW ..update looks great,have not went through all the new options yet. I did try the new medial path cut, that works great .
Thanks Joe
Hi Joe,
The canvas and layers default to having their Z-fill set to the bottom, and then layer blend modes default to Maximum. This makes it easy to fill up the canvas with content for relief/emboss style carving projects. For V-carvings and engravings things need to be reversed, Z-Fills raised to the top of the canvas/layers, the layers inverted, and blend mode set to minimum. I've been thinking about how to make it easier to get from one project style to the other without requiring the user to do so many steps. Maybe when they click "New Project" from the File menu it prompts the user what style project they want to make to establish what the defaults for the canvas and layers should be. It's something I'm still weighing options about.
Keep me posted!
- Charlie
