Tutorials

Dedicated, written tutorials are still being developed. Until they exist, these are the real guides available today: step-by-step walkthroughs to get oriented, and feature documentation to go deeper on a specific tool.

Start here

Getting Started

Install Varve, open the app for the first time, and understand what a beta release means in practice.

Step-by-step guide
Read the guide

Interface Overview

A tour of the toolbar, canvas, layers panel, inspector, timeline, status bar, and workspace modes.

Step-by-step guide
Read the guide

Your First Project

Create a document, add shapes and text, and export your first file.

Step-by-step guide
Read the guide

Go deeper by feature

These describe what each tool does and its current status — useful for understanding capabilities, not yet written as click-by-click walkthroughs.

Vector Tools

Shape primitives, pen and pencil with bezier handles, node editing, and boolean operations.

Feature guide
See the feature guide

Typography

Paragraph and character styling, OpenType features, variable fonts, and text-on-path.

Feature guide
See the feature guide

Motion & Prototyping

Timeline animation, keyframes, easing, Smart Animate, and prototype interactions.

Feature guide
See the feature guide

Export & Code Generation

Export to SVG, React, Flutter, SwiftUI, and PDF, with per-node export settings.

Feature guide
See the feature guide

Want to write one?

Structured, task-based tutorials are on the roadmap but not yet written. See the contribution guidelines.