Hi @tossytm,
Just to point out what is missing from the online documentation. For the text portion in the home page slider, edit the slide image in the Media library, add Title (to be used in the widget area to select images), Caption and Description. Image size is good to be 1720 x 896px, I use 1920 x 1000px myself and work great.
Although things could be set and work great, I will expect Gavick to improve the frame work or design with third party plug-ins to enable Easier Slide Management, and other theme features.
Thanks all.
Andrew