I want to know is there any way to simulate pen pressure for Photoshop without a tablet? A plugin? some sort of brush? Can someone link me a tutorial or something. I just want to doodle in Photoshop. I don't want a career in graphic design.
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If you don't have a presure sensitive device, the options that come to my mind are:
A program that recognizes mouse speed. MyPaint http://mypaint.org
Using a brush with an angle. Like a calligraphy pen.
Using paths inside Photoshop: http://blogs.adobe.com/jkost/2011/05/simulating-pressure-when-stroking-a-path.html
Some vector based programs can add a brush to a path. In ilustrator they are called Natural Media. In Corel Draw Artistic Media.
Fade
feature for brushes, that's about as close as you'll get. Won't read pressure but will fake variations at the ends of strokes.