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Free software suggestion use with drawing tablet
I recently purchased a Wacom to do some basic drawing on the computer (caricatures, etc.). This is primarily to save paper.
But I am overwhelmed with the number of software available. Any kind of ...
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How to use a Wacom tablet to draw shapes on Microsoft Power Point
I have Power Point 2016 (16.16) running on a Mac with High Sierra and the latest Wacom driver installed on the laptop.
The point is although I can control the input with the Wacom pen, I can't find a ...
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Toggle eraser by tapping or holding pen button
I have a Wacom Intuos (non-Pro). The pen has no eraser on the rear end. I’d like to set it up so I can press or hold one of the thumb buttons on the pen or a key on the keyboard to toggle between the ...
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Wacom tablet/pen with Illustrator
I just acquired a Wacom Intuos CTL4100, and I'm trying to use pressure sensitivity with Illustrator's calligraphic brush tool. I've set the Size to Pressure, and the Variation to match the Size, but ...
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using graphics tablet as left-handed
So I've tried using a graphics tablet for the first time... I am left-handed. This isn't really an issue, when using normal mouse, as I use my right hand and with the left hand I use the keyboard ...
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Customization of Wacom tablet buttons
I am using Wacom Intuos M, together with Sketchbook, to give online math lectures.
In order to be faster, and for the screen to be cleaner, I'd like to use just the 4 tablet buttons to change the ...
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How do you choose between a small and a medium Wacom Intuos graphics tablet?
How do you choose between a small and a medium Wacom Intuos graphics tablet?
I'm a high school student who is extremely intrigued, curious, and enamoured with the idea of using a graphics tablet for ...
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Broken stroke falloff in Photoshop 2020
I'm trying to create strokes with a Wacom Intuos tablet but the brush size falloff seems to be completely broken. Despite diameter control set to “pen pressure” and minimum diameter to 0 I still can't ...
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Wacom Tablet - Photoshop stop brush size changing
In photoshop I'd like to be able to use my wacom to draw straight lines by the click-shift-click method but the brush size changes from large to very small as it would it was pressure related. Has ...
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Choosing a Graphic Tablet
I am new to the world of digital art. All these years, I have used pencil and paper for my art. I am really interested in digital art. I am not into editing photographs, I want to draw and paint stuff ...
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Identification of software
I recently bought a Wacom and wanted to get into online tutoring.
I came across this video of a tutor teaching on o software with this particular type of pen.
Now I tried to search for that particular ...
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How to make even intensity straight lines in GIMP with a stylus
When I want to make a straight line in gimp, I press shift and press at one point then another and it makes a straight line in GIMP between those two points.
However, when I do this with a Wacom ...
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Wacom Cintiq Pro 13 or 24? [closed]
Good evening.
So my Companion 2 just died and I'm looking to upgrade. Wacom tech support quoted a repair at $1,113 which I consider too high, but they also offered me 10% off of the Wacom eStore. ...
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How to toggle between Pen Mode and Mouse Mode with Wacom Intuos Pro Tablet
Using Wacom Intuos Pro Tablets, (Paper in my case):
When editing photos or images using Gimp, Photoshop, etc., I find it helpful to be in "Pen Mode".
But, in vector graphics, I prefer "Mouse Mode", ...
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Intuos 3 Drivers for Mac OSX 10.12 [closed]
I have an old Wacom Intuos 3 tablet (with pen and mouse) that I occasionally use with my Mac (OS 10.12.6 - Sierra).
I noticed my Wacom Intuos 3 mouse was acting strange (clicks not always being ...
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Limit wacom tablet to drawing area?
I've recently bought a Wacom tablet and tried using it with Gimp. Everything works fine so far, I'm just tweaking some things here and there to make it more comfortable for myself.
Something I do for ...
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How can I remove that "Ctrl" sign when I using Wacom pen in Photoshop CC?
when I using Wacom pen in Photoshop CC (Windows 10) and clicking "Cntrl" button it appears "Cntrl" sign which distracts attention and annoying, is there a way to remove it? I was trying to make some ...
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reconfiguring wacom eraser tool for photoshop
I have a Wacom Intuos 3 more than a decade old. The pen nib has been worn down to nothing but still works. I dont think I can get it out anymore since it is basically flat. The eraser tool works great ...
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How do I get smooth lines in illustrator?
I got wacom intuos comic with the latest driver on it. In many tutorial that i saw, people create every time a new brush with pressure and the line looks like this:
But when I do the same exactly ...
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Wacom Tablet: is Intuos more easy to use than Intuos Pro?
Struggling to choose between Wacom Intuos and Intuos Pro:
Somehow, the non-Pro tablet visually looks nicer to work with -
I like it's M size is more compact than Pro M size,
and especially I feel ...
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Drawn lines have big jaws when using One by Wacom
As shown on image below, drawing in Gimp have big jaws in lines, only when using my graphic tablet, the One by Wacom.
I'm also sure it is problem of Gimp because when using Paint Tool Sai, lines ...
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What are the differences between 4 Wacom's Intuos tablets?
On Wacom's site there are 4 Intuos tablets listed: Draw, Art, Photo and Comic. They all look the same except for the border color. From the description it seems like they have subtle important ...
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Graphic designer/illustrator about to buy my first display drawing tablet [duplicate]
I really want a drawing tablet with a display. So far I've looked at the iPad Pro and Cintiq models. But I keep getting caught up in reading reviews, articles, blogs, etc., about each product that I ...
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Wacom Tablet - Illustrator brush tool
I currently got the intuos art wacom tablet so still learning how to use it. I'm currently in illustrator trying to draw out a map and the brush tool is doing something weird and I cannot figure out ...
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How can I switch my Wacom tablet to operate left handed on Windows 10?
I finally upgraded computers and had to go with Windows this time around because it was a really good deal. I don't prefer one OS over the other as long as it gets the job done. I'm having a problem ...
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Prevent Photoshop CC2015 from closing short brush strokes [closed]
How to prevent Photoshop CC2015 (Windows 10) from closing short brush strokes? See the gif below:
In the case of smaller strokes photoshop closes the stroke atomatically. I am using a Wacom Intuos ...
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Changing hardness/size of a brush on a wacom tablet does not work [closed]
My Wacom tablet does not cooperate when I want to change hardness/size of my brush in photoshop.
It works with mouse and shortcuts on keyboard, but when I use alt and click the button on my pen (...
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Lenovo Yoga Tab 3 vs Wacom Intous Pro M [closed]
It is possible to use Lenovo Yoga Tab 3 as a drawing tablet? How do you compare their capabilities? Any information will help. Thanks!
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Wacom Pen leaves outline in Photoshop when I use paint bucket
I'm trying to learn how to use my Wacom tablet in Photoshop.
I just drew a cloud with the pen then used paint bucket to fill it in. There's a very small transparent outline around the cloud outline I ...
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I couldn't use the pen pressure feature of Wacom tablet within Photoshop [closed]
I am using a Wacom Intuos Art tablet in my Windows 10 PC. I am trying to use the brush tool with pen pressure control in Photoshop CC but it doesn't work. I can see an alert icon near control option ...
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Trying to turn brush stokes into something so i can move it without lag
I could not find a font that I liked so I kind of made my own. However I used so many strokes with my brush that it makes ai very laggy when i try to downsize, move etc. I was just wondering whether ...
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Wacom tablet for writing equations and explaining in a video format
Hi I would like to ask you what type of Wacom should I buy if I want to make a video for my students that explain simple mathematics?
What I mean is that I do not need it to draw or anything that ...
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Why is pressure in Calligraphic Brush inactive in illustrator while using wacom tablet? [closed]
Why is pressure in Calligraphic Brush inactive in illustrator while using wacom tablet?
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Line fades at end of line instead of beggining
I'm trying to draw strait lines with the brush tool while holding the SHIFT key and tapping two points on the screen. The problem I'm having is the fade is at the beginning of the line instead of at ...
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Does graphics tablet language matter?
I want to buy a Wacom graphics tablet. I live in Switzerland, where we have multiple national languages (French, German, Italian, ...). I was looking at the prices of the tablet on different websites ...
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Use two fingers as ruler while drawing with Wacom tablet with touch feature
Is there any drawing software on macOS that let you use two fingers for showing a ruler while drawing with pen? Like the iOS 9 Note app for iOS, for example.
Or when placing two fingers on two points,...
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Wacom Tablet With Monitor 16:9 vs 16:10 aspect ratio
I understand that the Wacom Intuos Pro Medium has an active area with a ratio of 16:10. Depending on settings, this can scale across an entire monitor of a different ratio.
Is there a significant ...
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Should I get the Intuos Pro SMALL or LARGE? [closed]
My boyfriend is awesome and is going to be buying me one of those for Christmas this year. I have a macbook pro 13 inch mid 2014. I would like to use it to create digital art, digital drawing ect.
I ...
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Wacom Intuos Pro + Illustrator CC UI bugs [closed]
I just upgraded my old Intuos to an Intuos Pro 4 (Medium).
I work on a Mac running El Capitan, and have the latest Wacom drivers.
Since i changed tablets, i noticed major bugs in Illustrator:
After ...
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Intous Draw pressure sensitivity not working
I just bought my new Wacom Intuos Draw and it's working really well, but in Photoshop 2015.5 and Illustrator 2015.3.1 the pressure sensitivity is not working. When I go to Wacom tablet properties I ...
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Lenovo Thinkpad Yoga compatible wacom-pen
I bought Lenovo Thinkpad Yoga that has wacom pen, but it doesn't have eraser.
I bought a Wacom Pen CTH470, but it doesn't work on the Lenovo Thinkpad Yoga, either it's fake, broken, or the pen tip ...
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Wacom Inkspace: Is it possible to use Inkspace with intuos4?
Is it possible to use Wacom's inkspace with intuos4? If so, can you use the default pen or do you need anything different for it to be compatible?
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Photoshop: Where are the "Pressure for Opacity" and "Pressure for Size" in the custom shortcuts feature?
I am setting up Photoshop commands/tools/functions on a Wacom and would really like to have the "Pressure for Opacity" and "Pressure for Size" options as shortcuts—which would be very useful. There ...
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Intuos Pro Medium or Large for an architect [duplicate]
I'm an architecture student. I draw, design and render with Copic markers and I also have a part time job designing logos and catalogs. I use a 24 inch monitor.
Now I want to buy a Wacom Intuos Pro, ...
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Is there a benefit to using the "eraser" side of a Wacom tablet?
Wacom Intuous and Intuous Pro has an eraser side on it that at least in Photoshop defaults to... the eraser. I'm not sure however, and couldn't find much about that side of the stylus. Not sure if ...
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Is the Monoprice Tablet a good investment? [closed]
I'm planning do to some serious animating and drawing this summer so I've been considering buying a cintiq 13HD. The pad tablet works, but it's not the same feeling as drawing on papers which is why I ...
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My wacom pen out of sync on all graphics app
I installed lot of drawing software:
MediBang Paint Pro
Inkscape
GimPhoto
Krita
MyPaint
but then my pen started out of sync on those apps (cursor shows on about 400 pixel more right and 300 pixel ...
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Unwanted blobs at the end of Adobe Illustrator calligraphy brush strokes
I am currently inking a pencil sketch scanned into my computer and placed in a layer on an Adobe illustrator file. I am using a 3pt calligraphic brush with the size variation set to pressure 3pt. The ...
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Can Illustrator art brushes rotate with a Wacom art pen or airbrush?
The pen for my wacom tablet suffered a fatal accident while moving home, and I'm looking to replace it. Given that all Wacom accessories cost a bomb, I'm considering upgrading to an Art Pen or ...
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Can't use keyboard shortcuts when using my Wacom Intuos? [closed]
So here's my issue: whenever I use my tablet (a Wacom Intuos) I can't use keyboard shortcuts while I'm drawing. In order to use them I have to click out of my artwork (click on the layers panel or ...
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