Paint tool SAI Pen pressure not working?
Okay, so i just bought a wacom Intuos 3 to draw with. I installed the driver, and everythings all dandy. i go to use it in SAI, and SAI keeps telling me to "reinstall driver software". So i reinstall it, start up the computer again (which i have VISTA btw), and guess what?! SAI tells me to "reinstall driver software" again!! Well, the pen tool works and everything, it's just the pen pressure. I've done everything you're supposed to do like hit the "press" buttons and things in the advanced tool settings, i just can't figure out why the heck the damn program isn't responding to the driver!! please help!!!
What are the major differences between Wacom Bamboo and Intuos tablets?
Jon's answer is right. Bamboo is made for users who want to "try" the tablet experience, and dabble in digital painting or drawing on rare occasions. Intous has a much more professional feel and and greater sensitivity. Bamboo is a great consumer product, while Intuos really feels like a high end professional tool. With Bamboo tablets the pen must be held closer to the tablet to be recognized. Intuos is more powerful and allows the pen to be held at a great distance, in addition to its extra pressure sensitivity and express keys. As a designer, I would not be able to feel comfortable using a Bamboo. It does feel closer to a toy accessory than a professional tool. The difference in drawing surface size, pressure sensitivity, materials used, and distance of pen recognition really do make a difference. If you will be using this tablet all day long as an artist, go for the Intuos, if you will use it casually or not for artistic purposes the Bamboo is a great fit.
Is MS Paint good with a drawing tablet?
Is MS Paint “good” with a drawing tablet?Short answer is “absolutely”, longer answer is “why wouldn’t it be?”, and the really long answer is about to follow…Point is, if you draw better with a pencil than you do with a mouse, then your MSpaint drawing will be even better when used with a tablet. So MSpaint would be “good” to draw on with a tablet (depending on your mouse-hand vs your pencil-hand).Because your drawings will still immediately reflect your skills with a pen/pencil/brush on paper. It won’t look “good” in Photoshop. Actually, it will look very very bad (in my case at least). I’ve been working with the Wacom Intuos for about a month now.I haven’t set the tablet up for Paint yet. I actually found this question when I was researching ways to accomplish this connection. But if the other answers are correct, and the only thing you are missing out on is pen pressure and brush dynamics. What’s not to like?Unsolicited Art Advice: Match your media and tools to what you’re trying to communicate. What do you want the viewer to see, and how should they see it? Don’t use a screwdriver to hammer nails.Don’t use Photoshop unless you’re ready to be compared to everybody else that uses Photoshop (i.e. “professionals and experts”). If your vision can be expressed using MSpaint, I can think of absolutely no reason to involve a beast of a program like Photoshop or even GIMP.Also, I think MSpaint could be a great way to improve the tablet-hand coordination in a less stressful environment. Once you get enough experience to master the technique, it has to look good no matter what you draw it on (check out MSpaint Adventures).Another example is the work of Kate Beaton (Hark, A Vagrant webcomic). There you can see a very simplistic, loose, and almost “bad” art style. I don’t know if she draws with a tablet, but I think it’s a very good example of successful artistic communication.Her sense of humor is also oddly hilarious, and matches the art direction perfectly.I doesn’t matter what you draw on, just go out there and make some drawings.
Is there a permanent fix for working with Wacom Intuos 3 in Inkscape 0.48?
Make sure you have the most up-to-date wacom driver - from the wacom site. Make sure you have set up the input device in Inkscape (File > Input Devices). Save the settings in Inkscape, and restart the application. If that doesn't work, try a different version of Inkscape, it might be a bug. The current stable release is now at version 0.91. Try using an Inkscape forum for support if you still have problems - there's a bunch of forums listed here: Community | Inkscape
My Wacom pen stopped working, what should I do?
This has happened to me before. These are suggestions for if the Wacom pen (in general, and not only in your drawing software, doesn’t work)Here’s a few things you could try:1. Restart your computer. See if it works. If it doesn’t, continue onto number 2.2. Launch the Wacom app (not sure what it’s called as I’m on a different device right now, but it’s the W icon for Wacom) and make sure all the updates are installed.3. Do the same for your laptop.4. Restart after these steps and see if it works again.5. Untwist the head of your pen (if it easily allows you to) and check the pen nib to make sure it’s not too worn down or loose.6. Uninstall the driver for your pen/tablet and reinstall it.7. If that doesn’t work, contact Wacom’s technical support. Sometimes they can give you further guidance or tips, and if not, hopefully your product is under warranty still (so long as it is not damaged by yourself, of course).If the pen is simply not working when you try to draw in a certain program (like Paint Tool SAI or photoshop), you may have to reset your pen sensitivity, or remove and reinstall the software again.Best of luck!
What are the best drawing softwares to use with Wacom tablets?
Leonardo is a really good drawing software for Wacom tablets. It support pressure sensitivity, have an infinite canvas, easy-to-use UI and is really fast.Full disclosure: I have developed Leonardo myself.
Which software and drawing tablet combination should I use to create my own graphic novel?
If you can afford it, why go for anything less than the best?A Wacom Intuos 4 tablet is a professional tablet which has yet to meet its match, and that's not even taking into account its obscenely more expensive brother - the amazing Cintiq.As for software - that really depends on what you're most comfortable with.These are some of the most popular and best ones:1. Photoshop - without a doubt, the absolute best once mastered. I've used it with my Intuos3 and they work GREAT together.2. Corel Painter 12 - a great realistic painting tool, bridging the gap between traditional media and the digital world. It's awesome - the real brushes simulating the real deal are uncanny, it's almost too good to be believed. However, some of the functions are extremely clumsy to use - resizing or moving images, rotating layers etc, small details which can frustrate the user or slow down the workflow.3. My last recommendation is the Autodesk Sketchbook Pro - some great art can be done with it, and the helper functions for straight lines and angles, let alone the circle straightening algorithms really help out!A helpful program can also be Poser which lets you pose dummies to draw human and animal poses faster and better without losing perspective. A helpful device can also be the Wacom Inkling - a pen that lets you sketch on paper, but vectorizes anything you do while sketching, so you can just transfer your sketches to your PC later. You can also edit them in vector form on layers, so no "imagination" gets lost in the paper-to-pc transfer.Final verdict: if you can, go with Wacom Intuos 4 and Photoshop.But remember - it's not the tools that make the artist! Without the skill, you're just another guy with GAS (gear acquisition syndrome).Some links:http://www.wacom.comhttp://www.adobe.com/products/ph...http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/ser...http://www.corel.com/corel/produ...
Computer Drawing Tablet drawing screen?
I am really considering buying a tablet but had one major question. Frist off i am thinking about getting the Wacom Intuos3 6X8 Pen Tablet. Down to my question. When drawing does the picture that you are drawing show up on the tablet or on the monitor. If it shows up on the monitor how hard is it the figure out the placement of the pen on the screen so your lines go where they need to? That is the only major thing i am concerend about is that i wont be able to get my pencil where i need it to go on the monitor.