tablet graphics programs?

[tielan]

What graphics programs do people use for their drawing tablets?

I've got three graphics programs on my computer:

Corel 4: has pressure input and 'pencil drawing' options with clean lines, but very limited in terms of what you can/can't do in correcting, adjusting, manipulating the image.

Paint Shop Pro 8: doesn't have pressure input. I'm accustomed to how this works, though, and know all the shortcuts and stuff.

Photoshop CS: apparently it does have pressure input, I just can't get it to work. And while the keys and shortcuts are configurable, things don't seem to behave logically at all.

I'm wondering if the pressure input problem with PSP is related to the version.

Help?

Comments

[friendshipper.livejournal.com]

I use Photoshop CS2. In CS2, in order to get pressure sensitivity, you need to turn on "shape dynamics", which is in the brushes drop-down (upper right side of menu bar at top of window) when you have the brush tool active. It will cause any change in pressure to change both the width of your stroke, and the lightness/darkness of your stroke, which is a little difficult to get used to.

I've never used CS1, so I don't know if it's the same. I vaguely remember that Photoshop 7 (the precursor to CS) did actually have a different interface ("shape dynamics", or whatever it was called back then, was a check box in one of the palettes, and I don't remember which one) but you do have to activate it in order to get the pressure sensitivity.

Edit: A screenshot is worth a thousand words; click here for screenshot. (http://www.laylalawlor.com/misc/shapedynamics.jpg)

[beanie-j.livejournal.com]

I know that in PSP X there is a palette that allows you to mess around with the variance settings of the brushes for use with pressure sensitive tablets. (View > Palettes > Brush Variance) I'm not sure if this would be found in v8.0 though, since I'm sure v8.0 was Jasc - X is Corel.

To be honest, for the few times I've actually used my tablet, I prefer Corel Painter...

[raksha38.livejournal.com]

Heh, I've barely mastered MS Paint!

[tielan]

Find something other than MS Paint for a graphics program, dear. Really.

[missyvortexdv.livejournal.com]

No idea sadly. I think my other half, who has a tablet, only uses it with GIMP.

[friendshipper.livejournal.com]

I use Photoshop CS2. In CS2, in order to get pressure sensitivity, you need to turn on "shape dynamics", which is in the brushes drop-down (upper right side of menu bar at top of window) when you have the brush tool active. It will cause any change in pressure to change both the width of your stroke, and the lightness/darkness of your stroke, which is a little difficult to get used to.

I've never used CS1, so I don't know if it's the same. I vaguely remember that Photoshop 7 (the precursor to CS) did actually have a different interface ("shape dynamics", or whatever it was called back then, was a check box in one of the palettes, and I don't remember which one) but you do have to activate it in order to get the pressure sensitivity.

Edit: A screenshot is worth a thousand words; click here for screenshot. (http://www.laylalawlor.com/misc/shapedynamics.jpg)

[beanie-j.livejournal.com]

I know that in PSP X there is a palette that allows you to mess around with the variance settings of the brushes for use with pressure sensitive tablets. (View > Palettes > Brush Variance) I'm not sure if this would be found in v8.0 though, since I'm sure v8.0 was Jasc - X is Corel.

To be honest, for the few times I've actually used my tablet, I prefer Corel Painter...

[raksha38.livejournal.com]

Heh, I've barely mastered MS Paint!

[tielan]

Find something other than MS Paint for a graphics program, dear. Really.

[missyvortexdv.livejournal.com]

No idea sadly. I think my other half, who has a tablet, only uses it with GIMP.