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Beginner -> tablet & Gimp 2.10 - Nyutator - 11-27-2023

Hi everyone

I just bought a tablet and wanted to try it. Gimp seemed to be a good option for it.
I successfully installed my XP PEN start 03 but I didn't succeed in having brush options that match with the drawing I get with a real pen ... not even close.

Do you have any suggestion. Please, keep in mind that I'm a real beginner.

Thank you for your time

EDIT: I have maybe found what I was looking for and it could be the calligraphy tool.

RE: Beginner -> tablet & Gimp 2.10 - Ofnuts - 11-28-2023

(11-27-2023, 11:13 PM)Nyutator Wrote: Hi everyone

I just bought a tablet and wanted to try it. Gimp seemed to be a good option for it.
I successfully installed my XP PEN start 03 but I didn't succeed in having brush options that match with the drawing I get with a real pen ... not even close.

Do you have any suggestion. Please, keep in mind that I'm a real beginner.

Thank you for your time

EDIT: I have maybe found what I was looking for and it could be the calligraphy tool.

You typically use the paint brush with adequate "Brush dynamics" that map pen pressure to opacity/size.

[attachment=10675]

You can make you own dynamics that combine several factors (pressure, velocity, randomness) to act on several parameters (opacity, size, color...)

RE: Beginner -> tablet & Gimp 2.10 - rich2005 - 11-28-2023

Did you install the Windows driver for the XP PEN Star 03 ? see: https://www.xp-pen.com/download/star-03.html

As well as using a dynamics brush setting have you set up the tablet in Edit -> Input Devices ?

This is my Veikk A50 tablet

[attachment=10678]

Edit:

Quote:I have maybe found what I was looking for and it could be the calligraphy tool.

Is that the mypaint calligraphy brush ? It is worth looking at the mypaint set of brushes but the implementation in Gimp is old and no better settings for a tablet than a mouse.

[attachment=10679]

If that is your interest then try the actual MyPaint program https://mypaint.app/about/ which has the updated brushes and controls. It is very much for artists but good fun whatever your skill.

[attachment=10680]

RE: Beginner -> tablet & Gimp 2.10 - Nyutator - 11-28-2023

Thank you so much for your replies.

I finally got good results by selecting 32 bit integer when creating a new image. It changes everything.

Here is what I got with the Ink tool :

[Image: calligraphie.png]

And here is what I got with the paint brush tool:

[Image: paint-brush.png]

Quote:Did you install the Windows driver for the XP PEN Star 03 ? see: https://www.xp-pen.com/download/star-03.html

Yes

Quote:As well as using a dynamics brush setting have you set up the tablet in Edit -> Input Devices ?

Of course. It was the solution provided by Google.

Quote:Is that the mypaint calligraphy brush ?

No sorry. I was talking about the Ink tool.

Thank you some much for your help