Writing And Inking With Pressure Sensitivity - Wacom BAMBOO Manual

WRITING AND INKING WITH PRESSURE SENSITIVITY

The Bamboo pen responds to the nuance and inflection of your hand movements, enabling you to create
natural-looking handwriting and ink strokes. The digital ink tools in Microsoft Windows Vista and Office
2007, as well as the drawing tools in many graphics applications, respond to the pressure you place on the
pen. For example, sliders are used in some applications to vary line characteristics (width, color, and
opacity). These characteristics can be controlled much better by the pen's pressure sensitivity – you can
vary line width, blend colors, and change opacity with the pressure you exert upon the pen.
ERASING
The Bamboo pen eraser works like the eraser on a pencil. Use the pen eraser in Microsoft Windows Vista
and Office 2007 to erase notes or sketches made with digital ink, and to select and delete text or
spreadsheet cells within an application. In graphics applications that support the pen eraser, you can erase
intuitively and naturally. When you use the pen eraser, the application will automatically switch to the eraser
tool. Please note that the eraser is not pressure-sensitive.
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To write, ink, or sketch with pressure sensitivity,
move the pen along the surface of the tablet while
applying various amounts of pressure downward on
the tip of the pen. Press hard for thick lines or dense
color. Press gently for thin lines or softer color. Note
that some applications require that you first select a
pressure-sensitive tool from the application's tool
palette.
To adjust the tip feel, see adjusting tip feel and
double-click.
Visit our web site for a list of applications that
support pressure. See product information.
Visit our web site for a list of
graphics applications that support
the eraser (see product
information). If the eraser is not
supported in an application, you
can still use the eraser for
navigating, inking, annotation, or
sketching.
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