Drawing With Pressure-Sensitivity; Drawing With Tilt - Wacom INTUOS 3 User Manual

DRAWING WITH PRESSURE-SENSITIVITY

The Intuos3 pen responds to the nuance and inflection of your hand movements, enabling you to create
natural-looking pen and brush strokes. Many graphics applications have drawing tools that respond to the
pressure you place on the pen. For example, in some drawing programs sliders are used to vary brush
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.
To draw with pressure sensitivity, first
select a pressure-sensitive tool from
your application's tool palette. Then
draw 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. To adjust the tip feel,
see adjusting tip feel and double-click.
The digital ink tools in Microsoft
Windows Vista and Office 2007 also
respond to the pressure you place on
the pen.
Visit our web site for a list of graphics
applications that support pressure.
See product information.

DRAWING WITH TILT

As with pressure sensitivity, the tablet recognizes when you tilt the pen from vertical to inclined positions. In
some drawing applications, tilt can be used to control line shape and thickness. This is like working with an
airbrush where tilt can be used to make a line thin when the tool is vertical, or wide when the tool is tilted. In
other applications, you can adjust tilt to define brush characteristics such as width, color and opacity.
To test tilt, draw a curve in a graphics
application (such as Painter) that
supports tilt. Be sure that the tilt
function in your application is active,
then change the tilt of the pen as you
draw to vary the shape and thickness
of the brush stroke.
As an example, when the brush shape
dynamics in Photoshop have been
configured for tilt operation, tilting the
pen results in an elongated pattern.
This simulates the effects of an
airbrush spray that is angled away
from the paint surface.
To adjust the amount of pen tilt required to produce a desired tilt effect in your application, see customizing
tilt sensitivity. Visit our web site for a list of applications that support tilt. See product information.
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