I have had my WACOM for quite a while now, and every once in a while I'll go into PSP and play with it. Well, I don't know enough about PSP to do anything too fancy, but I'm a sketch artist anyway, right? I draw pretty freaking straight on paper, but suddenly I get a WACOM and it's all bumpy. Is this because the WACOM has some setting I can't find to change sensativity? Is there a way to do it in PSP?

As well are there any PSP guides or tutorials that people suggest over others? I don't know a THING about PSP, so I need brand spanking new beginner guides.

JediKirby

Cool Matty is making some for his site.

Hmm..I'm probably just as clueless. Maybe it has something to do with "snap-to-grid", if such a thing exists in Paint Shop Pro. I'm just speculating, I've never used PSP for more than 5 minutes. Is it bumby in other programs as well?

What other programs would you suggest trying? MSPaint is nothing BUT bumps ;-P

Paint at a higher resolution. Turn down your tablets sensitivity. Use a soft paint brush, not a pencil tool. In photoshop, I use a soft-edged 3 pix brush to sketch with. This removes alot of jerky lines.

I recommend Open Canvas as an alternative, there's free (legal) versions that are older than the current pay version.

Also, try wrapping a piece of sketch paper over your wacom. I found this helps emulate the pencil-on-paper feel alot better. I hate drawing on slippery plastic.

Do you have the small 4x5 Wacom? If so, it means your small hand movements are translating into large screen movements, bringing out the jitter. The first thing I noticed when going from MBeggar's 4x5 to my own 6x8 is how much the jitter was reduced.

So aside from buying a new tablet, follow Mentis' advice.

I often wish I could draw.

It might just mean that you need to get used to it. When I first got my tablet I couldn't draw a straight line worth crap until I practiced a bit and got better at using it.

LMAO! Sorry, that's Playstation Portable, on my website. Not Paint Shop Pro. LMAO!


Kirby: You might need to go into the tablet program, and select only a portion of the screen. This will decrease the amount of area the tablet has to cover, so you get more accurate results. Also, I find that drawing short fast lines to be the best method. No only is it damn near impossible to see when you draw it on your PC, but its easy to do.