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Creativespirit · #1 (**permalink**) 09-30-2007

I love to draw with PSPX and my Wacom Tablet, using the brush tool. However, I find it difficult to find the correct brush settings that will give me a smooth line that is not going to be all jagged when I zoom right in on it. I hope I'm not asking something that has already been answered, but I couldn't see how to search this forum. I have been receiving the updates to this forum for a couple of years now and it is a HUGE help!

Tracey R (Haley64) · #2 (**permalink**) 09-30-2007

Hello,
Which tablet do you have, and did you try to adjust the settings in it's control panel?
I have the Intuos 3 and even after I adjust the setting in it's control panel for PSP it helped a lot but still needed to play with the PSP brush settings.
I am by no means an expert on Wacom pen settings!! So I just played with them and for the most part have mine set to the soft/lower pressure end of the scales.

Here again I might be missing something but heck this works for me!
First the brush setting which I also saved as a brush preset and it is set to behave like a lite marker or gel pen type line.
Round, Size 9, Hardness 2, Step 1, Density 100, Thickness 60, rotation 0, Opacity 80, Blend mode Normal Stroke Continous is checked. Everything in the Variance palette is set to default with Size being set to pressure.
Now the next thing I figured out is that I needed to find out my actual print size of my image, which for me is 32% zoom level on my image and adjust my brush tip size to that of what a pen would look like (the settings above) Then in order to write on that image (and not draw 2 inch tall letters) I needed to zoom into 80% and then write with the wacom table. Then I zoom back down to my print size of 32% which looks fine and gives me the correct size handwriting with the right size brush tip and it is a lot smoother. From there, I was was then able to figure out and adjust my brush settings if I wanted to doodle with a larger brush tip at a larger inch size drawing.

HTH's and can't wait to see what other says!

I will say that anything OVER zoomed in on is going to be pixelated.

Creativespirit · #3 (**permalink**) 10-04-2007

THANK you for responding. I too have the Intuos 3 tablet. I have been able to adjust my brush settings right in the tablet, and also, PSE allows you to access brush settings from the toolbars. I cannot find a way to access them directly from within PSPX unless I am missing something! I tried your suggested settings, and like it (I saved it as Haley's brush) I think what I was doing wrong was having my hardness and my step way too high. This setting, even if I increase brush size or change opacity, gives me a thick to thin line according to pressure, and also seems a lot better when zooming in on it!
The part about correcting size for printing boggled me so I will save it for later. Right now I am drawing little figures, etc. and saving them as .png items. So I can adjust their size. I am not so concerned with writing.
Thanks again!

Tracey R (Haley64) · #4 (**permalink**) 10-04-2007

Glad it helped you. I also never thought I would use so little hardness on a brush but it seems to do the trick pretty well.

To see your additional brush settings in PSP go to View>Palettes>Brush Variences. This will open a palette that you can dock to the workspace and adjust the different settings for your brush tip.

I knew it was confusing about the print size when I was typing it

That basically was the only way I could get my head around which settings worked best for what I was trying to achieve! LOL