Topic: How to Stroke in Sai?

Posted under Art Talk

Final problem as of now. Whenever I try to draw freely on SAI, it always have two round tips on the end. What should I change in order to have strokes?

Updated by GameManiac

show me a screenshot of what round tips you are talking about and i can help you

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Mutisija said:
your pressure isnt working. try restarting computer. if it doesnt help, reinstall/update your tablet driver.

I restarted it before. And I don't know what this tablet driver is. XP My Wacom Bamboo is a gift from my friend. XD

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Ponynstuff320 said:
I restarted it before. And I don't know what this tablet driver is. XP My Wacom Bamboo is a gift from my friend. XD

i need to know what model you have. turn your tablet around, there should be a sticker which tells what model it is.

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Mutisija said:
i need to know what model you have. turn your tablet around, there should be a sticker which tells what model it is.

Intuos 2 XD—0608—U Wacom

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Mutisija said:
download one of these and install it on your computer.
http://www.opendrivers.com/modeldriver/wacom_xd-0608-u-driver-download.html

Well, it has the stroking thing. (Which is nice) The reason being is that I toyed with SAI right now. It's also smooth and not jaggedy. But the problem is that it's way too slow. The cursor circle could not keep up with my computer cursor Any suggestions? Is it the Adv. Settings?

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Mutisija said:
download one of these and install it on your computer.
http://www.opendrivers.com/modeldriver/wacom_xd-0608-u-driver-download.html

*sigh* Okay, I guess the main reason why I couldn't get my Properties Tablet working was because I should've press my tablet down with my stylus in order to activate the window instead of the errors. (Which as well explains on why Sai could stroke) Still, I need help on the crusors.

Updated by anonymous

That is the smoothing feature, in short, if you activate smoothing the drawing tool will follow your cursor in a set amount of time, and then use an algorithm to smooth the way your cursor moved ahead of it.

To work better the stronger your smoothing is the longer that amount of time needs to be for the algorithm to work properly (it needs a certain amount of 'points' to calculate the ideal mathematical gradient).

So,you can't have smoothing and instant painting, you'll just have to calculate the tiny lag in, or turn smoothing off.

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Ponynstuff320 said:
Well, it has the stroking thing. (Which is nice) The reason being is that I toyed with SAI right now. It's also smooth and not jaggedy. But the problem is that it's way too slow. The cursor circle could not keep up with my computer cursor Any suggestions? Is it the Adv. Settings?

its supposed to do that. thats how the stabilizer works. you can turn your stabilizer setting a bit lower if it bothers you too much but you seem to be using S-4 which is my default setting so i know that its not difficult to get used to it.

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Mutisija said:
its supposed to do that. thats how the stabilizer works. you can turn your stabilizer setting a bit lower if it bothers you too much but you seem to be using S-4 which is my default setting so i know that its not difficult to get used to it.

NotMeNotYou said:
That is the smoothing feature, in short, if you activate smoothing the drawing tool will follow your cursor in a set amount of time, and then use an algorithm to smooth the way your cursor moved ahead of it.

To work better the stronger your smoothing is the longer that amount of time needs to be for the algorithm to work properly (it needs a certain amount of 'points' to calculate the ideal mathematical gradient).

So,you can't have smoothing and instant painting, you'll just have to calculate the tiny lag in, or turn smoothing off.

Is there a way to get comfortable while you draw on the tablet?

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Ponynstuff320 said:
Is there a way to get comfortable while you draw on the tablet?

just keep drawing

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When the time comes for me to draw with Photoshop CC 2014 (already have the program), I need to get my hands on a drawing tablet.

One I have in mind is the Huion H610. Nicely sized, pressure sensitive, and goes for $48 on eBay.

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