Beginner -> tablet & Gimp 2.10

[Nyutator]

Hi everyone

I just bought a tablet and wanted to try it. Gimp seemed to be a good option for it.
I successfully installed my XP PEN start 03 but I didn't succeed in having brush options that match with the drawing I get with a real pen ... not even close.

Do you have any suggestion. Please, keep in mind that I'm a real beginner.

Thank you for your time

EDIT: I have maybe found what I was looking for and it could be the calligraphy tool.

[Ofnuts]

(11-27-2023, 11:13 PM)Nyutator Wrote: Hi everyone

I just bought a tablet and wanted to try it. Gimp seemed to be a good option for it.
I successfully installed my XP PEN start 03 but I didn't succeed in having brush options that match with the drawing I get with a real pen ... not even close.

Do you have any suggestion. Please, keep in mind that I'm a real beginner.

Thank you for your time

EDIT: I have maybe found what I was looking for and it could be the calligraphy tool.

You typically use the paint brush with adequate "Brush dynamics" that map pen pressure to opacity/size.

   

You can make you own dynamics that combine several factors (pressure, velocity, randomness) to act on several parameters (opacity, size, color...)

[rich2005]

Did you install the Windows driver for the XP PEN Star 03 ? see: https://www.xp-pen.com/download/star-03.html

As well as using a dynamics brush setting have you set up the tablet in Edit -> Input Devices ?

This is my Veikk A50 tablet 

   

Edit:

Quote:I have maybe found what I was looking for and it could be the calligraphy tool.

Is that the mypaint calligraphy brush ? It is worth looking at the mypaint set of brushes but the implementation in Gimp is old and no better settings for a tablet than a mouse.

   

If that is your interest then try the actual MyPaint program  https://mypaint.app/about/  which has the updated brushes and controls. It is very much for artists but good fun whatever your skill.

   

[Nyutator]

Thank you so much for your replies.

I finally got good results by selecting 32 bit integer when creating a new image. It changes everything.

Here is what I got with the Ink tool :

 



And here is what I got with the paint brush tool: 

Quote:Did you install the Windows driver for the XP PEN Star 03 ? see: https://www.xp-pen.com/download/star-03.html

Yes

Quote:As well as using a dynamics brush setting have you set up the tablet in Edit -> Input Devices ?

Of course. It was the solution provided by Google.

Quote:Is that the mypaint calligraphy brush ?

No sorry. I was talking about the Ink tool.


Thank you some much for your help