Wacom tablet with Gimp?

[Nateart]

I have succeeded in getting my Wacom intuous 3 6x8 pen tablet installed into Windows 10
Is this functional in Gimp?... like varying line width by pressure applied?
If so, how do I set it up in Gimp?

I've done illustration for books, magazines, puzzles etc. since 1970... take a look if you like =
art portfolio

[Ofnuts]

The Wacom tablets are the most likely to work. Check Windows>Dockable dialogs>Device status. If you have more than one device listed(*) then it should work. To tell Gimp how to use the stylus pressure (and tilt, on your tablet) you use Dynamics..

(*) Normally three since you have a reversible stylus: one for your regular mouse/touchpad, and one for each end of the stylus.

[Nateart]

Thanks... This is what I see... and I can't see a way or option to add devices... how would I do that? (Back to the manual)

   

[Ofnuts]

So, you still have one single device. Gimp should see the tablet when everything configured on the Windows side. I run Linux so I have no recent experience. When I was using Windows (a long time ago). My Wacom wasn't taken in acount by Gimp until I played with the Wacome utilities. This seemed to create a file on the disk that was sufficient for Gimp.

[Nateart]

Inspired by frustration with trying to get Gimp to shake hands with my Wacom Intuos 3 pen tablet, I went searching for another software that would accomplish my simple goals without so much monkey business.

I discovered a possible interesting solution that I'm trying called SAI (http://www.systemax.jp/en/)
Gimp does a lot of cool stuff, but my simple desire to draw an ink line that shifted in thickness based on the stylus pressure seemed to be an insurmountable task, not to mention all the hoop-jumping just to get Wacom and Gimp to talk

SAI immediately made friends with Wacom, including the simple line drawing feature I was after. It also handles most if not all of the features that Gimp does.

It's not totally free, but the price (around $70 I think) is a far cry from having to rent Photoshop or Painter (idiotic concept)

Herewith, a simple quick sketch demonstrating the line feature. This incorporated layers, saves in native file format as well as Photoshop and the usuals (this is a jpg)

   

[rich2005]

Some suggestions

Do not spend any money and try Krita https://krita.org/en/

Do not spend any money and try MyPaint http://mypaint.org/about/

Do not spend any money and try Gimp 2.9.5 dev version which might have better tablet support (and comes with the mypaint brush engine) http://www.partha.com

Even better, do not spend any money and install Linux which has better support for Wacom tablets.

out of interest I tried out my old Wacom Volito in Win10 with mixed results
http://www.gimp-forum.net/Thread-Travels-with-my-Wacom

[yuanshan]

Well GIMP is just fine for what it is a free photo editing program. It in no way compares to PS/CS. I have friends who use strictly P&S cameras, and that is as far as they will ever go, when they asked me how to adjust photos, I told them to use GIMP.  but the user face takes a little getting used to, but some of the general advantages I would say are 1) it's updated more often than PS. 2) Being open source, it's very customizable, and there are always new user-developed plugins & tweaks & twerks being released.  I'm very productive using the XP-Pen Deco 01 ( like Wacom ) pen tablet with GIMP .  That includes Windows and Linux.