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How to Adjust the Stylus for a Tablet

Because the art world is gradually shifting to digital media, many artists have ditched traditional paints and inks for convenient graphics tablets. In addition to saving artists a substantial amount of time, these devices let them instantly erase any mistakes. If you're new to graphics tablets, it's important to familiarize yourself with the device's stylus and find the sensitivity settings that best suit your artistic needs. This will take some getting used to at first, but after becoming better acquainted with your tablet you'll find it easy to use.

Things You'll Need

Graphics tablet
Stylus
Artistic software

Instructions

- 1
  Adjust your stylus's pressure settings. Since most tablets manufactured within the last few years are pressure-sensitive, the tone and thickness of your stylus strokes depend upon how much pressure you put on the tablet when drawing. To do away with this feature, access the device's pressure settings menu and select the appropriate brush size and opacity. This will ensure that each stylus stroke is the same brush size and opacity, regardless of how much pressure is put on the tablet.
- 2
  Configure your artistic software's brush size and thickness settings. If you own a tablet that is not pressure sensitive, you'll need to make a few adjustments to your drawing program of choice. Software programs such as PhotoShop and Gimp feature readily accessible menus for opacity, as well as brush size and thickness. Play around with these settings a bit until you find the ones that work for you.
- 3
  Fix your tablet's pen tilt settings. If you have a unique way of holding your stylus, this will ensure that the pen tip does not operate at certain angles and effectively prevents you from making accidental strokes. Open your tablet's pen tilt settings menu and select the angles you would not like the device to recognize.

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