You want Krita to be able to communicate with the hardware, like yourĭrawing tablet. Like to run programs like Krita, called software, on your computer, and The base principle of all of these systems is the same though.

Many of the developers use a system called Linux. People use an operating system called Windows, but people on an Appleĭevice have an operating system called macOS, and some people, including Running on your computer is a basic system doing all the tricky bits of You wait, we’ll go into the details of what it is! Tablet, or on the website of the manufacturer. You can find the driver on a CD that was delivered alongside your This is because you need to install a program called a ‘driver’. Sensitivity you heard so much about doesn’t seem to work. It doesn’t work! Or well, you can make strokes, but that pressure To work with Krita! So you plug in the USB cable, start up Krita and… So you have bought a tablet, a real drawing tablet. If you’re looking for information about iPad or Android tablets, look here. Supported tablets are owned by Krita developers themselves, so they can reliably diagnose and fix bugs. These tablets may not give good results and a pressure-sensitive tablet is recommended. You can tell the difference because a drawing tablet stylus usually has a pointy nib, while a stylus made for finger-touch has a big rubbery round nib, like a finger. Sometimes, people confuse finger-touch styluses with a proper tablet.

Smaller depending on the pressure you put on them, to create richer and Pressure sensitivity, allowing you to make strokes that get bigger or With a properly installed tablet stylus, Krita can use information like These are better to use thanĪ mouse because it’s more natural to draw with a stylus and generally Stylus used to draw directly on the screen.

Another popular format is a computer monitor with Piece of hardware known as a drawing tablet.Ī drawing tablet is a piece of hardware that you can plug into your That’s why most people who draw digitally use a specialized Even worse, extended mouse use can result in carpal tunnel What are Tablets? ¶ĭrawing with a mouse can be unintuitive and difficult compared to pencilĪnd paper. This page is about drawing tablets, what they are, how they work, and

Using krita to draw