1 Reply Latest reply: Mar 29, 2012 11:07 PM by c.pfaffenbichler RSS

    Controlling brush darkness with intuos5 pen pressure?

    avpromedia Community Member

      I just bought a pressure sensitve tablet (wacom intuos5 medium).

       

      I want to set it up so I can practice "charcoal drawing" in photoshop without the mess. Specifically, I want the pressure to control the darkness of the brush tool, from very faint to completely black.

       

      So, in the brushes window, I enabled "other dynamics" and set the flow control to pen pressure. It works but not very well. It's hard to draw a faint line, and faint lines appear to be made up of discrete circles.

       

      I also try linking the opacity to the pen pressure, and set flow to 100%. This work better for faint lines, but I'm unable to draw a completely black line. It seems the opacity maxed out at about 40%. I don't want to apply too much pressure lest I break the tablet.

       

      Is there a better way to set this up?