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Drawing Tablet Setup Tips

This page was last updated on 03/21/2020.

This guide is meant to help Windows users get the most out of their drawing tablets. You don’t need to be a Lazy Nezumi user to benefit from it (but if you’re not, you should really check it out).

I’ll be updating it as I discover new tips, obscure settings, and bug workarounds. I hope this will help to clear up some of the confusion and misinformation I see online a lot. If you have a friend who just got a tablet, please do them a favor and have them read this page.

1. Driver Installation

My tablet pen works, but I don’t get any pressure.

This is a common sign that your tablet doesn’t have a proper driver installed. What likely happened is that Windows installed a generic USB input device driver, instead of the required driver supplied by the tablet manufacturer.

This causes your art application to see your pen as a simple mouse. The app has no way to properly communicate with the tablet, so all it receives is low-resolution screen coordinates, which can lead to jagged/shaky lines. It also doesn’t get any pressure or tilt data, which means that you can’t control the width or shape of your lines. Sadly, some people stay in this situation a long time, not realizing that they’re not getting the real drawing tablet experience.

People are used to plugging devices such as keyboards and mice in and having them work automatically without having to install any software, but this is unfortunately very much not the case for pen tablets.

So if you don’t remember installing the driver yourself, then this is the first thing you should do:

1. Unplug your tablet and exit all applications.
2. Go to your system settings and uninstall any and all tablet drivers/software you can find.
3. Reboot your machine.
4. Go to the tablet manufacturer website. Download and install the latest driver you can find for your model. (Don’t install the driver from the CD that came with the tablet, it is outdated.)
5. Plug the tablet back in.

It’s generally good to stay up to date with drivers, but be aware that new drivers are sometimes released with bugs. For that reason, once you find a driver that works for you, keep a backup copy around.

2. Windows Settings

Windows 7

Windows 7 is a pretty good OS, but they have some pretty bad (possibly the worst) default settings if you use a pen tablet to draw.

First, go to your control panel’s Pen and Touch settings, and disable the Press and hold — right click option. You should also disable flicks. This will prevent lag at the start of your lines.

The next thing you should do is take care of the Tablet PC Input Panel and those annoying/useless ripple ring effects. These things are a little harder to disable.

To get rid of these, you have to stop the Tablet PC Input Service and prevent it from starting again. Go to your control panel’s Administrative Tools, then Services. Find it in the list, right click it, select properties, click the Stop button, and set the Startup Type to «Disabled».

Next, download and run this registry file to disable the pen feedback rings. You’ll also want to kill the wisptis.exe program (which generates these rings) by finding it in the list of processes in the Windows Task Manager (ctrl+shift+esc), selecting it, and clicking the «End Process» button. If you’ve followed these steps correctly, it should not come back after you restart your system. If the rings do come back, your PC is cursed, and can only be cleansed by fire.

Windows 10

For Windows 10, Microsoft has also made some extremely questionable decisions regarding pen/app interaction conventions, infuriating artists everywhere when their April 2018 update caused pen input to scroll and pan windows instead of drawing. We were all dumbfounded to discover that this was indeed not a bug, but a «feature». After more outrage, Microsoft offered a registry key fix to change things back to the old behavior, and then eventually added an option in the Pen & Windows Ink settings (unfortunately this doesn’t work for all apps).

3. Wintab vs Windows Ink

If you own a tablet, you might see these terms mentioned a lot. This section briefly explains what they are, and some history.

These terms differentiate the application programming interfaces (APIs) used by art programs to «talk» to your tablet, in order to receive and use all the special data such as pen pressure, tilt, and high-precision pen coordinates.

The Wintab API was developed in the early 90s by a group of digitizer manufacturers (including Wacom) so that Windows 3 programs could interface with their devices. Drivers that support this API install a «wintab32.dll» DLL file that applications can then dynamically load at runtime. The application can then use a set of functions from this DLL to interface with the tablet. For a long time this was the only tablet API, and all tablet manufacturers and pen-capable applications had to support it.

For Windows 8, Microsoft decided to develop their own native tablet API, named Windows Ink (you’ll also sometimes see WM_POINTER used).

The problem with having two different APIs is that tablet manufacturers now have to support both if they want both modern and legacy applications to work with their devices. Some manufacturers don’t even bother to ship with a Wintab driver anymore (see the tablet section below), which means people can’t use apps that haven’t been updated to use Windows Ink. Please also note that there is no Windows Ink support for Windows 7.

If you’re wondering which API you should use (if your art app lets you choose), there’s no definite answer unfortunately, as both have their issues.

4. Tablet Specific Info

Wacom

This section will show you artist recommended settings for Wacom tablets (you’ll find similar settings for other tablet brands).

You should check the force proportions option, otherwise the input area’s aspect ratio might not match your screen, which means that you’ll get ellipses when you draw circles.

Set the double click distance to OFF, otherwise you might get a slight delay at the start of your lines.

Some older art programs assumed that the tablets would always only have 1024 pressure levels. If you use them with newer tablets that have more pressure levels, they won’t be using the full pressure range, resulting in very thin lines. You should only have the 1024 compatibility option enabled (via the Options button) if you’re using one of these programs, otherwise you’re basically reducing the sensitivity of your pen.

Finally, if you’re using your tablet with apps that require the Windows Ink API (see the app section below), make sure that this option is checked, otherwise these apps will not work correctly.

Surface Pro

The Surface Pro 1 and 2 used Wacom digitizers, so naturally they came with Wintab drivers installed.

For the Surface Pro 3 released in 2014, Microsoft ditched Wacom and instead used a (vastly inferior) digitizer from N-Trig. Surprisingly (or not, depending on your views of Microsoft‘s interest in making tablets that illustrators can actually draw with), they did not bother to ship this tablet with any Wintab drivers pre-installed. This led to lots of confused artists wondering why their pen had no pressure, as most art software was not using Windows Ink yet.

They still don’t ship the newer Surface Pro and Surface Book machines with Wintab drivers, so if you want to use an older art application with these devices, you’ll have to install these manually. You can download the 32bit and 64bit installers here and here.

Asus Zenbook, Samsung Galaxy, Dell Inspiron 2-in-1

These tablet computers (and probably many others) also don’t bother to ship with Wintab drivers. Luckily, you can install the same ones that work for the Surface Pro!

5. App Specific Info

Most art applications will let you choose between Wintab and Windows Ink in their tablet settings, or will silently choose whichever is available. If you’re having issues with one, you can usually switch to the other and see if things are better. Now let’s talk about Photoshop.

Photoshop CS6 and older

These versions were released before Windows Ink existed, so they use the Wintab API.

The Photoshop input engine is very «sensitive». It will inexplicably decide to ignore tablet input and use low-res mouse coordinates instead, leading to pressure loss and jittery lines. If you’re using CS5 or CS6, Lazy Nezumi Pro‘s Jitter Bug Fix option can help with this (via Settings/Edit Photoshop Options).

Because these versions were released before high-DPI monitors existed, Win10 will scale their window UI so that they don’t look tiny on these monitors. The problem with this is that the Wintab driver and Photoshop won’t agree on how big the desktop is, leading to tablet/screen conversion errors that can cause offset lines. Lazy Nezumi Pro‘s «Settings/Tablet Options/Pen Offset Fix» can help with this. You can also try forcing Win10 to not scale the UI by setting these high-DPI settings via the app’s compatibility tab.

Photoshop CC

The latest versions of Photoshop use Windows Ink by default, so if you’re using a Wacom tablet, make sure Windows Ink is enabled in the Wacom Tablet Properties. If it is not enabled, Photoshop will not fall back to Wintab automatically, and you will get low-res, no-pressure lines (which many users found out when they simply tried disabling Windows Ink when Microsoft released the update that turned the pen into a glorified scroll wheel).

There is a way to have Photoshop use Wintab instead, but you have to edit a special configuration file named PSUserConfig.txt (they created a mess by not having this as a simple option in the actual app settings, as is done in other art apps). Unless you’re still using Windows 7 (where Windows Ink is not supported), this is not recommended as Windows Ink tablet input is supposed to be a lot less buggy.

February 2020

Version 21.1.0 of Photoshop 2020 introduced some new bugs with Wintab which make it unusable.

At the same time, Adobe also said that they had fixed the last known issues that previously required using WinTab . I guess they forgot about all Windows 7 users.

March 2020

Version 21.1.1 of Photoshop 2020 fixed the Wintab regression that was introduced in the previous version. And apparently they hadn’t fixed all the Windows Ink issues, as this version also fixed slow/sticky sliders when using Windows Ink with a stylus/tablet . Congratulations to Adobe for finally getting that one intern who has a tablet to test Photoshop with it!

If you are still having problems with Windows Ink, be sure to let them know by replying to this twitter thread, or on their forums.

October 2020

Version 22.0 of Photoshop 2021 removed Wintab support. If you try using the PSUserConfig.txt trick, you will now get no pen input. You must remove that file and enable Windows Ink in your tablet settings. If you’re still using Windows 7, you can’t use this version.

Lazy Nezumi is a trademark of Guillaume Stordeur. Adobe, Photoshop and Flash are trademarks of Adobe Systems Inc. Windows is a trademark of Microsoft Corp.

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Line Smoothing with Lazy Nezumi Pro

This tutorial will show you how to use Lazy Nezumi Pro‘s various smoothing options to get better looking lines. Whether you are doing a quick sketch, or working on meticulous line art, you will be able to find settings that will complement your style, and help you work faster.

While experimenting with the settings, you can create a new empty preset via the Presets/New menu. Then click on the arrow button next to the preset list to expand the UI and see all the different sections.

Lazy Nezumi Pro works with a mouse or a graphics tablet, but for best results, using a tablet is recommended. A tablet pen is pressure sensitive, which allows you to control the thickness and/or opacity of your lines. You cannot do this with a mouse. Mice are also a lot less precise, so you will likely have to increase the smoothing amounts to get good results.

If you don’t feel like diving into all the settings, feel free to use one of the Smoothing presets that come installed with Lazy Nezumi Pro. The Subtle, Massive, and Pulled String presets are great starting points for most people. If you want to know how to fine tune the program to get the most out of it, read on!

1. Pulled String

The first mode option in the Position Smoothing section is called Pulled String.

This mode is great for slow, detailed line work. It makes your brush behave like if it was attached to a piece of string that you can pull around. You can control how long the string is via the String Length parameter slider. The longer the string, the less sensitive your brush stroke will be to digital jitter and shakiness of your hand.

The brush will only move when the string is fully extended, which makes it easy to draw sharp corners. Note that with this mode, the line ends as soon as you lift your pen.

2. Moving Average

The second mode option in the Position Smoothing section is called Moving Average.

This mode smoothes your line by continuously averaging your previous pen positions, which makes it great for curvy lines with rounded corners. You will want to adjust the Amount parameter to your preference. A higher amount will produce smoother lines, but will also increase brush lag.

When you select this mode, a Catch Up checkbox will appear.

• When Catch Up is OFF, your brush will only move when you move your pen. This can be useful when you are drawing slowly and need total control.
• When Catch Up is ON, your brush will catch up to your pen position when you stop, and at the end of your stroke when you lift your pen. This option should be used for faster drawing.

Catch Up OFF

Catch Up ON

Another thing to note about Catch Up: when it’s ON, your line endings will change depending on how much Pressure Smoothing you use (controlled via the Moving Average or Exponential Moving Average mode of the Pressure Processing section of the preset).

Before experimenting with this setting, make sure that you have mapped pen pressure to brush size or opacity in your art software, or you won’t notice any effect.

• If there is more position smoothing than pressure smoothing, your line will end in a sharp point, but will not fully reach the pen lift position.
• If both amounts are about the same, your line will end in a sharp point at the pen lift position.
• If there is more pressure smoothing than position smoothing, your line will end at the pen lift position, but not in a sharp point.

The following image illustrates this. All three lines were drawn from top to bottom using the same hand movement, with the position smoothing amount set to 30. The number underneath each line is the pressure smoothing amount used.

Generally, if you want your lines to look balanced, you should use the same amount for both position and pressure smoothing.

3. Exponential Moving Average

The third mode option in the Position Smoothing section is called Exponential Moving Average.

This mode is similar to Moving Average, but gives more importance to recent samples when computing the average. This results in a slightly different feel while drawing. The most notable difference is that curves will straighten out a lot faster while the line is catching up. This can provide better control for lines that need to be mostly straight with tight curves.

4. Weighted

The Smoothing — Weighted preset uses a custom script instead of the Position Smoothing section. This started out as an experiment, and it turned out to be really popular for calligraphy, so it will probably get moved into the Position Smoothing section in a future update!

This script smoothes your lines by giving your brush a mass, and applying a force to it based on how far away the pen is from it. The drag parameter affects the momentum of the brush. By adjusting the parameters, it’s possible to obtain auto-rotation and other gravity-like effects which can be a lot of fun!

Another special property of this preset is that the output pressure is computed directly based on how fast the brush is moving. The maxPressureSpeed parameter sets the speed at which the maximum pressure will be output, so try lowering the value if you aren’t drawing fast enough and are getting very thin lines.

5. Jittery/Aliased Lines

Some art programs do not handle tablet input correctly, and this can result in jittery or aliased looking lines (especially when zooming out), even with Lazy Nezumi Pro smoothing enabled.

If you are using Photoshop CS5 or CS6, Lazy Nezumi Pro has a setting that can help. Go to the Settings/Edit Photoshop Options menu and check the Fix Jitter Bug option. This will work as long as the plugin is loaded, even if your preset is not currently enabled.

If you are using a more recent version of Photoshop with Windows 10, make sure Windows Ink is enabled in your tablet settings, and that you are not using the PSUserConfig.txt file to revert to Wintab. If that file is in your Photoshop preference folder, back it up and delete it.

Lazy Nezumi is a trademark of Guillaume Stordeur. Adobe, Photoshop and Flash are trademarks of Adobe Systems Inc. Windows is a trademark of Microsoft Corp.

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