Trying the Wacom Graphire3 on Tumbler

Thursday, January 26, 2023 · Permalink

Tried the Wacom Graphire3 on Tumbler and worked right out-of-the-box, except for the eraser tip. Ok, it seemed to work, but then it didn’t? Honestly, didn’t care that much to look into it.

I’ve adjusted the main pressure curve in Krita. It’s miles better than the integrated Wacom tablet. I might setup the tablet for the kids on Jupiter (our desktop family PC)… but I’m not sure the cable will be long enough (CPU’s on an upper shelf).

Actually, drawing on Tumbler with the Graphire3 is a lot more fun than I expected. I have much better pressure control and I find myself to be more precise with the tablet to click controls and move around sliders. Figures. One would think working directly on the screen would be better, but it’s not because of one reason: the screen is actually below the screen’s glass, so there’s parallax.

How many levels do Tumbler’s integrated tablet have? 32? Haha. The Graphire3 has 256, I know that for a fact.

Look at this. I have these two old things, my Lenovo Thinkpad X200 Tablet and my old Wacom Graphire3 drawing tablet, working together flawlessly. How cool is that?

More drawing on Tumbler

Tuesday, January 24, 2023 · Permalink

Declan came into my office while I was trying Krita on Tumbler, and I handed him the stylus. He had to keep pushing hard on the screen, confirming to me that, yeah, it really needs a harder pressure than one would intuitively think. I drew a dinosaur and he colored it.

And then he asked to have it printed.

I thought about using my old Wacom Graphire3 graphics tablet, but it kinda defeats the purpose, right? It’s got a Wacom graphics tablet built-in already! Anyway, it will never compete and it’s unrealistic to expect Tumbler to match my professional-level (albeit old) Wacom Intuos3.

So, this is what I have and, if I get used to drawing on it, I could potentially have a separate device for drawing Journal Comics, with its own workflow.

So Tumbler will become something more than a Music Computer. Pretty cool.