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    Jane Pomeroy(JanePom)
    posted to: Lesson 1: Welcome to the Grease Pencil

    Can you tell me why my mark is lagging? --i.e. I can't see it as I make it, only after I let go of the mouse. 

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    • Martin Bergwerf replied

      Hi Jane,

      Hard to say, maybe your GPU is too old for this, or your (graphics) driver is not up to date. Also use a recent Blender version.

    • Omar Domenech replied
      Yeah I think it's probably a not very powerful computer or a drivers issue. Try updating things that need to be updated on your computer and try again.
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      Jane Pomeroy(JanePom) replied

      Thanks. I updated Blender and I still have a serious lag. Probably my GPU is too old.

    • Paul Caggegi replied

      Hi Jane, sorry you're having lagging issues! There could be a number of reasons for the apparent lag. Do any of Blender's other operations lag, or only grease pencil? I'll be happy to help you trouble-shoot some, but I need to know a few things.

      • Which version of Blender are you using?
      • Are you opening up Blender with all default settings?
      • Are you using the Eevee render engine?
      • Which brush are you using, and what are your Stroke/Advanced settings? (The "lag" could be something as simple as your post-processing settings are set wrong and it's calculating the Smooth/Subdivision/Simplify factors)

      Grease Pencil *should* be light-weight enough to use even on an older system, but in any case, do make sure you're running the minimum requirements as outlined here https://www.blender.org/download/requirements/