Hi! What is the key mapping(how to configure your pen, what keyboard buttons to assign to your pen´s buttons) you use for your wacom pen in Blender? at the beginning there was a recommendation to use wacom pen but no any guidance on how to configure it - can anyone share a link to an article and if there is an article by Kent would be great.
The only article that comes to my minds is this old one:
https://cgcookie.com/posts/big-idea-digital-tablets
But I'm guessing that mapping from the 1 to 1 space from the screen to your tablet surface you set to your liking, there is no hard rule or best practices on that that I know of. So you're probably good just testing it out and see how you feel more comfortable with.
Best to try an see what you like. I think I have middle mouse button mapped to my lower button and nothing on my upper button because I have fat fingers and always hit it by mistake. Don't forget you can map hotkeys to the buttons on your tablet too (I'm assuming you have buttons on yours). But really it all just comes down to preference.
Hey Mikhail,
Most Wacom tablets, certainly mine, are plug and play. Meaning you just plug in the USB and it's ready to use.
In the software for the tablet are key (button) settings you can change, mine has 4 buttons on the tablet and 2 on the pen, each of these can be configured to match a keyboard shortcut, like F and Shift+F to adjust the strength and radius of brushes, the pen can match mouse buttons.
This means you can move your keyboard and mouse out of the way so you can use your pen and tablet easier.
The tablet you choose is up to you, more buttons, bigger surface area, with or without a screen, most will do the job, and should come with instructions on how to set your preferences.
A tutorial would probably not be much use as all makes and models will vary to some extent.
thanks! got it! I wanted to get some best practices for buttons configuration for wacom pen-tablet :) Like what Kent is using for instance or some other professionals.
My concerns are :
1) at the beginning of the course mentioned ¨we very much recommend using tablet´s pen¨
2) while studying this course I am not sure how my intuitive 0,2-0,5 second actions on the laptop´s touchpad can be replaced with a pen - for instance I use two fingers touch to rotate screen then shift-two fingers to move screen and swipe two fingers to zoom AND in the next half-second I already start drawing with the same finger (one finger removed) .
3) I googled internet and found only one more or less clear feedback - ¨use the pen only for explicit sculpting¨ - For now this is only the option I think when I need truly intensive-accurate drawing to be done with a pen instead of mouse.
Okay - anyway I bought already my first Wacom (trusting Kent´s words back from I do not know what year - ´I use wacom CTH-XXX´:))) - will test it.
Thanks! Great thing that the community here is very friendly and supports fast in the forum 🤝
