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Windows + Wacom tablet = Poo?

July 19, 2007 at 12:41 am · Filed under About Me, Gadgets, Graphics, Pen Tablet, Rambling, Rants

Well, let me be more specific.  The GTK+ packages seem to be at fault for both GIMP and Inkscape.  Of course, any other GTK+ based application will also fail.

For some reason the stylus seems to pass more information to the application, primarily the GTK+ engine than what it can handle.

I’ve tried the stylus support in Photoshop, ArtRage, and Artweaver and all of them give superior support.

Which is saddening because I absolutely love Inkscape as a vector program.  GIMP as my main raster program.  Now it looks like I am going to have to find another vector program, and *shudder* possibly have to stick with Photoshop.

How the hell can Linux be getting this *totally* right?  Is it an updated GTK+ or a combination of superior coding skills and an updated GTK+ package?

Hell if I know, but I sure wish someone would figure it the hell out.

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Graphire goodness!

July 18, 2007 at 1:08 am · Filed under About Me, Gadgets, Graphics

I received my Graphire4 tablet yesterday, wait, it’s technically Wednesday.  OK, I got it Monday.

Anyway, now I see why these things are so popular, I absolutely love it!  Granted, I also see why people get much larger ones such as the Intuos.  For an 1/8th of the price though, my itty-bitty Graphire4 will work just fine.

Whenever I finally release my new information site, I’ll probably create an area there for artists.  In there I’ll post my public domain graphics work.

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