[Bf-funboard] Curves creating and Transform

zippy trip at spymac.com
Wed Dec 29 14:08:09 CET 2004


> I  don't know if you've ever tried it, but attempting to use a tablet 
> with Blender fits the description of 'ridiculous' perfectly :) With a 
> tablet, it's almost impossible to hit an exact point by pressing down 
> from the pen being in a raised position. To do this, you need nerves 
> of steel (not for shaky fingered coffee drinkers) and also a very 
> precise aim, so that the pen travels down perfectly perpendicular to 
> the tablet surface. Usually, when you click, it comes in on an
> angle (how many people here write or draw with a pen perfectly 
> vertical? Not many, I bet) meaning that the point you see on the 
> screen when you have the pen in the air and decide "I want to click 
> here" is often different to the point where the click actually occurs. 
> It's far more accurate to just release the pressure, when the pen is 
> already where you want it.
>
> It's a real shame, I love my tablet and really wish I could use it 
> with Blender but it's just such a waste of time.
HA try it on a tablet PC to, you would think that the direct to screen 
effort helps. NOPE. it is just as bad. Blender with tablet support 
would be something nice. More  mouse gestures to.




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