This means that in order to change brush size and hardness, all he has to do is press the bottom tablet button, hover the pen over the tablet, and move the brush to the left or right to control size, or up and down to control hardness.įinally, he sets the top button to Right Click alone, as this is a necessary feature in any program.īrush Size is already set to left and right brackets by default, but for right-handed users, that means you’ll have to remove your hand off the tablet to hit those keys, which goes against the principle of “lesser effort.” So he suggests setting W and E to Brush Size, so you can change it with your left hand without lifting your brush from the surface. After showing us how to create program-specific shortcuts through the Tablet Properties panel, he assigns the bottom button on the pen to Left Alt + Right click (on a Mac, Control + Option + Middle click). In the first section, he shows us how to set up the pen through Wacom Tablet Properties.
This was mostly an issue with older versions of Windows and Adobe Photoshop, but if you’re having issues, it might help. You want different shortcuts for ”īefore even getting started, Dinda reminds everyone to make sure you’re using the latest Wacom drivers for your tablet, and to possibly turn off Windows Ink - it can sometimes affect your performance. You cannot have the Photoshop shortcuts on your regular desktop while you’re browsing on Google Chrome.
Key Tip: “Always make sure that you change the shortcuts application-wise.
The general concepts, however, should be the same. Note: this tutorial was originally recorded a few years ago, so some of the keyboard commands, menu locations, and look and feel of both Adobe Photoshop and Wacom Tablet Properties may be slightly different. Many of the ones he sets are geared towards making the brush controls more accessible, brush work being the bread and butter of the kind of color corrections and blemish removal he does the most in Adobe Photoshop. His motto for approaching all ergonomics-related matters is “The lesser the effort, the better,” meaning that tablet functions should always be set to their most expedient shortcuts. In this tutorial, Unmesh Dinda of popular Youtube channel PiXimperfect will walk you through the steps of setting up a Wacom Intuos Pro for photo editing. But setting up your tools and equipment is an important first step. There are many ways to do every type of edit in the software, as well as all kinds of tips, tricks, and hacks to do things more simply and easily. Maybe you’ve been using Adobe Photoshop for a while, or maybe you’re just getting started.
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