These terms differentiate the application programming interfaces (APIs) used by art programs to "talk" to your tablet, in order to receive and use all the special data such as pen pressure, tilt, and high-precision pen coordinates. This section briefly explains what they are, and some history. If you own a tablet, you might see these terms mentioned a lot.
After more outrage, Microsoft offered a registry key fix to change things back to the old behavior, and then eventually added an option in the Pen & Windows Ink settings (unfortunately this doesn't work for all apps). We were all dumbfounded to discover that this was indeed not a bug, but a "feature".
Windows 10įor Windows 10, Microsoft has also made some extremely questionable decisions regarding pen/app interaction conventions, infuriating artists everywhere when their April 2018 update caused pen input to scroll and pan windows instead of drawing. If the rings do come back, your PC is cursed, and can only be cleansed by fire. If you've followed these steps correctly, it should not come back after you restart your system. You'll also want to kill the wisptis.exe program (which generates these rings) by finding it in the list of processes in the Windows Task Manager (ctrl+shift+esc), selecting it, and clicking the "End Process" button. Next, download and run this registry file to disable the pen feedback rings. Find it in the list, right click it, select properties, click the Stop button, and set the Startup Type to "Disabled". Go to your control panel's Administrative Tools, then Services. To get rid of these, you have to stop the Tablet PC Input Service and prevent it from starting again. These things are a little harder to disable. The next thing you should do is take care of the Tablet PC Input Panel and those annoying/useless ripple ring effects. This will prevent lag at the start of your lines. Windows 7 is a pretty good OS, but they have some pretty bad (possibly the worst) default settings if you use a pen tablet to draw.įirst, go to your control panel's Pen and Touch settings, and disable the Press and hold - right click option.
For that reason, once you find a driver that works for you, keep a backup copy around.
It's generally good to stay up to date with drivers, but be aware that new drivers are sometimes released with bugs.
(Don't install the driver from the CD that came with the tablet, it is outdated.) Download and install the latest driver you can find for your model. Go to the tablet manufacturer website.Go to your system settings and uninstall any and all tablet drivers/software you can find.Unplug your tablet and exit all applications.So if you don't remember installing the driver yourself, then this is the first thing you should do: People are used to plugging devices such as keyboards and mice in and having them work automatically without having to install any software, but this is unfortunately very much not the case for pen tablets. Sadly, some people stay in this situation a long time, not realizing that they're not getting the real drawing tablet experience. It also doesn't get any pressure or tilt data, which means that you can't control the width or shape of your lines.
The app has no way to properly communicate with the tablet, so all it receives is low-resolution screen coordinates, which can lead to jagged/shaky lines.
This causes your art application to see your pen as a simple mouse. What likely happened is that Windows installed a generic USB input device driver, instead of the required driver supplied by the tablet manufacturer. This is a common sign that your tablet doesn't have a proper driver installed. My tablet pen works, but I don't get any pressure. If you have a friend who just got a tablet, please do them a favor and have them read this page. I hope this will help to clear up some of the confusion and misinformation I see online a lot. I'll be updating it as I discover new tips, obscure settings, and bug workarounds. You don't need to be a Lazy Nezumi user to benefit from it (but if you're not, you should really check it out). This guide is meant to help Windows users get the most out of their drawing tablets.