Working with pen tablets

Using a pen tablet with your Affinity apps provides a more natural drawing experience. Working with pen tablets. Your pen tablet is probably the most common peripheral you'll use after your mouse. Tablets enhance the design experience in Affinity products, giving a natural drawing experience using a tablet pen (pen stylus), just like a household pen. Optimised for the latest tech on Mac, Windows and iPad, Affinity Designer is setting the new industry standard in the world of design. Best in class for creating concept art, print projects, logos, icons, UI designs, mock-ups and more, it’s already the top choice of thousands of professional illustrators, web designers, game developers and other creatives who love its silky-smooth combination of vector and raster design. The XP-Pen Customer Care and Technical Support Center is full of resources and tutorials to help you get the most out of our XP-Pen tablet. XP-Pen the provider of professional graphics tablets, pen display monitors, stylus pens and more digital graphical products.

Your pen tablet is probably the most common peripheral you'll use after your mouse. Tablets enhance the design experience in Affinity products, giving a natural drawing experience using a tablet pen (pen stylus), just like a household pen.

Affinity does not officially support non-Wacom tablets. Please consult the original manufacturer for assistance with their tablet product.

For optimal performance, you should ensure you have the latest drivers installed for your pen tablet. To download the latest drivers, visit your tablet provider's website or use a search engine to find drivers for your tablet.

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Once the latest drivers are installed, it is a good idea to re-calibrate your tablet pen. This can be done from Apple>System Preferences.

Once the latest drivers are installed, it is a good idea to re-calibrate your tablet pen. This can be done from the Control Panel.

Tablet pen capabilities may vary depending on the pen you are using. Pen rotation and stylus wheel settings are only supported on certain Wacom pens. For example:

• Barrel rotation is supported when using the Wacom Art Pen.
• The finger wheel is supported for Wacom Airbrush users.

For some tablet pens, the pen's eraser (using the opposite end of the pen) will activate the Erase Brush Tool.

Affinity tools and pen tablets

A number of Affinity tools and settings can be used to provide perfect precision when using a pen tablet.

When drawing with a pressure-sensitive pen tablet, the Pen Tool's variable width strokes will automatically match the level of pressure applied. This can be controlled by adjusting the pressure sensitivity.

When using the Paint Brush Tool, a number of controller options on the Brushes panel can also be adjusted to work alongside your tablet pen.

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Tablet input preferences

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To adjust the quality of your pen tablet's input when working with Affinity apps you can use one of the tablet input options.