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On today's episode of tablets with

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drawings on them, we are looking at the

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Rosetta Stone. No, stop!

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It's drawing tablets we're looking at,

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drawing tablets today. Come again? Little

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flat things, come with a pen, you plug

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them into a computer, you could draw with

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them… You're going to be giving people

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some tips on how to use one, like for

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beginners. Do I look like the sort of

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person who gives tips? Tell you what, I'll

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do you a solid. Why don't you let me host

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this episode, and you can go back to

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looking at your old rocks? Old rocks? And

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I… what is this? I did not approve this…

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This is a drawing tablet. They come in

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different sizes, from different

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manufacturers. And they're often chosen

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by new artists who are just getting

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their feet wet in digital art, because

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they tend to be cheaper, and are a great

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entry point .The downside to one of these

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is they also tend to have a steeper

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learning curve than say a drawing tablet

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with a screen. So we're here today to get

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you up the ladder of learning faster. I'm

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coming down! When did we get a budget for

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a ladder? I'm drawing in Photoshop here

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but you can use any drawing app that you

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like. I have a list of five really good

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ones that are free. You can check that

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out when you're done watching this video.

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Link that down below in the description.

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On your tablet, you will see some marks.

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These show your live area. This is the

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area where you can draw, and the live

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area maps to your computer's screen. If

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you tap your pen up here in the corner,

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your cursor will show up here in the

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corner on your screen. Tap down here.

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it'll show up down here. Of course,

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dragging your pen across the screen will

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leave a mark. That's called Drawing! Yeah.

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I am aware of that. If you're new to one

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of these, your main goal should be

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getting used to using it. Your first time

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jumping in is just not gonna feel as

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natural as it does when you're drawing

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on paper. This is an adjustment,. Everybody

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goes through it. So if you start drawing

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and you feel like you don't have full

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control, You Are Not Alone. It does take

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some time to settle in, so get ready to

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practice using this every single day.

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Your first goal should be getting used

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to how wide the live area of your tablet

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is. So take your stylus in your hand and

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tap on a tool or part of the screen

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that's in the upper left hand corner.

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Then move your cursor down over to the

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right lower corner and tap again. Then

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move to the lower left corner and tap

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again. Then to the upper right corner and

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tap again. The first time you do this, you

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probably aren't going to be moving

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really fast. Like I said, you are just

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getting used to the screen and how your

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pen maps to it. But I want you to do this

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several times: upper left, lower right,

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lower left, upper right. Each time you do

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it, I want you to try to do it a little

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bit faster. I want you to speed up. Your

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hand is going to get used to moving

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across that space, and understanding

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where it needs to be to hit the various

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parts of your screen. Now, once you feel

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comfortable moving around the screen a

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little bit, I want you to practice

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something similar, but on the canvas.

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First of all, let's go to the upper left

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hand corner of that canvas and let's

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draw a small circle, not too close to the

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edge. Then draw one in the lower right

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corner. Move over to the lower left and

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draw another one. Then in the upper right,

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and draw your circle again. We are going

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to do what we did before, but instead of

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speeding up, what I want you to do is try

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drawing another circle around the

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circles you've already drawn, and just

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move from one to the other and to the

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other. You're getting the hang of this! If

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you'd like, you can keep going and draw

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even larger circles around those. This is

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a great warm-up activity. Another thing

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you can try doing is practicing

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connecting lines between those circles.

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Take your pen and draw a line from the

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center of one of those circles to the

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center of another one of those circles.

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Pick your pen up go to another area and

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connect another line. As you get used to

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it, you can try speeding up these lines

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and seeing if you can draw them faster

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and still stay accurate This has been

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another edition of Things to Practice!

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We're not actually done practicing! I

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have more. If you learn through these

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kind of hands-on practice exercises,

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check out bradsartschool.com. I have a

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brand spanking new Digital Art for

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Beginners course where we get some

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hands-on time with homework and all

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sorts of projects. It's built for

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beginners to be an on-ramp to some of

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the more advanced drawing courses and

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tutorials out there. Check out the

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details on my site. Now back to the video.

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Okay, you want another practice tip?

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Okay, enough of the singing! We're moving

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on now. One of the great benefits to a

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tablet like this is pen pressure. The

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harder you press with your pen, the wider

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or darker your stroke gets, depending on

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the type of paint brush you're using.

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Bust open your favorite drawing app and

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grab a brush you like. The one I have

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here changes sizes based on how hard I

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press on my tablet. Now I'm gonna make it

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bigger than what I think I need, probably

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like 30 or 40 pixels. Now when I hover in

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Photoshop I can see how big that brush

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is going to be if I applied all of my

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pressure on my tablet. It is showing me

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my brush cursor on the screen. What I

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want to do with this, is I want to get

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used to drawing lightly. I'm going to

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start by drawing a line across the top

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of the page as light as I can. Then I'm

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going to draw another line, but this time

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I'm gonna apply just a little bit more

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pressure. And then I'm gonna do it again,

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this time with a little more pressure.

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The goal is to see how many lines I can

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draw before I completely max out the

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pressure of the pen. Now, the first time

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you do do this, you may only get three or

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four lines before you max out that brush.

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That's totally normal. What your goal for

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this exercise should be is to get as

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many different widths of lines across

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your page as possible. It's harder than

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it looks because sometimes as you cross

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the page you're just gonna naturally

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apply more pressure. That's okay. All

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practice is good practice, and you're

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just trying to get a feel for the pen.

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Oh, I know that noise! It's the question

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giraffe. We're gonna answer a question

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from someone in the audience. Help! My

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tablet won't work. I've installed it I

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have to pet pressure. I hate everything!

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P.S. Do you like roller coasters? You can't

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handle them! Yes I can! I love roller

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coasters! Okay, so I got your back, Dr.

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Octopus for life, I have installed a lot

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of graphics tablets over the years, and

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it's, it's not a hard process. Since

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you've already installed your tablet and

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it's not working properly, my first step

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would be to uninstall the software and

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then reboot your computer. I know, often

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when a tech person tells you to reboot,

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they're wasting your time. Um, sir, have

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you tried rebooting your router? I just

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want you to tell me if the network in my

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area is down first. But this time, you

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really do need to reboot your computer

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after installing and uninstalling. Now

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that your software is uninstalled, you've

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rebooted, hook up your tablet to your

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computer and reinstall the software. Then—

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Yes, here we go again—I want you to

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reboot a second time. Now test out your

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tablet. Still not working? Try out a few

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different drawing apps that you might

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have that have pen pressure. Again, this

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is where having one or two free drawing

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apps installed on your computer comes in

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really handy. Sometimes it's just one app

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that's having a problem, and that really

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will help you troubleshoot. In that case,

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you can Google "Krita no pen pressure" and

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folks can help you find your way.

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Sometimes it's as easy as installing

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another driver. Sometimes it's just

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playing with the settings of the app

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itself. Ooh, it's time for the rapid fire

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round! I have some more tips for getting

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used to your new tablet, and we're going

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to be going through them lightning fast.

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Are you ready? Too bad! One: Try ditching

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your mouse. Technically, this pen is just

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a fancy mouse. It could do everything

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that your mouse can do. So try just using

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this for everyday computing activities

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with your pen instead of your trackpad

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or your mouse. Surfing the web, checking

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your email, editing a document, designing

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ransom notes. Use that pen. Number two:

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Grab a photo of a sketch and try drawing

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over it for practice. This is a great way

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to get used to drawing on your tablet.

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You could do line art, or a sketch, whatever

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you want to do. Just practice with it,

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Number three: Undo is your friend. Well, hi,

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friend! If you get a line wrong, just

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cntl-Z it and try again. Number four:

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If you have two screens, you can use your

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tablet across both. This will also take

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some getting used to, and you might not

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want to draw when you're set up that way.

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But it will help you ditch your mouse.

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Number five: Try playing some video games

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with your tablet. I mean, I wouldn't

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recommend playing Elden Ring with this

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thing, but there are some games designed

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specifically for graphics tablets. The

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most popular one out there is called osu!

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It's a rhythm game, and it's a really

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great way to build eye hand coordination

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Number six, last tip: Put those shortcut

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keys to use. Many of these tablets have

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shortcut keys and you could go into the

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settings and change those keys to

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anything you want set it to undo change

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your brush size zoom in and out force

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quit Chrome constantly accidentally

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whatever okay I hoped all of this was

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helpful for those of you who have been

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using your tablets for a while what

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helped you learn let me know Down Below

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in the comments thank you all for

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watching and I'll talk to you in a

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couple of days

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foreign

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