So I’m super new to Krita, I just started today, but I noticed something, that seems to be a Krita only problem. So when I put my pen down on the tablet there is like a delay, something like a loading circle appears and then nothing happens. When I try to make a stroke it is always delayed and mostly not even what I tried to draw.
Hello @Candy and welcome to the forum!
In Krita, while you have the Freehand Brush Tool selected on the left side in Krita’s so-called Toolbox, get your Tool Options-Docker in front, that is the tab under the color selector circle in the upper right, set your Brush Smoothing to None or Basic.
If that does not do the trick, then please report back. And your video was in principle a good idea, but its quality is so low that I can distinguish that you use Krita …
… but I’m unable to say what you have chosen as setting for Brush Smoothing.
Michelist
Edit/Add: By the way: In the future, please state your operating system and the version of Krita you are using in your help requests. We need this for over 95% of all questions.
Welcome to the forum, @Candy.
This could be a Windows Ink problem. Are you on Windows? (By the way, when asking for help you should always include the name of your operating sytem – Windows, Android, Linux, etc…)
Go into Configure Krita > Tablet settings. Change the Input API to WinTab, then restart Krita.
You will need to do the same thing in your tablet’s interface. Turn off Windows Ink in the Krita profile.
I already tried the smoothing thing. I tried all options, but changing didn’t really help.
And I’m on windows. Krita Version 5.1.5 .
Was on WinTab already.
Did you disable Windows Ink in your tablet’s driver utility too? So that these settings fit together.
If you chose ‘‘Windows 8+ Pointer Input (Windows Ink)’’ in Krita, Windows Ink has to be enabled in your driver and vice versa, if you chose ‘‘WinTab’’ in Krita Windows Ink has to be disabled in your driver. It is also important to confirm any change in Krita’s settings with the OK-Button and restart Krita afterward. In your driver, act as the manual states.
You may also want to try the most recent version of Krita 5.2.2.
Michelist
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Your tablet, too?
So yea I think that did it, it seems to work normally now, like no delay or loading circle. I do have a question though. Like how would I turn off Windows Ink so I can use WinTab?
I’m not really sure what even the difference is. I only know that changing Krita settings to Windows 8+ pointer input seems to work.
Should I try and use WinTab, like is it better?
Sorry I’m really super new and I don’t know much about this stuff (yet).
That transient white circle looks like the infamous Windows ‘helper indicator’ that lets you know that you’ve touched the tablet with your stylus.
If it is that, this post has a link to show you how to turn it off:
Circle appearing when i try to draw and its a lot more laggy than before? - #3 by screwdycrow
If setting krita to “Windows 8+ pointer …”, i.e Windows Ink, works for you then I’d say go with that for now.
The settings in krita, i.e Wintab vs Windows Ink must match the settings of your tablet driver where you can turn Windows Ink on or off.
It sounds like your tablet driver is set to Windows Ink.
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yea this seems to work as for now. But I still wonder what the difference between Windows 8+ pointer and WinTab is, like is the difference anything special?
I have something else to ask, this might be like a weird problem. Yesterday, when I was setting Keybinds something weird happend, where I couldn’t really do anything except draw. Like zooming in with the mouse or any other shortcut didn’t work. I restarted Kirta twice and it fixed itself at some point, I don’t know why or how, but I’m assuming that something like a blockage happend? → Is there such action/command?
These are different driver interfaces, think of them as languages (even if that is only 99% correct). So the thing between them is, that different manufacturers implemented the translation part for each of them in different quality, call it dialect, and sometimes the dialect understood by Krita makes the difference between a working and a non-working tablet.
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However, I suspect that Krita had to be restarted after changing these settings, as many settings under “Configure Krita” require confirmation via the OK-Button and Krita must then be restarted.
I don’t even think about it anymore, and restart Krita automatically after each setting there.
Michelist
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I thought it was lack of ram but it’s a windows setting that circle. It is an annoying option like some others on windows but you change it and it’s smooth sailing after.
Wintab is the best node but not all can use it. Windows ink is the more basic one that always works.
When Krita gets locked into a tool press like escape or manually press on icons to change tool or do something else so it changes and resets the acceptance of another shortcut action. It is annoying bug that has existed for some years now. Problem is to trigger it is shrowded in mystery at least to me.
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