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#1

Hi

I have a wacom tablet, aand I cant find out how to disable pen flicks while using zbrush…

the main issue is that when Im doing a dummy run with the pen, as I do with pencil traditionally, hovering just above the tablet so I can see where the cursor will go without actually touching it, half the time it sufddenly jumps or zooms in! I cant stand it. I dont want to not do the practice run, its a built in response from working traditionally… I dont think I can undo 40 years of habit, though turning off pen flicks might sort it…

how? where? please!! Thanks

#2

Probably depends on your OS but in Control Panel go to Hardware and Sound> Pen and Input Devices.

#3

yeah I tried that already, it made no difference. thats why I was looking for an option within zbrush.

its when I hold down shift as Im about to smooth something. perhaps there is a way to turn off the quick zoom when holding shift? thats really shat I want to do.

#4

OK, I think that you are inadvertently using Mouse gestures:

SHIFT + circle with the mouse = frames the ztool
SHIFT + several vertical movement = zoom in
SHIFT + several horizontal movement = rotate

Currently there is no way to turn off this feature.

#5

ah… that explains why disabling pen flicks dosent work… thanks for the info :wink: Ill have to put up with it

#6

I had problems with this too, I went around and did some research and did a blog post on how to turn off all the windows 7 tablet garbage and pen lag inducing features.

http://rabid-art.blogspot.com/2009/11/my-desktop-is-not-tablet-pc-thanks-for.html

Follow the steps on my blog post and you’ll be right as rain.