Simple how to guide to get your drawing tablet’s pen pressure and tilt working with GIMP.

I’ve used a Wacom Intuos Pro when making this guide but any supported ped device should work fine.

How To⌗

Enable Pen⌗

In the top menu bar go to Edit -> Input Devices

On the left side all the input devices detected by GIMP are listed.

  1. Select the Pen input device you want to enable.
  2. Change the mode to ‘Screen’.
  3. Click Save to apply the settings

Repeat this process for any other input devices you want to enable such as the pen eraser.

GIMP Configure Input Devices

Turn On Pen Dynamics⌗

  1. On the left hand menu, select the ‘Tool Options’ tab.
  2. Change the setting to ‘Basic Dynamics’.

GIMP Enable Pen Dynamics

For more advanced options click the button highlighted bellow to open the ‘Pain Dynamics Editor’.

GIMP Pen Dynamics Advanced Options Button

The editor usually opens on the right side.

You can change what dynamic effects are applied by the pen in this menu.

GIMP Pen Dynamics Advanced Options

Happy Drawing!