keora Posted January 18, 2018 Share Posted January 18, 2018 I've created some location plans using paint.net. For each plan, I drew a line diagram on paper, scanned it and put it into paint.net as a background layer. I added text as further layers. The plans look good. I now want to draw line diagrams directly into paint.net. The problem is that I'm using a samsung laptop with a touch pad. I can't get get accurate lines because the touch pad doesn't recognise a stylus, so I have to draw with a finger . Please would forum members let me know if there is a better way of drawing with paint.net? What extra equipment would I need? (I've considered using a Wacom tablet and pen. I've been told I would have to draw on the tablet using the software supplied with it, and then transfer the drawing to paint.net on my laptop. It seems a complicated system. I'd rather continue using just paint.net, rather than having to learn a different drawing program) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndrewDavid Posted January 18, 2018 Share Posted January 18, 2018 Hi @keora Welcome to the forum. Have you tried hooking a mouse up? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IRON67 Posted January 18, 2018 Share Posted January 18, 2018 (edited) If there is the posibility to define a Pen-key as SHIFT-Key or to define a touchpad-area as SHIFT-key, when touched or pressed (for straight lines in a specialized angle), I think, it should work without using special Wacom Applications. On my Standard-PC I have a graphic tablet too (Aiptek) and no problems (apart from the lack of support for the pressure sensitivity) and could draw such plans. Edited January 18, 2018 by IRON67 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keora Posted January 18, 2018 Author Share Posted January 18, 2018 Thank you both for your advice. I'd never thought of using a mouse. It might not be as precise as a pen/stylus, but since I'm mainly drawing straight and curved lines, it may not be a problem. They're cheap and I imagine a mouse will be easy to set up. I'll investigate. I'm not sure how to define a Pen-key as SHIFT-Key. The advice on graphic tablets is useful, I'd not heard of the brand Aiptek. The two big IT retailers here in the UK (Amazon and Pcworld) don't stock many Aiptek items. I've found one tablet https://www.amazon.co.uk/Aiptek-MediaTablet-14000U-Digitizer-Photoshop/dp/B000TGMI5A I think it's an old model, and may have been discontinued. But the functions it offers seems to be right for me - movement of the pen on the tablet results in a similar movement of the cursor on the pc display. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IRON67 Posted January 18, 2018 Share Posted January 18, 2018 (edited) 1 hour ago, keora said: I'm not sure how to define a Pen-key as SHIFT-Key. The advice on graphic tablets is useful, I'd not heard of the brand Aiptek. Because I never used a touchpad on a laptop and not knowing the precise device name and so on, it was only a guess. Often the applications from the producers are able to make such settings. Also you can define custom function for modern (gaming-)mices with additional keys. So I can reload webpages, or use POS1-Key or END-Key without using the keyboard, even start other applications and so on... Thats mine: http://www.aiptek.de/index.php/en/products/archive/archive-graphic-tablets/mediatablet-14000u For your purposes a mouse should be absolutely sufficient. Edited January 18, 2018 by IRON67 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrevorOutlaw Posted January 19, 2018 Share Posted January 19, 2018 4 hours ago, IRON67 said: For your purposes a mouse should be absolutely sufficient. Agreed. All of my photomanipulations have been done with a Windows 10 laptop and an extended monitor. Quote Paint.NET Gallery | Remove Foreground Object Tutorial | Dispersion Effect Tutorial Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keora Posted January 19, 2018 Author Share Posted January 19, 2018 I appreciate the advice. My lap top is a Samsung NP 3530EC-A0DDX, the manual isn't that useful and there's no mention of Pen-key or Shift key. I'm getting clearer about the extra equipment I need. Is a gaming mouse the best type to buy, or will an ordinary mouse do? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoltBait Posted January 19, 2018 Share Posted January 19, 2018 9 minutes ago, keora said: Is a gaming mouse the best type to buy, or will an ordinary mouse do? Buy the mouse that feels most comfortable in your hand. After all, you will be holding it often. My hands are fairly small, so those gaming mice are way too big for me. I like the standard Logitech M100 which is just the right size for me and costs about 8 bucks. Quote Download: BoltBait's Plugin Pack | CodeLab | and a Free Computer Dominos Game Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IRON67 Posted January 19, 2018 Share Posted January 19, 2018 One additional note: I use my graphic tablet very, very spare. In fact I had to reinstall the driver yesterday to play around a little bit. All other things I do with my mouse. The last one passed away last week, so I have a new, Roccat KIRO, for left- and righthanders, using as lefthander with righthander-setup on the left side of my keyboard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cornemuse Posted January 19, 2018 Share Posted January 19, 2018 I have a shortcut to my mouse settings in my start menu to slow down the pointer (pointer options - speed) I am addicted to my logiteck marble mouse, and anyways, slowing down the pointer gives very precise pointer movements & reseting is quick and easy. I've worn out 2 of 'em over the years. I carry one with my laptop as I can rest it on my leg, anything available, & use. I am curious, who else uses a Marble Mouse?? -c- Quote 'Where's my plinth?' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IRON67 Posted January 19, 2018 Share Posted January 19, 2018 (edited) I'm afraid - nobody It's so 1990 .... But my new mouse have even an extra button to change DPI to slow down or fasten the Mouse cursor - even with speech output Edited January 19, 2018 by IRON67 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keora Posted January 22, 2018 Author Share Posted January 22, 2018 Thank you for all the contributions, a mouse seems the best solution, and cheaper than buying a graphics tablet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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