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Tablet setup in Synfig Studio

Synfig Studio is a free and open-source 2D animation software, designed as powerful industrial-strength solution for creating film-quality animation using a vector and bitmap artwork. It eliminates the need to create animation frame-by frame, allowing you to produce 2D animation of a higher quality with fewer people and resources.

About Synfig Studio

In this tutorial you can learn how to setup your tablet, which uses the evdev driver, working in this software.

Synfig Studio 0.63

Synfig Studio 0.63.05 has been released 9th of April 2012. This is the latest version of the software. You can download it from here.

Tablet setup

In order to set up your tablet, choose File>Input Devices from the menu. On the Input dialogue select your device and set the Mode to Screen. The following image illustrates this step.

Synfig Studio 0.63 Input dialogue to set up your
device

You can learn how you can draw with your tablet in this program in the “Creating Shapes” article of the Synfig Studio’s manual.

More information

You can find more information about Synfig Studio on the official website of the software.