Lag
Overview
Unlike a pen and paper system, where there is essentially an instantaneous feeling to drawing, a drawing tablet being a digital system where many components are processing and communicating data is always subject to some form of lag.
In the context of drawing tablets, I use the word log to describe how things are "following" the physical pen.
There are two kinds of lag
Companion videos
The details on lag are described in this video series:
Drawing tablet lag - Episode 1: Basics (https://youtu.be/CRwzPJPA_5A) Apr 28, 2023
Drawing tablet lag - Episode 2: Pointer lag (https://youtu.be/tNj6vxx0FWM) Aug 7, 2023
Drawing tablet lag - Episode 3: Position smoothing in the tablet firmware and tablet driver (https://youtu.be/sWvluY9w-Bk) Aug 7, 2023
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