Mastering Touch & Stylus in GNU+Linux

[Billy Croan]

I recently got a laptop that has both touch and stylus support in the
screen itself.  I got a pen and it is connected and it works, even the
pressure sensitivity.  It's supposed to also communicate the angle of the
pen though I have yet to see that.

I'm interested in really learning how to use the GIMP image editor more
fully, and make the best use of the stylus for creating things.

I've used GIMP for as long as I have used Linux.  I've done a lot with it
editing something that started out as a photo or a screenshot or a scan.
But I don't think I've really mastered it.  Particularly I've always felt
awkward creating something from scratch in GIMP.  And I suspect that is
because a mouse or trackpad don't feel very natural to me as a writing
instrument.  Well now I have a literal writing instrument that works in
Linux!

I'm not an artist and I'm not trying to learn to make "art".  But I would
like understand better how to take advantage of different brush strokes and
pressure settings, color palettes, etc. and getting more out of the stylus
I now have and the creative side of the GIMP as opposed to just the editing
as I have done so far.

There's definitely Photoshop classes and probably a Photoshop Meetup
Group.  But I have no interest in adobe's products.

I also think this is a skill best passed on in person where you can watch
someone's hand and then give feedback that a video or book cannot give.

I'm also interested in other stylus-enabled apps (I have a few to share)
and tweaking my Linux environment to be more useful with touch and stylus
input.  For instance I can tap and drag in Google maps, but I can't pinch
to zoom still!  I have to tap that damn plus and minus button like a
peasant and it's humiliating.  I would like to get my touch screen input in
Linux working every bit as well, and the same ways as it does in Android.

So I know touch screen and stylus are kind of two different topics but, any
advice?
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