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Introduction to the six axes of motion - Wacom Tutorial
From the course: Wacom Essential Training
Introduction to the six axes of motion
- In order to talk about the various Wacom tablet models as well as the pens that come with them, we need to have a discussion about how motion is sensed in three-dimensional space. Much of an artist's expressive strokes are communicated through the hand, wrist, and arm. All of these motions working together move the pen in 3D space. Known as the six axes of motion, these 3D references can be used to describe the pen's location and attitude in 3D space. Let's take a look at how these axes work. If we imagine the pen in space and then add a two-dimensional grid to represent the tablet surface, we can now describe the location of the pen's tip anywhere on this two-dimensional space. These two dimensions are known as X and Y and refer to horizontal and vertical motion on the two-dimensional grid. Now let's add the third degree of motion, pressure. In the case of our pen tip, this is the slight height change of the pen tip through the artist's hand pressure. Applications like Painter…
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