Where's the "Draw Perfectly Smooth Lines" Filter?

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all is not lost! try here:
http://www.tablet4u.co.uk/group.html?Gr ... &ItemID=-1

I got my nibs from the Netherlands. The postage to the UK was a killer!
they now have a UK site - Hurrah!
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You're a good egg, MrChoy! :)
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thanks Lemec and MrChoy, I will go and see if I can make a deal with our dutch friends!
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http://www.wacomshop.nl/product.html?NewLanguage=FR
now, in french and in €, that's better!... :D
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Thanks for the info though in truth those are only the costomization kits and not the packets of felty goodness we were talking about.
(Which are harder to track down than hard drugs in most countries!)
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If you look closely in those kits you'll find:

# 5 Felt Nibs
# 5 Standard Nibs
# 5 Stroke Nibs

That's 5 times the felt nib you were talking about. I suggested it as an alternative option for getting those nibs. Plus, it gives you the extra regular nibs, and more of the stroke ones, which are the ones to create smoother strokes (which started this thread to start with, no?).
as far as I know there are no different types of felt nibs, only one type made by wacom. As well, I believe it fits most of the intuos generations.
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The link I posted was for '10 soft felt nibs' only. Great if felt nibs are all you need :D
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update of this nibs serial :
I've finally found the felt nibs just 3 corners around here, in a reseller's shop, at the same price (10€),
so I've saved the shipping charges (= 10€ through the wacom online-store), and 0 day to wait for ...
OK, after a quick test, yes, it's definitively less "slippery" than the classic nib,
the drawing strokes offers more resistance, and the control seems to be better,
though I don't like so much the felt/sheet contact "feeling", nor the sound,
I was looking for this kind of resistance, but with the "feeling" of the standard plastic nib ...
so I experimented several (about 20) paper/plastic sheets to overlay the wacom thick transparent sheet,
... and Hourra! I've found THE ONE which give me plain satisfaction!
an out of date sheet (polyester based) of orthochromatic high contrast film!
it's less slippery, (cause the emulsion I think), offers a good resistance to the pen (with classic nib),
and seems solid (keeping healthy) enough to use it for long time ...
for info, the films come from an old (out of date) stock of a print-press,
it's called "Linoline", made by "Guilleminot", used (anymore?) in photocompositing ...
maybe I'll be the only single wacom user to use this trick, but, yes! it woks beatifully!
I can draw now with more pleasure than ever, it's subtle, but it DOES make the difference to me... 8)
end of this episode, I have to see now how much it will be resistant, in times,
whether I have to change it every ... 3 weeks, 3 months, 3 years ...?
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ZigOtto wrote: I can draw now with more pleasure than ever, it's subtle, but it DOES make the difference to me... 8)
end of this episode, I have to see now how much it will be resistant, in times,
whether I have to change it every ... 3 weeks, 3 months, 3 years ...?
its now been almost 3 and a half years....and... did you have to change it yet? ( :wink: )
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Somebody found the optimal solution to the expensive nibs problem:

http://www.diyphotography.net/art-stude ... spaghetti/
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Re: Where's the "Draw Perfectly Smooth Lines" Filter?

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If that is serious I think there may be alternatives to investigate at the local hardware / home improvement / electronic megastore.
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