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Lazy Pressure: This is the tablet intensity analog of LazyMouse. When it is at a value above 0, then the effective pressure used for drawing will be smoothed out by averaging it with intensity values over the most recent part of the stroke. The result is strokes that aren't as subject to blob effects from the pen jittering or slipping in the artist's hand.

In the right eyebrow, you can see a fairly abrupt transition from a thin to a thick eyebrow, where I couldn't change the pressure smoothly enough over the course of the stroke. With Lazy Pressure set to about 0.25 for the left eyebrow, this problem was eliminated. (Both eyebrows were drawn using the LazyMouse feature.)

You can also use this feature for some interesting other effects. For example, if you set Lazy Pressure at its maximum, and then draw a stroke at full pressure, the stroke painted onto the canvas will be light where it starts, and thicken very smoothly until it is at its maximum intensity.

Experiment with this setting to find what is best for you. Normally, you'll want it just high enough to eliminate undesirable variation in your strokes. Higher values will give you more smoothing, but conversely allow less fine control. At very high values, you'll want to practice for a bit to be able to 'plan out' your strokes and make use of the averaging over the previous part of the stroke.