How to use Tab S3 tablet as a Wacom drawing tablet for Photoshop on macOS or Windows?

[shnk123]

I have tried Teamviewer to access full blown Photoshop of my MacBook Pro on my Android Tablet. It is a horrible experience.

Since a nice Wacom tablet is a bit pricey, especially for someone like me who doesn't do much graphic editing, I was wondering if it is possible to use an Android tablet like Tab S3 as a Wacom-esque drawing tablet when connected to a Macbook Pro?

I also have Windows 10 with Parallels on my MacBook Pro, so I can make Tab S3 connect to Windows 10 on virtual machine instead of Mac. So choice of operating system is not an issue, but I want tilt, pressure-sensitivity like features of Tab S3 to be utilised when I draw on Photoshop or OneNote over remote desktop.

I did a bit of searching, to find this driver. But unfortunately, it is only for Linux where OneNote or Photoshop like softwares aren't available.

http://rfc2822.github.io/GfxTablet/

If anyone can point me in the right direction, I'd appreciate it!

 

[enij]

With VirtualTablet

Edit: added link

 

[shnk123]

With VirtualTablet

Edit: added link

I used Virtual Tablet app over USB connection. It worked flawlessly. There was no lag or jitter. It supported pressure sensitity too. Thanks for reommendation.

On the app side, I think app should proide a feedback on what I am writing or drawing. Otherwise, the whole experience becomes a blind exercise.

I have to get used to using this set up, it is no great but okay.

 

[chengshi67]

Having used both a 15.6" IPS Drawing Tablet Monitor XP-Pen Artist 16 Pro ( xp-pen.com/goods/show/id/251.html ) and traditional Samsung Galaxy Tab S3 tablet , I found that for drawing, a medium to large Artist 16 Pro served me better than a draw on tablet see on screen combo.

However, the opposite was true when it came to photographer. for photo editing , using the small tablet XP-Pen Star G640S and then only a relatively small part of the active area on the small tablet. Less hand movement and closer to a mouse.

Given my past experience, if I was using a device for drawing (again), I would opt for a XP-Pen Artist Line or iPad type device and it would be medium or large in size.