P: Shoelace shaped brush stroke with Wacom and smoothing on macOS

Im in this same boat and idk what I did to fix it but now its back and I cant remember how did you find any solution to it. Ive tried every other thing imaginable and I don't wanna pay 30$ for a plugin just to help fix this

 

By @LavaScoop31904923qmai 

Are you using Mac or Windows?

What tablet are you using?

Are you using WinTab or Windows Ink?

I don't wanna pay 30$ for a plugin just to help fix this

By @Stephen220014570tvf

If you are using Windows then Lazy Nezumi Pro does so much more than fix the shoelace artifacts.  It has dozens of useful presets, has better smoothing than Photoshop and is the best value Photoshop plugin by a decent margin.  Its worth does depend on the way you use Photoshop to be fair.  If you are only optimising photographs then it is not so useful, but I have always thought that Photoshop is wasted on Photographers.  If, on the other hand, you do any sort of illustration, photo manipulation or digital art, then LNP is a total no brainer.   Blimey.  I just checked and it is now US$60!  That's twice what I paid for it, but still represents good value.

Im in this same boat and idk what I did to fix it but now its back and I cant remember how did you find any solution to it. Ive tried every other thing imagniable and I don't wanna pay 30$ for a plugin just to help fix this

I have fixed this problem in the past, but I can't remember how. Now, after not saving my preferences last night, I am encountering the same problem again! I have tried everything on this thread and even re-installed my wacom driver (I don't have the option to edit the pressure curve), but nothing gets me back to the beautifully tapered, natural looking lines I had yesterday. This is especially frustrating in the middle of a book project since not only have I lost time, but my lines wil now not look consistent. I really hope someone fixes this or remembers how they fixed it.

you are really the god of  photoshop!!

I think I just figured it out - turning off the "smoothing" option in brush settings totally eliminated this effect for me. Seems it does just the oposite of what it says. 

A Mac Alternative to the here-mentioned "Lazy Nezumi" App is Hej Stylus. https://hejstylus.com/

FEATURES:

• Position Pull
• Exchangeable presets
• Shortcuts
• Pressure smoothing and buffering
• Two position smoothing methods
• Instant pressure mapping
• Tilt and rotation smoothing
• Works with any graphics software running on the Mac
• Works with a mouse, trackpad, stylus, or graphics tablet

Whenever I use a pressure size brush, my strokes leave this weird extra nubbin on the end of them. If I install an external program like lazy nezumi it works no problem, but I'd like to not have to rely on that. Any ideas what might be happening?

I'm using photoshop cc 2022 and this is happening consistently using different wacom tablets

That's how my graphic tablet works in Paint Tool SAI

And that's how it works in Phoroshop?

Any thoughts on fixing it?

I find a small amount of smoothing and stroke catch up and catch up on stroke end ON work best for me. It might be different on different users though - depending on how they use their pen.

Example below both left and right have similar strokes at 10% smoothing, but those on the left are full of shoestrings but in those on the right the issue is less evident.

Dave