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# Pen pressure levels

## Pressure levels

Conceptually, a drawing tablet takes the pressure range and divides it into segments. Each segment is a pressure level.

The number of pressure levels is NOT decided by the pen. It is ultimately determined by the tablet itself. It can be the case that a tablet decides to have 4K pressure levels with one pen model but 8K pressure levels with another pen model. The number of pressure levels is NOT decided by the pen. It is ultimately determined by the tablet itself. A tablet may support 4K pressure levels with one pen model but 8K pressure levels with another.

## How many pressure levels do you need?

These days tablet brands say that they can handle 8K (8192) levels of pressure. Some tablets even claim to support 16K pressure levels.

<mark style="color:red;">**Don't get caught up in hype about pressure levels**</mark>.

I claim you only need 2048 levels of pressure, and probably even less than that. As a quick example, watch this 35-second video: <https://youtu.be/V-79hS5sRQw>

{% embed url="<https://youtu.be/V-79hS5sRQw>" %}


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