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November 11, 2025
Question

Short strokes appear as dots with Apple Pencil Pro in Adobe Fresco

  • November 11, 2025
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Hello Adobe Support,

 

I’m experiencing a serious issue with Adobe Fresco on my iPad Air 11-inch (M3) using an Apple Pencil Pro.

 

When I try to draw short, quick strokes, the lines sometimes appear as dots. Longer strokes can be drawn without issue, but if I try to draw quickly, only a dot appears.

For example, when writing the Japanese character “え”, the first stroke becomes a dot, while the second stroke is drawn correctly.

 

This happens with all brushes in Fresco. However, in other painting or note-taking apps, I can draw short strokes normally with the same Pencil.

 

I contacted Apple about a potential Apple Pencil Pro defect, but they confirmed that since it works fine in other apps, this is definitely an Adobe Fresco issue.

 

For reference, I previously used an iPad 6th generation with the original Apple Pencil (older model) and did not experience this problem.

 

I rely on Fresco for my daily work, and this issue severely affects my efficiency. I also found that other users have reported the same issue years ago, but it appears it has not yet been resolved.

 

I would greatly appreciate your urgent assistance in resolving this issue.

 

Thank you very much for your help.

2 replies

david dunkley
Participant
June 24, 2026

Thank you Anubhav 

please find video and information of product and version of software 

Anubhav M
Community Manager
Community Manager
July 3, 2026

Hello ​@david dunkley 

 

Thanks for sharing the details. Kindly allow me some time to check this with the team.

 

Please don't hesitate to reach out if you have more questions or need assistance. We'd be happy to help.

Anubhav

david dunkley
Participant
June 23, 2026

I am experiencing exactly the same issue….impossible to do cross hatch shading or anything remotely similar , just dots unless I take my time, which makes it feel very unnatural  ? Did you resolve this?

Anubhav M
Community Manager
Community Manager
June 23, 2026

Hello ​@david dunkley 

 

I’m sorry to hear about your experience. Would you mind sharing more details, such as the version of the OS/Fresco installed, your device make/model, and a brief screen recording of the problem, so I can look into this further with the team?

 

Looking forward to hearing from you.
Anubhav