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leon_theremin
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February 27, 2018
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A map-editor plugin disables pen pressure and eraser (Wacom Intuos Pro). How can I disable it without uninstalling it?

  • February 27, 2018
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Since a few weeks ago, the pen of my Wacom Intuos Pro does not work correctly 

a) If I flip the pen 180º, it is not available the eraser mode.
b) In Illustrator is not able to respond to the pressure of the pen, even if the brush size is specified as such.

This does not only happen in Illustrator; also in Photoshop!! In the brushes panel, the famous yellow error triangle always appears.

After several days of research, conclusion is that installation of two Avenza plugins, specialized in the creation of maps, is the reason: Avenza MAPublisher in the case of Illustrator and Avenza Geographical Maps in the case of Photoshop.

It does not matter whether the plugin is in use (activating a license), or installed, but

The situation is very frustrating because the pressure characteristic is not commonly used for the creation of maps. But I also use Illustrator and Photoshop for digital art.

While waiting to report the problem to Avenza, my question is; How can I disable / disable plugin loading in Illustrator / Photoshop without having to uninstall it completely? It does not matter that a file must be temporarily disabled. The idea is that these plugins are installed but that they are not usually loaded unless they are activated in certain sessions in which you work with them.

Situation is very frustrating: pressure characteristic is not commonly used for the creation of maps, is not a hard problem. But I also use Illustrator and Photoshop for digital art.

I do not know if the problem can be solved by Adobe, or Avenza. Meanwhile, my question is: ¿how can I deactivate / disable this plugin loading in Illustrator / Photoshop, without having to uninstall it completely?

It doesn'tmatter that a file must be temporarily disabled. My idea is that these plugins are installed but that they are not usually loaded in order to avoid de bug, unless they are activated by me in certain sessions in which I work with them.

Thanks in advance.

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Correct answer Ray Yorkshire

Just take the plugin itself out, to see if it is really the culprit, if not you can simply put it back

Eg on Windows

Close Illustrator and find the Plugin folder where thay all live,

path something like

C:\Program Files \ Adobe\ Adobe Illustrator 'version'\ Plug-ins\ Mapublisher

Open up the plugin folders untill you  find the Mapublisher one, they all have a little orange icon

First copy and paste it to another folder somewhere, nice and safe.

then remove the one in illustrator.

and restart.

Have you tried updating wacom drivers,etc

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Ray Yorkshire
Ray YorkshireCorrect answer
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February 27, 2018

Just take the plugin itself out, to see if it is really the culprit, if not you can simply put it back

Eg on Windows

Close Illustrator and find the Plugin folder where thay all live,

path something like

C:\Program Files \ Adobe\ Adobe Illustrator 'version'\ Plug-ins\ Mapublisher

Open up the plugin folders untill you  find the Mapublisher one, they all have a little orange icon

First copy and paste it to another folder somewhere, nice and safe.

then remove the one in illustrator.

and restart.

Have you tried updating wacom drivers,etc

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leon_thereminAuthor
Participant
February 28, 2018

Thanks Ray for your instructions. They have been very useful.

I located the plug-in Illustrator. I just compressed the folder...

By this way, pen tool recovers its property of pressure, inclination, etc. Work fine!

I've searched a bit, and in case of Photoshop, according to Adobe Help, it's possible to disable the plugin simply by adding symbol (~) in front of plug-in file. Like this:

Unfortunately, this simple method does not work in Illustrator. In this case it's obligatory move, or delete, or compress the entire folder or file plug-in

Have a good day, Ray!

PS. Yes, Wacom drivers are the most recent (February 22). I'll inform Avenza about the incidence with its plugins.

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