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asdalojBoo
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February 24, 2021
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Brushes lose pressure sensitivity when I leave and return to Photoshop [OSX 11.2.1]

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I paint regularly with Photoshop brushes using my Wacom Cintiq tablet, but when I leave Photoshop and click on, say, InDesign, and return to Photoshop, my Photoshop brushes have no pressure sensitivity. I have to click my mouse somewhere in Photoshop before pressure sensitivity begins to work again and I can use my Cintiq. 

 

This isn't crisis but it's certainly an annoying, chronic interruption to my workflow that I've been experiencing for years through many iterations of Photoshop and Wacom software. Any help resoving it would be much appreciated. 

 

I'm using a Wacom Cintiq 22HD in Photoshop CC2021 v22.2 on a 2019 iMac running Big Sur 11.2.1.

 

 

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Trevor.Dennis
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Trevor.DennisCommunity Expert
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February 24, 2021

Are you saying that when coming back to Photoshop and using the Wacom pen with a pressure affects size preset, it does not work when you first touch pen to the screen?  With Windows the Wacom driver does not know a pen is being used until the pen touches the screen, but after that it maiontains its relationship with the pen for as long as Photoshop is open, and that's regardless of other apps being used.

 

You mention using the mouse rather than the pen.  Are you saying that pressure sensitivity with the pen does not work unless you use the mouse inside the document window?   Can you be very specific please?

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asdalojBooAuthor
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February 24, 2021

Hi, Trevor,

 

If I click into Photoshop using the Wacom tablet, I don't have pressure sensitivity until I click somewhere with the mouse in the document window. 

 

In my workflow I typically use the Wacom instead of the mouse when I interact with all of my different applications, so it's frustrating to have to switch back and forth between the Wacom pen and the mouse to get the pressure sensitivity back.

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asdalojBooAuthor
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February 24, 2021

This is a constant problem, not just when I first open Photoshop.  Every time I leave and return to Photoshop I have to click the mouse to return pressure sensitivity,

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