Trying to use brush tool when zoomed in, but strokes are almost always registered as panning/scrolling instead? [PsCC2018;Windows10;Surfacebook]
recently, my photoshop has taken to randomly switching to panning whenever i try to draw using my tablet or my surfacepen. It works fine until i zoom in on my project, after which any motion [either directly onto the screen with my surfacepen or via the tablet on my wacom] moves the image/pan of the image around instead of drawing. When this happens, the tool options don't show up as the hand tool and the hand cursor doesn't appear- the outline of the brush im using just vanishes and the panning/hand tool activates like i was dragging two fingers on the touch-screen or trackpad- scrolling up/down and left/right depending on how i move my pen. it also does this when i intentionally try to use the hand tool, too- just panning left and right most of the time instead of dragging omnidirectionally like the hand tool is supposed to.
to try and tackle the problem, i've tried;
-restarting the computer [lots of times], also shutting it down and leaving it for a while.
-installing any and all updates for photoshop, windows, my tablet driver, and CC
-uninstalling my tablet driver
-uninstalling and reinstalling photoshop
-reinstalling my tablet driver [after finding that the glitch was still occurring with the surfacepen with the newly installed PS; glitch continued w/ the wacom.]
-changing the shortcut for the hand tool
-turning off gestures
i have the most recent edition of photoshop [CC 2018, PC], and my computer is a Surfacebook running windows 10. i also use a wacom intuos pro tablet [which is only a few weeks old] and is fully functional and updated. My keyboard isn't sticking, either, which was something i saw as a cause in some forum entries for problems similar to mine [the spacebar's fine] and as far as i can tell, the touch-screen and trackpad are working fine also.
I'm studying animation at uni [specialising in 2D and concept design, so lots of drawing and PS use] and i also earn money through freelance digital art and this glitch is making it impossible to work :c if anyone has any ideas on what might be going wrong and how i can fix the problem, please let me know!
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