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November 14, 2018
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Wacom Intuos tablet creates only dots/lines instead of strokes in Photoshop CS6

  • November 14, 2018
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I recently bought Wacom Intuos tablet and have problems mentioned in the title. Whenever I use Photoshop CS6 (64-bit version, Win 7), press and hold the first button in my pen and drag/hover it on my tablet, at some point I'm only able to make dots and lines, slightly similiar to shift+left click function. Issue can be temporarily solved when I switch to file explorer and go back in Photoshop, but it will come back soon after I start making moves with the pen. There are few tricks I've tried which all failed to solve the problem and convinced me it's software end problem:

1. Reinstalled tablet drivers and rebooted PC.
2. Tried to recreate the problem in other software (Paint Tool SAI, Paint.net, Windows Paint).
3. Drew both with the tablet when cable plugged in USB port and with bluetooth connection.
4. Tried to unplug my regular mouse in case there's mixed signals between two pointing devices.

5. Cheked if shift (or any other) button is broken.

I want to know if there people with similar issue and if so, is there a solution? I was so ready to start using my brand new tablet and this problem is really getting to my nerves.

PS. Here's the comparison of what happened to my brush strokes after the forementioned circumstances:

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PECourtejoie
Community Expert
Community Expert
July 5, 2019

Hello, could affected user if any other software is running at the same time?

Try to check if any other program interfere by shutting them down one by one.

mglush
Community Expert
Community Expert
December 31, 2018

Hi!

So sorry for the delay in responding to your question! Are you still having this issue? What version of the Wacom tablet are you using? And can you show us a screen shot of your brushes panel open with the brush you are using selected? It might help us get the heart of the problem.

Michelle

Participating Frequently
July 5, 2019

I recently have been experiencing the same behavior. Using Wacom Intous Pro. This is Wacom thing since it painted dots instead of lines in other software to.