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August 22, 2020
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Wacom pen pressure just stopped working (PS 21.2.2)

  • August 22, 2020
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I use a Wacom Intuos pen tablet.  Up until a few days ago, it was working very well with Photoshop.  When version 21.2.2 came out, Photoshop stopped recognizing pen pressure.  Pressure still works correctly in all other applications.

 

(Strangely, Photoshop isn't showing the triangle-! warning in the brush settings for pen pressure -- it's like it knows I'm using a pressure-sensitive device, but it isn't recognizing the differences in pressure.)

 

Things I've tried so far (that don't work): enabling/disabling Windows Ink, adding/removing a PSUserConfig.txt file, updating drivers, restarting applications, restarting my computer, changing the nib on my pen, changing which USB port the tablet is plugged into.

 

What should I try next?

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Mike_Gondek10189183
Community Expert
Community Expert
August 22, 2020

create a file in "C:\Users\[USER]\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Adobe Photoshop 2020\Adobe Photoshop 2020 Settings"
called
PSUserConfig.txt

with this text

# Use WinTab
UseSystemStylus 0

 

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JJMack
Community Expert
Community Expert
August 22, 2020

But Adobe broke Photoshop WinTab support in CC 2019 update 20.1 ........................

JJMack
Participant
August 22, 2020

The 21.2.2 update broke sensitvity for me too. I got it back by removing PSUserConfig and enabling windows ink. But I now I have to put up with the awful modifier popus.

JJMack
Community Expert
Community Expert
August 22, 2020

There is a Problem in Windows 10.  Setting Pen Feedback off dose not work the Pen INK popups cursor and effect do not turn off. The setting set the registry key  off but windose still dusplays the popup cursors.

JJMack
AxelMatt
Community Expert
Community Expert
August 22, 2020

This worked for me too. But I see lags on moving the sliders in Photoshop, for ex. in the tone curve or color adjustments layers. Is there a solution for this?

 

I've been using the Wacom Intuos Pro with the latest driver on Windows 10 build 2004.

 

My System: Intel i7-8700K - 64GB RAM - NVidia Geforce RTX 3060 - Windows 11 Pro 25H2 -- LR-Classic 15 - Photoshop 27 - Nik Collection 8 - PureRAW 6 - Topaz Photo AI