wacom tablet + CS4 + No pressure sensitivity

Pete Hurst - I had the same the first time I tried it, but I reinstalled the driver making sure that I selected the Windows 2000 folder, and I got pressure sensitivity OK. It will work - mine is Trust 5600

It Works! The Beta Driver posted by JeffreyThompson Works Perfectly on a Mouse Pen 8X6, and besides Solves the pressure sensitivity issue than is only reflected on PS CS4. Even when you switch to Normal Mouse the Tablet responses properly.

Thanks to Mr Thompson to bring us the light on this issue.

Tried the Genius drivers with my TB-6300, not getting ANY pressure sense with those. Am I doing something wrong? Installed the GPen-FM archive, the "Macro Key Manager" comes up on my taskbar, but no other sign of any tablet CP like I saw with the Trust driver.

Here's the response I received from Trust yesterday regarding whether they will be releasing updated drivers:

"
Dear customer,

Thanks for your contact.

We regret to inform you that there are no plans to develop new drivers
that can solve this issue.
"

Thanks, Trust. Where exactly did your company get its name again? Since I've had critical problems with every one of about half a dozen Trust products I've bought this last year or two, and since their support attitude appears to be diabolical, I am now generally recommending to avoid Trust products at all cost. Perhaps it's time to fork out for a Wacom...

I'll see if the tablet works for My MousePen 8X6. Give me a coule of weeks until finish Work Queue to uninstall PSCS3 and Install PSCS4 to try the beta driver.

Thanks Robert, I'll give it a try...

Pete Hurst - This new driver for the Genius pen works on the Trust tablet too, as Genius and Trust are the same generic. I have just installed it on my Trust 5300 and it is working perfectly.

The new driver works great here....Wacom seem to have fixed the wobbly line issue which has been plaguing me for years...Blisssssssss....

Now I can draw with the image really zoomed out without worrying about having to zoom back into the image to fine tune the marks/shapes/gestures.

Hi, for anyone with a Trust tablet (I have the TB-6300 which for me compares very nicely to my friend's Wacom which cost about 10x more!)

I've found that the problem can be *fixed* in CS4 by double-clicking on the taskbar Trust Tablet Control Panel icon for the tablet, going to the "Pressure" tab, and clicking anywhere on the Pressure Test area. Switch back to CS4 and everything is back to normal.

Very annoying, and to be honest (as a software developer) it sounds like Adobe are "passing the buck" on this one, rather than taking a proper look at whether they are being properly compatible with the standards the hardware manufacturers work to.

I quote (Chris Cox): "Despite what Trust told you, they have to update their driver with every release we make - even when we don't touch our tablet code. I don't know why they have to do that, it shouldn't be necessary, but apparently there is something in their driver that is specific to each application version."

This statement does NOT fill me with confidence, as a software developer you need to know what and why hardware manufacturers are having to do in order to be compatible with your software. These unknowns sound hackish and scary, and whoever's fault they are (Abobe or the hardware boys), *both* companies need to work closely together to resolve these issues and prevent them breaking the drivers with every new release in future.

To claim that it's the hardware manufacturer's fault, when ALL the manufacturers are obviously having to jump through hoops with every new release, is not acceptable. Sorry Adobe, your software has many bugs and issues which you do not acknowledge, perhaps it's time to adopt a more mature attitude and start taking responsibility for cleaning up your own mess ;)

Best wishes (+ a happy Xmas!),
Pete Hurst

I emailed the headquarters and got the answer to our prayers!
A BETA!!

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Hi,


The formal driver for PhotoShop CS4 will be released Jan. 2009.
But, we have one beta driver which can let your tablet work with CS4 on Windows XP 32bit & Windows Vista 32bit system.
If you want, you can use this beta driver until we release a new one.

Please follow below instruction if you want to use the beta driver.
1. Please remove the product driver.
2. Please disconnect the product.
3. Please reboot your pc.
4. Please copy below link and paste it to your browser.
http://download.geniusnet.com/2008/Tablet/GPen_B.zip

Download the file and save it to one folder.
Run the driver file first to unzip it to one folder.
Find one file named setup.exe and run this file to add necessary files to your system.
Follow on-screen wizard to finish this step.
5. Please connect your product to one USB port of your pc.
When the system find a new device, please follow on-screen wizard to finish installing.
If you are asked drivers, please indicate your system to the folder in step 4.

6. Test the product and see if it can work fine or not.




Best Regards,
KYE-CSD
http://www.geniusnet.com/

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Works for me!

Pressure and no straight lines!