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Wacom tablet malfunctions when using After Effects

Community Beginner ,
Apr 08, 2021 Apr 08, 2021

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I have been having this issue (which has been going on for years now) where my Wacom tablet/pen stops working when I use AE. The issue does not happen right away, sometimes it happens within minutes after I launch and use AE and sometimes it may take up to hours. What happens is the mouse/cursor does not move when I am hovering over the tablet. The only way for it to move is when the pen is putting pressure on the tablet and I drag, in which case also makes it click AND drag at the same time. This ONLY happens with After Effects and it's ONLY the Wacom that stops working, when I switch to a mouse it works fine. The only way to fix this issue is to restart the computer which is only a temporary fix.

 

Please help! Wacom and Adobe "specialists" were not able to resolve this issue for me.

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Apr 13, 2021 Apr 13, 2021

Hi there,

 

Can you take a look at this discussion and see if you're running into the same issue? https://community.adobe.com/t5/after-effects/wacom-intuos-failure-in-after-effects/m-p/11416413

If yes, you can try the workarounds mentioned in the discussion. 

 

Thanks,

Rameez

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Apr 13, 2021 Apr 13, 2021

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It sometimes works better if you use one older version of Wacom driver.

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Apr 19, 2021 Apr 19, 2021

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Thanks @ToolfarmJP, I tried downloading previous/older Wacome drivers but it didn't seem to help.

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Hi there,

 

Can you take a look at this discussion and see if you're running into the same issue? https://community.adobe.com/t5/after-effects/wacom-intuos-failure-in-after-effects/m-p/11416413

If yes, you can try the workarounds mentioned in the discussion. 

 

Thanks,

Rameez

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Apr 19, 2021 Apr 19, 2021

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This temporary fix works, thank you!!! 

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Oct 27, 2022 Oct 27, 2022

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same issue now with the 2022 version of AE

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