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levni Ersin
levni Ersin
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January 4, 2022
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Pen pressure is greyed out in Illustrator on Wacom Tablet on macOS Monterey

  • January 4, 2022
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I tried everything, none of the last three versions adobe illustrator application support pen pressure.

 

Apple Pro 6,1 / MacOs Montery 12.1 / Wacom cintiq pro 24p / Wacom Drivers 6.3.45-2 / illustrator 26.0.2 

 

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levni Ersin
levni ErsinAuthor
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January 8, 2022

Wow!

It fixes itself when I start the program using terminal.

incredible.

But will we always use it like this now?

Lukas Engqvist
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Lukas EngqvistCommunity Expert
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January 8, 2022

Is that you started Illustrator from terminal and it worked? How did you come accross this solution? I have heard more with this problem and not been able to fix other than starting from modifying Wacom 3D brushes (Which is a big limitation) 

levni Ersin
levni ErsinAuthor
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January 9, 2022

Right click Adobe Illustrator 2022.app "Show package contents" then run exec document. Illustrator running successfully. I don't know why this happens.

 

    levni Ersin
    levni ErsinAuthor
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    January 8, 2022

    @Laura Coyle. and @Monika Gause many thanks to both of you.

    I installed two previous versions of the program and driver, but the result did not change.

    Only pressure does not work in the program, there is no problem in photoshop.

    It was the feature of the illustrator that I used the most, it's really sad.

    Monika Gause
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    Monika GauseCommunity Expert
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    January 9, 2022

    Did you set up everything in your system in the way like described in that link I posted?

     

    And is the driver installed like Wacom recommends?

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    Ngoc Mai5CA4
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    January 11, 2022

    As I've mentioned below: I've also noticed when I opened an older .ai that I created in 2020 which includes pen-pressure, my preset with pen-pressure is still working. But if I want to make changes to my brush, the option is still greyed-out. For the past weeks I've made multiple copies of my old .ai projects and deleted all layers just so I can start a new project with pen-pressure. 

    Monika Gause
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    Monika GauseCommunity Expert
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    January 7, 2022

    Please try out if this helps you: https://community.adobe.com/t5/illustrator-discussions/wacom-intuos-4-not-working-with-illustrator-catalina/m-p/12381328#M291199

     

    Most of the times you will have to install Illustrator 2020 to set up the necessary options. Please contact Customer Care asbout it: https://helpx.adobe.com/contact.html

      Laura Coyle.
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      Laura Coyle.Community Expert
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      January 7, 2022

      Have you tried working with the Security and Privacy settings on the Mac? Here's an article from Wacom with specifics:

      https://support.wacom.com/hc/en-us/articles/4407257968663

      Monterey includes security settings that can interfere with connected devices and other software. Hope that helps!

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