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marcoe1065748
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October 19, 2017
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pen pressure sensitivity greyed out

  • October 19, 2017
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version Adobe Illustrator CC 22.0.0

Ever since the new update, every time I'm trying to change my paintbrush to pressure sensitive option from the drop down list box, the 'pressure ' option is greyed out and can't be selected. 'Fixed' and 'random' are the only ones that aren't greyed out.

How can I set the pressure sensitivity option on?

Please help,

Marco

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    Correct answer Monika Gause

    Hi Ms. Monika,

    I am not using wacom but ugee 1910b as my pen tablet. I just updated my pen tablet driver to the latest and restarted my Macbook awhile ago, but the pressure sensitivity is still greyed out.

    I'm not exactly sure what is going on here but before the update, I was able to create brush strokes with varying degrees of thickness with the pressure sensitivity option on (both on paintbrush and blob brush tool). But now, I don't seem to figure out why the pressure sensitivity is greyed out.

    Regards,

    Marco


    I got that.

    Installing a Wacom driver is a hack.

    It worked for most people, so you should at least try it.

    5 replies

    M
    MrSCynHay
    Participant
    February 13, 2021

    After trying all these, remember to go to

    Edit--> Preferences--->Devices---> then check Enable Wacom

    I missed this step and could not get it going, once I did that I got all my brush preferences back 

      T
      The Sneak Geek UK
      Participant
      July 17, 2021

      Hi there,

       

      I have tried all of the steps above I am using a Wacom Intuos BT S with the latest version of Illustrator (2021) and apart from the Wacom 6D Art Pens, "Pressure" is greyed out completely. 

       

      HOW CAN THIS BE FIXED PLEASE? 

       

      Thanks

      Monika Gause
      Community Expert
      Monika GauseCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      July 17, 2021

      PLease contact Wacom about how to install that tablet and driver and how to set it up in your system.Ask them to tell you if it is guaranteed to run with Illustrator.

      E
      elliottmorus
      Known Participant
      October 8, 2020

      Hi

       

      I have tried all solutions out there (uninstalling, reinstalling, accessibilty creating new admin and resetting all preferences).... but still have the same problem with it being greyed out. (Illustrator 2020, Mojave 10.14.6 and back to Wacom 6.3.39-1)

      Yes, the pressure is available in the Wacom 6D brushes up to a point. Prior to most recent illustrator and wacom updates I could create dots for shading, whose size was relative to pressure. Now they are either the smallest or greatest of the parameters with nothing in between. Any solutions?

      L
      lyndonjhale@gmail.com
      Participant
      December 19, 2019

      Hey Adobe Support Community

      I see these comments are from 2017... I've updated my Illustrator to 24.01 and my Wacom drivers and I can't what ever I try get the pressure sensitive function to work on my brushes?

      Fixed and random are the only options avalible.

       

      Have re allocated the drivers in the program

      And allocated the plugins & scratch dis to my wacon folder in preferences

       

      And still no dice ;-( 

       

      Greatly appreciate any advice if anyone has overcome the same problem?

      Monika Gause
      Community Expert
      Monika GauseCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      December 19, 2019

      Have you already tried all of this: https://helpx.adobe.com/illustrator/kb/illustrator-cc-crash-wacom-drivers.html

      simonl64689283
      simonl64689283
      Participant
      August 18, 2019

      HELP S.O.S
      I am having the same issue, i have read multiple threads and still its greyed out.
      Im using mac book air mojav
      Wacom intuos.

      I have reinstalled my driver and rebooted multiple times, its works fine in photo shop
      but in illustrator its greyed out. Any other suggestions?
      I read somewhere to pick a plug in, but all my wacom files are also grey!

      (Also no updates available)

      Monika Gause
      Community Expert
      Monika GauseCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      August 18, 2019

      Have you read the Wacom installation instructions carefully and set it all up in the system?

      Wacom Customer Support | Wacom

      Monika Gause
      Community Expert
      Monika GauseCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      October 19, 2017

      Which system?

      Which pressure sensitive device are you using?

      marcoe1065748
      marcoe1065748Author
      Inspiring
      October 19, 2017

      macbook air

      OS X El Capitan 10.11.6

      pen tablet is ugee 1910b

      marcoe1065748
      marcoe1065748Author
      Inspiring
      October 20, 2017

      Strange that it doesn't work for the blob brush. It uses the same engine as the calligraphy brush.

      Thank you for reporting back.

      Please post your request in http://illustrator.uservoice.com


      I believe this has something to do with the recent update. As we speak, I'm currently having another problem involving Adobe Photoshop wherein I get the error message "Could not use the brush tool because the scratch disks are full."

      Is there anyway that I could revert back to the previous version of Adobe CC?

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