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Illustrator Calligraphy Pen Pressure not Working

Forum|Forum|8 years ago
September 22, 2017
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Hello,

my computer lost it's battery during the night yesterday, and when I went back onto Illustrator after recharging my computer to draw, the calligraphy pen tool that I was using did not respond to any pressure from my drawing pen, and it would only create a line of just one thickness, just like in that 5pt. or 15pt. pen default mode. I restarted my Wacom pad, and also tried the calligraphic pen tool in Photoshop, which worked by the way, but still did not work on Illustrator. I have also tried opening and closing the file again. I am working on a time sensitive project, and it's really frustrating that this issue is happening to me now.

I'd appreciate any help,

thanks.

Correct answer Monika Gause

You could try if resetting the preferences helps in this issue.

How to set preferences in Illustrator

Use the method of renaming the folder in order to be able to reverse the action.

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Sorontar

Inspiring

Only thing that worked for me was. Preferences->Performance->GPU Performarnce turned on

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emdiar

Inspiring

I'm a little late to this thread, but I had the same problem of pen options being greyed out in brush options in Illustrator, but not other programs. Here is my solution.

I'm not sure whether this setting is available in earlier versions of Illustrator. I'm using v25.0.1.

Go to preferences, click "Devices" at the bottom of the list, then check the box for "Enable Wacom."

I'm not using a Wacom tablet - mine is Huion - but it worked for me. I guess "Wacom" in this context just means "pen tablet" and not specifically Wacom.

I hope this helps someone save some time!

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julieb61953089

Participant

Hi there, I have read through many of the answers, I have the same problem with the pressure pen not working in Illustrator, and I tried almost everything people suggest. I have restarted and reinstalled Wacom driver three times, I have reset the Illustrator settings, contacted Wacom support, and been in two hours online chat and support with Adobe. Still no pressure pen working in Illustrator.
I bought the tablet for illustrator drawing use mostly, so I wonder if I should return it? Or is the tablet worth it anyway?
It is an Intuos M 2018.

Monika Gause

Community Expert

There are a lot of cases just as yours being reported to this forum.

In many cases the issue cannot be solved at all.

For some people it starts to work out of the blue by pure magic.

Honestly no one has yet found out what's causing the issues with Wacom tablets. Their support is not helpful at all and everyone is at a loss currently.

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Clack5CB8

Participant

Please I'm also facing the same problem on my laptop Lenovo T410 i5 , I'm using Illustrator cc 218 can't access my calligraphy brush pressure

shannon_spillman

Participant

I finally got my Huion Kamvas Pro 16 to work today. I have tried everything I could think of for the last week. Finally today I started up Illustrator, openEd the file I wanted to work on then plugged in my tablet and sure as shit it worked! Finally!

chanaart

Community Expert

mine still not working...

Srishti Bali

Community Manager

Hi Chana,

Have you tried the steps I shared on this thread: Pressure sensitivity in Illustrator is grayed out for Calligraphic brushes on macOS Mojave?

I have sent you a DM as well for the case details, please check and reply accordingly.

I would also request all of you to upvote this issue here: Brush Pressure Option Unavailable – Adobe Illustrator Feedback

This is the best way of communicating with the Engineering and Product Management teams regarding issues and suggestions so they can be implemented in future releases.

Regards,

Srishti

shannon_spillman

Participant

Having Pen pressure problems as well.

Huion KAMVAS Pro 16

Latest version of Illustrator

Works fine in Photoshop but the pressure option in illustrator is grayed out. Not able to use it no matter what I set the sliders to.

Monika Gause

Community Expert

https://forums.adobe.com/people/shannon+spillman schrieb
Having Pen pressure problems as well.
Huion KAMVAS Pro 16
Latest version of Illustrator
Works fine in Photoshop but the pressure option in illustrator is grayed out. Not able to use it no matter what I set the sliders to.

Please install a Wacom driver on top of the original driver

shannon_spillman

Participant

Tried that. Doesn't work

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martyd2629353

Participant

The solution to this problem is to make sure the application you are using is added to your tablets settings. I have a Wacom Intuous Pro, as soon as I added Adobe applications to the tablet settings I was able to change the pressure sensitivity of brushes through Illustrator.

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johanperjus

Participating Frequently

Maybe I liked this response a bit prematurely as I haven’t tried it yet, on laptop with no tablet connected, but my gut tells me that this is a eureka moment to a common issue for many Wacom users. One solve has been just to restart Illustrator, which sometimes worked, sometimes not, very frustrating when it didn’t. This must be it ...

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johanperjus

Participating Frequently

I had the same issue when creating custom calligraphic brushes, but later realized I had “Variation” set to zero. You (of course) need to set a value greater than 0, as well as size to “pressure” in order for it to work.

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sol90267262

Participant

Why pen pressure do not woking at Ai?Plz help me..

Monika Gause

Community Expert

sol90267262 schrieb
Why pen pressure do not woking at Ai?Plz help me..

Does the solution in this thread help you?

If not, please create a new thread and tell us, which system, which version, which graphic tablet this is.

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Vijay1997

Participant

Mam

i also have same problem when i want to create calligraphy brush pressure shown as desable i am using on Windows 10 asus laptop

graphicfresh

Participant

To fix this problems you must install your tablet driver. I hope this help you

angie_taylor

Legend

Hi there,

Not all of the drawing tools offer pressure sensitivity so it may be that the wrong tool is selected? Which tool do you have selected when drawing your lines? If you want to use pressure sensitivity with a Calligraphic style brush I recommend using the Blob Brush tool. This gives you a huge amount of control over size, angle and roundness of brush. In Illustrator, double-clicking on a tool will open up the options for that tool. In here you can adjust the pressure sensitivity for the tool if they exist.

EltigrisAuthor

Inspiring

Hello,

I tried the blob brush with the same settings that you used in the screen shot, but it still didn't work. Here's the screenshot of my two test lines, both have had pressure applied on it. The top line is the calligraphic pen line, and the bottom is the blob brush line. My calligraphic pen was working fine, until yesterday which is a mystery to me.

Thanks!

angie_taylor

Legend

As Monika suggests, try resetting the preferences. You may also need to check your Wacom preferences too.

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