Can't get pressure sensitivity in mouse mode

[andW78]

I just got a new PC and I also use an Intuos 3 with it.

Fired up CC and I get the warning triangle.

I looked around for solutions and found a thread on here that talked about unchecking/re-checking the Windows Ink option. At first I couldn't find it but finally, after turning it on to pen mode, I saw the option, unchecked/re-checked it and sure enough, pressure sensitivity came back.

Problem is I never use pen mode, I use mouse mode. As soon as I switch back to mouse mode I get the warning triangle again.

[JJMack]

I would think in Photoshop Pen mode would be better to use then mouse mode for painting.  However using either mode in Photoshop  I have Pressure sensitivity.  I do not use Microsoft  Ink.  Old versions of Photoshop only support Wintab  API.  So  for my Wacom Photoshop Pen mapping I uncheck Use Microsoft Ink and  for new version of Photoshop I and the PS Configuration file to my preferences to use Wintab Api.  All other Application use Microsoft INK.

[andW78]

I'm not sure how to do that? can't find an option in the preferences.

[davescm]

Hi

That is not a preference option but something that you save into the Photoshop settings folder.

See info here under "Other tablets" (it talks about Windows 8 and Photoshop cc2015 but applies equally to Windows 10 and Photoshop CC2018).

Tablet support for Photoshop on Windows 8

Dave

[andW78]

yeah I tried that. Not only did it not work, it didn't do anything at all.

I heard one person say you can't have pressure sensitivity in mouse mode full stop.

[davescm]

Yes - I think JJMack was right in his earlier answer that Pen Pressure needs Pen mode

Dave

[JJMack]

It may be the Wacom Model I have a Wacom Intuos Pro and pressure work for me in either Pen or mouse mode. Mouse mode does not show the use Microsoft INK option which I do not use anyway for Photoshop I use Wintab. I can use pressure in either mode in Photoshop however I find mouse mode hard to use I always use pen mode.

[andW78]

It might be. It's an older Intuos 3 which doesn't work with the current Wacom drivers and I have to install older ones.

But it would be just the thing to spend a few hundred dollars on a new tablet, only to find it didn't help!

I'm also getting a few more weird things like CTL, ALT and SHIFT pop up in a little box whenever I press them. Plus, when I press down and hold it there for any length of time, I get a circle and then the right click menu opens. So many issues. May as well revert back to an older version of Photoshop.

[maxvonboughen]

Same issue

I am using a brand new Intuos pro and always use Mouse mode on my work PC using Windows 10.

At some point, pen pressure stopped working while using the same tablet.

It deffinetely used to work.

It is driving me mad not having it. I have cleared all drivers and re-installed and flushed photoshop settings.

Would be super thankful for any help 🙂

[Guest]

Hi

Did you check out this link posted by Dave above

Tablet support for Photoshop on Windows 8

Also take a look here

No Pen Pressure Adobe CC2015, Windows 8.1, Wacom Intuos 4

[adityan96768838]

Create a textfile in a text editor such as Notepad.
Type in the following lines:

# Use WinTab
UseSystemStylus 0

Save the file as a plain text file named PSUserConfig.txt, and save the file into the Photoshop settings folder: C:\Users\[User Name]\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Adobe Photoshop 2020\Adobe Photoshop 2020 Settings\

[asaj9369823]

Wow you are a lifesaver!!!! This is seriously what I've been searhing for for so many years ❤️

I made this post that got no results:

https://community.adobe.com/t5/photoshop/please-bring-back-quot-mouse-mode-quot-tablet-support-in-ps...

I will post your response ther because this is the actual correct answer.

Now if only we could get the Adobe developers to include this automatically in newer releases.

[kamilt55601663]

Yeach! Still work in 2023! I'm glad I found my answer so quickly. I work in mouse mode all my life and pen pressure was gone in that mode in newest Photoshop 😕 I have old Tablet - Bamboo Pen CTL-470. Maybe pressure might work on the newer one but thank to You I don't need to check it. Great Thanks! 🙂

[andreww78291761]

This 100% still works Adobe PS 2022 - 12/20/21

[gustavo24292215nx6j]

Still working on 2k22 you are a legend mate - 05/03/2022

[lovelocksley]

This is not working for me and I've spent hours of frustration.

I've disable/enabled windows ink in reg, Ive installed/uninstalled wintab... pressure works in pen mode, but not mouse mode. I'm ready to throw it all off a building. Tried different wacom drivers. I have even added that file into photoshop settings "PSUserConfig.txt" pressure only works in pen mode and I CANNOT DRAW when my tablet maps the entire screen... HELP???

(also getting error on ps startup)

your graphics processor is turned off in preferences.

x directx unavailable

x insufficient vram (0-1500mb req)

√ open gl available

√ open cl available

gpu detected: unknown gpu (unknown)

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Samsung QX310 or 410?

OS Win 10

RAM 8gb

CPU i5-m480 HD integrated gfx

dx12

Photoshop version 23.4.1 (2022)

Wacom Intuos3 PTZ-630

Wacom Driver 6.3.14-1

status: wits end

[muffy the muffin man]

Hey not sure what the linking rules are for forum but how I got the above to work looks like wintab is not installed by defult anymore 

I followed a guide called on redit to get the win tab then the text file above fixed this.
(Intuos M: Mouse Mode WITH Pressure Sensitivity FIX - Windows 10 desktop)
this is a stupid problem to have but this worked for me.

[Trevor.Dennis]

Hey not sure what the linking rules are for forum but how I got the above to work looks like wintab is not installed by defult anymore 

By @muffy the muffin man

The wintab text file has never been added by default.  We've always had create it manually.  What I am not so sure of is if major Photoshop updates migrate the PSUserConfig.txt file to the new folder.  I am sure that we needed to move it manually at one time, but I don't remember doing so recently.  On the other hand, I have been using Windows Ink with recent versions, so the wintab file would not be relevant, (unless it was being used for a different function.

[TechManJoe]

Thank you Trevor-

Great question on whether it copies that file during updates, but I don't think it does.  Windows Ink is the bane of my existence, and the only reason Wacom has it on by default (for anything but MS and Windows Store apps) is because Photoshop no longer defaults to Wintab and falls back to Windows Ink if it is not available (how it used to be in CS and before.  It would be amazing if they went back to the old model, as it would not only provide mutual customers with the best CREATIVE experience, but it would also allow most tablet manufacturures to only turn on Windows Ink for MS and Store apps by default.  Windows ink creates a wealth of problems in the rest of the Adobe Suite, but it goes largely unreported because they just blame the problem on the tablet drivers.  Dials and sliders and micro adjustments in all applications but especially in the AV suite are the most negatively impacted by Windows Ink.  

[CloudHead]

Thanks a ton. This worked in a snap on PS 2022.