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JuliaRose1990
JuliaRose1990
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April 12, 2018
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My tablet won't work with Adobe Photoshop CS6

  • April 12, 2018
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I recently got a Parblo A610 and started using it. It works okay in Paint Tool Sai but I decided to give Adobe Photoshop a try. It worked for the first few minutes but then it started glitching and wouldn't let me draw. I uninstalled the tablet drivers and reinstalled them and then it started working just fine for the remainder of the time I was on. I shut down my computer (but I closed Photoshop beforehand so it wouldn't be corrupted), but when I logged back on the next morning, it was back to where it was before. It wouldn't let me draw or erase with my pen. Whenever I move the pen across my drawing tablet, instead of drawing, it moved the bar up and down but didn't move the canvas. The express keys are also not working with Photoshop. Is there any way to fix this?

Correct answer Akash Sharma

Hi JuliaRose1990,

Could you please let us know the operating system you are using? Please take a look at this article Cannot paint with stylus when zoomed in on image | Windows 10 if using Windows 10.

If not so, please refer the below help articles as per your OS:-

Menus, shortcuts, Lasso tool, or Photoshop stop working when using a Wacom tablet | Mac OS

Tablet support for Photoshop on Windows 8

Let us know if that helps.

Thanks,

Akash

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loaphs
Participant
May 19, 2019

I found a solution. If you go into "Edit", then "Preferences", then "General", you should find something on the top saying Color Picker. Just change that from Adobe to Windows and it should work.

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decendium
Participant
August 9, 2020

didnt work

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    Syrsly
    Participant
    August 21, 2018

    I've been struggling with this problem since early this year, after Windows 10's April update. It seems to be related to that. You probably won't have the same issues on an earlier version of Windows, but I have not found a solution to this problem on Windows 10. It's not a problem shared by Krita, though, so as a workaround, you could draw and paint in Krita, which is free, and come back to Photoshop for editing and text and filter effects.

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      scarlettm
      Participant
      August 10, 2018

      I have the same problem. Photoshop allows me to create lines using a mouse, but doesn't with my drawing tablet.

      I still can't find a soloution.

        Akash Sharma
        Akash SharmaCorrect answer
        Legend
        April 12, 2018

        Hi JuliaRose1990,

        Could you please let us know the operating system you are using? Please take a look at this article Cannot paint with stylus when zoomed in on image | Windows 10 if using Windows 10.

        If not so, please refer the below help articles as per your OS:-

        Menus, shortcuts, Lasso tool, or Photoshop stop working when using a Wacom tablet | Mac OS

        Tablet support for Photoshop on Windows 8

        Let us know if that helps.

        Thanks,

        Akash

        JuliaRose1990
        JuliaRose1990Author
        Participant
        April 12, 2018

        I have a Windows 10 and the paintbrush tool doesn't work regardless of whether I'm zoomed in or out. None of those articles helped me, unfortunately.

        JuliaRose1990
        JuliaRose1990Author
        Participant
        April 12, 2018

        Also, whenever I tap my pen lightly on my tablet, it creates dots in photoshop, but whenever I try to make a line, nothing appears.

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