pen pressure too sensitive

[yasuda1986]

When I first downloaded Photoshop, I could draw with a 25 pixel brush and produce a line 1 pixel think. Now no matter how gentle I am, a 15 pixel brush produces nothing smaller than 10 pixels, same brush and all brushes have the same problem. My pencil brush is too thick and too dark, I use a huion gt-190 but only photoshop is having this problem.

[JJMack]

What kind of pen do you have and have you tried to customize it feel.   Good Pens can be customized using its software

[yasuda1986]

I don't know what my pen is, but it can't be customize. And it works in every other program just fine.

[JJMack]

If you do not know what your pen is even how to you know its feel can not be customized?? You also did not post any of you Photoshop brush setting what size tip does that brush have. Your Photoshop brush for sure can be customized.

[yasuda1986]

Because I have the software that controls the pen and monitor tablet. And the only configuration option is calibrating the pen position. And how many time do I have to say that photoshop is the only thing with problems. And all my photoshop brushes are affected. and all my brushes are default settings. But since you insist my ink brushed max size is 25, min size is 0.

[davescm]

Hi

There is no pressure sensitivity setting within Photoshop (just brush minimum size and the usual brush size which becomes max size if using  pen pressure) . You need to set pen pressure sensitivity in your tablet software.

Dave

[JJMack]

Photoshop brush is very complex and can be customize well. When paint is laid down Photoshop seems to do some anti-aliasing or edge softening even when Anti_alias is not checked and the brush hardness is 100%. May be because pixels are square and the brush tip is round.  How could Photoshop create a round pixel?  Additionally when you use a pen with the brush tool when transfer is off I should see the brush paint at 100% opacity.  However if the pen pressure is very light to produce a 1pixel wide stroke Photoshop paints at a low opacity  not 100% opacity. I need to increase the pressure a little which may increase the stroke with. I not a painter and I'm also 77 my body can not produce a 1px wide smooth stroke even when the brush is 1Px Round hard with the mouse or pen.

Let me show you what I mean.   I created a 75px x 75px document filled it with 50% gray and zoomed in 600% so Photoshop will show the pixel grid and you will be able to see every pixel.

First a set the brush 1px round hard black  then use my mouse to create a  1px vertical  stroke on the left of the canvas the middle of the stroke is quite straight and black.   Next  picked up my wacom pen a tried to create the same black stroke using low pressure you can hardly see the middle stroke.   Increasing pressure a little I could produce a somewhat similar black stroke on the right.

Next I full with gray and set the brush tip 10PX round hard and create the strokes. Mouse 10PX wide Black,  Then the wacom pen slight pressure produce a light gray stroke around 1px wide  with increased pressure a tried a couple more I was able to create a two pixels wide stroke that was was near black.  

Photoshop can be very sensitive to slight differences in pressure.   If I were you I would find out what kind of pen you have and see if there is any software to adjust how the the pen device diver reflect pressure to application.  Support like wacom pen support.

[KShinabery212]

I think you have to let us know what type of STYLUS (pen) you are using.  That is the only really way for people to help.

I see JJMACK has provided a lot of info..... GREAT INFO!

But you have to let us know the type of pen and the software for the pen.

Is it a WACOM tablet?  Or something else?

[yasuda1986]

what does pen type mean.

I said about that my monitor tablet is a huion gt-190

The software control I got with the tablet is just called pen display. I can't see a reason why any of that would matter since I have normal pen pressure in my other software

[yasuda1986]

Well using lazy nezumi pro I have slightly improved it.

[JJMack]

Lazynezumi pro has many features  I believe Photoshop smoothing is Adobe admission that Lazynezumi had a feature that  should be in Photoshop.   Is there some specification as to what normal pressure is or feels like.  I know many write they can  not tell the difference between 100 levels, 1024 levels, 2048 levels or 4096 levels of pressure is there a normal standard?  Do all application use pressure the same way?

[Trevor.Dennis · Accepted solution]

yasuda1986  wrote

Well using lazy nezumi pro I have slightly improved it.

Well done you.  LNP is the best add on for tablet users bar none.

No one has mentioned it, but if you are not already doing so, you should set your tablet to use the WinTab API

This page is linked from this forum's Overview page, and contains useful advice with  tablet users with Windows 8.1 and 10.  Please let us know if this makes a difference.  The feedback will help other users.

Tablet support for Photoshop on Windows 8

For other tablets:

If the tablet uses a WinTab driver that does not have an option to use Windows Ink, or if you encounter other issues (see below for possible issues), you can force Photoshop to use WinTab by performing the following steps.

1. Create a text file in a text editor such as Notepad.

2. Type in the following lines:

    UseSystemStylus 0

3. Save the file as a plain text file named PSUserConfig.txt in the Photoshop settings folder: [Installation Drive]:\Users\[User Name]\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Adobe Photoshop CC 2015\Adobe Photoshop CC 2015 Settings\

To turn off the reversion to WinTab in Photoshop, do one of the following:

• Delete the PSUSerConfig.txt file.
• Change the lines so they read:

          UseSystemStylus 1

[JJMack]

But my surface pen only supports windows ink.  I do not even install CS6 on my surface pro 3 for CS6 does not support Windows INK only has WinTab support.  I do use Wintab for Photoshop on my Dell workstation though CS6 is better use there anyway.  CS6 UI is too small on the Surface's 216dpi 12" display.