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Anomailia
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August 24, 2020
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Photoshop 2020 not recognizing pen pressure for Huion Tablet

  • August 24, 2020
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All right so my problem is this: I have a Huion Inspiroy Q11K Tablet. It works fine and dandy with other programs, but does not work with Photoshop 2020. I have updated drivers, I have reinstalled Photoshop, and I have unchecked Windows Ink. Nothing has worked at all. I would appreciate any help that does not refer to a wacom tablet or windows ink enabled, please!!

 

I just want Photoshop to recognize my tablet and use pen pressure.

    Correct answer davescm

    In previous versions, you could control pen pressure either through Windows Ink or through Wintab.  With the current version of Photoshop you need to use Windows Ink.

    To do that :

    1. In your tablet properties make sure the tablet is set to use Windows Ink.

    2. If you have previously use PSUserConfig.txt to stop Photoshop from using Windows Ink and force it to use WinTab, then you need to remove that text file.

    3. Following 1 and 2 - close and restart Photoshop.

     

    That's it - your tablet should now work through the Windows Ink interface.

     

    Dave

     

     

     

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    davescm
    Community Expert
    davescmCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
    Community Expert
    August 24, 2020

    In previous versions, you could control pen pressure either through Windows Ink or through Wintab.  With the current version of Photoshop you need to use Windows Ink.

    To do that :

    1. In your tablet properties make sure the tablet is set to use Windows Ink.

    2. If you have previously use PSUserConfig.txt to stop Photoshop from using Windows Ink and force it to use WinTab, then you need to remove that text file.

    3. Following 1 and 2 - close and restart Photoshop.

     

    That's it - your tablet should now work through the Windows Ink interface.

     

    Dave

     

     

     

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      WootieCartoons
      Inspiring
      November 4, 2021

      Did Adobe actually force users to have Windows Ink enabled?  This is not an acceptable fix for those of us that do not want to use Windows Ink.  Windows Ink causes pen lag and other pen interface problems with many other common apps.  For example in google chrome, one is unable to click-hold-drag the scroll bar or click-hold-drag select text.  Using my computer with the pen has run great since turning off Windows Ink in my Huion preferences and every other pen control that microsoft thinks helps people.  Windows Ink actually hinders proffessional artists.  Please provide a method for legacy behavior of the pen ASAP.  I will be staying in 2021 until this is resolved.  Do you consult any proffessionals before making these rediculous changes?

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        WootieCartoons
        Inspiring
        November 4, 2021

        Even other Adobe apps suffer with Pen interface problems while Windows Ink is enabled.  For example in Adobe Bridge, selecting multiple files with Cltrl+Click causes massive lag.  It takes 30 seconds to simply select a second file; Disabling Windows Ink in my Huion prefs eliminates the lag.  Another example in Adobe Bridge: one is unable to click-hold-drag select text for renaming files and folders.

         

        Please provide lagecy behavior for users who do not wish to use Windows Ink asap. 


        Ok, false alarm.  We can continue to use the 'PSConfig.text' workaround that we have been using for the previous versions of PS.  

         

        create a txt file containing:

        # Use WinTab
        UseSystemStylus 0

         

        and save it here:

        C:\Users\[your user name here]\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Adobe Photoshop 2022\Adobe Photoshop 2022 Settings

         

        and disable Windows Ink

         

          nikunj.m
          nikunj.m
          Legend
          August 24, 2020

          Hi,

           

          We're sorry about the trouble with pen pressure while using your Huion tablet with Photoshop. Would you mind telling us the exact version of Photoshop you are using. Did you start facing this issue after the latest Photoshop update? Please ensure you have all available Windows updates installed on the computer.

           

          Adobe does not test or officially support Huion tablets. You can check out some of the steps suggested here: https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/kb/tablet-support-faq-photoshop.html

          If the issue still persists, we would request you to contact Huion support.

           

          Regards,

          Nikunj

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