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Photoshop won't recognize tablet pen pressure. Have tried everything. Help?

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November 8, 2013
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Photoshop suddenly stopped recognizing pen pressure from my tablet yetsterday.

I'm using a Wacom Bamboo Connect tablet on a Windows 8 computer with Photoshop CS6

I've tried:

1. uninstalling the drivers

2. checking wintab files were gone from system32 and sysWOW64

3. restarting

4. reinstalling drivers

5. checking new wintab files are present

6. restarting

I updated photoshop (and repeated those 5 steps), reinstalling the drivers as an admin, reset the paintbrush tool, but no matter what I do, when I go to the Shape Dynamics option in Photoshop, I get the triangle with the exclamation point telling me that I need a pressure sensitive tablet.

I've tried plugging the tablet in and then opening photoshop.

I've tried opening Photoshop and then plugging in the tablet.

I updated the drivers for all of the hardware on my computer.

I've tried the pressure sensitivity in two other (non Adobe) programs and it works there, so it doesn't seem like a problem with the tablet itself.

I've tried every solution I could find online but none of them seem to be working for me. Any advice?

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I'd just like to point out to everyone if you're having trouble, just insert your tablet into a different USB slot. I literally just changed my Wacom from the back of my tower to the front of my tower and suddenly the warning on pen pressure vanishes and it works fine.

It could be a case of your computer and photoshop just not communicating very well.

Another win to SAI.

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samuelm28868112

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ok, i am using photoshop cs5.5 and an hp pavilion x2 with a stylus that works just fine with everything else even draws great with photoshop but it doesn't have pen pressure on photoshop like it does with everything else. how can i fix it? ive tried everything that has been said in this thread.

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BlipSpurb

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Plugging into a different USB port and restarting Photoshop worked for me! Thanks neosymphony!

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Volkzz

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HERE IS THE FIX:

(Finally after wasting countless hours on this)

1) TURN ON "WINDOWS INK" ON YOUR WACOM

2) OPEN START MENU AND SEARCH "PEN AND TOUCH"

3) UNDER "PEN ACTIONS" THERE WILL BE AN OPTION CALLED "PRESS AND HOLD." DOUBLE CLICK IT.

4) THERE WILL BE A TICK ON "ENABLE PRESS AND HOLD FOR RIGHT CLICKING" ON TOP. TURN THAT OFF.

Step 1 is to enable communications between the tablet and the computer (for sensitivity). If this does not fix your sensitivity then:

1) Make sure you have the latest drivers

2) Try re-plugging in your Wacom into another USB slot.

If you have Windows 10, then the OS will have an annoying feature that overrides the tablet. This is where steps 2-4 come in handy. It's very annoying when you are trying to draw and Photoshop doesn't pick it up because your tablet is tricking it into thinking that you want to right click even though all you did was hold the pen in place or draw only slightly.

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polysculpture

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This method does not work well. Windows Ink adds noticeable lag to many programs including Photoshop and sculpting programs like zbrush. Even with press and hold and all of the windows settings off, the wacom pen still behaves strangely and if you click and hold on things, you still get a ring, but no actions. I am happily using my wacom with photoshop with windows ink off with the method I outlined above.

WattsBLDG61

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I want to chime in that turning checking the "use windows ink" button and changing my document from 8 to 32 bit color fixed pressure and tilt.

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polysculpture

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Hi,

Today I discovered how to fix the Pen Pressure using the latest Wacom tablets with Windows 10 and not having to enable the terrible Windows INK.

WinTab is no longer a service in windows 10 nor does wacom use it.

Set your PSUserConfig to:

# Use Wacom Professional Service

UseSystemStylus 0

stib

Inspiring

Thanks polysculpture, the PSUserConfig.txt trick worked for me, without the Windows Ink cruft

GeneandSara

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Hey guys! I know this is an older post but I recently got an Ugee M1000L and I have tried every fix I'm able to in this thread and still can not manage to get the pen pressure to work in photoshop. The pen pressure seems to work just fine in my sketch pad app. Sooo frustrated!

Trevor.Dennis

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geneandsara wrote:
Hey guys! I know this is an older post but I recently got an Ugee M1000L and I have tried every fix I'm able to in this thread and still can not manage to get the pen pressure to work in photoshop. The pen pressure seems to work just fine in my sketch pad app. Sooo frustrated!

Have you worked through the points on this page? What operating system are you using?

Tablet support for Photoshop on Windows 8

You'd be better stating a new thread as this is already marked as having a correct answer, which means most people are going to ignore it.

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hannes-grebin

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Ok for Cintiq Users you can add applications for Windows Ink (even I don't use it on my other machine, maybe this is due to the Bootcamp drivers) So simply turn Windows Ink on for Photoshop only and leave it unchecked in 'All Other'
Visit this link for clarification: ConceptArt.org: Art Forums

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Anonymous

Hello, computer/tablet noob here.

Sorry if this is a silly question, but I have no idea where "Support TabletPC" is. Isn't the driver menu the icon that shows up on your taskbar while your tablet is plugged in? If not, I have no clue where to find it. I'm also working with a Huion tablet as well.

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peterf45213452

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I know I'm a few months late on the last reply (a few years on the original post!), but I'm having a very similar problem and cannot seem to fix it with any of the above solutions. I do not have a Wacom tablet, but instead I have a Huion 1060 Pro tablet, which may lend itself to my inability to use the previous solutions. I don't have the option in the driver menu to check/uncheck a box for "Use Window Ink", and unplugging/replugging into a different USB slot didn't help. If anyone has dealt with a pressure sensitivity problem in photoshop (I'm using photoshop CC) with a Huion tablet, or can suggest alternate solutions they foudn with their own tablets, I would be super grateful!

I'm using a Huion 1060Pro, Windows 10, Surface Pro 3, Photoshop CC.

Cheers Guys x

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peterf45213452

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After hours of trolling through forums and trying different solutions this morning, I found that the Huion solution to this problem is:

In the driver menu, tick the box labelled, "Support TabletPC"

Yay, back to drawing!!

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jerrystrickland

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I received the error message of an '!' when trying to select pen pressure in the brush adjustment.

The other advice didn't work.

It turns out the Wacom driver didn't load correctly.

So, restart the device driver (restart the service)

(Here is a link on how to do this:)

Fix your Wacom Drivers WITHOUT restarting! [Win] Update! | Blog @ GameTextures

Then be sure to restart Photoshop

Orioto

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Hi, same problem with pressure sensibility bit it actually happened after a wacom driver changed.

That method you mention (Restarting the service) allowed me to discover there must be some sort of driver issue.

When i restart the service.. the pressure work in photoshop, but the wacom utility doesn't recognize the tablet anymore, meaning i can't do the right click on windows etc..

If i restart the window cession, it works again, the wacom driver recognize the tablet, but then photoshop doesn't recognize it again..

What should i do..

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fishboneart

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I had the same problem. I resolved by going on image > method > 32bit/channel (RGB)

For me it worked! Hope someone could find my answer helping!