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I am making a picture with the Art History Brush tool using a Wacom Intuos Pro tablet and classic pen...the tablet has the latest drivers.
When I touch the screen using the mouse, the pointer and brush shape is fully visible. But when I use my digital pen to touch the screen, the pointer is invisible...BUT...brush strokes still appear even though I cannot see the tip making them.
I have never seen this before. I'd be grateful for ideas on what I am doing wrong. Probably, something simple.
I am using a Dell XPS15 9550 laptop which has 32Gb ram and all ssd storage. I use an Nvidia graphics card with Photoshop (latest edition) with the latest Nvidia drivers. The only big change recently was that I updated my W10 64bit OS to 1903 yesterday. No problems with this I am aware of.
Here's the thing...when I use the tablet and digital pens in Corel Painter 2019, there is no problem. The cursor is visible and behaves normally.
I'd be grateful for advice with this
David
...In the Wacom driver, Uncheck Windows-Ink for Photoshop, check Windows-Ink for everything else.
David
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Aha! The answer turned out to be to UN-select "Use Windows Ink" in the Wacom driver. Incidentally, until I did this, the digital pen cursor would not show up anywhere except Corel Painter. It would move icons on the desktop but invisibly.
David
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....but now, the Wacom cursor will not show up in Corel Painter applications. That's a nuisance......
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...In the Wacom driver, Uncheck Windows-Ink for Photoshop, check Windows-Ink for everything else.
David
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Windows ink takes away pressure sensitivity, I wouldn't advise turning that off.
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...but if I cannot see the cursor, pressure sensitivity is not going to be much use.
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Same problem here on a my Intuos 4 Pro (2017) on Razer Blade 15 (also NVidia graphics), & newest Photoshop. I haven't used my Wacom in a while now the cursor turns invisible, whenever I hover the pen over the tablet. Appears back again, once I move the mouse.
Turning off Windows ink is not a solution, because without pressure sensitivity, I might as well use my mouse. Although Windows Ink is a nuisance too, with the terrible long-press circle... I have to say, it is very frustrating to encounter the same problems over and over again with Wacom. 😞
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Oh boy.. and here is the link to the posting that explains how to hack pressure sensitivity in PS without windows ink:
Re: Use Windows Ink Issue with photshop CC 2015.
I can verify that it still works on PS CC 20.0.5 (summer 2019)...
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I found a solution to the LONG-PRESS CIRCLE issue: I'd link to the original post, but cannot find it. Shout out to Michael for the solution:
For those also having the issue, I found the solution for me in a conceptart forum.
Going trough the registry was the right approach.
How to open the Registry-Editor:
Press Winkey + R
In the command line type regedit and press enter.
Navigate to:
Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Wisp\Touch
There, change the following parameter from 1 to 3 by double clicking on it and entering the new value.
TouchMode_hold = 3
You may have to restart any running applications like Photoshop for them to apply the change.
Hope this helps!
- Michael
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I came across the same problem when I updated my computer, but I was able to get the cursor to show back up after pulling up the settings for "pen & windows ink" and checking the box "show cursor" (see image below):
Hope this helps!
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Thanks Chanahinmon! The newest windows update must have messed up the settings for me. Turning show cursor back on worked like a charm. Typing "Pen Settings" in my windows search got me to the correct screen.
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Thank you, this was driving me mad!
So:
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Were you able to get a normal mouse cursor by doing this, or the weird diamond / dot thing?
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Now that you mention it, it is a weird small diamand / dot thing.
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Chanahinmon - thank you very much! Works excellently and means I can use Windows Ink and get Pen Pressure back. Thanks.
David
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i have the same problem, i unselect use windows ink in the wacom driver but this dont work
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I can't toggle the Windows Ink checkbox in Wacom Properties; it unchecks itself automatically when I close the app.
Intuos 4, windows 10