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June 10, 2019
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Soft pen pressure not working

  • June 10, 2019
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I'm using Photoshop CC 2019 with a Cintiq with a Macbook pro Mojave. I have also tried my wacom intuos tablet with PS CC 2017, same problem. Everything is up to date.

Here's the issue: When I try to use the brush, the stroke will only appear when I press hard, so I barely get any line variance. Sometimes the stroke won't appear at all or I just get dots.

I've been searching for a fix for this all day and haven't found any solutions in the forums. I have uninstalled and reinstalled the newest Wacom driver, I also tried installing the previous driver. I've adjusted the Shape Dynamics in Brush Settings. Both Photoshop and my Wacom Driver are selected in Accessibility. I changed my pen nib. I've messed with Tip Feel, Calibrate...everything I could think of and everything I found suggested. I've restarted several times...

I have wasted a day I could have spent working and am getting very fed up. This photoshop update has been a nightmare and this is only the most recent in a long string of problems I've been having since, I assume, the CC updated.

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Correct answer Michael Bullo

Have you tried resetting the Photoshop preferences?

Preferences in Photoshop

"Press and hold Alt+Control+Shift (Windows) or Option+Command+Shift (Mac OS) as you start Photoshop. You are prompted to delete the current settings. The new preferences files are created the next time you start Photoshop."

2 replies

katleyhAuthor
Participant
June 10, 2019

Thanks! That seems to have done the trick.

Problems with my shortcuts was the FIRST issue I had with this update, what a headache!

Michael Bullo
Community Expert
Community Expert
June 11, 2019

Great to hear you solved the problem.

katleyhAuthor
Participant
June 11, 2019

I guess I spoke too soon. After drawing for a while, the same problem resumed. Resetting the preferences seemed not to work the same way again...but I also can't keep doing that as I have to continually re-set up my preferences.

I'm at a loss!

Michael Bullo
Community Expert
Michael BulloCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
Community Expert
June 10, 2019

Have you tried resetting the Photoshop preferences?

Preferences in Photoshop

"Press and hold Alt+Control+Shift (Windows) or Option+Command+Shift (Mac OS) as you start Photoshop. You are prompted to delete the current settings. The new preferences files are created the next time you start Photoshop."