7 Replies Latest reply: Oct 8, 2014 6:46 AM by penderra

Pen pressure not working with Wacom/Photoshop

inivision Jan 4, 2014 8:14 AM

I've recently installed photoshop CC and can't seem to get the brush/pen pressure sensitivity with my Wacom tablet. It's always worked fine for years with all previous versions of Photoshop as well as other programes. I've followed all instructions I can find but it continues to be very frustrating, pressure sensitivity just won't turn on. Any ideas or solutions welcome.

1. Re: Pen pressure not working with Wacom/Photoshop

Chris Cox Jan 4, 2014 10:16 AM (in response to inivision)

Contact Wacom, and double check the cable to the tablet.

Photoshop will recognize the tablet if the tablet is recognized by the system/driver.
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2. Re: Pen pressure not working with Wacom/Photoshop

Trevor Dennis Jan 4, 2014 12:22 PM (in response to inivision)

You really need to view the Brush panel and see how the brush tip preview looks. If it shows a tapered stroke, and the pen presure doesn't make affect stroke width, then yes you have a problem. If the stroke is not tapered, then it is more likely brush settings.

Do you have the Wacom brush set in the panel. If yes, then you need to select a brush with pointed tip. Otherwise, come back and we'll talk about brush settings
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3. Re: Pen pressure not working with Wacom/Photoshop

inivision Jan 4, 2014 2:11 PM (in response to Trevor Dennis)

Thanks, I've tried as you suggested and tried every brush tip type including airbrush, which is what I really need right now - tried various switches/sliders, but doesn't make any difference when I give it even the lightest of pressure or heavy, the stroke remains same throughout. I was wondering what you meant by have I got Wacom brush set in panel, is there a particular seting for Wacom ?
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4. Re: Pen pressure not working with Wacom/Photoshop

Trevor Dennis Jan 4, 2014 6:20 PM (in response to inivision)

The brushes (roughly) outlined in red are added whenever I install the driver for my Inuos 4. Least ways I am reasonably sure that is the case, and they were not already there when CC was installed.

The top left brush above, has a pointed tip, and when selected, I see this sort of shape in the preview window of the Brush presets panel

So the point I was making is that if you don't see the tapered preview, then pen presure is not going to affect brush size. If you do see that sort of shape in the preview, and pen pressure still makes no difference, then you know something is not working right.
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5. Re: Pen pressure not working with Wacom/Photoshop

Trevor Dennis Jan 4, 2014 6:42 PM (in response to Trevor Dennis)

These are the shape dynamics you need for pen pressure to affect size. This is 50% opacity.

But have a play. There is pure gold in these panels if you have a look round and a practice.
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6. Re: Pen pressure not working with Wacom/Photoshop

mkoziura Sep 27, 2014 12:43 PM (in response to Trevor Dennis)

Hi, I have the same problem with the latest version of PS. Recently (withe previous versions) everything was always fine.
I can't see the tapered tip. What's interesting - the same settings of brushes, same version of PS in OS X work fine.
Any idea?
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7. Re: Pen pressure not working with Wacom/Photoshop

penderra Oct 8, 2014 6:46 AM (in response to mkoziura)

See Wacom Forum - Wacom Europe GmbH • View topic - 6.39w3 Breaks Tilt in PS CC 2014 in particular the item dated 01/09/14 regarding PSUserConfig.txt

For the lazy:

Create a text file:
PSUserConfig.txt

add these two lines:
CODE
# Use WinTab UseSystemStylus 0

Save in:
CODE: SELECT ALL
C:\Users\[User Name]\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Adobe Photoshop CC 2014\Adobe Photoshop CC 2014 Settings\
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