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Ronald Keller

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Nov 25, 2008, 3:06:22 PM11/25/08
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When drawing with the brush or the clone stamp brush now and then strokes are drawn at full pressure even though that is not the case. The next strokes are ok again for a while and then again... a few strokes like they there was no pen pressure. Very annoying when retouching masks.
I already installed the latest Wacom driver but no joy.
What else could I try?

My graphics card doesn't have OpenGL capacities so I don't think that's the problem or could it?

Also CS4 is much slower than CS3 in updating the screen. Related?

Tips welcome...

I am a long time user of Photoshop (since 2.5) but I think CS4 will be the first upgrade I will skip although I love the new adjustments and masks panels...

Windows XP Pro, 4 Gigs of Ram, Matrox Millenium card, plenty of sratch disk space.

Chri...@adobeforums.com

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Nov 25, 2008, 4:15:25 PM11/25/08
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What kind of tablet? And have you updated the driver for your tablet?

xrd...@adobeforums.com

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Nov 25, 2008, 8:23:28 PM11/25/08
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I had exactly the same problem with my Wacom Intuos 3 tablet.

The solution is to go into Control Panel>Administrative Tools>Computer Management>Device Manager>Human Interface Devices and disable Wacom Virtual Hid Driver.

I found that somewhere on the Wacom site and it does it for me.

I'm not sure but I think it started when I updated the Wacom drivers to try and solve another problem.

Can I ask, if you press CNTRL-ALT-DEL to start task manager, does that disable your pen until you select the Task Manager button? That came with the latest driver too.

Brian

Ronald Keller

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Nov 26, 2008, 5:57:58 AM11/26/08
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Brian,

It didn't cure the problem but thanks anyway for trying to help. I really appreciate it.

Ronald

Ronald Keller

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Nov 26, 2008, 5:55:54 AM11/26/08
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Chris,

Intuos 3 and yes I have the latest Wacom driver

xrd...@adobeforums.com

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Nov 26, 2008, 10:00:23 AM11/26/08
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Sorry it didn't help Ronald. This is strange because I have tried re-enabling the Wacom Virtual Hid Driver and the problem came back. Maybe you have the same symptom for a different reason. Have you contacted Wacom?

David_D.@adobeforums.com

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Nov 26, 2008, 10:03:58 AM11/26/08
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I was having the same issues with my Intuos 3 in CS4 but was able to get it going again.

1.Uninstall Wacom driver and disconnect tablet
2.Reboot
3.Reinstall Wacom driver (6.1.05), reconnect tablet
4.Trash Photoshop preferences by pressing ctrl-alt-shft while
starting Photoshop.

That worked for me, sensitivity is normal and consistent from stroke to stroke. Good Luck

David

Ronald Keller

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Nov 27, 2008, 2:18:14 PM11/27/08
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Brian,

I noticed I had 2 identical entries of Wacom Virtual Hid Driver as well as some other Wacom duplicates in Device Manager. I followed David's advise and that seemed to tackle the problem.
I did contact Wacom but received no reaction yet. Anyway the problem is solved.
Thank you again very much for trying to help!
Regards,

Ronald

Ronald Keller

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Nov 27, 2008, 2:27:47 PM11/27/08
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David,

I followed your advice and this indeed solved my problem!
Wonderful!
I am very grateful! I owe you a beer or better yet a whole brewery!

Thanks again, I really really appreciate your help.

Regards,

Ronald

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