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Dave mac

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• Jan 2, 2008

• #1

I brought an A5 bamboo tablet (a cheaper wacum) a few weeks ago and I'm using it with photoshop to attempt to paint bird pictures. However, according to the specs it should be pressure sensitive but I cant get this to work. Has anyone used this combination and could advise me on how to get it working. I have turned on "pen pressure" in the brush presets in PS but it does not help. In the brush presets next to pen pressure it displays a small triangle with an exclamation mark in it which I think means its unavailable
Any help would be appreciated
Dave

 

Woody

Well-known member

• Jan 2, 2008

• #2

Can't help you with that one I'm afraid. Maybe Ed or Dave will be able to shed some light. Good luck with it anyhow.

Mike

 

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Painter-Lynne

Active member

• Jan 3, 2008

• #3

Hi - regardless of whether you're on a Mac or PC (didn't like to assume Dave Mac meant you're on a Mac), there will be a control panel for the tablet. It's there that I suspect you'll find the adjustment for the sensitivity of the pen. I'll admit I'm not familiar with the particular make you mention, so I'm going on a hunch and experience of similar things. Hope I've helped. Let me know as I've another idea - but try that first.

 

Last edited: Jan 3, 2008

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Dave mac

Well-known member

• Jan 4, 2008

• #4

That sounds good to me, I will give it a try
Many thanks

 

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Dave mac

Well-known member

• Jan 7, 2008

• #5

After lots of messing about trying to find the pen options it finally occoured to me that they were missing and it was to do with the way I had installed the foftware (ie wrongly) When it was reinstalled, pen pressure, zoom, the buttons on the pen all worked flawlessly. So it was operator error:C

 

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Painter-Lynne

Active member

• Jan 8, 2008

• #6

Yeah - sounds all too familiar.. I'm always telling the person pushing the buttons to use their noodle... and as I'm the only one who uses my computer...