#wacom help

occasionally at the start of a stroke the pressure will absolutely wig out. sometimes its too much pressure and sometimes too little, and it feels like the tablet just struggles to recognize the pen even though i dont change how im doing the strokes. i tried reinstalling the driver, i tried replacing the nib (which needed replacing anyway), and i tried replacing the tablet screen since that was scratched to all hell with a new screen but it did nothing.

I had the problem, that the pen crusor was working fine but the line appeared inches next to where I touched the screen! In case you have this problem too, fix it this way:

Select this in the options, and it will draw where you actually touch it again!

My second problem was, that it seems to “freeze” whenever I clicked “open” or “save” in the “file” option. BUT It actually DID NOT freeze. Don´t freak out if this happens!! Stay calm and click “esc” your SAI didn´t cracked the window is just on your secon monitor. But don´t waste timne searching it, you won´t see it (I don´t know why tho...) Instead, read THIS and try it out.

So just switch your monitors and save it. Then click the “open” or “save...” icon again and BOOM it appears on your other desktop. Now you can move it over and switch the monitors back (:

You know those moments “I’m ready to draw!” but your tablet says “HAH NAH MAN” in other words it lags?

So here are two methods you can use so you don’t have to restart your computer and wait.

Warning!! Long post!!

1. Search on your computer for “Tablet Preference File Utility”

Should look like this

Once you open this, disconnect your tablet from your computer and all drawing programs are closed.

The second step is to click Remove under All Use Preferences! Don’t close the window, let it close on its own!

When it closes, connect your tablet and open your preferred drawing program !

If that does not work, THEN OFF TO NEXT METHOD!

Close the drawing program again, but you don’t have to disconnect your tablet this time!

Go back to search on your computer and type in

“View Local Services”

What the window looks like 

Scroll all the way down until you find :

Go over to Stop, and click it. DON’T CLOSE OUT OF THIS WINDOW YET!

Search for Task Manager now (I keep this pinned on the bar along with Tablet Preference File Utility)

Click “More details”

and look for these

Click one at a time (since you can’t highlight them all at once //sobs) and end task for each of them. 

Open View Local Service again and click Start for Wacom Professional, after this you can close those windows and your tablet should be working again! 

Feel free to PM here if you need more help about these two methods!

After a minor windows update, it has completely fucked my tablet.

Whenever I try to draw it thinks its using the scroll tool, so i can’t draw anything. I’ve unchecked the “Use Windows Ink” in the Wacom Properties, while it fixes the scroll issue, it completely gets rid of any pen pressure.

If anybody has any help on how to fix this I will be very appreciative! I’m fuming, after each windows update I’ve had numerous issues with my tablet and Photoshop, and I can’t roll back to a previous time for some reason either.

I just got a basic Wacom Intuos and I’m trying to decide what software to use with it. Can anyone recommend (free) drawing software to use for a beginner/hobbyist interested in cartooning? Is the software bundle that Wacom offers any good? And tell me why you like that particular software.