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LoTekK
08-11-2005, 12:59 PM
I just picked up a HP TC4200 today, and am in the process of getting everything set up the way I like it. Messing around with Photoshop CS2, I noticed that the pallete well is missing when working in portrait mode (which would be most of the time in slate mode). In case you're not sure which bit I'm referring to, see the attachments. First attachment shows the well, second pic shows the upper right corner in portrait mode.

Ordinarily I wouldn't be so annoyed, but the palette well is the only place I can dock the Brushes palette where it doesn't resize the windows. Dock it anywhere else, and I get a palette that takes up half the working area.

Is there a solution for this, or am I going to have to either live without the palette well or change the screen orientation to landscape even while working with the tablet in portrait orientation?

New problem. I just noticed that PS isn't recognizing the pressure sensitivity (the little exclamation mark appears next to the brush settings).

:hmm:

edit:
Just to clarify, I've tried starting PS while in portrait mode, as well as started in landscape then switched to portrait. Either way, the docking well appears in landscape but not portrait. The well is also immovable, so I couldn't drag it around.
spmonahan
08-11-2005, 03:49 PM
I seem to remember reading in some PS documentation that your screen resolution has to be atleast 800x600 or 1024x768 - I cannot remember which - to have the docking well show up. Anyway, you may not have that resolution in portrait mode, or maybe PS just doesn't like tablet PCs.

Have you tried leaving the brushes palette open, but minimizing it?
LoTekK
08-11-2005, 03:58 PM
Hmm. Portrait mode is 768x1024, which is only just shy of 800 wide. :hmm:

Minimizing the brush pallete is, I guess, my only other option, it seems. Not ideal, but I guess it'll do.

Anyone have any ideas on the pressure sensitivity?

A quick look at the device manager revealed the only Wacom driver installed is a "Wacom Penabled HID MiniDriver, unless I'm missing something. That's listed on the HP website as being current as of Feb, but it has a version number of 2.2.0.2, while the one on Wacom's site is from December '04, version number 4.82-9a, and is named "Wacom Penabled Driver" (notice the lack of "Mini"). Could that be the problem?
LoTekK
08-12-2005, 05:08 AM
Quick update: the wacom driver did the trick. I guess PS wasn't recognizing the default driver.
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