Using Tablet; drawing won't work

#1

I am using Photoshop CS4.

In CS3 everything worked fine with my Lapazz tablet, Photoshop; illustrator, etc.

I upgraded to CS4 and all the apps work with my tablet fine, including illustrator — except in photoshop I cannot draw. I can use the tablet pen to move the cursor around the interface but I cannot draw any masks or draw anything in the window. What happens is when I bring my cursor into the window with my tablet and try to draw, simply a dot appears. With the mouse I can draw fine but not with the tablet. The only thing I can do is make a dot with the tablet and then connect it to another dot by holding down SHIFT… but this will not work if I really would like to draw. The tablet draws fine in Photoshop CS3 and other apps. Photoshop CS4 is the only app I am having this trouble with…

I am on Leopard 10.5.

Please help me, thank you.

#2

Sounds like an incompatibility issue between your tablet driver and CS4. I’d recommend you contact Adobe’s customer support about it, perhaps they can help. I haven’t had any issues with a Wacom Intuos on CS4 on Leopard, so it must be specific to your tablet.

#3

I had issues with my wacom. Step one is to make sure all drivers are updated. Step 2 and I know this sounds silly but it worked. Launch photoshop get a brush that you know is tablet sensitive and press down hard on the tablet with the pen. I did that out of frustration and it worked. I told someone else that was having issues to do the same and it work for him also.

#4

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