Surface Pro 3 Wavy diagonal lines when inking

Anonymous
2014-07-12T07:29:27+00:00

I've noticed a problem with my surface pro 3 that I have not been able to work around.  When I draw a slow diagonal line, it comes out very wavy and jagged.  If I quickly draw a diagonal, it seems ok.  Has anyone else seen this, is there a fix for it?  seems to happen in every application, so it strikes me as potential hardware.

Surface | Surface Pro | Install and update

Locked Question. This question was migrated from the Microsoft Support Community. You can vote on whether it's helpful, but you can't add comments or replies or follow the question.

0 comments

188 answers

Sort by: Most helpful
Most helpful Newest Oldest
  1. Anonymous
    2017-04-06T16:03:56+00:00

    I returned my surface for this same reason. Somewhere I have read Microsoft staff acknowledging that this is an inherent limitation of n-trig capacitive technology.

    So don't expect a fix for this.

    This is a problem that you cant stop noticing since the first time you realize about it. I wish Microsoft would still use Wacom tech, surface would be a wonderful product then and I still would have mine.

    Was this answer helpful?

    0 comments
  2. Anonymous
    2017-04-06T15:01:12+00:00

    Hi Hil,

    We want to know more about the issue you are experiencing. Please create a new thread with a detailed description of your concern and the troubleshooting steps you've done so far.

    Was this answer helpful?

    0 comments
  3. Anonymous
    2017-04-06T04:19:17+00:00

    Yes!  Huge problem!! Apple pencil doesn't do this!

    Was this answer helpful?

    0 comments
  4. Anonymous
    2017-03-30T10:45:46+00:00

    it is the 30th of march in 2017 .... this post is 3 years old. Still I have this Problem with surface pro 3 and surface pen 4. so sad ms....

    Was this answer helpful?

    0 comments
  5. Anonymous
    2017-01-20T17:14:18+00:00

    Hello guys,

    I made my own research and it's not just Surface issue.

    It's Microsoft Windows issue!!!

    I tried 3 different computers, 3 different mice and Wacom Intuos 4 on different drivers. I used different software to test it: MS Paint, Photoshop, Corel Painter, Sketchbook Pro. I searched the internet and found many people mentioning this behavior with different tablets (as they say it's technical issue of the tablet, when reviewing it, not being aware of the full scale of this issue).

    Here are my observations:

    The behavior is seen best when you ZOOM OUT on really small working are, make a line, then you ZOOM back to 100% You can see the pattern then. (In picture different zooms)

    These are lines when I installed one of the drivers of Wacom, which were the only one which slightly changed the behavior. Ruler used for the lines. As you can see, it's still pretty bad, but it's much better.

    Here is the shocking real truth, when you zoom out and try to draw swirls:

    The only chance for change what I see is the Creative Update coming in Spring 2017. What scares me a lot is how they introduced it with sentence: "Empowering a new wave of creativity"

    I really have had enough of waves, so pls, make it finally straight!!!!!!!!!!

    Was this answer helpful?

    0 comments