Pen pressure and tapering problems

Anonymous
2015-11-08T20:03:41+00:00

I love the new SP4 pen, but I've noticed the pen pressure is not consistent. The biggest problem is that paint brush strokes in Photoshop don't taper smoothly when drawing. I tired using the SP4 pen on my Surface Pro 3 and it doesn't have any problem. Here is a screen capture of what I'm talking about.

Since the pen isn't the problem I'm assuming it's a calibration issue with the Surface Pro 4. I downloaded new Wintab drivers to see if that would solve the problem (got the idea from this thread about pen problems).

It's not just Photoshop. The actual Surface pen pressure app has the same problem. It's harder to see because the brush strokes are thinner, but there is a much faster tapering happening than there is on the Surface Pro 3. Here is a screen cap:

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Anonymous
2016-07-15T19:53:13+00:00

Hey Everyone!

Thanks for all the feedback!

As some of you have already noticed, on July 14th, 2016, we released an update to the Surface Touch Driver that should significantly improve the pen tapering and pressure experience that this thread talks about.

For more information on the 7/14 update, you can go here.

If you experience any difficulty downloading or installing updates, please check the Troubles installing Surface and Windows updates article for assistance.

Thanks!

Zachary

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  1. Anonymous
    2015-12-15T14:06:13+00:00

    I like the idea of a new "pen for artists". I would totally buy it.

    I would be happy with just a better activation force, where we have a stroke by just touching the screen, and two buttons instead of only one (which admittedly is also hard to press).

    Sadly i really doubt Microsoft will come up with something of the like with the current iteration, but who knows.

    And seriously, improved drivers, with more options and features, are very much needed.

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  2. Anonymous
    2015-12-15T13:08:44+00:00

    anything new? when can I hope to get an update wich fix this issue?

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  3. Anonymous
    2015-12-10T23:10:46+00:00

    Thanks for getting back to use with the version info. Also the additional screenshots provided in the other post from Dave are helpful as well.

    Thanks,

    Greg

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  4. Anonymous
    2015-12-10T09:33:17+00:00

    Hopefully there will be positive feedback concerning this thread.

    Not registrating light strokes or buggy registrations  make the Surface Pro 4 completely uninteresting for my drawing needs.

    Which is sad, because except from that, it seems so perfect to me.  :/

    I tried the Surface Pro 4 myself and can confirm those problems.

    Because of that matter i am waiting for a Portege update Z20t (begin january) or an eventual Companion 3.

    But i rather go with the Surface if an update can solve this problem.

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