Surface Pro Pen pressure sensitivity is not working in photoshop CS6.

Anonymous
2013-02-10T14:58:36+00:00

Surface Pro Pen pressure sensitivity is not working in photoshop CS6. Was anyone able to get their surface pro to use the pen pressure sensitivity? In my photoshop settings when i turn on Pen Pressure for brush settings i see a yellow exclamation mark next to each settings which has to do with pen pressure. If anyone knows how to solve this problem please let me know.

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Barb Bowman 80,805 Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
2013-05-09T21:41:01+00:00

http://www.wacom.com/support/drivers

Select windows 8

or use the direct link

http://www.wacom.com/feeldriver

Download the driver dated may 9th ...today.. install and

reboot.

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  1. Anonymous
    2013-03-21T00:26:26+00:00

    I have been following this thread daily, as well, after buying a Surface Pro.  I'm a programmer and have done a lot of Windows coding but never drivers.  Looking into this situation, here is what I found:

    This is (apparently) what is required to emulate a WinTab driver.  It contains all the calls and parameters. I would assume it is a bit out of date, but can easily be verified by examining the DLL itself (which I have not done yet)

    http://www.wacomeng.com/windows/docs/Wintab\_v140.htm#\_Toc275759803

    Here is the Surface Pen API used to get values from the pen:

    http://msdn.microsoft.com/EN-US/library/windows/apps/windows.ui.input.inking(v=vs.10).aspx

    If we could make a DLL that presents the WinTab calls but implements them using the Inking API, it should go a long way to getting what we want. Luckily, this guy claims to have such a WinTab-masquerading DLL and someone has already hit him up for the source:

    http://stackoverflow.com/questions/15063775/photoshop-cs5s-use-of-wintab-driver

    I'd be willing to help out and/or work on putting these things together but I am missing knowledge when it comes to making, debugging and installing drivers. Does anyone know more?

    Does this stuff make sense or am I missing something?

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  2. Anonymous
    2013-03-20T23:58:10+00:00

    i will donate 50$ after you publish  the plugin or the unsign driver for photoshop right away.

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  3. Anonymous
    2013-03-20T21:16:50+00:00

    Going with last generation tech (Samsung series 7 slate) because of these issues. Getting a used one for $600 makes more sense at this point. The Wacom tablet PC will be great, I'm sure, but I'm also sure it will be well beyond my budget. Maybe by the end of the year, someone will have a functional AND affordable Windows 8 tablet solution for artists.

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  4. Anonymous
    2013-03-20T04:32:20+00:00

    So, out of curiosity here - just how hard would it be to write a plugin for photoshop that captures the pen input and passes it on to however photoshop wants to read it? I'd really love a solution in a pinch, and I'd be willing to try my hand at it. But I've never written a plugin for Photoshop before. Anyone want to suggest where to go for API's and hello world examples to get started?

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