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
    2013-04-10T17:41:14+00:00

    we have passed a few by about 5 weeks now...

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  2. Anonymous
    2013-04-11T04:46:33+00:00

    So I know that supposedly since February Microsoft has been busy working on a solution to the fact that you can't utilize the pressure sensitivity functions of the stylus with Photoshop.

    I went ahead and bought a Surface Pro figuring that I'd be able to make due until the team at MS got things sorted out. Today I installed the trail of Flash CS6, my goto drawing program. I knew the pressure sensitive brush wouldn't work, but I thought I'd take it for a spin regardless. That's when I figured out that every single mark I made with the pen in Flash took a good 30 seconds to register.

    It is unusable.

    I'm hoping that this issue is related to the overall incompatibility with the CS suite. If this doesn't get resolved I'll have to sell the machine. It is useless to me without those two programs working. I can't understand how Microsoft could release this otherwise stellar product with such shoddy support for two critical programs for digital artists. It is mind boggling.

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  3. Barb Bowman 80,805 Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
    2013-04-11T13:14:13+00:00

    https://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pa2eIZjy0PSbd24qdnoP0sMV0fHB2-udply2E1ZitQSeCOrCfnd8nVtudHB8sCagkwfDr-yS0q044DHxStPYEbQ/surface%20cs.png

    prominently features Photoshop by name which implies compatibility - especially in light of the hoopla about the Wacom digitizer support. It takes a lot of Chutzpah to continue to promote Adobe compatibility when they admit it won't work.

    On 2/12, MS promised COMING SOON. And shortly after they claimed they had a driver in testing.

    Requested an alpha/beta driver with zero interest from Microsoft. All we get are canned meaningless replies now.  Look for details in the coming weeks is NOT an answer.

    I would like to return my Surface Pro. I bought it Feb 6th. When I was told on 2/12 that a driver was coming soon, I took that response to be honorable and in good faith kept the device. Now all requests are ignored.

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  4. Anonymous
    2013-04-11T17:54:00+00:00

    After a long a conversation with Microsoft Tech Support I've basically gleaned that they aren't taking any responsibility for the incompatibility and place the blame on Adobe's doorstep. Especially frustrating to me is that the pen not only doesn't have pressure sensitivity in Photoshop, the brush in Flash is unusable as every drawn stroke takes 30 seconds or so to register freezing the entire program in the meantime. 

    The patient tech support guy was getting all of his information from this very thread.

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