#wacom tablet problems

[edaworks]

Well, my meds are on backorder and I think the barometric pressure swing is screwing with me too, so please welcome “need to keep hands occupied during business calls” mspaint.exe RJ

ugh I just want to feel like I’m not under 10 feet of water and my head to not be stuffed with cotton balls

[jorrated]

Call me Harry du bois and put on some disco cause baby, life ain't being kind to me

[cupiidzbow]

oughh this is so sick and twisted I’m running out of built in storage in my tablet I don’t know much longer I have until I can’t draw on it anymore

[pastelfable]

modern problems require modern solutions. on a completely definitely unrelated note does anyone know how to fix a tablet (wacom cintiq pro 13) that won’t turn on unless the (power) wire is at a very specific angle

[what-aboutno]

Guess who bought a new drawing tablet 👀 I am now patiently waiting for it to arrive

[krinsyn]

wacom tablet + Ventura: how to fix

If you, like me, have a wacom tablet and are using iOS Ventura, you may be having some problems :'D My wacom tablet has been weird ever since I got it, and recently it bugged out really bad and I couldn't even use it. Cue the panic! I emailed wacom and asked for help. The instructions they sent didn't work, but I have modified them and NOW THE TABLET WORKS. I don't think this software is stable and I think it's likely to bug out again, but at least if it does, I know what to do.

Googling around I see a lot of people are having this problem so I hope with enough tags and google-able words, I can help someone else.

Instructions under the cut.

If your wacom uninstaller isn't working (maybe it freezes, like mine did), skip step 2 and go from step 1 to step 3.

The following is word for word instructions from wacom with some alterations from me.

1. First, disconnect the tablet from the computer.

2. Next, open Finder, click on Go (at the top of the screen near the Apple menu) and go to Applications. Locate any Wacom Tablet folder and open the Wacom Tablet Utility in it. Using this utility, please remove All User's preferences and uninstall the driver. (Click on the lock icon on the bottom of the window to enable this option. Make sure to create a back up of your preferences first if necessary.)

Restart the computer.

3. After removing the driver with the utility, please manually check if anything was left behind. Please open Finder, click on Go, and then click on Computer. Once there, please access your main hard drive (by default should be named Macintosh HD) and check if anything is left behind in the folders listed below. DELETE EVERY WACOM-RELATED FILE IN THESE FOLDERS, not just the ones listed below. Check every file name carefully. Obliterate anything with "wacom" in the name. You may or may not have all the files listed below:

In Macintosh HD:

Applications/Wacom Tablet

Library/Application Support/Tablet

Library/Frameworks/WacomMultiTouch.framework

Library/Internet Plugins/WacomTabletPlugin.plugin

Library/Launch Agents/com.wacom.wacomtablet.plist

Library/LaunchDaemons/com.wacom.displayhelper.plist

Library/LaunchDaemons/com.wacom.RemoveTabletHelper.plist

Library/LaunchDaemons/com.wacom.TabletHelper.plist

Library/PreferencePanes/WacomTablet.prefpane

Library/Preferences/Tablet

Library/PriveledgedHelperTools/com.wacom.RemoveTabletHelper

Library/PriveledgedHelperTools/com.wacom.TabletHelper

❗️ If you have more than one user on your computer, you will have to repeat this for every user. If you do not have more than one user on your computer, ignore this part.

This part is for if there is more than one user on the computer, which currently there is not

The same will have to be checked in any respective User’s folder on the system. To access it, you must select 'Go' from the top of Finder and select 'Go to folder...’. Here, enter ~/Library to access the current user's Library folder. Please check for Wacom related files in the Preferences folder and remove them if present:

Users/<your user>/Library/Preferences/com.wacom.ProfessionalTablet.plist

Users/<your user>/Library/Preferences/com.wacom.wacomtablet.prefs

Users/<your user>/Library/Preferences/com.wacom.wacomtouch.prefs

❗️ End of instructions for other users

Restart the computer.

4. Open Finder, go to Applications and then in Utilities. Please open the Disk Utility and use the First Aid tool to do a repair of your disk permissions.

5. Now download and install the latest driver from wacom. Search based on your tablet product number. Be sure to give permissions to the driver as they are requested during this installation process.

6. Once the installation is complete, and the system is stable, connect the tablet. As always, make sure your tablet is connected directly to your computer. Avoid using USB hubs, keyboard/monitor ports, or docking stations with the tablets, as they can cause inconsistent behavior.

THINGS TO MAKE SURE ARE ON:

System Settings → Privacy and Security → Accessibility → make sure all wacom-related things are turned on (“com.wacom” and “WacomTabletDriver” on my computer)

System Settings → Privacy and Security → Input Monitoring → make sure all wacom-related things are turned on (“WacomTabletDriver” on my computer)

If the above wacom things disappear, you can find them in:

Go → Applications → Wacom Tablet → push “cmd shift period” keys to show the hidden folder .Tablet → .Tablet has the driver things, you can drag them into the Accessibility and Input Monitoring panels

These instructions are relevant as of posting (Feb 5, 2023). If you find something has worked/doesn't work for you, feel free to put it in the notes or a reblog. I'm not an IT person. I just want people to be able to use their very expensive equipment 😫

[phylumhearts]

computer stopped registering pen pressure :) reinstalled drivers several times to no avail :) yayyyyyy :)

[scarefox]

Hello my fellow digital artists who draw with graphics tablets~ 

I was kind of a Wacom hoe in the past. Fast forward after years of art block due to circumstances, I am playing with the thought to finally get a graphics tablet with display. Because that’s something that always bothered me... that you draw on the tablet but have to look at the monitor in front of you, not your hands in sight. Always takes me a while to get used to it and that’s discouraging...

So anyways. Always dreamed of a Quintiq but lol I will never be able to afford that. So I see now that more and more people have display graphic tablets or just regular tablets they draw on and I doubt they paid thousands of money for them. There are a lot more brands out now who produce them which are more afordable.

My question: can you guys recommend something good and not sooo expensive? Roughly the size of an A4? Realtime translation and differente pen pressures.

[arctic-hands]

Also I'll say this for Dell, I've had my Latitude laptop for like four days and I haven't charged it since setting it up

[neganium]

I feel like figure drawing and shit would be easier if I had a screen tablet. I’ve spent enough money to know that that’s once again well out of reach unless something changes soon, but I sometimes like to look at fancy tablets on Amazon wistfully. I’ve heard really good things about HUION, and they certainly seem very nice... but then I look at that power cable situation and just go, “what the actual fuck is this.”

[nostalgiacored]

I've randomly had the urge to draw more recently but >_> tried looking up to see if there's any good standalone drawing tablets and lol......... the complaints and price of wacom makes that a non-option but it seems any other suggestion always circles back to a regular tablet which. is Not what I want, I do Not get how people prefer the OS of tablets/phones over computers, and also frankly the texture of the screens are terrible for drawing. people who draw comfortably on ipad pros scare me

[masterreborn]

i may or may not be drawing. something. we’ll see how it turns out.

i wish there was more blood in doctor who. like i get that they want to keep it family-friendly and all but. when the master got shot in LotTL his blood should’ve ended up all over the doctor’s hands and clothes. i think that would’ve been neat. and by neat of course i mean emotionally devastating

[pixellangel]

BREAKING NEWS: Tragedy! Traditional Artist Tries Digital Art for the First Time in Years Before Remembering Their Old Drawing Tablet is Shitty

[mastafran]

How to Restart Wacom Driver without Restarting the Computer.

1) Windows Logo Key+R 2) Type services.msc, then press the Enter 3) Right-click the Wacom Professional Service and click Restart

Wacom Tablet should be good to go!

[harpycartoons]

$325 later and we are back in business babeyy aaaaaaa

Totally unrelated but my commissions are open 🥲

My tablet is officially dead. I'm figuring out how I'm going to replace it but in the meantime I will probably have to postpone my artfight plans T_T I really wanted to go crazy this year but.. yeah it's not off to a great start

[velnna]

In response to a question you answered about how you manage to draw so fast I’d like to ask if you use a graphic tablet with a screen or an iPad? Because even though you say your art style is messy, your line art is so clear and crisp and I love that but I struggle to emulate any style really because I can’t draw a straight line for the life of me. I thought maybe it’s my old simple tablet but I’m not sure and I don’t want to waste a lot of money on a better one when it’s really a different problem.

Thanks in advance! I’m really inspired by your art!

I use a screen tablet! Wacom Cintiq 16 HD currently, to be more precise. It's a great investment for me because I spend upwards of 10h drawing daily and need at least two screens to keep references, etc, BUT I wouldn't say that's what makes me fast per se.

A lot of it is also how I organise my workspace, what shortcuts I use and just practice in general - I *have* been doing digital art for over a decade at this point heh

If your issue is with line stabilisation, there might also be ways to fix it by tinkering with brush settings! Idk which software you use but most of them will have options to make brush strokes cleaner/more stable in the brush engine.

I wouldn't say a screen tablet is a requirement, more of a commodity for the most part