First, open the Wacom Tablet Properties (on a Mac, go to the Apple menu, select ‘system preferences,’ then choose ‘Wacom Tablet’. On a PC, click ‘start menu,’ then select ‘all programs,’ then ‘Wacom Tablet,’ then ‘Wacom Tablet Properties’). Next, select the tablet you want to customize; in this case, Intuos Pro. In the Wacom Tablet Properties window, select Options. In the Options window turn on the Click and Tap option (on some versions this is also called the Side Switch Expert Mode option). Camera actions with this setup work as follows.
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Fix The Lag IssueIf you are coming from Mac and just built yourself a custom Windows machine to have better performance to much lower cost you might find, when retouching with a Tablet, the response is a bit different and can be considered laggy. I recently talked to my colleague Natalia Fadejeva who had to deal with precisely those issues.Or, if you are a native Windows user, you might not even notice a difference, but more often than not the response and behavior can be improved quite a bit. You might appreciate the changes!
So let’s dive in into which steps you can take to change your life for the better. Why Does The Lag Issue With Occur On The Windows Platform?One reason why the pen/tablet behavior is different from MacOS is that Windows has an integrated touch engine built into the OS. On the one hand, this is very practical for all touch display devices but less practical for out pen/Tablet devices. FIXING THE PEN PRESSURE ISSUEOf course, it is something we would like to prevent and aim for making as little changes as possible.
REDUCE OS INPUT LAGThis step is not necessary, but I found we can tweak the Operating system a bit further to get a better response.Meaning: There is a registry setting called touch prediction in which we can define sample times and latency for touch input. If we reduce those values input samples are being requested a more often and depending on your machine, the cursor can behave a bit more responsive when using your.You can download and use at your own risk this preset that changes the touch prediction setting to a smaller valueCongratulations To Achieving Ultimate Performance!
EVERYTHING FIXEDThose simple but essential steps should have helped you with having a much better user experience when using a on a Windows machine. I have never looked back after figuring this out but came to realize that not everyone knows about these steps. So if you found this helpful, please share it with your windows user friends so we can make their lives more comfortable as well. BEWARE THE NEXT MAYOR PS UPDATE!Unfortunately, when there is a major Photoshop update, they are creating different folders for the new version, and the custom user file is not being copied over to your new version. You most likely are going to notice this when you updated and had no pen pressure. Keep in mind to then copy over your custom user settings text file into the folder of the latest PS version.
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