Wacom Intuos 4 pen/cursor misalignment in Affinity Designer 1.10

[c1c3c11]

I am working on a job in Affinity Designer 1.10. When I was using the Pen Tool, I noticed that the pen cursor was offset to the right of the vector nodes as I was drawing a line. Not only that, but this offset increases dramatically as the cursor moves further to the right of the screen. By the time I reach the right side of the screen, the offset is over 5 mm between the cursor and the node. This problem also occurs when using the Pencil and Vector Brush tools. It only occurs when I use the Wacom tablet and not with the mouse. Also, this is only happening in Affinity Designer. When I bring up Affinity Photo 1.10, the Vector Pen tool in that application worked flawlessly. All my other applications work fine with the tablet.

I am using a Wacom Intuos 4 tablet in a Windows 10 environment. I recalibrated the mapping in the Wacom controls, and I also performed a number of reboots. I need to mention that I have a second monitor, which is a Cintiq 16. The Cintiq is for painting, but I prefer the Intuos for all my vector designs. This was never a problem before, so I am puzzled as to why this started happening now.

[Callum]

Hi C1c3c11,

Welcome to the forums :)

Please could you try the suggestion found In the following post regarding disabling High precision tablet input?
https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/topic/90309-cursor-offset-in-canvas-when-drawing-with-cintiq/&do=findComment&comment=478083

Thanks
C

[c1c3c11]

I appreciate your attention and help.

Fortunately, I found the problem was not in my Wacom Intuos 4, since all my other applications did not have this issue. That included the Vector Pen tool in Affinity Photo 1.10. Since it was isolated only to Affinity Designer, I figured a driver setting between AD and the Wacom tablet somehow got corrupted. I ended up fully removing Affinity Designer, including all registry values, and reinstalling the software. I then tested the Pen and Pencil tool in a new document, and the issue was resolved. The offset is gone, and I can now resume my work. Of course, I have to reset all my preferences and reload all my assets, palettes, and brushes. But that's an aggravation I can tolerate.

Thanks again for your suggestion!