iBaloo42 Posted June 11, 2019 Share Posted June 11, 2019 The brush size/hardness control is not working on Affinity 1.7 by using the Wacom pen (similar to using Alt+Mouse_RC+Mouse_LC). I already reinstalled the Wacom drivers after uninstalling and removing all the settings and registry keys. I have the following configuration: Affinity Photo 1.7.0.367 - latest version Wacom drivers 6.3.34-3 - latest version Windows 10 64 bit on Lenovo Yoga 920 Moreover, Drag+Alt to pick a color is way off, both while using a pen or a mouse; the color picker magnifier shows snapshots from a different area of the image. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron P. Posted June 12, 2019 Share Posted June 12, 2019 @iBaloo42, Just tried this with my old Intuos 3 and don't have any problems. Did see there was an updated driver so downloaded and installed, still don't have the issues you describe. Quote Affinity Photo 2.4..; Affinity Designer 2.4..; Affinity Publisher 2.4..; Affinity2 Beta versions. Affinity Photo,Designer 1.10.6.1605 Win10 Home Version:21H2, Build: 19044.1766: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-5820K CPU @ 3.30GHz, 3301 Mhz, 6 Core(s), 12 Logical Processor(s);32GB Ram, Nvidia GTX 3070, 3-Internal HDD (1 Crucial MX5000 1TB, 1-Crucial MX5000 500GB, 1-WD 1 TB), 4 External HDD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iBaloo42 Posted June 12, 2019 Author Share Posted June 12, 2019 Thank you Ron. It's great that you have sun above your house, but mine is still under dark clouds. AKA, your post is not very helpful. PaulAffinity 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iBaloo42 Posted June 12, 2019 Author Share Posted June 12, 2019 7 minutes ago, iBaloo42 said: Thank you Ron. It's great that you have sun above your house, but mine is still under dark clouds. AKA, your post is not very helpful. Sorry for my answer... That was not very gracious of me. I appreciate that you tried to replicate the issue, but what is happening on one system might not happen on another one. That is why the classic developer's excuse, "it's not a defect, it is working on my machine" does not stand up in a respectable software development environment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron P. Posted June 13, 2019 Share Posted June 13, 2019 13 hours ago, iBaloo42 said: Sorry for my answer... That was not very gracious of me. I appreciate that you tried to replicate the issue, but what is happening on one system might not happen on another one. That is why the classic developer's excuse, "it's not a defect, it is working on my machine" does not stand up in a respectable software development environment. I was not implying there is not a problem, it appears it may not be universal with the program, ie; a configuration with some machines. Windows Ink seems to create various problems when using pen tablets. I had problems with it a few years ago, until I disabled it. I may have uninstalled it, as I can not find it on my machine now. There's numerous posts about Windows Ink messing with various tablets, Wacom's included. Here's how to disable Windows Ink Disable Windows Ink Workspace PaulAffinity 1 Quote Affinity Photo 2.4..; Affinity Designer 2.4..; Affinity Publisher 2.4..; Affinity2 Beta versions. Affinity Photo,Designer 1.10.6.1605 Win10 Home Version:21H2, Build: 19044.1766: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-5820K CPU @ 3.30GHz, 3301 Mhz, 6 Core(s), 12 Logical Processor(s);32GB Ram, Nvidia GTX 3070, 3-Internal HDD (1 Crucial MX5000 1TB, 1-Crucial MX5000 500GB, 1-WD 1 TB), 4 External HDD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iBaloo42 Posted June 13, 2019 Author Share Posted June 13, 2019 9 hours ago, Ron P. said: I was not implying there is not a problem, it appears it may not be universal with the program, ie; a configuration with some machines. Windows Ink seems to create various problems when using pen tablets. I had problems with it a few years ago, until I disabled it. I may have uninstalled it, as I can not find it on my machine now. There's numerous posts about Windows Ink messing with various tablets, Wacom's included. Here's how to disable Windows Ink Disable Windows Ink Workspace @Ron P. Thank you, Ron. Disabling the Windows Ink Workspace is not doing anything useful to resolve my problem. I tried the pen in MediBang PaintPro, which has a similar feature of resizing the brush, and it is working perfectly there; the color picker is working fine here too. I also tried Krita, and the color picker is working fine there as well. I tried the pen with color picker tools with many other graphical applications and they are doing just fine. In Affinity Photo, the color picker is working if I'm doing a simple click. If I let the color picker to enter in the zoom mode, I can see a snapshot that it is from a totally different image area. Affinity Photo is using Windows Ink as a virtual layer. The same for MediBang PaintPro. One is working correctly, and the other one is not. The pen used to work correctly a while ago in the Affinity 1.7 Beta; I've checked it out... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gnobelix Posted June 13, 2019 Share Posted June 13, 2019 Is only an idea, could it be that the option "high precision tablet" is activated. If yes, then disable this option Cheers Quote Affinity Photo 2.4: Affinity Photo 1.10.6: Affinity Designer 2.4: Affinity Designer 1.10.6: Affinity Publisher 2.4: Affinity Publisher 1.10.6: Windows 11 Pro (Version 23H2 Build (22631.3447) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iBaloo42 Posted June 13, 2019 Author Share Posted June 13, 2019 @Gnobelix, I have tried already that, it does not have any impact. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iBaloo42 Posted June 21, 2019 Author Share Posted June 21, 2019 So, is there anybody from Affinity that acknowledges this problem? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iBaloo42 Posted June 25, 2019 Author Share Posted June 25, 2019 I have installed the latest Wacom driver and the problem seems to be fixed now. I know that you, Affinity, might think that you can move on now on this particular issue as you might conclude that it was Wacom's fault. However, please consider that Photo's relationship with Wacom driver is too brittle, as these kinds of issues are not reproducible with other pen-supported applications. Thank you. Chris B 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Chris B Posted July 5, 2019 Staff Share Posted July 5, 2019 On 6/25/2019 at 7:06 PM, iBaloo42 said: However, please consider that Photo's relationship with Wacom driver is too brittle We have recently started working with Wacom to improve drawing in Affinity. We realise there are improvements to be made and these types of discussions on the forum can be very helpful. Quote How to format a bug report | Learning Resources | List of V2 FAQs | YouTube Tutorials Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emilstefx Posted June 3, 2020 Share Posted June 3, 2020 (edited) Hi everybody, Sorry for waking up this topic again but I am having the same issues. Brush size etc. doesn't work with my new Wacom Intuos. The mouse is fine, but it seems Photo doesn't recognize both clicks from the pen/tablet at the same time. Tried all different settings in the driver but all in vain. I hope it will be fixed! Greetings Emil EDIT: I SOLVED IT!!! It seems the Windows Ink has to be also turned OFF in the driver settings (not only in the registry of Windows 10), too. I did the driver setting change explicitly for Affinity Photo (you can set different settings for different tools). Now it is working like a charm! I will keep my post in case someone stumples over the same issue. : Edited June 4, 2020 by emilstefx Chris B 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emilstefx Posted June 7, 2020 Share Posted June 7, 2020 (edited) On 6/4/2020 at 12:27 AM, emilstefx said: EDIT: I SOLVED IT!!! It seems the Windows Ink has to be also turned OFF in the driver settings (not only in the registry of Windows 10), too. I did the driver setting change explicitly for Affinity Photo (you can set different settings for different tools). Now it is working like a charm! I will keep my post in case someone stumples over the same issue. : Hi everybody again. It seems the issue is a bit deeper and depends on several settings at the same time which are scattered in several tools and Windows 10 settings. After I fixed the brush size issue, another one popped up: pressure sensitivity disappeared no matter which brush or setting I chose. Nevertheless, I think I managed to fix my issue throughout all the apps, tools, programmes. I will post my settings in case somebody runs into that issue and lands here thanks to the search engines. Windows 10 with Affinity Photo 1.8.3.641 & Wacom Intuos (Driver version 6.3.39-1) Windows 10: Windows Ink deactivated (via Win+R > "gpedit.msc" > Computer configuration > Administrative Templates > Windows Components > Windows Ink Workspace (double click > set to disabled) Wacom driver: I have created an extra sub-setting for Affinity Photo. Under "Photo" > Projection > Turn off "Use Windows Ink" (Sorry, my driver language settings are in German) Affinity Photo settings: Disable "Use Windows Ink for tablet input under "Preferrences > Tools". I am curious what are your settings and if they work properly with your Wacom tablet. Thank you! Best regards Emil Edited June 7, 2020 by emilstefx YA Gaudet 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YA Gaudet Posted June 24, 2020 Share Posted June 24, 2020 On 6/7/2020 at 7:54 PM, emilstefx said: Hi everybody again. It seems the issue is a bit deeper and depends on several settings at the same time which are scattered in several tools and Windows 10 settings. After I fixed the brush size issue, another one popped up: pressure sensitivity disappeared no matter which brush or setting I chose. Nevertheless, I think I managed to fix my issue throughout all the apps, tools, programmes. I will post my settings in case somebody runs into that issue and lands here thanks to the search engines. Windows 10 with Affinity Photo 1.8.3.641 & Wacom Intuos (Driver version 6.3.39-1) Windows 10: Windows Ink deactivated (via Win+R > "gpedit.msc" > Computer configuration > Administrative Templates > Windows Components > Windows Ink Workspace (double click > set to disabled) Wacom driver: I have created an extra sub-setting for Affinity Photo. Under "Photo" > Projection > Turn off "Use Windows Ink" (Sorry, my driver language settings are in German) Affinity Photo settings: Disable "Use Windows Ink for tablet input under "Preferrences > Tools". I am curious what are your settings and if they work properly with your Wacom tablet. Thank you! Best regards Emil Ever since I switched to Affinity Photo it bothered me that this "gesture" was buggy in Affinity on my computer (it always worked in Clip Studio Paint). Now I use the exact settings you described (but with an older wacom driver, as the current one seems to break the "rotate"- function in 3D programs) and I can switch between those softwares without having to adjust my shortcut-habits. Thank you sooo much! Yannick emilstefx 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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