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So somebody recently recommended Lazy Nezumi Pro to take my Photoshop/other program art to the next level. I was curious, with the Photoshop smoothing setting, is it really worth it? I'm mostly a 3D artist, in ZBrush and 3DSMax, but if a one time payment of $35 can bring my 2D skills up to par, that would be excellent.
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Adobe Community Professional , Jan 20, 2018 Jan 20, 2018 davescm • Adobe Community Professional , Jan 20, 2018 Jan 20, 2018 HiHave you checked Stroke Catch-up in brush smoothing options?DaveCopy link to clipboard
I still prefer Lazy Nezumi. There's way more options, settings, and tweaks. It seems to be a little faster as well.
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Lazy Nezumi Pro has many more features than just smoothing look at their video. and animations.
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In Photoshop, the line never seems to 'catch up'.
If I draw a line, and then stop, the line never fully reaches the cursor. It seems to stop a few millimeters behind.
Is this a setting I'm missing?
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Have you checked Stroke Catch-up in brush smoothing options?
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If you use a Wacom tablet + Photoshop, they do not know rivals . but it also depends on what you want to do exactly.
Personal opinion of course.
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Yes, tried that. Problem is, I reverted back to CC2014 for the time being - I'll have to reinstall CC2018 and double check it when I get the chance.
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BTW. Lazy Nazumi is not going going to bring your skills to the next level. In fact any art teacher worth their salt will tell that depending on a smoothing algorithm for strong lines is actually limiting your drawing skills. But maybe we have different ideas of what a "skill" is. I used to stink at math until I bought a calculator. now my my math "skills" rival that of computer. LOL
Я попробую расписать, как оно работает у меня – без претензий на какую-либо полноту.
Я пользовался Lazy Nezumi только с фотошопом.
Запускаем Фотошоп. Если во время установки Lazy Nezumi вы выбрали поставить плагин для Фотошопа, Lazy Nezumi запустится одновременно.
Сейчас Lazy Nezumi запущена, но не включена.
Понять это можно по тёмному выключателю и по серой иконке в трее (может быть не видна на панели задач).
Включаем Lazy Nezumi, нажав на эту большую кнопку-выключатель. Выключатель загорится, а иконка в трее поменяет цвет на золотой:
Если Lazy Nezumi подцепилась к фотошопу, при рисовании должны появляться фиолетовые направляющие – курсор и следующая за ним линия.
Важно: у кисти в фотошопе выключаем зависимость прозрачности от силы нажатия (в настройках инструмента и в настройках кисти) – с настройками Lazy Nezumi по умолчанию сила нажатия работает неправильно.
Я недостаточно работал с Lazy Nezumi, чтобы давать какие-то советы по настройкам: Лучше самостоятельно поэкспериментируйте с разными режимами и значениями параметров и найдите такие, с которыми вам будет удобно.
Для проведения длинных линий без сильных изгибов, можно воспользоваться настройками со скриншота выше (Mode: Moving Average, Amount: приблизительно 50). При этом контролировать то, насколько сильно Lazy Nezumi сглаживает линию (и, соответственно, насколько сильно итоговая линия будет не похожа на ту, которую вы проводите пером у себя на планшете) можно изменяя значение Amount – уменьшение даёт вам лучший контроль, но и менее сглаженные линии.
Mode: Exponential Moving Average у меня частенько выдает «лесенку» - линия получается ступенчатой.
Для проведения коротких линий я практически всегда выключаю Lazy Nezumi, или ставлю минимальные настройки.
Lazy Nezumi без разницы, какой инструмент у вас выбран: она точно так же будет работать, например, со свободным выделением (Lasso Tool). Чаще всего, при работе не с инструментами рисования, Lazy Nezumi нужно выключать.
На другом компьютере Lazy Nezumi запускается автоматически вместе с Photoshop’ом, но не подцепляет окно. Не знаю, с чем это связано. Зато описанный ниже способ должен, по идее, работать и с Sai:
В Lazi Nezumi выбираем File->Hook Window.
Появляется вот такая инструкция:
Следуя ей, нажимаем на "OK", переключаемся на нужное окно, кликнув по холсту на котором собираемся рисовать в фотошопе, и ждем несколько секунд. Если всё получилось – появится красная рамка:
Теперь Lazy Nezumi должна работать (если её включить), а при рисовании должны появляться те самые фиолетовые направляющие.
Q. How do I attach Lazy Nezumi Pro to my art software?
If you are using a different art application than Photoshop, select the File/Hook Window menu, then place your mouse cursor over the canvas window of your art software. You should then see a flashing red rectangle around the window (this isn't always visible). If you now enable Lazy Nezumi Pro (via the button or the keyboard shortcut), the currently selected preset will take effect when you draw in that window.
To save time, you can instantly hook the window under your mouse cursor by using the Hook Window keyboard shortcut (which you can change via the Settings/Edit Shortcuts menu).
Important: if you're using Win10, you should use your mouse to hook windows. If you use your tablet pen, the window might not be hooked properly.
For Photoshop users, Lazy Nezumi Pro installs a special Photoshop plugin file. This plugin will hook your canvas windows automatically.
Q. Must I attach to every canvas window I open in my art software?
Yes (unless you are using the Lazy Nezumi Pro Photoshop plugin). Automatic window hooking support may be added for other software in the future.
Q. Which preset should I use?
The stock presets are organized into three categories:
- Smoothing: These will stabilize your lines. Try subtle and massive for fast and slower dynamic lines. For slow detail work, try pulled string.
- Rulers: These are for technical drawing. They will help you draw perfect straight or curved radial lines, ellipses, and perspective lines!
- Misc: These are used to show off what you can do with the scripting engine. Open up the Scripting section of the preset details, and browse through the other available modes.
Depending on your particular style and what you are working on, you will want to open up the preset details (click on the little > button), and adjust the sliders to your preference.
Don't be afraid to experiment! Everyone draws at different speeds, and mice and tablets sometimes have different input rates, so the default settings might not be perfect for you.
Q. Is there more documentation somewhere?
部分的な日本語翻訳 (unofficial/partial Japanese translation)： LazyNezumiProDoc_jp.pdf
Some tutorials are also available online:
Please check the Troubleshooting section below if you have an issue.
Q. What are the minimum PC hardware requirements?
Lazy Nezumi Pro has been tested to run on the following versions of Windows:
Q. Which software is supported?
Please note that some features may not be completely functional in certain apps, depending on how they handle input.
It's impossible for us to test all versions of all drawing software out there, so if you find one that isn't working correctly with Lazy Nezumi Pro, please let us know, and we'll do our best to support it!
Please note that UWP/RT/Metro apps that are sold on the Microsoft Store are not supported, since they use sandboxing and do not allow 3rd party software customization. This includes Sketchable, Fresh Paint, OneNote, etc.
Q. Is Photoshop CC 20XX supported?
Yes. Please note that by default in Win8/10, Photoshop CC uses the new Windows Ink API for pen tablets. The latest version of Lazy Nezumi Pro supports this API. Make sure you enable Use Windows Ink in your tablet control panel.
If you're experiencing issues with drawing when Photoshop is using Windows Ink, you can try reverting to the old Wintab API. Simply download this PSUserConfig.txt file, and place it in your Photoshop settings folder. This is usually something like C:\Users\[User Name]\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Adobe Photoshop CC 2017\Adobe Photoshop CC 2017 Settings\. Please note that sticking with Windows Ink is recommended, as Photoshop's Wintab implementation can introduce its own problems such as offset or jittery lines. Wintab support is also broken in version 21.1 of Photoshop 2020.
Q. Is Krita supported?
Yes, via the File/Hook Window method like with all non-Photoshop apps. Make sure you set Krita to use Wintab in its tablet settings. If you're using LNP version 20.10.29 or later, Windows Ink is also supported.
Q. Is Wacom's Mouse Mode supported?
Yes. It is recommend that you use Pen Mode for better precision, but if you do want to use Mouse Mode, then enable the "Tablet Mouse Mode" option in the Lazy Nezumi Pro settings, as described in this image. Please note that if you're using Photoshop, you will also have to disable "Fix Jitter Bug" via Settings/Edit Photoshop Options.
Q. Is there a Mac version?
No. Please read this for more information.
If you're running into any trouble with Lazy Nezumi Pro, the first thing you should do is check that you're up to date. The latest version is 21.10.27.1642. The Help/About Lazy Nezumi Pro menu of the app will show you which version you are running.
Also, be sure to download the installer from here and not anywhere else! Sadly there are shady websites distributing fake versions. Not only do they not work, but some are infected with malware. If you previously installed one of these fake versions, be sure to uninstall it and delete any leftover files from the installation folder, before installing the official version. Leftover files may prevent the official version from working correctly.
If after reading through the rest of this page, your issue isn't resolved, please contact us. We try to fix bugs quickly, but we need users to actually report them!
Q. I've updated Photoshop. Why isn't LNP starting/working with it anymore?
If you've installed a new version of Photoshop, you need to run the Lazy Nezumi Pro installer again afterwards, so that the plugin can be installed to the new plugins folder. If you've done this and are still having problems, see the next question.
Q. How do I know if the Photoshop plugin is installed correctly?
After installing Lazy Nezumi Pro, start Photoshop. If the Lazy Nezumi Pro window appears, then the plugin is installed correctly. You should also see the the bottom status bar of the Lazy Nezumi Pro window update when you change tools in Photoshop.
Important: Do not install Lazy Nezumi Pro to your Photoshop folder, as this will cause problems. Instead, install it to its own folder (for example, in Program Files\Lazy Nezumi Pro). The plugin file itself will be placed in the right plugin folder by the installer.
If you're using a "portable" version of Photoshop, you may not have the registry entries necessary for the Lazy Nezumi Pro installer to locate the plugin folder. In this case, you'll have to copy the mousehookpro64.dll plugin file from the installation folder to your Photoshop plugin folder, and rename the extension to "8li". This also applies if you're using an older version of Lazy Nezumi Pro that was released before your Photoshop version, as older installers might not be able to find the new plugins folder.
Q. Why do I get shooting lines when I lift my mouse or pen in Photoshop?
This is a Wintab bug in version 21.1 of Photoshop 2020. If you experience this, you have two options: downgrade to a previous Photoshop version, or have Photoshop use Windows Ink by deleting the PSUserConfig.txt file from its preferences folder. Please report this issue to Adobe here.
Q. Why do I get an error when I try "Hook Window"?
If you receive a code -2, error 2 message, this is usually a sign that your anti-virus has blocked Lazy Nezumi Pro from hooking your application, and has deleted LNP's plugin injector program (inject.exe or inject64.exe). If this happens, you will need to reinstall Lazy Nezumi Pro, and add its files to your anti-virus white-list. We recommend avoiding Bitdefender especially, as it has an extremely bad false-positive rate.
If you are launching your art application via Steam, this may block Lazy Nezumi Pro from initializing correctly, so make sure you launch it via its exe file directly instead.
If you receive an error saying that you shouldn't be trying to hook the LNP window itself, even though your cursor was not over its window, try first placing your cursor over your art app's canvas window using your mouse or trackpad, instead of your pen.
Q. Lazy Nezumi hooks to my art software but doesn't process my input when I draw. What should I do?
If you've just upgraded your Photoshop version, try changing the tool a couple times, and make sure it's not bypassed in LNP's Photoshop Options settings.
Otherwise, please check Section 5 in the documentation to see if your issue is described. If not, contact us and we'll try to add support for your software.
Q. When I draw using my pen with Lazy Nezumi enabled, why are my strokes offset from where I'm actually drawing them?
If one of your monitors has a high DPI setting, your application's window might be getting scaled, which can cause offset problems. You can prevent this by right clicking your application's executable file, selecting properties, and checking the Disable display scaling on high DPI settings option in the compatibility tab.
You can also try enabling either Pen Offset Fix or Tablet Mouse Mode in the Lazy Nezumi Pro Tablet Option settings.
You can also try clearing your Wacom settings by using their Preference File Utility, or reinstalling their latest driver. Important: unplug your tablet before you uninstall, reboot, and install the new driver. Also important, do not let Windows Update install one of their generic drivers!
Q. Why are my rulers shifting when I pan/zoom/rotate the canvas in Photoshop?
If you're using a version of LNP of at least 18.03.08, the rulers should sync with Photoshop canvas windows when you pan and zoom, which means you shouldn't have to worry about resetting their centers all the time. If you're using older versions of Photoshop such as CS5 or CS6 with a high-DPI screen in Win10, you may run into an issue where the centers don't track correctly. In this case, try unchecking the Canvas tracking: use DPI option via Settings/Edit Photoshop Options, which was added in version 19.10.22.
In any case, you should avoid rotating your canvas while using the rulers. Since canvas orientation isn't sent to the plugin, this will cause the rulers to not be aligned with your scene anymore.
Q. Why aren't the ruler handles appearing when I press ctrl?
Make sure you have Settings/Ruler Param Shortcuts enabled.
Q. Why can't I grab the ruler handles?
This can happen on some display tablets such as the Cintiq. If you encounter this issue, try disabling Direct2D via Settings/Edit Overlay Settings.
Q. Why do I sometimes get missing lines?
Depending on your hardware and software, this can sometimes happen. Please contact us if it happens a lot.
One thing that can help (especially for Surface Pro/Book users): go to your control panel's Pen and Touch settings, and disable the Press and hold - right click option. You should also disable flicks.
Another thing that can interfere is the Windows ripple feedback effect. You can disable this by going to the task manager and ending the wisptis.exe process. To permanently disable it, you can use these registry settings.
Q. Why are my lines cut short when using my XP-Pen tablet?
These tablets are notoriously buggy, and this is a common problem with them. If you experience this, unplug the tablet and install the latest available driver.
Q. Why are my lines cut short on my Surface Pro/Book?
For some inexplicable reason, Microsoft is not pre-installing Wintab drivers on Surface Pro/Book machines. This causes all sorts of problems with older apps, including no pressure, cut lines, or no lines at all when using the pen.
To fix most of these issues, simply install the Wintab drivers. The Surface Book drivers can be found here, and the Surface Pro drivers can be found here.
You should also install the Surface Pro Wintab drivers on the Samsung Galaxy Book, the Asus Zenbook Pro Duo, or any other non-Wacom screen tablet to resolve the same issues.
Q. When using the Photoshop plugin, why doesn't Lazy Nezumi always detect the tool I am currently using?
Photoshop does not tell the plugin which tool is active at startup, but only when you change the tool. Some earlier versions of Photoshop also do not send certain tool changes to the plugin.
Q. Why am I getting an error in Photoshop after uninstalling Lazy Nezumi Pro?
This can happen if you uninstalled while Photoshop was still running.
You can fix this by reinstalling Lazy Nezumi Pro, and then uninstalling it again, but this time making sure Photoshop is closed first. If that doesn't work, you can simply manually remove the MouseHookPro.8li and MouseHookPro64.8li files from your Photoshop plugins folder.
Q. Why am I getting a Plugin Mismatch Error?
You probably have an old version of the Photoshop plugin installed somewhere.
Delete all MouseHookPro*.8li files from your plugin folders, then reinstall Lazy Nezumi Pro.
Q. Why am I getting lag?
On some machines, the transparent overlay window where Lazy Nezumi Pro draws its guide lines can cause some lag, especially when other applications are doing screen capture in the background. If you are experiencing this, try enabling the Direct2D option via the Settings/Edit Overlay Settings menu. This should help in most situations, but with some video cards you'll want to keep it off. If that doesn't help, you can also just turn off the overlay completely.
Q. Why has my cursor disappeared?
It's possible that you pressed the old default keyboard shortcut to toggle cursor visibility by accident.
You can configure cursor visibility via the Settings/App Cursor/Show menu. You should also configure your shortcuts via the Settings/Edit Shortcuts menu and make sure that you unset any App Cursor shortcuts you don't want.
Q. Why am I not seeing the string guide line or cursor?
Make sure overlays are enabled via Settings/Edit Overlay Settings.
The Line and/or Cursor boxes should also be checked in your preset's Position Smoothing section.
Q. Why aren't my lines sticking to the rulers?
When using the rulers, be sure to disable any stabilizer or line smoothing feature in your art program, as it can interfere.
Also make sure you have the Accuracy parameter set to 1.
Q. Where did the center of my ruler go?
When using the ruler presets that have movable center markers (Ellipse, Radial Lines, Perspective), it is possible for the center to sometimes go off-screen.
To get it back, you can use the Move Center keyboard shortcut (configurable via the Ruler Shortcuts tab of Settings/Edit Shortcuts), or the Set or Reset Ruler Center Pos shortcuts (in the General Shortcuts tab of Settings/Edit Shortcuts).
Q. How do I restore the stock presets to their default settings?
During installation of Lazy Nezumi Pro, the stock presets are installed to the installation folder (usually C:\Program Files (x86)\Lazy Nezumi Pro\presets).
On the first run of the program, they are also copied to your user data folder (you can open this folder via the Presets/Open Presets Folder menu). The presets are then always loaded from and saved to your user data folder.
Please note that the installer will not overwrite the presets in your user data folder. So if you want to restore the stock presets to their default settings, simply copy the preset xml files from your installation folder to your user data folder, restart Lazy Nezumi Pro, or use the Presets/Reload Presets menu to reload them.
Q. Is there a way to temporarily disable Lazy Nezumi while I am pressing a key in my art software?
Yes. Turn on the "Disable on Key Down" option in the settings.
If you are using the Photoshop plugin, the space and control keys auto-bypass LNP for convenience.
Q. Why does Photoshop sometimes freeze after drawing a line?
This can happen if you're using Photoshop CC on Win8/10. If you lift your pen out of tablet proximity before Lazy Nezumi Pro has finished your line, Photoshop will then get stuck waiting for more tablet input. To unfreeze, simply move your pen back to the tablet and let it finish the line.
To prevent this from happening, either don't pull your pen away from the tablet so quickly at the end, or decrease the position smoothing amount so that the line finishes faster.
You can also have Photoshop switch back to using Wintab, where this problem doesn't happen. To do so, please see this question.
Update: this issue has been fixed in version 16.06.30!
Q. Why do I sometimes get wobbly/jittery/aliased lines in Photoshop?
This is an old Photoshop bug. When it happens, you can usually fix it by alt-tabbing to another window, then alt-tabbing back to Photoshop.
Starting with update 16.06.03, Lazy Nezumi Pro has an experimental fix for Photoshop versions starting with CS5: try the Fix Jitter Bug checkbox in Settings/Edit Photoshop Options (requires restarting Photoshop and LN). Please note that this can interfere if you are using a Wacom mouse.
Q. Why does my pen move the canvas instead of drawing?
This is not an issue caused by Lazy Nezumi Pro, but a problem introduced by a Win10 update that changed the Windows Ink API behavior.
To fix it, either make your application use Wintab (see this for Photoshop), or download and run this registry fix.
Lazy Nezumi is a trademark of Guillaume Stordeur. Adobe, Photoshop and Flash are trademarks of Adobe Systems Inc. Windows is a trademark of Microsoft Corp.
This guide is meant to help Windows users get the most out of their drawing tablets. You don't need to be a Lazy Nezumi user to benefit from it (but if you're not, you should really check it out).
I'll be updating it as I discover new tips, obscure settings, and bug workarounds. I hope this will help to clear up some of the confusion and misinformation I see online a lot. If you have a friend who just got a tablet, please do them a favor and have them read this page.
1. Driver Installation
My tablet pen works, but I don't get any pressure.
This is a common sign that your tablet doesn't have a proper driver installed. What likely happened is that Windows installed a generic USB input device driver, instead of the required driver supplied by the tablet manufacturer.
This causes your art application to see your pen as a simple mouse. The app has no way to properly communicate with the tablet, so all it receives is low-resolution screen coordinates, which can lead to jagged/shaky lines. It also doesn't get any pressure or tilt data, which means that you can't control the width or shape of your lines. Sadly, some people stay in this situation a long time, not realizing that they're not getting the real drawing tablet experience.
People are used to plugging devices such as keyboards and mice in and having them work automatically without having to install any software, but this is unfortunately very much not the case for pen tablets.
So if you don't remember installing the driver yourself, then this is the first thing you should do:
- Unplug your tablet and exit all applications.
- Go to your system settings and uninstall any and all tablet drivers/software you can find.
- Reboot your machine.
- Go to the tablet manufacturer website. Download and install the latest driver you can find for your model. (Don't install the driver from the CD that came with the tablet, it is outdated.)
- Plug the tablet back in.
It's generally good to stay up to date with drivers, but be aware that new drivers are sometimes released with bugs. For that reason, once you find a driver that works for you, keep a backup copy around.
2. Windows Settings
Windows 7
Windows 7 is a pretty good OS, but they have some pretty bad (possibly the worst) default settings if you use a pen tablet to draw.
First, go to your control panel's Pen and Touch settings, and disable the Press and hold - right click option. You should also disable flicks. This will prevent lag at the start of your lines.
The next thing you should do is take care of the Tablet PC Input Panel and those annoying/useless ripple ring effects. These things are a little harder to disable.
To get rid of these, you have to stop the Tablet PC Input Service and prevent it from starting again. Go to your control panel's Administrative Tools, then Services. Find it in the list, right click it, select properties, click the Stop button, and set the Startup Type to "Disabled".
Next, download and run this registry file to disable the pen feedback rings. You'll also want to kill the wisptis.exe program (which generates these rings) by finding it in the list of processes in the Windows Task Manager (ctrl+shift+esc), selecting it, and clicking the "End Process" button. If you've followed these steps correctly, it should not come back after you restart your system. If the rings do come back, your PC is cursed, and can only be cleansed by fire.
Windows 10
For Windows 10, Microsoft has also made some extremely questionable decisions regarding pen/app interaction conventions, infuriating artists everywhere when their April 2018 update caused pen input to scroll and pan windows instead of drawing. We were all dumbfounded to discover that this was indeed not a bug, but a "feature". After more outrage, Microsoft offered a registry key fix to change things back to the old behavior, and then eventually added an option in the Pen & Windows Ink settings (unfortunately this doesn't work for all apps).
3. Wintab vs Windows Ink
If you own a tablet, you might see these terms mentioned a lot. This section briefly explains what they are, and some history.
These terms differentiate the application programming interfaces (APIs) used by art programs to "talk" to your tablet, in order to receive and use all the special data such as pen pressure, tilt, and high-precision pen coordinates.
The Wintab API was developed in the early 90s by a group of digitizer manufacturers (including Wacom) so that Windows 3 programs could interface with their devices. Drivers that support this API install a "wintab32.dll" DLL file that applications can then dynamically load at runtime. The application can then use a set of functions from this DLL to interface with the tablet. For a long time this was the only tablet API, and all tablet manufacturers and pen-capable applications had to support it.
For Windows 8, Microsoft decided to develop their own native tablet API, named Windows Ink (you'll also sometimes see WM_POINTER used).
The problem with having two different APIs is that tablet manufacturers now have to support both if they want both modern and legacy applications to work with their devices. Some manufacturers don't even bother to ship with a Wintab driver anymore (see the tablet section below), which means people can't use apps that haven't been updated to use Windows Ink. Please also note that there is no Windows Ink support for Windows 7.
If you're wondering which API you should use (if your art app lets you choose), there's no definite answer unfortunately, as both have their issues.
4. Tablet Specific Info
Wacom
This section will show you artist recommended settings for Wacom tablets (you'll find similar settings for other tablet brands).
You should check the force proportions option, otherwise the input area's aspect ratio might not match your screen, which means that you'll get ellipses when you draw circles.
Set the double click distance to OFF, otherwise you might get a slight delay at the start of your lines.
Some older art programs assumed that the tablets would always only have 1024 pressure levels. If you use them with newer tablets that have more pressure levels, they won't be using the full pressure range, resulting in very thin lines. You should only have the 1024 compatibility option enabled (via the Options button) if you're using one of these programs, otherwise you're basically reducing the sensitivity of your pen.
Finally, if you're using your tablet with apps that require the Windows Ink API (see the app section below), make sure that this option is checked, otherwise these apps will not work correctly.
Surface Pro
The Surface Pro 1 and 2 used Wacom digitizers, so naturally they came with Wintab drivers installed.
For the Surface Pro 3 released in 2014, Microsoft ditched Wacom and instead used a (vastly inferior) digitizer from N-Trig. Surprisingly (or not, depending on your views of Microsoft's interest in making tablets that illustrators can actually draw with), they did not bother to ship this tablet with any Wintab drivers pre-installed. This led to lots of confused artists wondering why their pen had no pressure, as most art software was not using Windows Ink yet.
They still don't ship the newer Surface Pro and Surface Book machines with Wintab drivers, so if you want to use an older art application with these devices, you'll have to install these manually. You can download the 32bit and 64bit installers here and here.
Asus Zenbook, Samsung Galaxy, Dell Inspiron 2-in-1
These tablet computers (and probably many others) also don't bother to ship with Wintab drivers. Luckily, you can install the same ones that work for the Surface Pro!
5. App Specific Info
Most art applications will let you choose between Wintab and Windows Ink in their tablet settings, or will silently choose whichever is available. If you're having issues with one, you can usually switch to the other and see if things are better. Now let's talk about Photoshop.
Photoshop CS6 and older
These versions were released before Windows Ink existed, so they use the Wintab API.
The Photoshop input engine is very "sensitive". It will inexplicably decide to ignore tablet input and use low-res mouse coordinates instead, leading to pressure loss and jittery lines. If you're using CS5 or CS6, Lazy Nezumi Pro's Jitter Bug Fix option can help with this (via Settings/Edit Photoshop Options).
Because these versions were released before high-DPI monitors existed, Win10 will scale their window UI so that they don't look tiny on these monitors. The problem with this is that the Wintab driver and Photoshop won't agree on how big the desktop is, leading to tablet/screen conversion errors that can cause offset lines. Lazy Nezumi Pro's "Settings/Tablet Options/Pen Offset Fix" can help with this. You can also try forcing Win10 to not scale the UI by setting these high-DPI settings via the app's compatibility tab.
Photoshop CC
The latest versions of Photoshop use Windows Ink by default, so if you're using a Wacom tablet, make sure Windows Ink is enabled in the Wacom Tablet Properties. If it is not enabled, Photoshop will not fall back to Wintab automatically, and you will get low-res, no-pressure lines (which many users found out when they simply tried disabling Windows Ink when Microsoft released the update that turned the pen into a glorified scroll wheel).
There is a way to have Photoshop use Wintab instead, but you have to edit a special configuration file named PSUserConfig.txt (they created a mess by not having this as a simple option in the actual app settings, as is done in other art apps). Unless you're still using Windows 7 (where Windows Ink is not supported), this is not recommended as Windows Ink tablet input is supposed to be a lot less buggy.
February 2020
Version 21.1.0 of Photoshop 2020 introduced some new bugs with Wintab which make it unusable.
At the same time, Adobe also said that they had fixed the last known issues that previously required using WinTab . I guess they forgot about all Windows 7 users.
March 2020
Version 21.1.1 of Photoshop 2020 fixed the Wintab regression that was introduced in the previous version. And apparently they hadn't fixed all the Windows Ink issues, as this version also fixed slow/sticky sliders when using Windows Ink with a stylus/tablet . Congratulations to Adobe for finally getting that one intern who has a tablet to test Photoshop with it!
If you are still having problems with Windows Ink, be sure to let them know by replying to this twitter thread, or on their forums.
October 2020
Version 22.0 of Photoshop 2021 removed Wintab support. If you try using the PSUserConfig.txt trick, you will now get no pen input. You must remove that file and enable Windows Ink in your tablet settings. If you're still using Windows 7, you can't use this version.
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