Comments on: Wacom Graphire Tablet and Photoshop CS4 64-Bit

By: Amarie

Amarie — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 23:50:15 +0000

THANK YOU! I had almost given up! so thank you thank you thank you

(now my pc is perfect =D)

By: me@gavinadams.org

me@gavinadams.org — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 23:30:12 +0000

Thanks for the research Emilio. I’m hoping that Wacom will figure out the differences between Windows 7, Adobe, and the older tablets.

I generally only use the tablet for Photoshop work anyway, but the flicks are nice to have. I’ll upgrade to whatever allows CS4 and LightRoom to coexist.

By: Emilio Le Roux

Emilio Le Roux — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 22:25:16 +0000

I confirm that 611-3 worked better than 612-4. In 611-3, you can have flicks and press-and-hold for right click ON, because PS ignores these. In 612-4 you have to turn these pen features OFF to be usable in CS4 apps.

By: Emilio Le Roux

Emilio Le Roux — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 21:17:29 +0000

Thanks god I found you, I was getting desperate

I installed 612-4 RC drivers and it worked fine on Windows 7 x64.
I just noticed that FLICKS and PRESS_AND_HOLD (for right click) interfere with the pressure sensitivity. With any of these features ON (which seem to compute your hand gesture), and if you take a fraction of second before drawing the stroke, the stroke will be of fixed pressure. If you draw it quick, the stroke will be pressure-sensitive. Thus the issue of intermitent pressure sensitivity reported by some.

Anyway, press-and-hold interferes too much with drawing because it snaps the pointer at the starting point for a little. I only wish it could be deactivated per-application.

Thank you very much!

By the way, former drivers 605-7 worked very well in PS CS4 32-bit, completely ignoring flicks and press-and-hold.

By: me@gavinadams.org

me@gavinadams.org — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 18:20:35 +0000

Thanks for the reference Dave. I installed the drivers and they worked fine in Photoshop, but I started to get exceptions in Lightroom (2.5 x64). Ended up going back to the drivers in the post.

I noticed there are no drivers on the Wacom US site, will be on the lookout for them.

By: DaveP

DaveP — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 17:16:20 +0000

FYI the Wacom portal now has the Windows 7 drivers available.

http://www.wacom.eu/ then click “support” and select “driver” from the dropdown. A menu will appear which allows the selection of Windows 7.

I’ve just downloaded the Windows 7 driver for my ancient Graphire and it’s called:

pro612-4_int.exe

These look like unified drivers for a number of the tablets. Disclaimer: waiting for my Windows 7 machine to be built so gathering drivers etc so not actually tested.

Best

Dave

By: me@gavinadams.org

me@gavinadams.org — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 19:07:10 +0000

Glad to be of help. I had to call Wacom and talk with customer support. They were very helpful though, and hopefully we’ll get the “release” drivers soon.

I’m using this particular file under Windows 7 RTM and it appears to be running fine.

By: Aaron

Aaron — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 23:48:17 +0000

Thank you! I’ve spent a week trying to get this to work; never once did I find those drivers on Wacom’s site myself.