Photoshop brush / Wacom tablet problem

[DanP]

I am using Photoshop 2019 CC, Wacom Intuos Pro M and Windows 10 (Windows 10 updates are run whenever offered). I have taken a Google road map and loaded it into Photoshop. I am using the brush tool to draw lines on the roads tracing my trip route. When I use the mouse I have no problem drawing lines anywhere on the map. When I use the Wacom pen I have no problem drawing lines anywhere except where I try to start on a road line. When I start on a road line, a circle appears around the pressure point and a brush tool menu opens and I can't draw a line. If I double tap on the line, then the menu doesn't open and I can draw on the road line. This is driving me nuts. Does anyone know what causes this problem?

 

[YuengLinger]

I am using Photoshop 2019 CC, Wacom Intuos Pro M and Windows 10 (Windows 10 updates are run whenever offered). I have taken a Google road map and loaded it into Photoshop. I am using the brush tool to draw lines on the roads tracing my trip route. When I use the mouse I have no problem drawing lines anywhere on the map. When I use the Wacom pen I have no problem drawing lines anywhere except where I try to start on a road line. When I start on a road line, a circle appears around the pressure point and a brush tool menu opens and I can't draw a line. If I double tap on the line, then the menu doesn't open and I can draw on the road line. This is driving me nuts. Does anyone know what causes this problem?

Have you tried drawing/painting on a new layer above the map? (Then merging the layers when you are done?)

How are you loading the map into PS? What file format is it?

 

[DanP]

Thanks YuengLinger. The map was loaded into Photoshop by pasting a screen print into a new document (PSD).

I tried your idea of a new layer, but it didn't make any diffenence. However, with further trials I've discovered that if I move the pen immediately upon it touching the tablet, then it works fine. If I delay slightly (which I was doing when trying to get the point exactly on the road), it brings up the menu. I just have to start to move the pen faster once it hits the tablet.

 

[YuengLinger]

That's good. If still having trouble, maybe you could try pasting your screenshot in to Windows Paint, then saving it as a JPG. Then you would work on the jpg. That should eliminate any type of formatting that might be causing the unusual behavior.

 

[Deleted member 378664]

Maybe this will help:
Create a PSUserConfig.txt file in the Photoshop CC Settings Folder:
c:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Adobe Photoshop CC 20xx\Adobe Photoshop CC 20xx Settings\

Write the following content to that config file:
#Use WinTab
UseSystemStylus 0

I also had problems with using my stylus pen in Photoshop and found this solution which worked perfect for me.

regards
Frank

 

[ganqing]

when I do this work I may save the google road map as a "jpg" , then I can draw on it by photoshop .

I use a cheapest drawing tablet xp-pen star G640 for photo editing in Lightroom and Photoshop.

it works well .

 

[DanP]

Maybe this will help:
Create a PSUserConfig.txt file in the Photoshop CC Settings Folder:
c:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Adobe Photoshop CC 20xx\Adobe Photoshop CC 20xx Settings\

Write the following content to that config file:
#Use WinTab
UseSystemStylus 0

I also had problems with using my stylus pen in Photoshop and found this solution which worked perfect for me.

regards
Frank

Frank - thanks for your suggestion. My "c:" tree doesn't appear to be structured like yours, but I'm not computer literate enough to try what you suggest anyway. As I don't have the problem as long as I start to draw immediately, or double tap to start, I think I'm OK leaving things as they are.