Re: Painter IX and Wacom Intuos3 tablet/pen issue

Have you first selected an eraser variant from the Brush Selector Bar with
the eraser end of the stylus?

David

On 26/1/08 19:30, in article 479b8a3b$1_3@cnews, "J.W."
<geekwannabee@hotmail.com> wrote:

> 
> Hi, all.  I'm having a problem with my Wacom pen:  when using it in
Painter
> IX, it works fine, however when I flip it over to erase, it simply keeps
> drawing, won't erase.
> 
> I can open another application such as Notepad and use the pen to erase,
and
> it erases fine.  So does anyone know why it won't ERASE using Painter IX??
> 
> I have tried adding Painter IX as a program in the tablet preferences, and
> that doesn't help, either.
> 
> I would be open to trying suggestions as long as they don't entail
updating
> drivers; I've had bad experiences with 'updated drivers' causing
additional
> and usually more serious problems.
> 
> J.W. 
> 
> 
> 

Well, no, actually.  I've used this tablet for a couple years and never did 
any eraser selecting.  Whatever pen or brush I was using, if you turned the 
pen over, it would simply erase in the past, then suddenly it wouldn't.

After much more fiddling around, I discovered that closing and reopening 
Painter solved the problem, which is kind of strange.  It sort of appears as 
though it's a Painter issue since the pen erased just fine in Notepad.

At any rate, it's working now.  Another of those unexplained mysteries, I 
guess.  :)

J.W.

"David Gell" <david.gell@ntlworld.com> wrote in message 
news:C3C4040F.14525%david.gell@ntlworld.com...
>
> Have you first selected an eraser variant from the Brush Selector Bar with
> the eraser end of the stylus?
>
> David
>
> On 26/1/08 19:30, in article 479b8a3b$1_3@cnews, "J.W."
> <geekwannabee@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>>
>> Hi, all.  I'm having a problem with my Wacom pen:  when using it in 
>> Painter
>> IX, it works fine, however when I flip it over to erase, it simply
keeps
>> drawing, won't erase.
>>
>> I can open another application such as Notepad and use the pen to
erase, 
>> and
>> it erases fine.  So does anyone know why it won't ERASE using Painter 
>> IX??
>>
>> I have tried adding Painter IX as a program in the tablet preferences,

>> and
>> that doesn't help, either.
>>
>> I would be open to trying suggestions as long as they don't entail 
>> updating
>> drivers; I've had bad experiences with 'updated drivers' causing 
>> additional
>> and usually more serious problems.
>>
>> J.W.
>>
>>
>>
>
>