Pen-toting Microsoft Surface Pro users are going to get the missing Wacom driver support 'soon' that will allow Adobe's Photohop and other creative applications work properly.
Since Microsoft launched the Surface Pro in early February 2013, a number of users have been unpleasantly surprised to find pressure sensitivity for supported Wacom digitizing pens to be lacking.
Finger-pointing ensued. Some said Microsoft's decision to use its own digitizer driver based on its InkAPI as the default was problematic. Some claimed Adobe -- which was backing the alternative WinTab API -- was going to have to modify its applications for pressure sensitivity to work correctly on the Surface Pro. Others noted that Wacom's own drivers provided necessary WinTab support, but these drivers wouldn't install on the Pro.
I am a professional illustrator, I have used one Wacom tablet or another on a Mac system for over 20 years, and a Surface pro 3 for over a year (although not connected to the Mac).
I asked Microsoft officials a couple of times over the past few months for an update on the required drivers and was told the company had no comment. But in mid-February, one of the key contributors to Microsoft's Surface work tweeted that Microsoft was actively working with Wacom and the situation should be resolved 'soon.'
A May 9 tweet by Panos Panay, Corporate Vice President for Microsoft Surface, indicated that the updated Wacom drivers for Surface Pro were in beta and would be released soon.
I asked Microsoft again today what 'soon' meant and was told there was no further information as to when the needed drivers would be out.
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Update: Wacom has what appears to be a new Windows 8 Wacom driver -- which may or may not be the one Panay referenced -- posted for download on its site. (Thanks for the link @dan_tower.) Just choose 'Windows 8' as the operating system in the drop down and you'll see 'TABLET PC – Enhanced Tablet Driver 7.1.1-12,' dated May 9. I've asked Microsoft officials if this is the Wacom driver for Surface Pro. No word back so far.
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This week, during an appearance at the Wired Business Conference, Windows Engineering chief Julie Larson-Green hinted that Microsoft may be ready to talk further about new members of its Surface hardware family within the next few weeks. Kworld dvd maker 2 driver for mac. Zte mf627 driver for mac.
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How can I get the Wacom drivers to work on the surface pro 3? I use a separate tablet for drawing. I am fully OK with disabling/uninstalling any n-trig drivers the SP3 has that may conflict. I don't want anything to do with n-trig. I don't use the digitizer hardware anymore.
For those who will tell me just to use the pen it comes with:
I understand that people like n-trig, and I can see its convenience for note-taking. However, I am very hotkey-driven, my n-trig pen fails constantly (I've tried battery replacements, replacement pens under warranty), I don't like how the glass surface feels under the pen, and the UI is cramped on the small screen and I cannot efficiently work using hotkeys.
Additionally, because of my upper back and elbow problems, I have the tablet on my lap while I look straight ahead at a monitor and have been doing this for ages.
Edit: Thanks, /u/19283764. You pointed out what should have been obvious but I kept missing. I was finally able to solve the problem and get the tablet working!