[shifuimam]

I bought a Medion branded USB graphics tablet for $50 at Aldi today. It works spectacularly in CS3 apps in Windows XP, and it works in Illustrator CS3 and Seashore in Leopard.

However, Photoshop is all messed up. It doesn't draw normally. If I put the pen to the tablet and start drawing, it only draws a straight line between the start and end point of whatever I attempted to draw.

I'm not using any specific drivers for it. The pressure sensitivity works in Illustrator, so it seems like OS X's native ink/pen support knows what the tablet can do. Anyone see this before? Any tips on how to fix it?

And, for the record, "buy a Wacom" isn't a valid answer. This is just for playing, so I'm not spending a bunch of cash on a professional-grade tablet, and the medium Bamboo Fun is too expensive.

[tooki]

It seems the Medion graphics tablets are made by Aiptek. Go into System Profiler and see if it tells you the Aiptek model number, then go to Aiptek and download the Mac drivers.

[shifuimam]

I found the Aiptek version, but the drivers online seem to be Windows-only. Is there somewhere else that might have the drivers?

[macspresso]

after searching for drivers for my Aiptek Slim Tablet 600U, i found the same kind of tablet from different companies. Aiptek, Medion, Aldi, Trust, Genius, and Pentagram..
and all the drivers didnt install.. they all get stuck while 33 files has to be written yet.

then i searched for Pen Pad Tablet Driver V1.72 and found this

good luck!
finally, succes.. with Leopard, 10.5.6! woohoo! greets from NL

[redpanda]

Shifuimam, I've been having the exact same problem, but only on Tiger in PS CS3, and you're the first person I've found thus far who's also had this issue; I feel your frustration.

To everyone else, I've installed the drivers that came with the tablet (Aiptek Slim Tablet), e-mailed Tech Support, and even installed the driver they sent me, even though it was the exact same driver that came with the disk and tablet. I'm still having this problem.

Any thoughts or solutions? (the "buy a Wacom" comment shifuimam posted remains valid here, too)


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[Peet42]

I have the Aiptek variant of this tablet, running under OSX 10.5.6 with the v1.72 driver, and I also suffer this problem in Photoshop PS3. But there's another problem that seems more important - the pen is incredibly insensitive - even after a battery change the pointer position only updates when the pen is actually in contact with the tablet. I'm used to a Wacom, where the mouse pointer tracks with the pen even when it's 2mm above the surface of the tablet. As it stands, I have a slight "tremble" in my hand, and thus can't move the pointer across the screen without clicking on pretty much everything I pass over.

Has anyone found how to overcome this? Is there a hidden control panel somewhere that lets me set the sensitivity of the pen? (As opposed to the handwriting control panel, the function key control panel... )

[Veltliner]

Guys, if you need a tablet, why don't you get a Wacom? Those things are reliable.

The only time I had trouble I ran Disc Warrior, and the problem was solved.

Wacom tablets start at 100 $, and an older model should be cheaper.

Mine was free with the purchase of my first iMac. It's an older model, but works perfectly.

I heard about Aldi computers. I hope you won't buy a car there. If so, buy funeral insurance.

[shifuimam]

Holy zombie thread, batman!

[skubyd]

I see this is a Zombie thread, however, I have the same problem on my "WACOM" Intuos 3. It works fine in photoshop for a while, but when I switch to a different window and then go back to photoshop, the brush works like shift is being held down, only allowing you to draw a start and end point of a line.

I've also had the same issue with AIPTEK tablets in the past but right now I'm using a Wacom on a clean installation of Windows with the latest Wacom drivers.