This IS the Avid L2: RE: [Avid-L2] Which Pen & Tablet for MC6 on Win7?

Friday, May 24, 2013

RE: [Avid-L2] Which Pen & Tablet for MC6 on Win7?

John,

We had the same annoying problems with animations forcing themselves on Wacom users. I found this guide quite helpful and he also makes a free tool called Fix My Pen which just sorts everything in one click for a fast fix.

http://viziblr.com/news/2011/8/14/the-ultimate-guide-to-making-your-wacom-tablet-work-on-windo.html

Sorry I can't be of any help to the OP but maybe this will help when they get a tablet sorted.

Andi

> To: Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com
> From: jpheiser@gmail.com
> Date: Fri, 24 May 2013 13:50:57 -0500
> Subject: Re: [Avid-L2] Which Pen & Tablet for MC6 on Win7?
>
> I use a Wacom Intuos4 model PTK840. No issues except that Win7 sometimes
> loses the tablet, but this may be due to the fact that I have it on a Cat6
> USB extender; I power cycle the extender to solve that. And sometimes the
> mapping will become mirrored (upper left becomes lower right) but this is
> easily resolved by stopping and restarting the Tablet Wacom service.
>
> I and other users have experienced some issues with Windows' "Tablet PC
> Input Service," which gives visual feedback which looks like pond ripples
> upon tapping the stylus to the tablet. This is designed for tablet PCs and
> not Wacom tablets. Disabling this service solves this problem for the most
> part, though the effect does come up for me when using Expression Encoder,
> a Microsoft product; it goes away when I close Expression Encoder.
>
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> On Fri, May 24, 2013 at 12:32 PM, Jeff Young <jymedia.com@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > **
> >
> >
> > I recently upgraded a client's HP XW8600-based Media Composer Nitris DX to
> > MC 6.5.2 and Win 7. One casualty was the user's Wacom tablet.
> >
> > Here is a description of the problem:
> >
> > > There seems to be a conflict between Wacom tablets and some 'QT' (not
> > > QuickTime) technology that's used in the newer Media Composer and Squeeze
> > > software. It's well documented on the Avid discussion boards but
> > > unfortunately, no one has found an answer. I've tried a number of options
> > > such as older Wacom drivers and disabling the Pen and Tablet function in
> > the
> > > Windows OS (all suggested online) but they've all been without success.
> > The
> > > Wacom works fine in all other applications on the system.
> > >
> > > At this point, I'd like to just get another tablet to use with the 6.0
> > and up
> > > systems. Have you seen other brands used in your freelance travels (or
> > do you
> > > know of any)?
> >
> > Does anyone have recommendation of a USB pen & tablet system that is known
> > to work with Media Composer 6.x on Windows 7?
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> > -Jeff
> >
> >
> >
>
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