WACOM support

kennerb · Post by **kennerb** » Mon May 16, 2005 5:17 pm

I use the Wacom Graphire without many problems at all. The only issue is knob sensitivity. What are you specifically needing it to do?

mcconaghy · Post by **mcconaghy** » Mon May 16, 2005 6:18 pm

Wacom Intuos works like a charm on my system - wouldn't want to work without it anymore.

vandeloow · Post by **vandeloow** » Mon May 16, 2005 9:31 pm

mcconaghy wrote:Wacom Intuos works like a charm on my system - wouldn't want to work without it anymore.

in witch way do you use the intuos? only mouse actions? i'm very intersted to buy a wacom table, but i still don't know witch one...can u tell us something about your workflow with the table? thanxs

telekom · Post by **telekom** » Tue May 17, 2005 12:59 am

I've had a wacom intuous for some years and I liked it a lot... until I got my PB with OS X. Wacom have refused to make drivers for OS X and so even if you have the Griffin Imate to connect the thing up it won't run.
boo friggin hoo. Anybody wanna write a driver?

mcconaghy · Post by **mcconaghy** » Tue May 17, 2005 3:26 pm

telekom wrote:I've had a wacom intuous for some years and I liked it a lot... until I got my PB with OS X. Wacom have refused to make drivers for OS X and so even if you have the Griffin Imate to connect the thing up it won't run.
boo friggin hoo. Anybody wanna write a driver?

What are you talking about? My Intuos has an OS X driver, it's on their website.

mcconaghy · Post by **mcconaghy** » Tue May 17, 2005 3:29 pm

vandeloow wrote:
mcconaghy wrote:Wacom Intuos works like a charm on my system - wouldn't want to work without it anymore.
in witch way do you use the intuos? only mouse actions? i'm very intersted to buy a wacom table, but i still don't know witch one...can u tell us something about your workflow with the table? thanxs

I use it for ergonomics, for one. Long sessions hurt my hand (I've had CTS surgery in the past, like most drummers), but holding a pen-shaped stylus is a lot easier on the hand.
I use it for everything - mouse actions, drawing automation curves, more exact waveform editing - literally everything. I even use it when I'm online.
I did have a Graphire before I got my intuos, and I'd recommend the Intuos, it's resolution is much higher.

telekom · Post by **telekom** » Tue May 17, 2005 4:15 pm

From the Wacom website

"Driver 4.79-2 RC for Mac OS X
This driver includes support for the USB versions of Intuos2, Intuos, Graphire2, Graphire, PenPartner, Cintiq 18SX, Cintiq 15X and PL-400-500. Note: ADB and serial tablets are not and will not be supported on OS X. This driver does not support Graphire3 tablets. For Graphire3 download the appropriate driver version."

Hi mcconaghy,
I should've been clearer... my Intuous tablet is one of the older ADB versions, not a native USB tablet. They seem pretty definitive about it in the quote above. Makes me sad, mad and very unglad.

So, anybody wanna write a driver?

mcconaghy · Post by **mcconaghy** » Tue May 17, 2005 7:15 pm

telekom wrote:From the Wacom website

"Driver 4.79-2 RC for Mac OS X
This driver includes support for the USB versions of Intuos2, Intuos, Graphire2, Graphire, PenPartner, Cintiq 18SX, Cintiq 15X and PL-400-500. Note: ADB and serial tablets are not and will not be supported on OS X. This driver does not support Graphire3 tablets. For Graphire3 download the appropriate driver version."

Hi mcconaghy,
I should've been clearer... my Intuous tablet is one of the older ADB versions, not a native USB tablet. They seem pretty definitive about it in the quote above. Makes me sad, mad and very unglad.

So, anybody wanna write a driver?

I think you're out of luck, because as far as I know ADB isn't even natively supported under OS X. I could be wrong there, though. You might want to check in with Darwin development groups, or ask on the Apple Developers board

kennerb · Post by **kennerb** » Tue May 17, 2005 7:18 pm

telekom wrote:From the Wacom website
I should've been clearer... my Intuous tablet is one of the older ADB versions, not a native USB tablet. They seem pretty definitive about it in the quote above. Makes me sad, mad and very unglad.

So, anybody wanna write a driver?

For a super old unsupported tablet? Don't see that happening. Kinda like wanting Live to run on an old mac classic

However they do have ADB to USB connectors out there. This may help. I don't know if all the commands will translate on the mac but it may be a way to extend it's use.

telekom · Post by **telekom** » Thu May 19, 2005 4:09 pm

kennerb wrote:
However they do have ADB to USB connectors out there. This may help. I don't know if all the commands will translate on the mac but it may be a way to extend it's use.

Hey kennerb,
yeah I tried it - I've got a Griffin Imate but it's the actual drivers that don't exist. So it's kaput. sigh.

M

pe · Post by pe » Thu May 26, 2005 1:03 pm

i use a intus2 for os9 on a PB G4 and intus3 on a G5 osx
both are horrible to use with live (absolute mode).live is the only software were it complet f**t up by moving knops and env's.

do i miss some perferences in live ?

pe

telekom · Post by **telekom** » Tue May 31, 2005 10:03 pm

I just found out that some clever, kind person IS writing a driver for ADB Wacom tablets!

http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/d ... magic.html

This guy has a beta version of his driver for serial tablets. He's working on an ADB version too. So if anyone else out there is like me looking for a driver to run an old Wacom ADB tablet, click above...

Poster · Post by **Poster** » Tue Oct 21, 2008 6:46 pm

bump..

snakedogman · Post by **snakedogman** » Wed Oct 22, 2008 9:33 am

pe wrote:i use a intus2 for os9 on a PB G4 and intus3 on a G5 osx
both are horrible to use with live (absolute mode).live is the only software were it complet f**t up by moving knops and env's.

do i miss some perferences in live ?

pe

nope you didn't miss anything. Live simply does not properly support tablets.

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