Cintiq 13 pen lag? :(


Tigermint's avatar
I just finished a drawing last night and it was fine. I go to use it today, the pen is lagging. 

Maybe lagging isnt the right word for it though, for example, if I make a continuous circle, it wont lag. But if I lift it back up and put down another mark/line, it sometimes won't make that mark/line, and I have to do it again. Im just calling it lag, but it could be a stutter, idk.

I work on a Mac with updated OS, and I just updated the cintiqs drivers and restarted my comp a few times. Am I going to need to buy a new pen, or worse, a new tablet?

Thank you!
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Tigermint's avatar
Wow ok so I actually found the problem. By turning the rulers off in Photoshop, the lag went away. That doesn't make any sense, but there you have it!
ILikeCommas's avatar
That's weird as heck.
Tigermint's avatar
I know! it was so obscure, but i remembered i turned on the rulers to check some size and yep, that was the answer! 
ILikeCommas's avatar
Makes me wonder how many other frustrating problems are caused by little weird things like that...
Wagnr's avatar
I do not know exactly what's going on with your pen or tablet, but I can tell you my experience with my old Cintiq 12.
I wore with my Mac, and he had also installed Windows, Windows gave it much lag as you say, but when I used on the Macintosh that disappeared and it worked perfectly.
Wagnr's avatar
You can test with different forms and software, perhaps with a different or older software to function better.
I know when my had lag in Photoshop it worked perfectly in Manga Studio.