Wanted to chime in saying I am experiencing the same issue (no pressure sensitivity). Followed a trick in another issue to reconfigure the 'eraser' button to actually an eraser, so that now works. But, it did not at first.
Microsoft Surface 3 LTE
Microsoft Surface Pro 4 Pen (yes, it works with S3 as well)
Same N-Trig drivers for Surface Pro 3 and Surface Pro 4 (SP4 has 1024 levels of pressure though)
Windows Pro 10 x64, fresh install 1 week old
My Paint x64 1.2.0+git.f62444e.dirty <- same revision as 1.2.-0 stable I see. Odd version number though.
- Free downloads & security; Education. When will Wacom drivers be available? I bought a Surface Pro because it is the Holy Grail of Tablet PCs.
- Are the drivers for the pen on the surface pro 2 wacom or something else? Does anyone here know where I can download the Wacom Wintab drivers for Surface Pro 2?
Are you still using a Surface Pro or Pro 2? Then you will be interested in the new Wacom Feel Driver for Surface. Download the drivers from this link: Wacom.
All 3 tablets use the N-Trig digitizer. And while they all use the exact same driver, the SP4 has increased levels of pressure to 1024. Again, same drivers for all three models: Surface 3, Surface Pro 3 and Surface Pro 4. The latest driver release for all models is November of 2015.
Windows Pro 10 x64 w/Nov 2015 update was a bare-metal fresh install recently.
Wintab Driver
Installed the November 2015 refresh of all drivers for the Surface Pro 3 and Surface 3 (they all use the same drivers).
Drivers Surface Pro 4
Without WinTAB drivers, only the mouse is detected. Installing the latest Wintab_x64_1.0.0.20 drivers (the latest as of this posting, for both Surface 3 and Surface Pro 3 and Surface Pro 4) again shows the mouse - until you touch the canvas with both the Stylus and Eraser tips - then they both show up in the Preferences dialog.
And that Preferences dialog looks exactly as the same as the SP4 screenshot above: notice the 'type' says 'Pen' for both. The Surface 3 says the same thing.
Pressure sensitivity works in multiple other programs such as Sketch It and Fresh Paint.
On my Linux tablet (Lenovo ThinkPad Helix) running ArchLinux (Antergos distro) on tip with, it's Wacom digitizer works well (well, the eraser isn't always detected).
I wanted to note that on my Lenovo Helix, the Preferences page shows the 'type' as Pen and Eraser separately - not as 'Pen' and 'Pen' as the SP4 screenshot above shows and my S3 shows.
^- Thinkpad Helix w/Arch Linux showing 'Eraser' differently than S3, SP3 and SP4.
FYI: this Surface 3 will be wiped for ArchLinux (Antergos) as soon as 4.6 kernel comes out with the patches for the Surface 3 drm-intel chipset. Surface 3 Type Cover I am submitting patch for shortly.
But right now, the boss (wife) wants to draw - and I keep telling her that MyPaint is the best app for what she wants to do. Just no pressure sensitivity.
I've just bought a Surface Pro 3. I am going to use it mainly for Photoshop and Mischief, so I'm looking for the best stylus experience. I've read about a Wintab driver, but I'm not sure if I need it or not. I've downloaded the Surface Hub thing that gives me a tiny bit of control over pressure, but I'm wondering if I also need Wintab.
This is my first Windows product in like 20 years (big time Apple fan), so I'm concerned about screwing it up with the wrong driver. Please enlighten me on Wintab and any other things I should be aware of.
Thanks!