Bamboo pen eraser works as a brush in photoshop

My bamboo pen has problems in photoshop cs3 when i start up the program depending on when I plug in my tablet it might decide if my pen will work or wont work. The eraser recognizes itself as the nib on the other side so I end up having a two ended pen and no eraser.

silvantian Apr 07, 2009

Yea it will happen usually when i start up a new document so everything is at the right settings regarding photoshop. and it will happen randomly there's no pattern i can pick up on so far. thank you for your help and time though.
Anonymous May 11, 2010

What's your background and foreground? If the foreground black and background white? If so, can't help ya'. If not, change the background to white and it might work. (The Eraser just uses the background color, not white like some people may think.)

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Try closing ps3 and then reinstall your Bamboo software. Then open ps3 and it should work.

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