Wacom Bamboo Tablets: Programmable Buttons & Photoshop

[reish_lakish]

<p>Hello, <br>

Anyone have experience programming the Wacom Bamboo Capture/Create's programmable buttons so that they bring up a specific filter in photoshop? In other words: I use the lasso tool combined with Photoshop's Motion Blur--and other filters. The Wacom tablet offers terrific precision with the lasso tool; it'd be super if I could program one of the tablet's buttons to bring up the Motion Blur filter, say, eliminating the need to reach up to the filter menu.</p>

<p>I'm also grateful if you can share your experience with any of Wacom's tablets (love them/hate them) and write a little about how you use its programmable features.</p>

<p>Thanks in advance. Best for the weekend-</p>

[howard_m]

<p>off the top of my head, I dont think it's directly do-able but perhaps you can create an action or bind a key that does what you want and then program the Wacom to do that.</p>

[reish_lakish]

<p>@Howard: Bingo. Thanks-</p>

[WJT]

<p>Hi Reish. Not sure about the Bamboo but it is possible to do what you ask with the Intuos PTK-640. You start by defining a keytroke shortcut in PS, say for example, Gaussian Blur will be defined as "CTRL" + "/". Then you program the Wacom button with this keystroke sequence. It is a little tricky to get the hang of it at first. When programmed, the button on the Wacom will display "Gaussian Blur" and when depressed will bring up that filter.</p>

<p>The PTK-640 is the medium sized tablet. I really like it! Regards.</p>

[WJT]

<p>I should add that I am using CS5 Ext. The keyboard shortcut definition menus are located in "Workspace" under the "Window" drop down menu.</p>

[reish_lakish]

<p>Thanks Walter. Works like a charm. Thanks, and thanks for the feedback on the PTK-640.<br>

Best-</p>