LOCKING YOUR TABLET BRUSH SETTINGS

Since Photoshop 7, the one thing that drove Wacom tablet users insane was that you couldn't lock in your pressure sensitivity settings without saving a special custom brush. Luckily, that all changed in Photoshop CS, and you can now lock in your pressure settings. Go to the Brushes palette and choose Expanded View in its drop-down menu. Then, in the left column of brush options, you'll see a little lock icon to the right of each category. Turn on Pen Pressure (or any of the tablet settings from the pop-up menus) then click the lock icon, and as you change and tweak brushes, your Pen Pressure stays locked in.