Wacom software compatibility

Wacom works with your software

Wacom products are crafted to empower creativity and boost productivity, seamlessly adapting to the software tools you rely on. Our pen tablets and displays offer compatibility with nearly every software program. Essentially, wherever you can wield a mouse, a Wacom pen can take your creative and productive endeavors to new heights. From Adobe Creative Cloud to Google Suite, and even with educational software like Explain Everything and Kami, Wacom’s compatibility is unmatched.

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Wacom works with Adobe software

Adobe & Wacom

Adobe is the industry standard software for photographers, designers, and other creatives – and many of the Adobe Suite’s features were designed with pressure-sensitive pen tablets and displays in mind. Wacom’s creative pen tablets and pen displays natively support Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Lightroom, Adobe Illustrator, and the full suite of creative Adobe products.

Wacom pen tablet and Boris FX suite

Boris FX & Wacom

The Boris FX Suite allows for Hollywood-grade video post-production and photo edits – from adjusting color levels to adding lightning to a scene. Boris FX video products are a combination of standalone applications and plugins for tools like Adobe Premiere Pro, Adobe After Effects, and Avid Media Composer. A premium 12-month trial of Boris FX Optics, a photo special effects app, is included with any Wacom Intuos purchase.

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Capture One & Wacom

Capture One is a powerhouse in the realm of photo editing, renowned for its exceptional capabilities in tethered shooting, RAW image processing, color grading, and workflow management. When using Capture One with Wacom’s industry-leading pen tablets and displays, photographers can elevate their post-processing workflow with enhanced efficiency and seamless operation. A three-month trial of the Capture One All-In-One bundle is included with every purchase of a Wacom Intuos Pro or Wacom Cintiq Pro.

Capture One In-Use Screen Image with logo

Concepts & Wacom

Top Hatch’s Concepts is a next-generation power tool for sketching, design and illustrating from anywhere. Concepts is a flexible space to think, plan and create. Every beautiful stroke on the infinite canvas is an editable vector, which makes copying, tweaking, and sharing fast and fluid. It’s like pencil and paper, only better. A three-month trial of Concepts is included with every purchase of a One by Wacom or Wacom One.

Wacom pen display using Corel software

Corel & Wacom

Create your next great piece of art with Corel Painter, Corel Painter Essentials, or Corel Aftershot Pro — and your Wacom product. Corel products are optimized for Wacom pens, enabling artists of all levels to experience an unforgettable painting experience with full pressure sensitivity and the highest level of precision. A premium trial of Corel Aftershot and Painter comes with every purchase of Wacom Intuos.

Wacom pen display using Clip Studio paint software

Clip Studio Paint & Wacom

Whether you’re team tablet or team display, any Wacom product will provide the perfect canvas for Clip Studio Paint, a premium application for creating comics, manga, anime, animation, and more. Clip Studio Paint Pro trials are included with a purchase of Wacom One or Wacom Intuos, and a Clip Studio Paint EX trial is included with Wacom Cintiq.

Wacom Cintiq Clip Studio Pain

Creative software bundles for Wacom

Crafted with a deep understanding of the creative process and trusted by leading professionals across diverse creative domains, Wacom collaborates closely with an extensive network of software partners to deliver an unparalleled experience. Whether you’re an illustrator, photographer, video editor, game designer, or engage in any other creative pursuit, our commitment is to ensure that Wacom seamlessly integrates with the software you rely on, enabling you to unleash your full creative potential.

Even better, those partnerships mean we’re able to provide extended free software trials of some of the best creative software available to anyone that registers a Wacom product.

Wacom pen display and Kami

Kami & Wacom

Kami is a fantastic tool for teaching, and it’s made even better with Wacom drawing tablets.Kami transforms static, rigid worksheets into dynamic, collaborative, and interactive resources. With Kami, you can effortlessly craft instructional videos, employ a digital whiteboard during teaching sessions, annotate student work with comprehensive feedback, including written, audio, and video commentary. It’s a time-saving solution that streamlines the process of grading student assignments, enhancing the overall teaching and learning experience.

Wacom pen tablet and Pear Deck

Pear Deck & Wacom

Pear Deck allows teachers to take existing content in slide decks and add interactivity — such as open response or multiple choice questions, draggable icons, or drawing options. In addition to this interactive content, a teacher can also share a link to a website for a video, research, or Google Form. It even empowers teachers to monitor student work in real time.

Wacom pen tablet and Collaboard

Collaboard & Wacom

Collaboard is a dynamic digital whiteboard software that combines the familiarity of handwriting on a traditional whiteboard with the added advantages of digital functionality. With Collaboard, you can effortlessly save, share, and organize your whiteboard presentations. The beauty of it lies in the unlimited whiteboard space it provides, ensuring that no ideas are ever lost, sparing you the need to scribble “DON’T ERASE” in the corner.

Wacom pen display and Explain Everything software

Explain Everything & Wacom

Explain Everything is a full-featured digital whiteboard that allows recording of video, hosting collaborative sessions, creating resources and revision materials, and seamlessly utilizing voice recordings.

Teacher with Wacom Intuos wireless pen tablet

Software bundles for educators at all levels

Today’s teachers are embracing technology — and Wacom drawing tablets are at the cutting edge of empowering teachers to create more exciting, engaging classroom experiences than ever before. Whether through real-time, collaborative annotation, live or recorded demonstrations of concepts, formulas, or diagrams, or making captivating slide deck presentations, Wacom tablets are a modern teacher’s best friend — especially when bundled with powerful education software like Pear Deck, Kami, Collaboard, and Explain Everything.

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