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08/08/2008 09:32:19 AM · #1 |
| Pen Tablets. Who here uses one? Which one? What has been your experience with it? |
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08/08/2008 09:35:20 AM · #2 |
Wacom - 6x8 Intuos 3. CAN'T - LIVE - WITHOUT - IT. It's my lifeline at the computer, I can do ANYTHING with the pen and tablet.
Message edited by author 2008-08-08 09:37:19. |
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08/08/2008 09:36:03 AM · #3 |
| I have a Wacom Bamboo and I love it.... I only use it for basic things ( and still learning ) but I do like it as it suits my needs |
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08/08/2008 09:40:42 AM · #4 |
| I've had one since 1995, though I don't use one that often; they are (by far) the best tool for any kind of painting, retouching or masking. |
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08/08/2008 09:41:58 AM · #5 |
Originally posted by LindaLee:
Wacom - 6x8 Intuos 3. CAN'T - LIVE - WITHOUT - IT. It's my lifeline at the computer, I can do ANYTHING with the pen and tablet. |
ditto... for editing the only thing better would be this
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08/08/2008 09:54:05 AM · #6 |
I have this one. I like it, takes a little getting used to but all in all it's a great tool to have if you do a lot of post processing. Configuring it to my liking took a while though.
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08/08/2008 10:04:11 AM · #7 |
I have THIS ONE and as said many times... I LOVE IT! I gave my wife my old one Wacom CTE-440 that is A6 size and she hated it for about 2 hours then fell in love.
They take a bit of getting used to but when you sort it out they become irreplaceable
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08/08/2008 10:05:35 AM · #8 |
I have the 4x6" version.
I gotta point something out... when I was in the market, I thought to myself that "bigger is better", right? That to really get in and touch-up the details of an image, I need a bigger tablet in order to get closer to the image. Well that's just dead wrong. The thing is ... as you zoom in on the image (on screen), the resolution of the tablet is effectively zoomed in as well because there is a direct mapping of what's on screen to the physical layout of the tablet. So when you zoom in to "see" the details, you effectively zoom in to "touch-up" the details at the same time.
Another thing to point out... the larger the table, the more you have to pick up your hand and "move it across the tablet" to get from one side of the image to the other. Now 4x6 versus 6x8 or anything larger doesn't really sound like a lot But try the 4x6 out... you'll soon find that even at the 4x6" size, your hand/arm gets tired of moving around the tablet. I can only imagine that larger = more tiring.
So... get a larger one if you must. But do it for reasons other than needing higher resolution. (unless you get the Cintiq with the built-in display, in that case, larger would seem to be better)
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08/08/2008 10:09:16 AM · #9 |
What David said.
I have a Wacom Graphire 4x6 Love it!
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08/08/2008 10:15:58 AM · #10 |
Yup, what  dwterry said, I have the 4x6 as well. Any bigger and I would be moving my arm around, but I like the stability of resting my wrist on a wrist pad and just using my hand to draw. I find I can be more precise that way. |
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08/08/2008 10:22:35 AM · #11 |
I got a Wacom Intuos3 4x6 Wide Format tablet and love it. It's a bit more expensive than their bamboo line, but I figured it would last me for a long time. So far, I love it! It takes a little getting used to, but it sure beats using a mouse!
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08/08/2008 10:24:27 AM · #12 |
I bought a cheap one for $30 on Woot a couple of months back. Tried it once and got frustrated because it is just so different. I'm sure it's the kind of thing I need to practice with and get used to when I am not actually working on an image. My wife has always wanted one to use with her Mac, but she has not touched it yet.
I'm also sure a you get what you pay for with these, but I would not have spent the money needed for a good one right now.
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08/08/2008 10:28:52 AM · #13 |
| Another ditto for David. I recently bought the Bamboo and 4x6 gets big real quick, imo. I'm still learning and I only use it for touch up and masking at the moment, definitely worth having one for fine detail masking. |
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08/08/2008 10:52:36 AM · #14 |
| I have the Bamboo I think. I don't spend anywhere near enough time editing to get proper use of it. I like it when I want to slow down and concentrate on an image ... but I very rarely do that, so it gets little use. |
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08/08/2008 11:13:09 AM · #15 |
| I got a Wacom 4x6 for christmas and I'm still struggling with learning how to use it. It could be that I'm slow :) |
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08/08/2008 11:18:22 AM · #16 |
Originally posted by cosprenks:
I got a Wacom 4x6 for christmas and I'm still struggling with learning how to use it. It could be that I'm slow :) |
I got one for Christmas too, tried it for about 10 minutes and put it away. I really want to learn how to use it so I guess I'll have to get it back out. I felt like a kindergarten student! |
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08/08/2008 11:30:33 AM · #17 |
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08/08/2008 11:38:08 AM · #18 |
Originally posted by cosprenks:
I got a Wacom 4x6 for christmas and I'm still struggling with learning how to use it. It could be that I'm slow :) |
It takes a while to get used to (or did for me anyway), but once you are there's no giving it up and you wonder how you did without it for so long. |
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08/08/2008 01:04:51 PM · #19 |
I'm see this product sold with the tablet and pen only, or with tablet, pen, and mouse...
...any thoughts on the mouse? Is it nice to have? Is it a must have? Or can you do without it (use regular mouse already owned, or use the pen only)?
Thanks! |
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08/08/2008 01:19:55 PM · #20 |
Originally posted by glad2badad:
...any thoughts on the mouse? Is it nice to have? Is it a must have?
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Mouse is must have. And if you have a mouse now, use that one. You don't have to get a tablet with pen and mouse, save your money and keep the current mouse you have. That's what I do ;) |
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08/08/2008 01:34:53 PM · #21 |
I own a Wacom tablet, one of the smaller ones. When I got it, the $200 price was a very big deal. In fact I had put off purchasing one for close to five years.
I got my tablet and was very disappointed, I was unable to do anything with it. It ended up in a box.
But it cost a lot of money and others were doing it, I couldn't be that stupid. I pulled it out and tried it again. Ended up back in the box.
I played this off and on game for close to a week, before I just sighed and told myself it was all I would use and to just get over it. Less than an hour later I was falling in love. I had been so bent out of shape at not getting it instantly that I was blocking my learning. I was sure I would fail so I did.
It is now one of my most used tools and I just could not live without one. It can still be a little awkward at times but it fades quickly as I work.
My tips to anyone just starting out; 1) relax, don't grip the pen too tightly, 2) don't concentrate, it isn't something tactile like a keyboard, you need to rely on muscle memory and on hovering your pen to move the cursor around, it doesn't actually need a lot of thought, you just need to get used to it, 3) stick with it, it is amazing in the Nth hour when you suddenly forget you are using it and just do it.
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08/08/2008 01:35:20 PM · #22 |
Originally posted by FocusPoint:
Originally posted by glad2badad:
...any thoughts on the mouse? Is it nice to have? Is it a must have?
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Mouse is must have. And if you have a mouse now, use that one. You don't have to get a tablet with pen and mouse, save your money and keep the current mouse you have. That's what I do ;) |
He-he. I know a mouse is a must have overall...just didn't know if the one programmed to work with the tablet was better/easier/can't live without. :-) Actually, it does sound like you could navigate your PC with the tablet and pen only if you wanted to. ???
Another concern is to make sure there wouldn't be any conflict between two non-related devices (tablet & pen and mouse).
A nice plus in getting the mouse with the tablet is it frees up a USB port. The negative is the tablet mouse doesn't look as comfortable as the USB trackball mouse I'm using now. |
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08/08/2008 01:44:38 PM · #23 |
| You can do anything with the pen. There are buttons on the pen for right click. Pen also is "hand-pressure" sensitive, so PS work is better. You will have to learn to use it, accidental drag drops happened to me. I use mouse and pen switching back and fort because some areas I do need steady pointers that I need to use mouse. |
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08/08/2008 01:46:31 PM · #24 |
Originally posted by FocusPoint:
You can do anything with the pen. There are buttons on the pen for right click. Pen also is "hand-pressure" sensitive, so PS work is better. You will have to learn to use it, accidental drag drops happened to me. I use mouse and pen switching back and fort because some areas I do need steady pointers that I need to use mouse. |
Cool. I see one of these showing up on my doorstep in the very near future. :-) |
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08/08/2008 01:56:47 PM · #25 |
Originally posted by dwterry:
I have the 4x6" version.
I gotta point something out... when I was in the market, I thought to myself that "bigger is better", right? That to really get in and touch-up the details of an image, I need a bigger tablet in order to get closer to the image. Well that's just dead wrong. The thing is ... as you zoom in on the image (on screen), the resolution of the tablet is effectively zoomed in as well because there is a direct mapping of what's on screen to the physical layout of the tablet. So when you zoom in to "see" the details, you effectively zoom in to "touch-up" the details at the same time.
Another thing to point out... the larger the table, the more you have to pick up your hand and "move it across the tablet" to get from one side of the image to the other. Now 4x6 versus 6x8 or anything larger doesn't really sound like a lot But try the 4x6 out... you'll soon find that even at the 4x6" size, your hand/arm gets tired of moving around the tablet. I can only imagine that larger = more tiring.
So... get a larger one if you must. But do it for reasons other than needing higher resolution. (unless you get the Cintiq with the built-in display, in that case, larger would seem to be better) |
I forgot to mention that. When I bought mine that's the minding I had, bigger is better but I met a smart salesman and he made it all so clear to me. Rare a salesman does that.
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