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02/08/2005 01:23:26 PM · #1 |
I was wondering if anyone has used a light pen for the computer before?
If so are they any good, and where can I find one?
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02/08/2005 01:24:51 PM · #2 |
OK, I am dense . . what is a light pen for the computer?
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02/08/2005 01:29:41 PM · #3 |
if that's anything like a lightsaber, sign me up!
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02/08/2005 01:31:36 PM · #4 |
| Do you mean a pen&tablet for drawing or photograph editing? If you do any good computer store will cary them. |
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02/08/2005 01:32:48 PM · #5 |
Originally posted by drz01:
Do you mean a pen&tablet for drawing or photograph editing? If you do any good computer store will cary them. |
If that is what you are referring to, I got mine from Amazon.
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02/08/2005 01:34:26 PM · #6 |
Its a pen that plugs into your pc. You use it the same as a mouse. It just seems to me as an artist I would be able to use it a bit more accuratly than a mouse when it comes to touch up work or for drawing images on photo shop.. I used to have one about 10 years ago with my apple 2 pc. I have heard mention of them but I have never actualy sen one since.
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02/08/2005 01:39:24 PM · #7 |
Intuos (spelling???) makes the most common one I think. I have their Graphire 3. If no one else jumps in here and gives you a better answer, then try searching this site or Google - you will find the company's home and it sold many places. It really doesn't work for me because I write with my left hand, but do everything else with my right - including a mouse.
WACOM - go there. That's what I wasn't remembering.
Message edited by author 2005-02-08 13:39:59.
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02/08/2005 01:47:23 PM · #8 |
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02/08/2005 01:49:14 PM · #9 |
Originally posted by tristalisk:
thanks kylie |
You're welcome ;o) Sorry I couldn't give more exact answers!
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02/08/2005 01:50:44 PM · #10 |
Light pens are different than input tablets like the intuous because you write on screen. I think light pens are an old technology anyway, since they are called such because the pen sensed the scan line on the CRT and that's how it detected location. There are now other screen types that let you write on them, usually capacitance based I think.
Most of them are now incorporated into laptops, and moreover, what are now called a tablet, or pen computing. I have one of those, a convertible Gateway laptop (which is great). However, I don't believe it's pressure sensitive, and I think that's true of most of these except perhap a couple, so they are not directed at artists. Other mfrs,: Fujitsu, Motion, Compaq (the 1100), ...
There are still some expensive, specialized displays which you can use with your desktop that are pen based. I don't recall the product mfr but I'm sure you can find them on the web. |
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02/08/2005 01:53:20 PM · #11 |
Originally posted by nshapiro:
Light pens are different than input tablets like the intuous because you write on screen. I think light pens are an old technology anyway, since they are called such because the pen sensed the scan line on the CRT and that's how it detected location. There are now other screen types that let you write on them, usually capacitance based I think.
Most of them are now incorporated into laptops, and moreover, what are now called a tablet, or pen computing. I have one of those, a convertible Gateway laptop (which is great). However, I don't believe it's pressure sensitive, and I think that's true of most of these except perhap a couple, so they are not directed at artists. Other mfrs,: Fujitsu, Motion, Compaq (the 1100), ...
There are still some expensive, specialized displays which you can use with your desktop that are pen based. I don't recall the product mfr but I'm sure you can find them on the web. |
Thanks Neil! I figured someone who knew what they were talking about would chime in!!!
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