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02/15/2005 08:44:42 PM · #1 |
does the tablet work area represent only the photo you are working on or does it represent the whole computer screen... so you access all the menus/buttons with the pen without having to swap to a mouse
and does tablet track and show the location of the pen when it is above the work surface and only start drawing etc. when it touches the surface
I'm just trying to get a feel for how these work before I get one
thanks
ps. anyone have links to videos etc showing a tablet in use
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02/15/2005 08:56:52 PM · #2 |
Something I would like to know. BUMP
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02/15/2005 09:02:15 PM · #3 |
I use Wacoms at work, and I have mine configured to use the whole screen.
Im also about to order one for home too, just need to find a good price on an Intous3 6x8
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02/15/2005 09:08:01 PM · #4 |
re area: yes, it acts like a mouse, it covers it all. You can customize how much area on your tablet pad you actually want to correspond with the screen. Personally I do best with a limited, smaller area.
re location: you need to get pretty close to the tablet, but then yes, it does track your location.
Good thing is this: unlike mouse mode (which you can pick up and reposition anywhere as a starting point), the position of the pen on the tablet always represents the same position of the curser on the screen, so you'll know where you're headed everytime.
This will make much more sense to you once you have played with one.
Hope that helped. |
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02/15/2005 09:17:16 PM · #5 |
Everything I do on this computer is through this 9x12 intuos II. I use it like a regular mouse when typing or processing and switch to the pen when detail editing. My son hates this, because it takes getting used to, but I wouldn't have anything else.
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02/15/2005 09:53:27 PM · #6 |
The tablet represents the entire screen. Every point on the tablet maps to a point on the screen. You can use the pen like a mouse in Windows. When using the pen in tablet-aware software, you will have additional functionality. For example, in Photoshop most if not all brush diameters are controlled by pen pressure -- meaning you set the brush (or clone stamp) larger than you need it to be, and adjust the pen pressure accordingly to control it.
When you get your tablet I certainly recommend practicing a little to get familiar with it... but it's an intuitive interface and you will catch on rather quickly. I bought the Intuos Graphire3 4x5 in December just before my vacation, and installed and started playing around with it just after I got back (early January). In the little more than a month I've been using it, it's become quite natural to use, and has shaved significant time off my post-processing, with better results to boot.
-Terry
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02/15/2005 10:22:21 PM · #7 |
I have two wacoms (6x8 Intuos and a 4x5 grapphire3 (for the laptop)) They both are very customizable. You can set to work one way with one application and another way with a different application. I have mine set to see my entire desktop (2 monitors wide) but when i open up photoshop it changes it's area to just one screen for easy detail editing. The Intuos is the way to go because they have more sensitivity and designed more for serious users opposed to a more consumer product that will have a tendency to fall apart after a few years of use.
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02/15/2005 10:26:02 PM · #8 |
| anyone used this one yet? //www.wacom.com/lcdtablets/index.cfm man I wish I could afford that thing, that would be so cool to use when I do my photo restoration. |
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02/16/2005 04:59:54 AM · #9 |
Feeling cheap? Try a Genius. Not sure if you can get it in US.
8x6 size for the price of 4x5 wacom
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02/16/2005 06:24:48 AM · #10 |
Originally posted by zerocusa:
Feeling cheap? Try a Genius. Not sure if you can get it in US.
8x6 size for the price of 4x5 wacom |
The big differences between this and the Wacom version seem to be that the Genius requires batteries (the Wacom doesn't) and the Genius pen does not seem to include a built-in pressure sensitive eraser (at least not that is mentioned in the specs).
-Terry
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02/16/2005 07:11:08 AM · #11 |
thanks for the feed back... I think it is time to get one of these :)
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