This thing is fun Anyone else have one?

1/3/2009 2:38:22 AM

What the crap, what does it do?

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"A graphics tablet (or digitizing tablet, graphics pad, drawing tablet[1]) is a computer input device that allows one to hand-draw images and graphics, similar to the way one draws images with a pencil and paper. These tablets may also be used to capture data of handwritten signatures. A graphics tablet (also called pen pad) consists of a flat surface upon which the user may "draw" an image using an attached stylus, a pen-like drawing apparatus. The image generally does not appear on the tablet itself but, rather, is displayed on the computer monitor. Some tablets however, come as a functioning secondary computer screen that you can interact with directly using the stylus. Some tablets are intended as a general replacement for a mouse as the primary pointing and navigation device for desktop computers."

[Edited on January 3, 2009 at 2:40 AM. Reason : durr]

1/3/2009 2:39:34 AM

i would like to have one

^photoshop, son. photoshop.

1/3/2009 2:39:47 AM

it's like a touchpad

except really expensive and it has a stylus

1/3/2009 2:40:29 AM

Hmm, my mom does a lot of photoshop/graphics work, I wonder if she'd like one for her birthday. She's an artist, so she could probably do some cool stuff with one.

1/3/2009 2:42:02 AM

^ Yeah, I bet she would like it, especially if she already uses Photoshop. One of the cool things it does in photoshop is it varies the weight of your strokes depending on how much pressure you put on the pad.

^^^ Yeah, I would have never of bought one for myself (I'm a cheapskate) but I'm enjoying having one

1/3/2009 2:44:34 AM

anyone who actually knows how to properly use photoshop would appreciate a wacom tablet

i can guarantee this

1/3/2009 2:45:41 AM

tip: start out by tracing over photos in new layers in photoshop
once you get the feel for how it responds, move on to new stuff...

1/3/2009 2:56:27 AM

^ Thanks, I'll try that out now

1/3/2009 2:57:02 AM

i've used the digipro 5.5x4" tablet and its a good, inexpensive tablet for starting out. wacom tablets are definitely better though if you've got the cash.

1/3/2009 3:00:28 AM

man, when i get home i'm installing the software on my laptop, because i NEVER use my desktop now...

1/3/2009 3:01:14 AM

I've had a 8x10 wacom (graphire, though, I believe yours is a bamboo?) for almost four years, never had a hitch. I use it to draw, and as my "mouse."

That's what I suggest for people to get used to one, though- use it as a mouse for an hour or two. As soon as you get the hang of that, the pressure sensitivity and things you can do in photoshop quickly follow.

(And they're really not that expensive. You can get a smallish wacom one for 70ish bucks, and other brands can be even cheaper. They make digital artwork so much less of a hassle.)

1/3/2009 2:15:49 PM

i've got a intuos 3 9x12

i like it, but i really wish i had just sucked it up, saved and bought a cintiq

it all makes me crazy though cause it just ain't paper

1/3/2009 2:21:36 PM

do want

want a cintiq more

do not want to pay for it though, the cost/benefit of it just isnt there for me

1/3/2009 2:32:48 PM

yeah

i mean i could buy a cintiq right now...and i bet it would be the fucking balls

but i'm just not sure it's really gonna give me that holy grail of interfaces i'm really looking for

[Edited on January 3, 2009 at 2:35 PM. Reason : +]

1/3/2009 2:35:06 PM

marko, why don't you get a Livescribe set and see if that works for you http://www.livescribe.com/smartpen/desktop.html

though i guess you could just draw and scan it in normally

hmm, nevermind

i'm still going to post this anyway, you can't stop me

1/3/2009 2:38:59 PM

lol

1/3/2009 2:40:48 PM

i wonder how a tablet pc would work

[Edited on January 3, 2009 at 2:43 PM. Reason : you could probably get one significantly cheaper than a cintiq]

1/3/2009 2:42:59 PM

they aren't pressure sensitive though

1/3/2009 2:53:21 PM

we had one exactly like the one pictured, but it was branded Bamboo and not wacom. i didn;t like it for everyday applications.

1/3/2009 4:46:15 PM

^bamboo is a line of wacom tablets

[Edited on January 3, 2009 at 4:47 PM. Reason : pretty crappy ones, at that]

1/3/2009 4:47:25 PM

I wouldn't say the Bamboo is crappy. I think they're just geared towards the casual tablet user. Unless you need it for work or something I don't know why you would spend big bucks on a tablet.

1/4/2009 12:07:58 AM

Tough/stupid to use on everyday tasks like web browsing, but absolute $$$$$ in photoshop. I've got the next model up. Same size, like 1000 more sensitivity readings. I still think that this is the perfect size - doesn't take up your whole desk but big enough to get the job done with 'strokes'

1/4/2009 12:20:18 AM

WACOM FEEL THE NOIZE

I'm Big Business and i approved this message.

1/4/2009 2:55:34 AM

oh youz bastard, I want one of those

1/4/2009 2:58:52 AM

My favorite toy at work...



http://www.wacom.com/cintiq/cintiq-21ux.php

1/4/2009 2:59:23 AM

I got to play with those things at the PDN show. Makes me sad that I won't be able to afford those. Their new ones are nice. but toys.

1/4/2009 3:14:13 AM

would these be any good for people with carpal tunnel?

1/4/2009 10:48:24 AM

^^^ *drool*

I wish I had the money for a cintiq

1/4/2009 11:11:51 AM

i have a 12.1" one

it is very baller

1/4/2009 11:13:00 AM

i got this same thing for my girlfriend for christmas

it's awesome

1/4/2009 11:33:10 AM

i love how wacom's site isn't working lol

1/4/2009 11:42:40 AM

^(max) My wife got me the exact same thing It's harder to use than a mouse, though, because the cat keeps trying to knock the pen out of my hand.

1/4/2009 3:33:36 PM

^ aha, I haven't run into that problem... yet

1/4/2009 6:56:07 PM

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"would these be any good for people with carpal tunnel?"

yup, it would.

1/4/2009 7:19:03 PM