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3rdPlanetPhotography · April 25, 2006

Oh me... I bought one of those Pen pads. It' 4x5 surface and although it's WONDERFUL, it made me realize just how un-coordinated I really am. When I use it I feel like I have drain bamage :rofl

I'm hoping I get used to it and I can loose the training wheels before long.

DanielB · April 25, 2006

kc7dji wrote:

Oh me... I bought one of those Pen pads. It' 4x5 surface and although it's WONDERFUL, it made me realize just how un-coordinated I really am. When I use it I feel like I have drain bamage

I'm hoping I get used to it and I can loose the training wheels before long.

sweet... what all can you use it for? i've been thinking about one of those...

3rdPlanetPhotography · April 27, 2006

Daniel,

Well you can pretty much throw away the mouse

...

it makes photo touch up about 100 times better since it's pressure sensitive and all.

Very outstanding product.

DanielB wrote:

sweet... what all can you use it for? i've been thinking about one of those...

Weezyrider · April 28, 2006

What tablet? If you got the Graphire I thought those came with a puck mouse. I have an old Wacom ArtZII that only had the pen. Still works great(knock on wood). I also have an old Acecat which had a tethered pen.
You will love it. You can also customize the feel, etc. of the pen.
Weezy

Art Scott · April 28, 2006

I have an old Wacom Graphite tablet and it came with a mouse (wireless) and a pen....I stashed the mouse somewhere (cause I have been spoiled by my trackball) and use the pen and tablet alot...as said above...much easier for retouching than a mouse or trackball....got mine used about 2 yrs ago had to go to wacom for drivers, but it is still working fine.

SamuraiJack · April 29, 2006

kc7dji wrote:

Oh me... I bought one of those Pen pads. It' 4x5 surface and although it's WONDERFUL, it made me realize just how un-coordinated I really am. When I use it I feel like I have drain bamage

I'm hoping I get used to it and I can loose the training wheels before long.

Trust me, its takes a bit to really get used to drawing tablets. When I first got mine, I couldn't draw a straight line with it. Now however, I'm a lot more comfortable with it. I do photo touchups as well as artwork with mine and couldnt appreciate it more.

Heres an example of what it can do for artwork. This piece is entirely digital, lines done in Photoshop and coloring done in Corel Painter. You can also check out my blog for more pictures drawn/edited using a tablet.

My blog is www.cartoonnerd.blogspot.com

Andyman · April 29, 2006

If you want examples of what you can draw with a tablet, check out http://forums.cgsociety.org/forumdisplay.php?f=137 as most/all of these are done with a tablet and are amazing.

DanielB · April 29, 2006

for those of you who have one is there a certain size you guys recommend? certain brand?

Art Scott · April 30, 2006

Actually, I think that on the Wacom site they recommend certain sizes depending on monitor size....however I would personally recommend getting the largest you can afford....or get their Cintiq LCD Tablet....That is how I plan to go next, that way you are working directly on the photo.

sthig · May 21, 2006

Just fyi, I use a tablet pc (for business) and it's also a godsend to flip around your monitor and edit on the screen--on the fly.

I have a 12" tobishba portege and while I do not recommend it (it's really, really buggy as it's a first model Tablet PC), the new ones are ace. When money presents itself, I'm upgrading. But I have to admit, for 4.5 and the ability to draw right on the screen at my bidding, it doesn't leave me (I carry it everywhere).

And yes it helps with touchups in photoshop however I use it mainly for my biz (as stated above):

all pictures here (www.sthig.com) were created on my 12" tabletPC

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