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12 years 11 months ago #75683 by Nikonjan
I haven't seen anything on the using of Wacom tablets. I have one but rarely use it. Maybe I don't have it set up right. Wacom is located here in Vancouver, WA. and I have seen many demos at trade shows but still do not use it. My potato(mouse) seems to work fine for me when I need to paint/brush in close. I know the sensitivity isn't set right. I am so lazy when it comes to these things and just stay with whatever works for me. What about you?
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12 years 11 months ago #75685 by Scotty
I use one that is a 21 inch monitor, and you draw directly on the monitor. The cheaper ones I could never get used to. I know a lot of people that love them though.
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12 years 11 months ago #75689 by MLKstudios
Force yourself to use it for a week, while making the fine tunings to fit your style, and you won't want to use a mouse again. Promise.

Matthew :)
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12 years 11 months ago #75691 by Scotty

MLKstudios wrote: Force yourself to use it for a week, while making the fine tunings to fit your style, and you won't want to use a mouse again. Promise.

Matthew :)


I tried using one for 2 months, and I hated it.
When the last candle has been blown out
and the last glass of champagne has been drunk
All that you are left with are the memories and the images-David Cooke.
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12 years 11 months ago #75693 by crystal

Scotty wrote:

MLKstudios wrote: Force yourself to use it for a week, while making the fine tunings to fit your style, and you won't want to use a mouse again. Promise.

Matthew :)


I tried using one for 2 months, and I hated it.


Hated the mouse or the tablet?
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12 years 11 months ago #75695 by crystal
I have one, got it this past xmas. Haven't really had much time to use it. Used it a couple of times, but I am so used to using the mouse for everything, when I open photoshop and lightroom, I don't even think of the tablet. Which is sad, because it used to sit right next to where my mouse sits, for the reason when I edit, it's right there, but I ended up moving it (which is still easy access).
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12 years 11 months ago #75697 by Scotty

crystal wrote:

Scotty wrote:

MLKstudios wrote: Force yourself to use it for a week, while making the fine tunings to fit your style, and you won't want to use a mouse again. Promise.

Matthew :)


I tried using one for 2 months, and I hated it.


Hated the mouse or the tablet?


Tablet, used intuos, bamboo....the only one I can use is this..

www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/680059-RE...100_Cintiq_21UX.html

Wacoms work for some people, and some they just don't. Usually hit or miss.
When the last candle has been blown out
and the last glass of champagne has been drunk
All that you are left with are the memories and the images-David Cooke.
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12 years 11 months ago #75723 by Nikonjan
Those moniters are a bit too spendy for me. I do get the pen and tablet out sometimes and people do swear by them if you can get yourself to just get use to them. I hate spending money on things to find you may not use them. I think Peer pressure gets to me from my fellow photographers.If they have something then you have to buy it too.:rolleyes
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12 years 11 months ago #75805 by effron
Take a look at these, and lose the mouse for a while.............
www.gomediazine.com/design-articles/prod...com-awesome-results/
designm.ag/tutorials/wacom-tutorials/
Why so serious?
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12 years 10 months ago #75809 by crystal
I have this one...


www.wacom.com/en/Products/BambooTablets/BambooPenandTouch.aspx

I wanted a bigger one. Had one all picked out... it was around $500-$600. The problem is, I asking my inlaws for this as a xmas present. Since FIL retired, they can't spend alot, so I had to down size.

I like the one I have, but I do wish I had something bigger, more buttons etc.. Smiliar to what Scotty linked.
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12 years 10 months ago #75817 by MLKstudios
Most photographers use the Intuos model.

Matthew :)
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12 years 10 months ago #75821 by Baydream
I have had a large Wacom Intuos (8x12) surface for several years and really like the control it gives you once you get used to it (sort of like the mouse when you first used it). It makes a lot of sense to an artist who is used to drawing with pencil or brush.
Mine is an older model (pre-wireless) but works well for me. Would love to consider a Cintiq one day. Then it would feel totally natural.
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12 years 10 months ago #75839 by legion 1
What is a wacom tablet? Why would someone use one?
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12 years 10 months ago #75845 by Baydream

legion 1 wrote: What is a wacom tablet? Why would someone use one?

Check out www.wacom.com
Shoot, learn and share. It will make you a better photographer.
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12 years 10 months ago #75925 by DestinDave
I have an older Wacom 6x8 Graphire but I use it a lot.. in combination with my regular mouse.. Seldom use the Wacom mouse and haven't experimented much with the pen pressures, buttons, etc... Still, for all my burning, dodging, masking, pen, selecting, and similar functions I use the tablet.. I'm a lifelong pen, pencil, & charcoal doodler so it feels natural for me.. except I still have trouble getting the angle of the tablet, the angle of my head, and my tongue just right.. :P
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