Tablet Talk

[superkrm]

we are in the same boat. I'm getting back into drawing too.

ds screen size is too small for me.

my old wacom was 4 by 5 i felt a little restricted, but i guess "how small is too small" would be personal tastes.

 

[shaunj66]

Well I just found the same one for £43.10 delivered. So I'm probably going to go for this one

There doesn't seem to be _anything_ else within a reasonable price range (around £50-£80).

 

[Private|Par]

Mmm big tablets definately hurt your wallet, but the smallest Bamboo Fun is all I really needed. I just wanted to break into the tablet-using community, so I picked the cheapest.

 

[Endogene]

How's this one?

Looks a bit small though... How small is too small?

a tablet should be big enough for you to reach the top and the bottom of the active zone without moving you hand but you shoulndt be able to move your pen outside the active zone from that position

 

[Pyrofyr]

Those Cintiq's are quite sexy, I've been looking into the 'write-on-LCD' ones, and I love them, but they're so expensive still. Most electronics drop price overtime, so I'm expecting them to drop to 500~600 soon enough for a 'decent' sized one you can carry around, but you know...

 

[shaunj66]

Well I just found the same one for £43.10 delivered. So I'm probably going to go for this one

There doesn't seem to be _anything_ else within a reasonable price range (around £50-£80).

I went ahead and ordered this one, should be with me for Friday. Can't wait to try it out!

 

[JPH]

Hah, didn't know these were that cheap.
I usually just do a drawing and scan it, then get someone to make it look better in Photoshop.

I'll probably invest in one those soon...good to have some nice change in my pocket to blow, for a change.

Also, a question - can I use these in Photoshop for, say, a paintbrush?

 

[superkrm]

Those Cintiq's are quite sexy, I've been looking into the 'write-on-LCD' ones, and I love them, but they're so expensive still. Most electronics drop price overtime, so I'm expecting them to drop to 500~600 soon enough for a 'decent' sized one you can carry around, but you know...

as far as i remember those cintiqs havent dropped very much
but the addition of the 12incher made it a little more affordable than that 21 inch behemoth

 

[berlinka]

This is marketing trickery. They make this look like it's completely NEW, while it isn't. Here at work I've got the Wacom Intuos (the biggest) for years now and I hardly use it. For drawing it's the perfect solution and I guess designers, artists and illustrators couldn't do without... but they now target on the casual home user, and they make it all nice, clean and cuddly so people go and buy it. But really if you're a home user why would you need this? The best I can think of is if you're suffering from RSI/CANS and you're searching for a better mouse experience.

So mainly this is Marketing Bullshit, they're selling this product for years and now they just made a nice new name for it and BAM it's new and on top of that they sell the "white" one like it's yet another type compared to the "black" one, which again is bullshit because it only has different software.

It's all about money isn't it? yup

 

[Rowan]

want a graphics tablet for £50 go aldi they had a graphics tablet but u see what u r drawing on the tablet

 

[Psyfira]

Also, a question - can I use these in Photoshop for, say, a paintbrush?Yep, that's what most people use them for

Photoshop supports the pressure-sensitive features of the pen really well; its brush settings are just insane, there's all kinds of things it can vary based on pen pressure and I won't pretend to know what they all are (brush width, for example).

(I'll point out that the tablet pen can be used like the mouse for all programs, so you could draw in Paint, left click, right click and scroll with it no problem, it's just the pressure-sensitive aspect that only certain programs support).
QUOTE(rowanchap @ Jul 23 2008, 11:01 AM) want a graphics tablet for £50 go aldi they had a graphics tablet but u see what u r drawing on the tablet

For £50 I doubt it; are you sure it wasn't one with a transparent glass sheet that you can place a drawing under to trace it?

 

[Dylan]

I would really love one of these but theres just no way I can afford one right now or even if I could afford, justify spending the money on something which I do not have sufficient talent to deserve.