Wacom tablets

[jumpman17]

Okay, are Wacom tablets worth the money?

My dad thinks he can find a 9x12 wacom tablet on ebay for around $350. He offered to pay $250 of it if I paid the other $100.

And can you even find them for that cheap on ebay?

 

[moribund112]

I just got one in February, I haven't had much time to play with it, but since my interest is Photoshop and making Flash cartoons, I'd say it's totally worth the money.
I got a 6x8 Intuos3 and it can barely fit on my desk. It's really huge!
I'm not sure how much I paid for it - perhaps around $250-300 at PC Nation.
Ebay is also an option, not sure about warranty if it's bought used though.
If you register your tablet with Wacom, they have a treasure chest full of awesome tutorials for getting started with Photoshop. Really a lot of fun.

 

[Kyoji]

A 9X12 is HUGE. I highly doubt you'd need this much space to work on, unless you use very wide, elegant strokes when you draw. The 6x8 model is a bit better-you have to remember there is a 3" border around the actual "writing" surface. So a 6x8 is actually 9x12, and a 9x12 actually 12x15!

Prices for Wacom tablets are usually consistently at or very near retail on Ebay. I suggest ordering a brand new one from a trusted supplier like NewEgg, whose prices for the tablet are actually 20-30 lower than the Wacom site itself.

 

[lookout]

Wacom Intuos3 9" x 12" (A4 uk) Graphics Tablet are the best for drawing designer!

 

[Sekkyumu]

It depends on what you want to do with a tablet.

If you want to draw with Photoshop and Corel Painter, take a Graphire 4. I've a Graphire 3 and it's great !

You don't need a huge one, A4 is okay

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[Veho]

Wacom are excellent if you want to draw or edit photos on your computer. And 9x12 is friggin' huge. Buy buy buy.

(if you trust the seller)

 

[jumpman17]

Okay, so it seems 9x12 is big. I'll want one step down then.

I would be using it mainly for Photoshop and Freehand/Illustrator.

I'm hoping that it will make my college assignments a little easier and more convenient then a mouse. It's not exactly easy drawing a nice curve in Photoshop with a mouse.

 

[Harsky]

Offtopic but is Wacom the best or is the cheaper options on ebay also a good choice?

 

[Kyoji]

Offtopic but is Wacom the best or is the cheaper options on ebay also a good choice?

Wacom is by far the best. They are expensive, but there is a reason the others are so cheap.

 

[Harsky]

Offtopic but is Wacom the best or is the cheaper options on ebay also a good choice?

Wacom is by far the best. They are expensive, but there is a reason the others are so cheap.

For people like me who can't afford Wacom? That said, it would be hard to picture drawing on a tablet while the drawing appears on the screen. I guess the next solution is getting a laptop with touchscreen control (which I have) but it's a version where there are no buttons on the pen. How would I be able to even draw with it?

 

[Kyoji]

You dont have to buy an Intuos. Graphire's run about half the cost for the same writing area. They have half the features, though.

 

[jumpman17]

Okay, here's what I'm looking at:

http://www.amazon.com/Wacom-Intuos3-6X8-Pe...t/dp/B00030097G

 

[qusai]

I got mine new 9x12 for 450 canadian from my college bookstore (you'll see it in my post a pic of your room pic soon

) anyways, go to your local colleges and look for postings around the design buildings, people usually have stuff like that for sale, I know a lot of my mates from graphic design were selling theirs for way cheaper than ebay.

 

[Kyoji]

Okay, here's what I'm looking at:

http://www.amazon.com/Wacom-Intuos3-6X8-Pe...t/dp/B00030097G

Thats a pretty good deal..

 

[jumpman17]

Wee, it's on its happy way to my anxious little fingers!

 

[nileyg]

So whats different about the graphire?