Re: Calling all Wacom tablet users - opinions, please

Rudy Benner wrote:
"nesredep egrob" <Long. -31,48.21 Lat. 115,47.40> wrote in message news:rfjm125kvj19bbnj2qsibjj9hsqvu1ees2@xxxxxxxxxx
On Fri, 17 Mar 2006 10:21:43 -0500, delilah@xxxxxxxx wrote:

Clyde's comments:

However, I don't draw in Photoshop. I don't have any skill at drawing on
paper either. I use Photoshop for editing photos. I found the pressure
sensitive feature really annoying for tools like Rubber Stamp and
Healing Brush. Every time I clicked on the spot it was a different and
unknown size. I spent a lot of time redoing the last thing I did. I know
this has to do with my lack of fine motor control, but that's why I
can't draw. Every time I click with the mouse, I know exactly what size
the brush it going to be. I find that keeping my left hand on the "["
and "]" keys is a much better way of working for me.
described my situation to a tee. I scan antique documents, clean them
up, clone in missing letters then reprint them. I can't draw either. I
can draw a fairly straight line with a mouse now but with pencil and
paper, I'm hopeless. Most of my time in Photoshop is spent using the
Brush and Clone Tool, occasionally the Marquee.

So what's the verdict on a tablet? I was all gung-ho initially after
everyone's favourable comments but being in an identical situation to
Clyde is making me wonder if a better mouse is the answer.

Thank you, Clyde, for an excellent response.


However bad you may be with a pencil, it will hardly help to sustitute it for
the heel of a shoe. At least with the pen you can trace what is underneath and
also use a ruler to make straight lines.

If you bother to learn to use the pen as in Photoshop (basic pen tool
techniques) , you will find that will draw lines between two points. Most
difficult to use the shoe heel to place the points correctly :-)

Borge in sunny Perth, Australia

Ok, all right, you win, I ordered mine already now. I got the 9x12 Intuos3 tablet.

Actually, I have been considering getting one for some time, this recent thread has pushed me over the edge.

R.


9x12 is a decent size. I used that size at work, but I feel like I have more freedom with my strokes on a 12x12. I still run an ARTZ II at home-- (came out around 94-95, since discontinued) and it works fine on Windows2000. I have never had a problem with it. Although I made the mistake of cleaning the top with something other than a damp soapy rag. NEVER clean them with windex. Something in it scarred most of the non-textured plastic covering of mine. But it still works great!

-theartist
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