Wacom Graphic Tablet

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hyperbo1a
Aug 10, 2004
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Hi all,

I am seriously thinking of getting the Wacom Intuos2 6×8 graphica tablet.

How useful is it and in what areas
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Pepe
Aug 10, 2004
No 1. Ergonomic
No 2. Painting in, Corel Painter 8
Otherways? Well fun stuff.
And remember, bigger is not better!
It should be only that big in size that
you can reach the whole screen area
when moving your hand only, not the arm.

I use the cheap ACECad Flair.
<http://www.acecad.com.tw/eng/main.htm>
Good enough for hobby use.

Pepe
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Charley
Aug 10, 2004
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Hi all,

I am seriously thinking of getting the Wacom Intuos2 6×8 graphical tablet.

How useful is it and in what areas.
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Hecate
Aug 11, 2004
On Tue, 10 Aug 2004 15:14:17 GMT, hyperbo1a
wrote:

Hi all,

I am seriously thinking of getting the Wacom Intuos2 6×8 graphical tablet.

How useful is it and in what areas.

Be sure you need one that size. For most purposes an A5 tablet is quit4e large enough.

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Glo8al
Aug 11, 2004
On Tue, 10 Aug 2004 15:14:17 GMT, hyperbo1a
wrote:

Hi all,

I am seriously thinking of getting the Wacom Intuos2 6×8 graphical tablet.

How useful is it and in what areas.

If your using photoshop or another painting program, you will find the pen very useful.
I found the 5×4 tablet useless an now use a 18×12 for the main board and the 5×4 for my second monitor, as I didn’t like splitting up the main wacom into two sections. I also don’t like using the wacom in mouse mode.
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Geoff Realname
Aug 11, 2004
Hecate wrote:
On Tue, 10 Aug 2004 15:14:17 GMT, hyperbo1a
wrote:

Hi all,

I am seriously thinking of getting the Wacom Intuos2 6×8 graphical tablet.

How useful is it and in what areas.

Be sure you need one that size. For most purposes an A5 tablet is quit4e large enough.

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Hecate – The Real One

veni, vidi, reliqui

Quite right, and even with that size it’s often convenient to reduce the area in order to get the ergonomic benefits that Pepe mentioned.

Geoff
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hyperbo1a
Aug 11, 2004
Glo8al wrote:
*On Tue, 10 Aug 2004 15:14:17 GMT, hyperbo1a
wrote:

Hi all,

I am seriously thinking of getting the Wacom Intuos2 6×8 graphical tablet.

How useful is it and in what areas.

If your using photoshop or another painting program, you will fin the
pen very useful.
I found the 5×4 tablet useless an now use a 18×12 for the main board and the 5×4 for my second monitor, as I didn’t like splitting up the main wacom into two sections. I also don’t like using the wacom in mouse mode. *

18×12!!! That’s huge… and Swweeeeettt. I think you can take it dow to the beach and surf on waves.

Bought it. Just unpacked it and setting things up. It’s SO very nice.

I got dual display on two 21" Sony Trinitron monitor. I find having th tablet split in half for each monitor is a bit hard to work. Mouse mod causes major confusion

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shaky
Aug 11, 2004
I don’t paint in PS, but use the brush to touch up (hide) selections and masks. Can a tablet help in doing this?

hyperbo1a wrote:
Hi all,

I am seriously thinking of getting the Wacom Intuos2 6×8 graphical tablet.

How useful is it and in what areas.
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Larry
Aug 11, 2004
Yes,
Especially when the pen pressue and angle sensitivities are enabled.

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I don’t paint in PS, but use the brush to touch up (hide) selections and masks. Can a tablet help in doing this?

hyperbo1a wrote:
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I am seriously thinking of getting the Wacom Intuos2 6×8 graphical tablet.

How useful is it and in what areas.
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