Wacom tablets

[Steamboat_Kevin]

Anybody know what exactly these do? I know you can draw with them, and things like that. But do they work for any graphics program?
Are they worth the $85?
Thanks
Kevin

 

[DisneyCP2000]

Yes they are. If you plan on working with objects that need an air brushed effect or drawing curves freehand. This tool is a must.
The pen has pressure sensitivity so the harder you push the darker the line...just like a marker or pencil. When compared to a mouse...it's just on and off and no shading inbetween.

 

[Lovecraft]

Yes! They are WELL worht the money. I love my Wacom tablet.

I have used it along with toom boom studio to animate a short in a few days that would have taken weeks to do if I had done things traditionally.

Software that I know works with the wacom tablets pressure sensitivity are Adobe Photoshop, Corel Photopaint, ToonBoom Studio, Flash, Plastic Animation Paper (this is a really cool peice of software for non-vectored 2D animation), and probbaly most other modern art packages out there.

The wacom tablet also let's you use a regular mouse along with it (I have my wacom tablet and my trackball hooked up at the same time-- I use the tablet for digital drawing and painting and the mouse for everything else).

I siggest you get it if drawing is what you like to do with your PC.

--Lovecraft

 

[Lovecraft]

Oh yeah Painter works with it too, and I *think* the JASC line of software products as well.

 

[darthdarrel]

:lol:
When I saw the title of the thread,I thought he was talking about some kind of Anti acid tablets! :lol:

 

[NowInc]

I LIVE by by wacom tablet..i use it for photoshop and alias sketch....i cant work without it...its a bit odd at first,,but once you get the hang of it you;ll never draw with a mouse ever again.

 

[Pumbas Nakasak]

Well judging by the above comments they must have improved. I used one a few years ago, with a Mac Powerbook, and it was cr@p. Too dificult to control in photoshop.

 

[Steamboat_Kevin]

Do they require a USB port? Because our USB port is broken

 

[darthdarrel]

Originally posted by Steamboat_Kevin
Do they require a USB port? Because our USB port is broken

If you have any PCI slots available you can get add more USB ports.

 

[Lovecraft]

PCI Slot USB ports are cheap at wal-mart.

USB broken eh? I doubt it. It is more likely the drivers are messed up.

 

[Steamboat_Kevin]

Originally posted by Lovecraft
PCI Slot USB ports are cheap at wal-mart.

USB broken eh? I doubt it. It is more likely the drivers are messed up.

Well, you can't put anything in it, they fall out

 

[Lovecraft]

OH!

Hmm.. yep sounds broken

Go to wal-mart and get a USB card... I think they are only around $14

They plug right into an open PCI port inside the PC. I think the Wacom tablets now are USB only.

 

[Steamboat_Kevin]

Originally posted by Lovecraft
OH!

Hmm.. yep sounds broken

Go to wal-mart and get a USB card... I think they are only around $14

They plug right into an open PCI port inside the PC. I think the Wacom tablets now are USB only.

Thanks for the info