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KTT
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Both of my freinds who had a tablet said it was a waiste of money, but I've also heard how great they were. Does anyone here have a tablet, and do you like it?
P.S. Sorry if this the wrong part of the forum to post this thread, but a tablet is somthing used to create digital art o_O;
Thanks~kris
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| Posted: Fri Nov 26, 2004 2:55 pm |
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the maginifying glass up on the top right is the search tool, there have been many threads about people asking the same question  try using it and seeing what comes up
i personally have loved using a Wacom for the past 12 years |
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| Posted: Fri Nov 26, 2004 3:10 pm |
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oh...sorry ^_^, you can delete this thread matt o_o
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| Posted: Fri Nov 26, 2004 7:22 pm |
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| Both your friends probably don't do much serious drawing/painting. Unless you are already very accomplished with drawing with a mouse, don't even start serious computer drawing without a tablet. |
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| Posted: Fri Nov 26, 2004 8:12 pm |
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your friends are jerks and you should punch them in the face. get a tablet.
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| Posted: Fri Nov 26, 2004 9:00 pm |
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| that's a nice way to put it, yea. |
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| Posted: Sat Nov 27, 2004 11:11 am |
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@Nafa: hmmm so your saying i should master the mouse first before i move on to a drawing tablet?
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| Posted: Sat Nov 27, 2004 1:40 pm |
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KTT,
No! nafa's saying not to even try doing computer art without a tablet.... (unless you're very accomplished with a mouse).
No one can get very accomplished with a mouse. It's often described as trying to draw with a brick, or a bar of soap.
Get a tablet!
Buy a Wacom tablet! No other brand is worth your money.
Here's a "reprint" of a response I posted to a similar question the other day:
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Wacom tablets are the only ones I would recommend and are considered the best by most digital artists, especially professionals, but also non professionals.
Wacom is a great company, builds good, solid products that last for years, and their tech support is free.. and friendly.
Their Graphire tablets have 512 levels of pressure sensitivity and do not support Tilt (angle of the stylus, or pen, determines how the brushstroke looks.. especially good for airbrush work).
Their Intuos tablets have 1024 levels of pressure sensitivity and do support Tilt.
I recommend buying from Wacom, though others may suggest buying from e-Bay (which I do not trust as I do Wacom).
If you're on a budget, check Wacom's refurbished tablets. They're completely overhauled, come with a one year warranty, and all of the bundled software that comes with Wacom's new and more expensive tablets. Check this page frequently as the list changes:
Wacom Direct, America Site - List of Refurbished Tablets
As I typed this message on November 22, 2004 for another message board, the least expensive Graphire tablet on the refurbished list was:
Refurbished Steel Blue Graphire2 4x5 USB pen tablet (Mac or PC) $69.95
The least expensive Intuos tablet on the list is:
Refurbished Intuos2 4x5 USB pen tablet (Mac or PC) - $159.95
As you see, both of these tablets have a working area of 4 x 5 inches though the entire tablet will be larger than that. For people on a budget, and for a lot of other artists, this size will work just fine. In fact, many artists say they prefer the smaller tablet.
The most popular size, overall, is 6 x 8 inches (working area) and the entire tablet takes up about 13 x 10 inches on the desktop. When I bought a 9 x 12 (working area) Intuos 2 tablet a little over a year ago, brought it home and tried it, I quickly decided the entire tablet footprint was too large. It made using both the tablet and keyboard at the same time (which I do a lot) extremely awkward. I returned it in exchange for the less expensive 6 x 8 inch tablet and have been much happier. It's plenty big and I can use both the keyboard and tablet comfortably.
I'd suggest buying a USB tablet rather than a Serial tablet since USB is the newer of the two and should work with newer computers.
Again, watch the list of refurbished tablets as it changes frequently.
Good luck!
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