Wacom Graphics Tablet

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Jason Parr
Jul 6, 2003
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I am thinking of dipping my to in the Photoshop water for some time now.

Would a graphics tablet help me greatly?
I have heard that the Wacom Intuos2 tablets are the best. What size of tablet do you recommend for Photoshop?

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Stephan
Jul 6, 2003
"Jason Parr" wrote in message
I am thinking of dipping my to in the Photoshop water for some time now.
Would a graphics tablet help me greatly?
I have heard that the Wacom Intuos2 tablets are the best. What size of tablet do you recommend for Photoshop?

Dipping your what? 😉
Big tablets = shoulder workout
I use the 3.5" x 5 covering three monitors and it never felt to small

Stephan
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pions
Jul 7, 2003
..> I use the 3.5" x 5 covering three monitors and it never felt to small
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Hmm maybe you have some unique abilities which jason maynot have. Or the monitors you used are 3.5" dia. This size, imho is slightly too small for multiple monitors!
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Peter Barker
Jul 7, 2003
I am thinking of dipping my to in the Photoshop water for some time now.
Would a graphics tablet help me greatly?
I have heard that the Wacom Intuos2 tablets are the best. What size of tablet do you recommend for Photoshop?

I use the 3.5" x 5 covering three monitors and it never felt to small
Pions wrote:

Hmm maybe you have some unique abilities which jason maynot have. Or the monitors you used are 3.5" dia. This size, imho is slightly too small for multiple monitors!

Mine’s smaller than yours!!

Stephan’s abilities aren’t all that unique: If you do get a tablet, Jason, I think it’s worth experimenting with the mapping control panel. I find the full area of a 90 x 125mm graphire tablet bigger than I need for two monitors (1280 x 1024 and 1024 x 768). I scaled down the tablet area mapping in the control panel to an area roughly a quarter of the pad (approximately 6cm x 5cm) and can reach any part of either screen with a movement of the wrist rather than a movement of the arm. At the same time, I find this setup comfortable for doing precision work with brushes or pens in Photoshop, FreeHand, etc.

Slightly off topic, I’ve always wondered why Apple don’t incorporate a mini pressure-sensitive tablet into their trackpads on their iBooks and PowerBooks.

Pete
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Barry Kelsall
Jul 7, 2003
from "Jason Parr"
I have heard that the Wacom Intuos2 tablets are the best. What size of tablet do you recommend for Photoshop?

It depends greatly on how you like to work. If you want to retouch photos then most likely the small 4×5 will work fine for you.

If you like to "paint" with grand sweeping motions, then get something bigger.

I use a 4×5 across two monitors (photo work) and am very happy. Expect to spend some time adjusting from the relative move of a mouse to the absolute coordinates of the tablet. -BK
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Mike Davis
Jul 10, 2003
6×8 is a bit larger than a mousepad. Perfect size for most desktops, just large enough to use for longer lines, just small enough for photo retouching without hogging the whole desktop.

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