On Sat, 17 Mar 2007 05:34:40 GMT, "Albert"
wrote:
What would be the advantages of a good wacom tablet over my highend lazer mouse to do graphic work in Photoshop?
Albert
I would suggest that you try a tablet first, before you buy one.(if it’s possible). The only advantage that I can see for using a tablet is that you have pressure control. You get a bigger line, stroke, etc. if you push down harder on the tablet….just like you would if you used a paint brush.
Other than that, I prefer a mouse. I have seen the other comments about the tablet giving you better control than a mouse, and I respectively disagree. Sure, you can sign your name with a tablet, but why would you want to? Even so, as I’ve commented before on this topic, you have much greater control with a mouse (especially a precision mouse) than you ever would with a tablet.
With a tablet, you have a pen that you hold in your thumb and first two fingers. This gives you three resting points on the surface of the tablet that you can use for leverage.
With a mouse, your whole hand covers the mouse and all of your fingers touch the desk surface. If you use your other hand to hold the front of the mouse, you now have ten fingers resting on the desk surface, and that gives you extremely precise movements. Again, you need to have a precision mouse. (The Razor Viper comes to mind, although any decent laser mouse should be precise enough for most work).
Add to that the fact that you can move the cursor onscreen to your work area, pick up the mouse and move it to a more comfortable position, and you are always working with the mouse in the most comfortable postion for you.
With a tablet, if you want to work on the very top left corner of your monitor, you need to hold the pen in the top left corner of the tablet. Having to work in all areas of the tablet may not be the most comfortable for you.
Again, try one first if you can, you might like it.
Talker