Guest NEIL-D-WILLIAMS Posted January 9, 2013 Share #1 Posted January 9, 2013 Advertisement (gone after registration) Guys, I want to buy a Tablet to use with Photoshop C6. I have never used one before but after watching a Photoshop tuition video it was recommended on there to use one and it now makes sense to me to have one but my question is which one should I get.? I see they start around 60 bucks and go all the way to a 1000 plus bucks, but being on a budget I want to get something good but also don’t want to buy cheap and then have to upgrade a week later because I went cheap if you know what I mean. Anyway as always and help or advice would be much appreciated Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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kdriceman Posted January 10, 2013 Share #2 Posted January 10, 2013 Perhaps this is what you are considering. http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/823341-REG/Wacom_CTH470_Bamboo_Capture_Digital_Tablet.html I have used one of these and could not get comfortable with it. I much prefer the Apple Magic Mouse. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
01af Posted January 10, 2013 Share #3 Posted January 10, 2013 Get a good tablet in small size. For photo retouch work (as opposed to illustration and digital artwork), the smallest available sizes are big enough. I'd suggest Wacom Bamboo or, better yet, Wacom Intuos. The current series is Intuos 5, but a used Intuos 4 or Intuos 3 would be just fine, too. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
philipus Posted January 11, 2013 Share #4 Posted January 11, 2013 Hi Neil I use a Wacom Bamboo Pen and Touch. For practical use I have found the touch function to be completely unnecessary. It is pretty well implemented but really far from how the Mac touchpad works. So I have the touch function turned off at all times. If I were to get a touchpad today, I would not have one with the touch function. There is one tiny thing I don't like with the Bamboo and that is that the cursor "sticks" ever so slightly for just a fraction of a second to things one taps on on the screen. This means that if one misses, say, a button and taps just outside of it then the cursor will not release immediately like it would if I had used the mouse. It is not that difficult to aim well - in fact one learns to do it after just a minute or two of having used the pen - but I find it annoying that the cursor is not always immediately available regardless of what I do. I think this is a combination of how the drivers work and the report rate of the Bamboo (however updating the driver hasn't solved this for me). Anyone experience this with the Intuous? I have seen that the Intuous 4 is usually sold these days with pretty good discounts and I have thought of upgrading. Checking Wacom's comparison page for the Intuous it seems there are no differences in terms of how the pen function is implemented (sensitivity etc etc) between the 4 and the 5. Note also that the movement resolution (5080lpi-2540lpi), accuracy +-0.01in-+-0.02in) and pressure levels (2048-1024) of the 4+5 are double that of the Bamboo. One further thing - I have the smallest Bamboo which is perfectly enough. In fact, I have it set up so that only the top-left quadrant of the touchpad (in fact less than that) corresponds to the screen. This makes it very fast to reach across the screen. Cheers Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
farnz Posted January 12, 2013 Share #5 Posted January 12, 2013 I had a Wacom 5 when I had my Windoze XP machine but since moving to an iMac I use an Apple Trackpad, which works very well for me. The brushed aluminium surface makes it easy to make fine adjustments with a finger, the Trackpad accepts inputs from multiple fingers (hopefully all your own;)) and it's BlueTooth enabled so there's no cord tethering you to the computer or getting in the way. Pete. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest NEIL-D-WILLIAMS Posted January 12, 2013 Share #6 Posted January 12, 2013 Guy's Thanks for the input......I decided to go for a Wacom intuos 5 (medium) with the wireless modual Thanks again Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
01af Posted January 12, 2013 Share #7 Posted January 12, 2013 Advertisement (gone after registration) I decided to go for a Wacom Intuos 5 (medium) with the wireless module Unless you're having a specific reason to go for the Medium size, I'd rather recommend Small. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest NEIL-D-WILLIAMS Posted January 12, 2013 Share #8 Posted January 12, 2013 Unless you're having a specific reason to go for the Medium size, I'd rather recommend Small.Sorry to late ordered the Medium already:confused: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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