Wacom Tablet?
Apr 17, 2015 11:49:25 #
I'm considering a Wacom tablet to use with post processing in PS Elements 13. I don't know anything about them and would appreciate your input, suggestions etc. I don't want to spend much but want something that will work nicely to aid PP work. How practical, convenient etc. compared to the mouse. Thanks in advance for any input.
Apr 17, 2015 11:52:25 #
alliebess
Loc: suburban Philadelphia
Papa Joe wrote:
I'm considering a Wacom tablet to use with post processing in PS Elements 13. I don't know anything about them and would appreciate your input, suggestions etc. I don't want to spend much but want something that will work nicely to aid PP work. How practical, convenient etc. compared to the mouse. Thanks in advance for any input.
I'm considering one also, so I'll be interested in the responses from actual users.
Apr 17, 2015 11:56:22 #
Papa Joe wrote:
I'm considering a Wacom tablet to use with post processing in PS Elements 13. I don't know anything about them and would appreciate your input, suggestions etc. I don't want to spend much but want something that will work nicely to aid PP work. How practical, convenient etc. compared to the mouse. Thanks in advance for any input.
There have been other discussions on this, which you can likely find using the Search function.
As far as the utility of a Wacom tablet goes, it's great. The pen has a more natural feel than a mouse for pix editing, and the tips are pressure sensitive, meaning you can paint, select etc. with more precision and finesse than a mouse.
The Wacom tablet isn't so much fun for normal browsing etc., so you will probably end up using the tablet for PS work and the mouse for web, spreadsheets etc.
The one ongoing discussion in the previous tablet threads has to do with the size. There are three sizes, and many people find the biggest one tiring -- too much arm movement for a long editing session. The real tradeoff there is more precision vs more arm movements.
I have a small one and a medium one, and find the medium one most suited for my uses.
Apr 17, 2015 11:58:22 #
I have been using a Wacom tablet part time for years.
I use the mouse for general work, and the Wacom pen for
close work in PS CS6.
It a lot faster to follow a item in PS with a pen than a mouse.
I use the mouse for general work, and the Wacom pen for
close work in PS CS6.
It a lot faster to follow a item in PS with a pen than a mouse.
Apr 17, 2015 12:06:32 #
PrairieSeasons wrote:
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The size of tablet don't set the work area. the work area can be made any size. Or any place on the tablet.
So the arm movement you can set to your liken.
Apr 17, 2015 12:21:56 #
I had the smallest Wacom purchased as a loss-leader item from Micro-Center, so it was affordable. I was becoming adept at using it when I dropped the stylus, cracking the wire-wound ferrite core sensing element. Replacing the stylus was more than I paid for the whole thing so I gave it up.
A couple of years ago, when I started using Lightroom, I ordered the medium tablet from Amazon but, in the interim, had become old and shaky. Fortunately, Amazon let me return it. You might try that.
A couple of years ago, when I started using Lightroom, I ordered the medium tablet from Amazon but, in the interim, had become old and shaky. Fortunately, Amazon let me return it. You might try that.
Apr 18, 2015 06:13:40 #
Wacom Intuos...all the way. Do a You Tube search or go to Wacom's site for demos.
"Once you go Wacom, you never go Backum"...DOE :)
"Once you go Wacom, you never go Backum"...DOE :)
Apr 18, 2015 07:24:21 #
psbeehler
Loc: INDIANA
Love it! Just an hobbyist, but edit thousands of sporting images. It is sooo much quicker and more detailed than using a mouse. Cut out lots of images to drop into templates. Bit is a small learning curve and they aren't really expensive. I have the medium size and have had it for over 2 years. Only changed the tip once!
Apr 18, 2015 08:52:23 #
I went to a Wacom table several years ago. I do kep a mouse handy, but seldome use it. My favorite feature, other than precision when using PS, is that the tablet uses an absolute reference grid, not a relative one, like a mouse. What I mean is that if you touch the pen to the. Enter of the tablet, the cursor goes to the center of the display; iffy you touch the right bottom of the tablet, the cursor goes to the right bottom of the display, etc.
I amnhot fond of the workspace it takes, but I've learned to live with that. Ill so, have a black desktop, so I was losing lthe all-black stylus a lot. I ended up with 2 styli because I actually couldn't find the original for a while and ordered another. I ended up wrapping a ring of white plastic tape around the top of both styli jand now I can always find both quickly.
I amnhot fond of the workspace it takes, but I've learned to live with that. Ill so, have a black desktop, so I was losing lthe all-black stylus a lot. I ended up with 2 styli because I actually couldn't find the original for a while and ordered another. I ended up wrapping a ring of white plastic tape around the top of both styli jand now I can always find both quickly.
Apr 18, 2015 11:21:16 #
Buy one and you will wonder how you ever did without it. They are fantastic for post processing, particularly if you work with layers, burning/dodging, or anything else you might use a brush or selection tool for. I still use the mouse for moving sliders in my PP programs, as I find that more convenient. My only suggestion is to buy a small one. I got the medium sized tablet and ended resizing it way down. If the tablet area is too big, you will find that you have to move your arm too much, as opposed to just using wrist action, to move throughout the image. This leads to a tired arm and much less precision. If you spend a lot of time with post processing, you will love it. If all you do is move a few sliders around on your PP programs, you won't realize the benefits of it and it will be a waste of money.
Apr 18, 2015 12:02:29 #
Once you get the hang on using a tablet you will not go back to the mouse. So prepare for a new way to work in graphics. In its early days you had to watch the computer screen, but then for extra bucks Wacom provided a model that replicated the screen unto the tablet - now you could edit directly. But the price was - wow.
Apr 18, 2015 14:56:51 #
Apr 18, 2015 23:57:40 #
Lucian
Loc: From Wales, living in Ohio
John F is speaking of the Cintique range from Wacom, but they are expensive.
Buy the mid size Wacom, the small seems fine at first but as you get better it will be too small. I have the 12 inch and that will be too big for you, too much arm moving. The Wacom comes with a pen and a mouse, so you can use both when you need them. I also bought the smaller Cintique.
You MUST give yourself two weeks of constant use before making a decision of whether you like it or not. After a week you may hate it so give yourself that extra week to get used to it and then you will love it. You could just buy the Bamboo which is the cheaper range or just go and buy the intuos and be done with it.
Buy the mid size Wacom, the small seems fine at first but as you get better it will be too small. I have the 12 inch and that will be too big for you, too much arm moving. The Wacom comes with a pen and a mouse, so you can use both when you need them. I also bought the smaller Cintique.
You MUST give yourself two weeks of constant use before making a decision of whether you like it or not. After a week you may hate it so give yourself that extra week to get used to it and then you will love it. You could just buy the Bamboo which is the cheaper range or just go and buy the intuos and be done with it.
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