Wacom tablet use: I just purchased one for Photoshop, and that's great. I'm curious if many of you have gone totally to the pen for such things as scrolling? I'm finding that I can't...

artpulis

I just purchased one for Photoshop, and that's great. I'm curious if many of you have gone totally to the pen for such things as scrolling? I'm finding that I can't go away from the mouse, or at least the touch mode on the tablet to scroll Internet pages.

Electric Gnome Loc: Norwich UK

Love my wacom tablet, but only use it for serious editing and I still scroll the mouse to zoom the image in PS.

georgiapeach2 Loc: Georgia the Peach State

I use scrolling on my computer I love it I seldom use my mouse

rmalarz Loc: Tempe, Arizona

I'm with Electric Gnome.
--Bob

artpulis wrote:

I just purchased one for Photoshop, and that's great. I'm curious if many of you have gone totally to the pen for such things as scrolling? I'm finding that I can't go away from the mouse, or at least the touch mode on the tablet to scroll Internet pages.

rgrenaderphoto Loc: Hollywood, CA

artpulis wrote:

I just purchased one for Photoshop, and that's great. I'm curious if any of you have gone totally to the pen for such things as scrolling? I'm finding that I can't go away from the mouse, or at least the touch mode on the tablet to scroll Internet pages.

I have been using Mice since the beginning of the Personal Computing age and just cannot give the little rodents up. That being said, a Wacom is ideal for editing in graphical applications.

fredpnm Loc: Corrales, NM

I use a Wacom tablet and a mouse with Photoshop and LR on a PC. Here is a twist to their use. I'm right handed, but I use the mouse with my left hand, leaving the right hand free to use the tablet.

I know what most of you are thinking, you can't use a mouse with your left hand. I'm here to say you can. It might take a day to get use to it, but once you do I doubt you will go back to the old way.

Here is the trick to making it work. Normally when you use a mouse with the right hand the 'click' button is the left button, the one closest to the keyboard. When you switch the mouse to the left hand, switch the buttons so that the right button, the one closest to the keyboard, is the 'click' button. Once done just remember when they say 'right click' on something it really will be the left button for you.

In Windows, or Logitech is you use one of their devices, there is an easy way to swap buttons in the mouse setup.

CaptainPhoto

What do you recommend as a good source - video tutorials to learn how to use the Wacom tablet. It does seem to have a bit of a learning curve.

berchman Loc: South Central PA

fredpnm wrote:

I use a Wacom tablet and a mouse with Photoshop and LR on a PC. Here is a twist to their use. I'm right handed, but I use the mouse with my left hand, leaving the right hand free to use the tablet.

I know what most of you are thinking, you can't use a mouse with your left hand. I'm here to say you can. It might take a day to get use to it, but once you do I doubt you will go back to the old way.

I don't use a tablet, but years ago I decided to use my left hand for the mouse so as not to overuse my right hand, since I'm right handed. I have had no problem in doing that. I do my processing with the left hand too.

Revet Loc: Fairview Park, Ohio

I never use my mouse. The only thing I like better on a mouse is using the wheel for scrolling. I have my Wacom Intous Pro Medium set up to scroll with two of the buttons on the side; one scrolls up, the other down. Not quite as good as the mouse but not bad either.

Mark Sturtevant Loc: Grand Blanc, MI

Wacom tablets are pretty expensive. There are more affordable ones out there. I use a large one from a company called XP-Pen for annotating in documents (so far not for photography, although that is its intended use). It works great. A Wacom of equivalent size would cost a lot more.
I make no claims about whether Wacom is better or equal, but you know that other kinds of 3rd party accessories for computers (mice, keyboards) and for cameras (lenses) there exists very competitive and less expensive alternatives.

chasgroh Loc: Buena Park, CA

I bought a used Wacom 4 and have found it's handy for intricate PS work. That said, I'm a total mouse guy for everything else. In fact, I use a gaming mouse where I can program macros (like Ctl,Shift,S and other much-used keyboard shortcuts) and single keystrokes...this speeds up my pageantry jobs (thousands of shots per) geometrically.

n46130

You are not alone. I also use the tablet pen with my right hand and the mouse with my left hand when working on PS. Just more convenient even though I am right-handed.

Ronee

Most interesting discussions here about tablet usage. Good information.

fredpnm Loc: Corrales, NM

CaptainPhoto wrote:

What do you recommend as a good source - video tutorials to learn how to use the Wacom tablet. It does seem to have a bit of a learning curve.

Start here...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wv305tkwpbk&t=257s

Then

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7BMtSqETvjg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1wkwpntvyU4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFS1dgZt4JQ

These are starters, there are many other videos on use of the tablet on YouTube.

jeep_daddy Loc: Prescott AZ

artpulis wrote:

I just purchased one for Photoshop, and that's great. I'm curious if many of you have gone totally to the pen for such things as scrolling? I'm finding that I can't go away from the mouse, or at least the touch mode on the tablet to scroll Internet pages.

Remove your mouse for a week and use nothing but the wacom. You'll soon get used to it.