Wacom Intuos Pro: I recently weaned myself away from the mouse and converted to pen for editing in Lightroom and Photoshop. I just wanted to give a thumbs up to Wacom and say it is...

catchlight.. Loc: Wisconsin USA- Halden Norway

I recently weaned myself away from the mouse and converted to pen for editing in Lightroom and Photoshop. I just wanted to give a thumbs up to Wacom and say it is more accurate and really speeds up the work flow for me. It takes a day or two to get used to it but once you learn the mouse will seem antiquated. I have the medium tablet but the small may be a good alternative for less hand action. Have you considered a tablet? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=weeINJl77r4

SueMac Loc: Box Elder, SD

Invaluable tool! I restore old photos and couldn't do that without the pen and pad. Here is a before and after

StevenG Loc: Long Island, NY

catchlight.. wrote:

I recently weaned myself away from the mouse and converted to pen for editing in Lightroom and Photoshop. I just wanted to give a thumbs up to Wacom and say it is more accurate and really speeds up the work flow for me. It takes a day or two to get used to it but once you learn the mouse will seem antiquated. I have the medium tablet but the small may be a good alternative for less hand action. Have you considered a tablet? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=weeINJl77r4

I have thought about trying the Wacom tablet, but have done no research yet. I heard it was difficult to set up and get working properly. Any truth to that?

WayneT Loc: Paris, TN

I have the medium and really like it for both photo and sketching. I'm using two screens so I can set it up to reduce to total active size on the pad which is better for photo.

SueMac Loc: Box Elder, SD

I've never had any trouble setting one up. And it didn't take me long to get used to it as well.

RonBoyd

SueMac wrote:

Invaluable tool! I restore old photos and couldn't do that without the pen and pad. Here is a before and after

Kudos!

wizard Loc: Naples Florida

I could never master the use of the pen and touch pad of the Wacom so stayed with a mouse. The Wacom was easy to set up. It now sits on a shelf collecting dust.

CaptainC Loc: Colorado, south of Denver

StevenG wrote:

I have thought about trying the Wacom tablet, but have done no research yet. I heard it was difficult to set up and get working properly. Any truth to that?

No.

Do you have any trouble using a pencil?

catchlight.. Loc: Wisconsin USA- Halden Norway

It becomes second nature after a few days. The most important thing is to toss the mouse. Easy to use if you understand pointing directly vs dragging a mouse to get to a point...

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

catchlight.. wrote:

I recently weaned myself away from the mouse and converted to pen for editing in Lightroom and Photoshop. I just wanted to give a thumbs up to Wacom and say it is more accurate and really speeds up the work flow for me. It takes a day or two to get used to it but once you learn the mouse will seem antiquated. I have the medium tablet but the small may be a good alternative for less hand action. Have you considered a tablet? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=weeINJl77r4

Thanks. I got the Bamboo for my son a few years ago, but he hasn't used it. I should try it.

wendallb

I have a Bamboo that I use all the time

Papa j Loc: Cary NC

jerryc41 wrote:

Thanks. I got the Bamboo for my son a few years ago, but he hasn't used it. I should try it.

What is the difference between the medium or small tablet and the bamboo? I think I may treat myself this Christmas I have been waffling since I joined LR PS in Adobe

J

larryim Loc: Ohio

I got the Intuos Photo a couple of weeks ago and don't plan on going back to the mouse. I really like it for photo editing. It took me a little longer to get use to it as a mouse replacement for other things, but then I had not used a touchpad much before.

melueth Loc: Central Florida

SueMac wrote:

Invaluable tool! I restore old photos and couldn't do that without the pen and pad. Here is a before and after

Wow! This is really amazing. Nice demo of what a tablet can help with!

ML

Revet Loc: Fairview Park, Ohio

catchlight.. wrote:

I recently weaned myself away from the mouse and converted to pen for editing in Lightroom and Photoshop. I just wanted to give a thumbs up to Wacom and say it is more accurate and really speeds up the work flow for me. It takes a day or two to get used to it but once you learn the mouse will seem antiquated. I have the medium tablet but the small may be a good alternative for less hand action. Have you considered a tablet? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=weeINJl77r4

I got the same model 3 months ago and can't live without it. There are a few glitches I need to contact Wacom about but they can be worked around which is why I haven't called them yet. I do have one problem with it which I would love to hear from you or others on how they deal with it. When I move a Lightroom slider or Photoshop scrubby slider, when I lift my pen, the value jumps about 5 or so. I end up having to type it in which slows my workflow. Love to hear a solution for this (I know, less coffee!!!!)