wacom for photo editing (Page 3): I have a Wacom medium and use it with LR, PS as well as with DXO. It takes spending enough use to create muscle memory, but I find it useful. I also...

Einreb92 Loc: Philadelphia

I have a Wacom medium and use it with LR, PS as well as with DXO. It takes spending enough use to create muscle memory, but I find it useful. I also use a gaming mouse set up for each of the programs I use. Killer combo!

SuperflyTNT Loc: Manassas VA

I just picked up an iPad Pro 11 and an Apple Pencil. It wasn’t cheap but I love being able to edit anywhere.

CatMarley Loc: North Carolina

farwest wrote:

Looking into buying a wacom for photo editing and I'm confused with the many models and prices. I usually work in Lightroom Classic. My mouse drives me crazy when trying to make small movements.

Thanks,
Whitt

Do it! I love mine. Have used it for at least 20 years. Bought my first one in 1998!

prembetsy

farwest wrote:

Looking into buying a wacom for photo editing and I'm confused with the many models and prices. I usually work in Lightroom Classic. My mouse drives me crazy when trying to make small movements.

Thanks,
Whitt

cintiq 3 ....great tool

farwest Loc: Utah

Thanks for all your thoughts. I was looking a Wacom Intuos drawing tablet on amazon model ctl4100 for 79.00 but then I see all the other Wacom's that sell for much more. Wondering if the ctl4100 will work.

CatMarley Loc: North Carolina

farwest wrote:

Thanks for all your thoughts. I was looking a Wacom Intuos drawing tablet on amazon model ctl4100 for 79.00 but then I see all the other Wacom's that sell for much more. Wondering if the ctl4100 will work.

What do the reviews say on Amazon? I have a very old Wacom Intuous 2 which has worked flawlwssly for the past 12 years. Try it and see. Send it beck if you don't like it. For 80 bucks you have not got a fortune invested!

StanMac Loc: Tennessee

farwest wrote:

Thanks for all your thoughts. I was looking a Wacom Intuos drawing tablet on amazon model ctl4100 for 79.00 but then I see all the other Wacom's that sell for much more. Wondering if the ctl4100 will work.

This triggers a question in my mind for those in the know - do the smaller tablets have a lower resolution than the larger, more costly tablets in a given brand (e.g., Intuos)? The problem I have with a mouse when using it in PP is that extremely small or fine movements of the mouse tend to be erratic or less precise than I would like on screen. I’m hoping a tablet would have finer resolution than the mouse and be easier to maintain a line of direction than a mouse. Also, in such movements a stylus would seem to feel more natural than a bulky mouse in the hand. But if the smaller tablets are less expensive due to lower resolution then I may have to opt for a larger one to get the results I’m seeking.

Stan

CatMarley Loc: North Carolina

StanMac wrote:

This triggers a question in my mind for those in t... (show quote)

Not an issue. If you need more resolition you simply view the image larger. With my tablet I can edit individual pixels if I want to. I have a 6" x 8" area tablet. Don't need anything bigger. Here is an example first photo is the dog face = already cropped from a larger frame, second is the enlarged eye with a small yellow spot made with the Wacom stylus of about 5 pixels in diameter, indicated by the arrow. THAT is how detailed your edits can be!

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StanMac Loc: Tennessee

Thank you, Cat, for the illustration.

Stan

tnste Loc: New Westminster, BC

SnappyHappy wrote:

I have an Intuit that isn’t expensive. The pad is... (show quote)

Last year I bought the Wacom Intuit Art tablet which was about $100 CDN. The instructions to set up the tablet did not apply for my model it seems so I was not able to set it up and it is has been just sitting in my office. I tried in vain to contact Wacom for help but they did not provide any help. Looks like I just wasted $100.

StanMac Loc: Tennessee

tnste wrote:

Last year I bought the Wacom Intuit Art tablet which was about $100 CDN. The instructions to set up the tablet did not apply for my model it seems so I was not able to set it up and it is has been just sitting in my office. I tried in vain to contact Wacom for help but they did not provide any help. Looks like I just wasted $100.

So, it's not plug and play. I'd hoped that all you had to do was load the appropriate drivers, key the pad to the size of your application workspace and go with it.

Maybe someone here on UHH can provide explicit instructions that you can use.

Stan

CatMarley Loc: North Carolina

StanMac wrote:

So, it's not plug and play. I'd hoped that all you had to do was load the appropriate drivers, key the pad to the size of your application workspace and go with it.

Maybe someone here on UHH can provide explicit instructions that you can use.

Stan

I had no problem at all installing mine. I think some people are not comfortable with some types of media. To me this was as natural as using a pen or pencil, but then I do have some artistic talent and have done a lot of drawing and painting in various media.

DanielB Loc: San Diego, Ca

farwest wrote:

Looking into buying a wacom for photo editing and I'm confused with the many models and prices. I usually work in Lightroom Classic. My mouse drives me crazy when trying to make small movements.

Thanks,
Whitt

I don't care if it's LR or PS I can't live without my Wacom. I have the older model Intuos 4 Medium and love it. I did however just buy, but haven't used yet, a Huion H610 Pro V2 Graphic Drawing Tablet which gets good reviews at a 3rd of the price. You may want to get started there.

PalePictures Loc: Traveling

gessman wrote:

Hey Russ. Great to see you're still around. I got a large Wacom about six months ago and not doing all that much editing, I have been circling the sucker ever since trying to decide if I want to mess with it or not. I may, given your info, trade it for a small one and see how that goes. Thanks!

Hi Old timer......
If you have the large you can just remap it to make it small. You still take up more space on the desk with the large....once remapped they're all the same....
Glad you're still kickin!

prembetsy

Cintiq is a sub for a moniter and gives you maximum control over just about everything...make sure that you calibrate the screen also