Wacom Tablet
Jul 8, 2014 14:20:31 #
If you do detail work on parts of your photo in post production a tablet is essential. I got a large Wacom years ago for doing digital paintings, and found it works great on photographs. If you use brush tools, like dodging and burning, or the clone tool which I use all the time, I just cannot get the same accuracy with a mouse. It has a pressure sensitive stylus, which a mouse cannot do. The pressure can be set to alter brush size or opacity, etc. which allows subtleties impossible with a mouse. If you do not use the cursor in brush mode in post production you may not want a tablet, for instance it is no use with alterations that affect the whole picture. Oh yes, drawing selections around objects is almost impossible to do accurately with a mouse, with a tablet and stylus it is easy. Sometimes the magic wand selections are not precise enough.
Jul 8, 2014 14:20:50 #
HarryBinNC
Loc: Blue Ridge Mtns, No.Carolina, USA
rocketride wrote:
Love the Logitech Marble. Maybe they'll come up with a version that has the scroll wheel functionality, though I don't know where they'd put an actual wheel.
I also use the Logitech Marble, don't understand why everyone doesn't use one, especially for doing fine details in PP. But when I get down to the really critical stuff, or doing a lot of drawing/painting or fine detail selections/cleanup, I go to the pen for my 21" Wacom Cintiq display/tablet - one of the best investments I have ever made for my work. It was expensive, or seemed so at the time, but I have had it for nearly 6 years now and have used it for many thousands of hours (it is my primary display), and I would not want to live without it. I had 4x6 and 12x18 Wacom tablets for a long time before the Cintiq came out, and still use the 4x6 on the road.
Jul 8, 2014 14:29:31 #
CaptainC wrote:
I do a lot of facial retouching and quite a few co... (show quote)
I have a Wacom tablet that I have not been using much because of the extreme sensitivity. Whenever I pick up the pen off the tablet it moves my last position. I will have to look more into this precision mode. Thank you for bringing it to my attention.
Jul 8, 2014 14:49:45 #
DebAnn wrote:
Might be more intuitive for you Captain but when I got mine I found the eye-to-screen-to-hand coordination difficult to master. If I had the money, I'd go for the one where the photo appears on the actual Wacom screen. That makes way more sense to me.
I'm pretty sure I'd be hopeless with the eye on screen, hand/stylus on tablet setup. Thanks for the heads up on that version with the screen built in.
Jul 8, 2014 15:00:55 #
It's called Wacom Cintique, I think.
rocketride wrote:
I'm pretty sure I'd be hopeless with the eye on screen, hand/stylus on tablet setup. Thanks for the heads up on that version with the screen built in.
Jul 8, 2014 15:41:09 #
BJS wrote:
BJS, Have you considered a Logitech Trackman Marble Mouse trackball? I have never used anything else. The trackball and my wrist never move on the table and it takes up much less space than a mouse pad. Try it; you'll like it! http://www.logitech.com/en-us/product/trackman-marbleThank you everyone for your comments. And to answer why I want to use one is because I had surgery on my wrist years ago and I use a mouse all day at work and then come home and try to work on photos. It is getting to the point where it is too much for my wrist so I thought using the pen would be easier on my wrist.
Jul 8, 2014 15:47:35 #
CaptainC wrote:
Depending on desk space and monitor size, the smal... (show quote)
:thumbup:
I also own the Wacom medium pro tablet. I love it. It improved my processing time by at least ten-fold (no exaggeration). What used to take 10 minutes with a mouse and keyboard now takes less than a minute.
The only problem I have with it is when entering passwords. I then have to reach for my keyboard. Otherwise, I always use just my tablet.
I asked my wife to get it for me for Christmas 2013. Best investment I never had to make!
Jul 8, 2014 16:43:59 #
I have the wacom intuos pen and touch medium. It takes a day or 2 to get used to how the video screen and the tablet map to each other. Unlike a mouse where you can roll it anywhere to move the cursor.. the wacom has an exact spot that maps to the corresponding exact spot on the screen. So if you want to go the upper right corner of your video screen you would go to the upper right corner on the tablet. That's why it is better to get a smaller rather than a larger tablet.. it cuts down on the movement needed to traverse around the image... Once you get used to it.. It is great!
Jul 8, 2014 17:04:18 #
NYjoe
Loc: US/UK
cResQ, Do you use it for layer selection? If so, tell me what I'm doing wrong!! If not, in what ways do you use it for post processing? Thanks. J.
CResQ wrote:
I too have the Wacom Bamboo which you will need to pry from my dead hands!! :thumbup: I will never go back to using the mouse on my Mac.
Jul 8, 2014 17:51:50 #
Once you begin using the Wacom you will wonder why you waited. Especially if you are getting paid for your work, faster, better, easier. All that means time and you know what time is....I highly recommend it and a medium works great on large screen for me
Jul 8, 2014 21:42:42 #
redrocktom
Loc: Sedona
BJS wrote:
Thank you everyone for your comments. And to answer why I want to use one is because I had surgery on my wrist years ago and I use a mouse all day at work and then come home and try to work on photos. It is getting to the point where it is too much for my wrist so I thought using the pen would be easier on my wrist.
I would suggest getting a vertical mouse for work and/or home. My wrist and upper hand were starting to bother me, so I got a vertical mouse and love it. No more sensitivity. They are not cheap, but much better than hand and wrist problems.
I got an Evoluent.
Jul 9, 2014 01:50:46 #
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