Tablets!
Dyf (15 points) | Thu, 2006-05-04 17:57Up untill now I have been using my mouse to draw in photoshop and illustrator, i am growing to the idea of buying a tablet.
I am looking to spend around £100 on a second hand one. Any suggestions as to which ones i should go for or avoid.
Are they much easier to draw with than a mouse?
Thanx
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I don't know much about tablets, but this is the one I own, and I it works just fine for me.
--designer wannabe--
I've been using an Intuos 2 A5 (around 6inch x 8inch tablet for the last few years with an eMac (17 inch screen) and it does just fine. I'm pretty sure you could find one for around £100 if you look hard enough.
The Intuos 2 doesn't have all the funky slider things on the side, but if you've never had them I'm pretty sure you won't miss them, just picking up a tablet will be a really useful step, as I have found.
Spencer E Holtaway
Graphic Designer
Spencer E Holtaway
Graphic Designer
Check Afterglows article about switching to a tablet..
http://creativebits.org/wacom_widescreen_tablet_review
Tablets are wonderful -- Once you get used to it -- Which takes a while.
Don't give up after the first couple of tries. It's worth hanging in there. You'll soon forget why you ever bothered with a mouse.
The Wacom Intuos tablets are great, I got one (I3 A5) for free with my CS2 package - I nearly cried. But they're not cheap. If you can get one for around $100, go for it!
I remember 2 or so months ago there was a string about tablets. Some great advice came from there.
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