Tablet?

Ogrim_Doomhammer · Oldbie Joined: 06 Dec 2004 Posts: 2116

thank you sanoshi, doggs and nikki you helped me a lot now im sure im buying it Very Happy

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Skyechan · Posted: Sat Apr 16, 2005 4:46 pm Post subject:

I bought a tablet for about $100 about 4 or 3 years ago. As of right now, it is collecting dust, mainly because I think the pen's gotten messed up somehow.

Is a tablet worth it? Yes, but you have to ask yourself a few questions:

How often do I draw on the computer?
Will I only use it for colouring purposes?

There are some strange side benefits to getting a tablet and using one for awhile. After I gave up using my tablet I discovered I drew much better than I used to using my mouse. (And I mean 100x better.) So it's really up to you to decide whether you'd like one or not.

Moon_Bind · Member Joined: 25 Sep 2004 Posts: 59

um...that's dificult.... But I like computer images and I think I'll use it quite often. So yeah I'm buying it, thanks for the information all of you ^-^

KenshinJennings · Member Joined: 03 Sep 2005 Posts: 84 Location: behind you

Oh,I love my tablet!I use a Wacom 4 by 5,yes,I'm cheap but I heard Wacom's the best.I also got free software!

Meredianna · Has No Life Joined: 08 Jul 2004 Posts: 526

no need to bump old topics :/

Ogrim_Doomhammer · Oldbie Joined: 06 Dec 2004 Posts: 2116

Anyway, it isn't worth it, believe me...
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fallenangel · Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2006 5:12 pm Post subject:

It's worth it for digital painting and the pen pressure sensitivity.

Solid colors, no. Vector, no. Even lineart to some extent, no.

But pen pressure is ten times better and easier than fiddling with opacities and a mouse.
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Ogrim_Doomhammer · Oldbie Joined: 06 Dec 2004 Posts: 2116

Yes, but in that case you must have a lot of expierence with digital painting to be able to use it properly...
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fallenangel · Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2006 5:39 pm Post subject:

And you will only get that experience by having the tablet to practice with. ;)

And hand skills to some extent. But no amount of practicing with a mouse will help you master the tablet, everyone's art looks like crap when they first get one 'cause it's a whole new set of hand/eye movements.
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Ogrim_Doomhammer · Oldbie Joined: 06 Dec 2004 Posts: 2116

Well Fallen, in that case my answer would be....
TO THE PRACTICE-MOBILE BATMAN!

But still, I don't recommend it...
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PFC · Still very bored Joined: 28 Sep 2005 Posts: 343

I know this is a little bit off topic, but do the tablets require a certain program, or maybe things no your computer (such as fast processor, graphics, memory, etc...)?

And, say I were to buy one, would this be a good on to get or not?

KenshinJennings · Member Joined: 03 Sep 2005 Posts: 84 Location: behind you

Yes,that tablet is a good choice.Wacom makes the best tablets.If you're going to use a tablet,once you've installed it it'll work on your computer.But one of the best features of tablets,pressure sensitivity,only works on certain programs(Photoshop,Corel Painter,Open Canvas,etc...)Pressure sensitivity does not work on MS Paint.Oh,and if you don't have Painter or Photoshop already,don't worry.I think all versions of Wacom tablets come with a version of Photoshop and Corel.

PFC · Still very bored Joined: 28 Sep 2005 Posts: 343

Cool. Thanks. I have a program called Photofiltre. If you know anything about it, will it work on that? That is somewhat like Photoshop.... I think.

Kitzy · Posted: Wed Apr 26, 2006 7:44 pm Post subject:

If you get the right kind of tablet (like, a wacom Smile!

) It should come with a program that will install it as a mouse. So, you can technically navigate with it, and if it's a good one, it has navigation buttons and stuff on it (mine does, at least...it was $200). I find mine pretty useful too. You can make sketches that look a lot like pencil, like so:
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CosmicDebris · Member Joined: 14 Mar 2006 Posts: 58

Damn, my attempts never look like pencil when I use my tablet. Sad

And it's a good one too. I guess I just need to keep playing around with it. What are the best settings for it?
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London · Moderator Joined: 23 Mar 2006 Posts: 6474

That's an individual thing. I keep mine in the middle though leaning a bit toward 'hard.' You might need to adjust the settings in the actual program you're using. If you're on photoshop, set the opacity and size things to 'Stylus.'
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CosmicDebris · Member Joined: 14 Mar 2006 Posts: 58

[quote="London ()"] That's an individual thing. I keep mine in the middle though leaning a bit toward 'hard.' You might need to adjust the settings in the actual program you're using. If you're on photoshop, set the opacity and size things to 'Stylus.' [/quote]
Thanks...I didn't even know that there were adjustments to make in Photoshop. I only got it recently.
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Kitzy · Posted: Fri Apr 28, 2006 7:49 am Post subject:

I actually just use the default settings...but I put the paintbrush to the softer ones (not the thick lines, that won't work for pencil sketch style), and I use 2 pixel width. It might be different for other tablets though, because when I borrowed my friend's, it had no pressure setting on it . . . .

I was stuck making blocky lines all the time, 'cause it was only an $80 one.
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Ogrim_Doomhammer · Oldbie Joined: 06 Dec 2004 Posts: 2116

[quote="London ()"] That's an individual thing. I keep mine in the middle though leaning a bit toward 'hard.' You might need to adjust the settings in the actual program you're using. If you're on photoshop, set the opacity and size things to 'Stylus.' [/quote]
where do you change the preference?
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Lizkay · Posted: Wed May 03, 2006 12:10 am Post subject:

If you installed the Wacom Driver, it offers a own menue, were you can adjust the pressure and "pen style", if you want to press hard, soft.. etc. and you can also choose the acitve area on your screen, like if you have two screen and you want to work only in photoshop on only one screen you can set it there, also the other settings can be done programm-specific, just click on that top window in the wacom tablet setting window, chose a program and add it. If you have an Intuos or Cintiq edition you can set the pressure directly on the tablet, there is a button for soft-med and firm pressure, that is quite practical and you don't need to find the settings in the menue and so on..
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