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General => The Superdeep Borehole => Topic started by: muckhole on May 24, 2008, 11:16:18 AM

Title: Are those cheap Wacom tablet/stylus any good?
Post by: muckhole on May 24, 2008, 11:16:18 AM: Shot in the dark, but I've been eyeballing some of those cheapo pc tablets for my PC like this one:

http://www.futureshop.ca/catalog/proddetail.asp?logon=&langid=EN&sku_id=0665000FS10095453&catid=24138 (http://www.futureshop.ca/catalog/proddetail.asp?logon=&langid=EN&sku_id=0665000FS10095453&catid=24138)

I draw alot, but I've never tried on a comp with one of these. I didn't want to spend a fortune to find out whether or not I can use one decently.

Any recommendations?
Title: Re: Are those cheap Wacom tablet/stylus any good?
Post by: Crushed on May 24, 2008, 12:22:32 PM: I have a small black Bamboo, and it's pretty good for sketching.
Title: Re: Are those cheap Wacom tablet/stylus any good?
Post by: muckhole on May 24, 2008, 12:58:54 PM: Perfect. Does it do fine lines alright? Or is that more dependent on the software it's used with? I usually work with pencils.
Title: Re: Are those cheap Wacom tablet/stylus any good?
Post by: Vizzys on May 24, 2008, 01:06:22 PM: i had an old graphire

I didnt like its lack of features, the intuos sounds leagues better, honestly

never heard of this bamboo one, but im talking a few years back
Title: Re: Are those cheap Wacom tablet/stylus any good?
Post by: Crushed on May 24, 2008, 01:13:30 PM: Quote from: muckhole on May 24, 2008, 12:58:54 PM
Perfect. Does it do fine lines alright? Or is that more dependent on the software it's used with? I usually work with pencils.

Eh, a little of column A, a little of column B. I use it with PS and GIMP, and I usually have to twiddle with the settings in PS to keep things from being too sensitive. I have a crappy LCD monitor, and sometimes I can't even see the finer lines I accidentally draw when I'm just moving the stylus from one part to another.
Title: Re: Are those cheap Wacom tablet/stylus any good?
Post by: muckhole on May 24, 2008, 01:19:17 PM: Sounds like it will do the trick for me as a beginner, although I may get the Intuos Viz mentioned, it's only like $30 more. Thanks a ton guys.