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Why
bother searching archives, instead of just asking a question?
You can always
ask. However, by searching, you have immediate access to far
more answers from a MUCH larger pool of people. All, more specifically
confined to what you really want/need to know. Why sift through
hundreds of other subjects when you can instantly summon very
specific searchable refinable lists on your subject?
Frequently,
some of the best tips & most informative answers were already
typed-up and thoroughly discussed, long before you ever hit town.
We tried
to wait for you, but the coffee kept getting cold.
So, your late
arriving question isn't likely to generate the same degree of
interest, volume of responses, or depth of discussions, as the
first eight hundred times it came up. Most folks have already
"been there and done that" and moved onto other subjects,
or simply left the building with Elvis.
The subject
of graphic tablets has pretty much been discussed to death. Your
query isn't likely to generate nearly as much meaty conversation,
as what's already sitting in the archives.
Why settle
for what one or two guys may casually say today? Go sniff around
our archives. See what hundreds of us have already said about
buying and driving all kinds of tablets.
By searching
the archives you'll get a far more thorough and valuable scoop
from everyone. Not just that one hung over dude who hasn't slept
in four days, and may or may not know what he's talking about.
Is
that price difference between the Graphire and Intuos, worth
it?
Sometimes
Not always
While I love
my Intuos, their thriftier Graphire is a really fine tablet,
and absolutely nothing to sneeze at.
Do
I really honestly need a tablet, or just a better mouse?
Not everyone
needs a tablet. Plenty of times a better mouse can be just the
ticket. But, who can possibly know what you may be needing, better
than you? All those discussions are in the archives too.
Go read. Figure it out for yourself.
But
why take my word for it?
Go read for yourself.
Search over
2500
of our conversations
on
PSPing with tablets |
Always install the
Wacom software that comes along with your tablets
Install
it from your CD and access the customize dialog from your Start
menu.
There is a multitude of special customization features and settings
available.
Just because he started working when you first plugged him in,
doesn't mean that's all there is.
Let's talk about
MAPPING
huh?
wha?
Mapping baby,
mapping!
When you'd like a better way to control and better judge,
where you are between your tablet's surface and your screen.
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Here a small portion of my
tablet is mapped to service the total screen areas on two monitors.
I prefer the most minimal of hand movements, and always map my
own tablets to employ just the centermost portion of its workspace.
The yellow/green swatches represent
the total screen real estate for a pair of 19 inch monitors.
Only a small patch of the available space of my tablet is ever
needed to completely service every single pixel on those dual
monitors, with a total resolution of 768 x 2048. Pretty amazing
huh? |
Here the entire portion of
a tablet's workspace is employed, and uses a scaled graphic of
Paint Shop Pro for the artist's convienance in better targeting.
We can easily create and print
our own precise custom templates, and simply slide them beneath
the tablet's plastic sheet overlay.
With more precise targets there's
a lot less of that Paint Shop Pro "feeling around in
the dark business". Which of course, we can always save
for other hobbies. :) |
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Under normal circumstances,
the smaller tablets will do everything the bigger boys do. Yet
they demand far less desk space, less shoulder, arm, wrist &
hand movements, and provide even friendlier pricing. If
you don't need tilt, or have specific tracing needs, then the
Graphire is a superb tool selling at half the price of Intuos.
