Graphics Tablets

CliffyBiro · 12 Sep 2009 at 19:34

So, I've come into a little bit of disposable income after selling some old golfing gear and I'm intrigued by these graphic tablets.

I tend to find freehand work with a mouse very difficult so I've always been interested in these but not quite sure how they work or what to look for when buying one.

My budget is £60.

Do they show the display on the tablet or is it just a surface that you draw on but can't see anything?

Ideally, I'd like to be able to scan in a sketch, have it appear on the tablet so I can trace over it. Is this how they work? If so, one will come in very very handy for my college course.

Any reccomendations?

CliffyBiro · 12 Sep 2009 at 19:39

geuben said:
No that's not how they work. Their just a blank surface that you use the pen on, some do allow you to place paper under the transparent top surface to allow tracing though. Wacom ones are rated best I think, but they can be expensive.

Hmm, I could have sworn I had seen some that output the display.

CliffyBiro · 12 Sep 2009 at 23:53

How much would you pay for a Wacom Bamboo Tablet and would you reccomend it?

CliffyBiro · 13 Sep 2009 at 13:47

Found a Bamboo in town for £65. Worth it?

CliffyBiro · 13 Sep 2009 at 17:02

As you can see, I gave in.

Drove back into town just to pick it up.

Now just need a bigger desk... and a bigger room to fit the bigger desk in.

CliffyBiro · 13 Sep 2009 at 17:43

I'm having problems with the installation drivers. Keep getting an error message that says the Deployment/Undeployment Service has stopped working.

CliffyBiro · 13 Sep 2009 at 17:50

Using Win 7 and tried to download those drivers but they were downloading at 4kb/sec.

CliffyBiro · 13 Sep 2009 at 18:37

Downloading the driver at 1.8kb/s :rolleyes:

Tried my conn by downloading the Moyles podcast at the same time and it downloaded at 172kb/s

CliffyBiro · 13 Sep 2009 at 18:37

skippi90 said:
Downloading the driver at 1.8kb/s

Tried my conn by downloading the Moyles podcast at the same time and it downloaded at 172kb/s

The tablet itself works, but I want to customise what the buttons do.

CliffyBiro · 13 Sep 2009 at 18:47

Ah! Sorted.

Now have new layer, open etc assigned to buttons for ease of use in Photoshop.

CliffyBiro · 13 Sep 2009 at 19:02

Cheers Asim.

Been doodling away in Flash to get the feel for it. Very handy indeed.

CliffyBiro · 13 Sep 2009 at 19:48

unknowndomain said:
I doubt you use CorelDRAW

I do actually.

Albeit not very often.

CliffyBiro · 14 Sep 2009 at 13:34

GeoPat said:
Or are you still doing scribbles and signatures with a smile on your face!

Yes.

Will post something soon but it's taking a while to get used to.

CliffyBiro · 14 Sep 2009 at 18:39

This is Vladimir for my animation project.

CliffyBiro · 14 Sep 2009 at 19:00

BFCTom said:
hehe simple but effective. Did you draw him in Illustrator?

Yep. Starting to get used to where each touch corresponds on the screen now.

Better quality:

His left ear could do with some work.

CliffyBiro · 16 Sep 2009 at 12:44

A rather basic vector of myself.