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JellyWerker

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Computer Tablet and Pen
« on: January 19, 2005, 12:27:43 am »
What would be the best out there, I don\'t have a lot of money for this, so I was looking at the wacom graphire3 4x5, but is there anything cheaper that is also good quality?
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« Reply #1 on: January 19, 2005, 02:28:49 am »
Eeeeebaaaaay.

\'Nuff said :3
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« Reply #2 on: January 19, 2005, 02:48:22 am »
Anything from Trust is high quality and works very well. :) I wouldn\'t suggest getting a tiny tablet if you are serious about wanting something you can actually draw with. I have a 12x9 inch myself. I can\'t imagine having something as small as 4x5... I\'d be constantly scrolling the screen just to draw something. :P
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« Reply #3 on: January 19, 2005, 05:25:14 am »
I think I will go with the trust 1200 9x12 usb tablet, looks good, and is a lot more space for the same (almost) amount of money. Thanks!
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« Reply #4 on: January 19, 2005, 07:22:44 pm »
I have an E3 Works 4x5 and have no trouble, I just use PSP and zoom in and make where I\'m drawing centered, the scrolling isn\'t that bad.
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« Reply #5 on: January 19, 2005, 08:00:38 pm »
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I think I will go with the trust 1200 9x12 usb tablet, looks good, and is a lot more space for the same (almost) amount of money. Thanks!


That\'s exactly the same as mine. :) I think you will be happy with it. I got mine for ?65, after seeing it in other places for ?70 and ?75... so make sure you hunt around and get the best price you can find.
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« Reply #6 on: January 20, 2005, 02:00:09 am »
I am U.S., but I will hunt around, it\'s the shipping that will kill me! :D
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« Reply #7 on: January 20, 2005, 07:48:13 pm »
I got a A6 wacom for about 100 euro\'s last year, loved it,  untill I tried (and bought) the A4 version. Worth every damn cent, was something like 300 euro\'s.
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« Reply #8 on: January 20, 2005, 10:22:37 pm »
Like I said though, I can\'t bust out the college fund for this :D
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« Reply #9 on: January 20, 2005, 11:40:52 pm »
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I got a A6 wacom for about 100 euro\'s last year, loved it,  untill I tried (and bought) the A4 version. Worth every damn cent, was something like 300 euro\'s.


I gather this means size does matter. :D

I have a 4x5 in. graphire2 and I feel quite constrained, perhaps also because of the only 512 levels of pressure sensitivity. I think I should have gone with a larger Intuos tablet.

The moderately large Intuos3\'s I see on ebay still seem quite expensive to me...
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« Reply #10 on: January 21, 2005, 12:19:25 am »
too true, bigger is better in the case of computer tablets.
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« Reply #11 on: January 21, 2005, 06:50:23 am »
Mine\'s about A5 size (WACOM).
I find it\'s actually big enough because I\'m mostly only drawing short lines, not doing broad sketching style work with it where I might find myself heading off the edge. I guess it\'s also the way I have it set up - I tend to lift and move back a lot - I don\'t have it matching my screen / documents dimensions. For sketching simple stuff in Flash or Painter or Photoshop it\'s fine though. I know someone with the small version (4x5 i guess) and she doesn\'t have a problem with the size - I guess it\'s what you get used to though. I don\'t think the size is as important as how good the stylus feels and how many levels of pressure it has. I had an old cheapie tablet years ago from some taiwanese fly-by-night company which had great response but the shittiest stylus with akward buttons (and it was a serial device). If at all possible go to a shop and try one out at a real computer before buying it off ebay.
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« Reply #12 on: January 21, 2005, 06:57:18 am »
Well, the size part for me, mostly doesn\'t matter, I usually draw little things anyway, but since I can get a good quality 9x12 for the price of a good quality 4x5, I am naturally just going with the larger option. You tablet might have actually been a hitachi, great tablet quality, but yes, crappy stylus\'s.
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