Graphic tablets

[Gota]

Which would be a good Graphic tablet?

[MidKnight]

Wacom is great if you can afford it. The old bamboos were pretty nice, and the new ones are good, too. Make sure it comes with an eraser in the stylus, and (if you're not buying Wacom) doesn't need batteries.

[PicassoCT]

none, use mouse

[Neddie]

I don't there there are any brands that compare favorably to Wacom in the beginner price range. I use a mouse myself, though.

[Jazcash]

I bought a Wacom Bamboo years ago and still find it perfect for my uses today.

[Pxtl]

I bought a Wacom Bamboo years ago and still find it perfect for my uses today.

I got the small one. It's handy, but I wish I'd gotten the big one. Scratch that, I wish I had a Cintiq or a T101MT. And the money to buy them.

[FireStorm_]

I sometimes make a digital picture of my sketches. Works if you need to put a pencil drawn character-sheet in a 3d model program, or don't need to manipulate a hand drawn image much.
I thought of doing it that way once, when i was unable to decide on a good graphic tablet.

[SwiftSpear]

Wacom. Intuous is industry standard, for casual users bamboo's a great though.

[Master-Athmos]

Go for Wacom - they're simply the best no matter if you're in the Bamboo or Intuos price range. If you're really on a budget there also was this chinese brand which cloned Wacom's battery-less pencil once their patents ran out but I don't remember their name - the product was a little cheaper than the Bamboos but not as good (while not being crappy)...

[aegis]

I just picked up a 12" tablet PC on ebay for $280... core 2 duo, wacom digitizer.

it's like a cintiq (12" screen, batteryless pen, pressure sensitive, etc)... but it costs way less than one used (these were $2000+ new), and it rocks with windows 7.

[MidKnight]

I just picked up a 12" tablet PC on ebay for $280... core 2 duo, wacom digitizer.

it's like a cintiq (12" screen, batteryless pen, pressure sensitive, etc)... but it costs way less than one used (these were $2000+ new), and it rocks with windows 7.

Every time you mention this, I die a little inside. Envy overdose.


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[Pxtl]

I just picked up a 12" tablet PC on ebay for $280... core 2 duo, wacom digitizer.

it's like a cintiq (12" screen, batteryless pen, pressure sensitive, etc)... but it costs way less than one used (these were $2000+ new), and it rocks with windows 7.

Damn, everything on Ebay right now is 10.1" and twice the price.

[Forboding Angel]

Yep, wacom. From everything I've seen, as neddie said, there isn't anything in the beginner price range that even comes close to comparing with the quality of a wacom tablet.

[KDR_11k]

Wacom. Period.

Everything else sucks, go cheap at your own risk.

[Gota]

But how usable are the wacom beginner tablets?
I mean you cant see what your doing on the tablet itself...is the resolution good?is it sensitive enough?does painting on it feel natural?

[Pxtl]

The resolution and sensitivity of the Wacom Bamboo is quite nice. And it feels about as natural as drawing on a surface that isn't the same one as the image appears on ever could.

[Gota]

The resolution and sensitivity of the Wacom Bamboo is quite nice. And it feels about as natural as drawing on a surface that isn't the same one as the image appears on ever could.

Do you own one?

[MidKnight]

The resolution and sensitivity of the Wacom Bamboo is quite nice. And it feels about as natural as drawing on a surface that isn't the same one as the image appears on ever could.

Do you own one?

I do, and I can vouch for what Pxtl said. The bamboo isn't, by any stretch of the word, a dinky tablet.

[Gota]

The resolution and sensitivity of the Wacom Bamboo is quite nice. And it feels about as natural as drawing on a surface that isn't the same one as the image appears on ever could.

Do you own one?

I do, and I can vouch for what Pxtl said. The bamboo isn't, by any stretch of the word, a dinky tablet.

cool this is good news than.

[Pxtl]

The resolution and sensitivity of the Wacom Bamboo is quite nice. And it feels about as natural as drawing on a surface that isn't the same one as the image appears on ever could.

Do you own one?

Yup. Used it for sketching. To me, the biggest problem is that I got the small one - a larger tablet would've been nice.