Thanks you lot. Just bought an Intuos 6x8 at an education price so it
prolly doesn't have the software which i dint need anybut. Seems to
be the best fit for me.
Andrew Fildes
afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
On 18/06/2007, at 6:46 PM, Chris Crawford wrote:
>
> Andrew,
>
> I had one for a while, it got lost in one of my moves. But here's my
> recommendation from using mine and others that I've had opportunity
> to use.
> Get the 6x8. 4x5 is too small to use easily, and anything bigger
> than 6x8 is
> rather hard to use. The way these work is your screen's area is
> mapped to
> the area of the tablet. So, to move the cursor from one side of the
> screen
> to the other, you have to move all the way across the tablet. In
> the same
> way, drawing around something in your picture (to select using
> lasso, etc)
> requires similarly proportioned movements. With the 4x5, you have
> to be too
> precise with the pen to easily trace things, while larger than 6x8
> (I used a
> 9x12 or something like that for a while) is very hard to use
> because you
> have to move the pen a long distance to select something.
>
>
> --
> Chris Crawford
> Photography & Graphic Design
> Santa Fe, New Mexico
>
> http://www.chriscrawfordphoto.com
>
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>
>
>
> On 6/18/07 1:35 AM, "Andrew Fildes" <afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>>
>> I'm thinking of treating myself to a Wacom tablet for use with a Mac
>> - nothing extravagant, 4x5 or 6x8 would do me fine. Fancied doing it
>> for years to be honest. Interested in converting photos or areas
>> thereof into line and doing micro-manipulation. Anyone using one? I'd
>> love to hear your experiences/recommendations
>> Andrew Fildes
>> afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>
>>
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