Wacom Tablets, ... researching before i buy

[GeekAnimator]

I’m not saying your wrong, every computer works differently (what a pain that is!). But, I have a widescreen laptop and a regular screen desktop. And there is no difference using the pad on either one. There is no distortion or anything. Mabye I’m lucky and didn’t have any problems. Just wanted to throw that out there.

Assuming that you’ve kept your pen in “pen mode”, as opposed to “mouse mode”, then this isn’t possible. Either there’s a part of the tablet that you aren’t using, or the distortion just isn’t bad enough to notice.

[system]

Thanks to all the questions that I’ve also had.

Though, I have one more question I believe.

When you actually have the (i.e. 4x5 tablet) and configure it to your computer. Is that space a ratio to the entire display of your computer? For instance. Let’s say we put out pen to the ege of the space, and move it around the entire space from corner to corner, on the screen will it only paint in a 4x5 box? or will that box be the size of your screen? I hope you know what I am asking, is the actual 4x5 space a definitee 4x5 space on the computer or does it fit the entire screen’s size making it a ratio?

And in terms of the Graphire, once you begin sketching, is it smooth or is it jittery? How happy were you with your actual movements come out on the computer?

[d0c]

Yes the tablet will match your screen. the 4 corners of the tablet will match up with the 4 corners of your monitor, allowing you to paint on the entire screen. the problem with a small tablet is, if your like me who draws on a large scale, using a 4x5 tablet you are forced to draw these small strokes on the tablet, but on the screen it comes out larger/longer. Due to of course the difference in scale…As far as jitters and lagging using the graphire i didnt notice anything like that at all, it ran perfectly fine for me, updated as i touched the pad. but 4x5 is waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay too small for anyone i think, it took me some time to get use to it, but after about 20 min it felt great. but was just too smalllllllllllllllllllllllll …

hope that helps…

Thanks to all the questions that I’ve also had.

Though, I have one more question I believe.

When you actually have the (i.e. 4x5 tablet) and configure it to your computer. Is that space a ratio to the entire display of your computer? For instance. Let’s say we put out pen to the ege of the space, and move it around the entire space from corner to corner, on the screen will it only paint in a 4x5 box? or will that box be the size of your screen? I hope you know what I am asking, is the actual 4x5 space a definitee 4x5 space on the computer or does it fit the entire screen’s size making it a ratio?

And in terms of the Graphire, once you begin sketching, is it smooth or is it jittery? How happy were you with your actual movements come out on the computer?

[system]

Yes the tablet will match your screen. the 4 corners of the tablet will match up with the 4 corners of your monitor, allowing you to paint on the entire screen. the problem with a small tablet is, if your like me who draws on a large scale, using a 4x5 tablet you are forced to draw these small strokes on the tablet, but on the screen it comes out larger/longer. Due to of course the difference in scale…As far as jitters and lagging using the graphire i didnt notice anything like that at all, it ran perfectly fine for me, updated as i touched the pad. but 4x5 is waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay too small for anyone i think, it took me some time to get use to it, but after about 20 min it felt great. but was just too smalllllllllllllllllllllllll …

hope that helps…

thanks alot that’s perfect. is there an option, perhaps, that will alow me to only paint in a 4x5 square on a 1:1 ratio? and then if i want to hover i can hover up then pick it up and bring it back down and hover up some more to go to other areas…

[umfridus]

Tell you what, go grab a Graphire to test if the tablet works the way you want it to. After all, at $80+ (street price) bundled with Photoshop Elements and Painter Essential, it’s a steal. It’s not as great as the higher end ones but still very capable, and the working mechanism is the same.

[system]

Tell you what, go grab a Graphire to test if the tablet works the way you want it to. After all, at $80+ (street price) bundled with Photoshop Elements and Painter Essential, it’s a steal. It’s not as great as the higher end ones but still very capable, and the working mechanism is the same.

that’s very true, i’m also happy about the painter essentials portion of it i am going to buy one today

[Bellorum]

Got my graphire 4 today Playing around with the settings right now. Did feel somewhat awkward at first.

[piggy]

If you are going to do any realistic drawing, get at at least 6x8. The trick is to use it in portrait mode. Although 8 inch vertical is still less than the 9x12, but it’s still pretty close when you can map it to 3/5 of of the screen. Just do some calculation to make sure that you have 8/6 or 1.333 aspec ratio. ie if the vertical resolution is 1200, set 1200*6/8=900 as width. If you don’t intend to carry the tablet around and the price is not concern, 9x12 tablet is still a good choice.

As for 4x5, gosh… imagine that you have that tablet and a 19 inch monitor. Every 1 inch draw on tablet is almost 3 inch line on screen, a 3 inch draw shows 9 inch line… The tablet is great if you intend to use it for mouse and fixing some picture. But forget about any realistic sketch.

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