Digital BW, The Print

Agreed.  Another ergonomic consideration is that with a tablet you'll quite
likely toss your current mouse and mouse pad.  My tablet sits in front of my
keyboard - permanently - and I use the Wacom mouse or pen for everything.
In that configuration it is nice to have an active tablet area that more
closely resembles the display.  I also like the fact that my Wacom extends
at least to the length of my keyboard because my forearms rest on the tablet
while typing.  (My keyboard is pushed slightly to the right so that the
qwerty portion of the keyboard is centred vs the tablet.)   In essence the
tablet becomes part of the desk.  Anything too small and you'd be moving the
tablet out of the way all the time.  Arguably my setup pushes the keyboard
fwd a little too much from the edge of the desk but I don't do a massive
amount of typing and so I am not bothered by the fact that my keyboard is
about 6 inches fwd of ideal. (If need be, for lengthy typing I just place my
Bluetooth keyboard on the tablet.)  So a long way of saying think about how
and where you'll place the tablet on your desk, where you'll put your
keyboard in relation to it etc.

I also don't agree with the "I don't want to have to move my hand to much"
type comments.  Cramped little movements are what causes cramps.  If you can
afford it, and the price differential isn't massive, get the bigger tablet.

I also like the fact that the grey colour fits well with the look of my
Apple G5, iSight and HK soundsticks (unfortunately I have the old-style
white-border Apple display).  If only Apple would update the style of their
Bluetooth keyboards to silver/grey.  And the only damn wire on my desk is
the one from my Wacom tablet.  Annoying!  ;-)


> From: John Moody <moodymz3@...>
> Reply-To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
> Date: Wed, 30 Nov 2005 08:23:01 -0500
> To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
> Subject: RE: [Digital BW] Wacom Tablet for Photoshop Retouching?
> 
> The only downside to too big, is desk space and cost, if that matters; you
> can easily program the tablet to be smaller if you want shorter
> hand strokes.
> 
> Best regards,
> John Moody
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
> [mailto:DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com]On Behalf Of Arthur
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> Subject: Re: [Digital BW] Wacom Tablet for Photoshop Retouching?
> 
> At 02:41 PM 11/29/2005, john dean wrote:
> 
> 
>> From the days when I did use one I remember it makes sense
>> to buy as large of one as possible. For me anything smaller than 11x14
>> is not worth the trouble.
> 
> I'm also in the market for one ... will probably get a Wacom Intuos 3.
> 
> But as for size ... I'm also told that too big is not good, as you have to
> pull the stylus around, rather than just use smaller movements.  My
> colleagues have suggested that 4x5 is best for just retouching, 6x9 for
> drawing as well.
> 
> What do those of you who've used these have to say?
> 
> 
> Arthur
> 
>