Digital BW, The Print

I read the thread about the Wacom tablets and went out and bougjt the 
6x8. So far I hate it. I can't draw to save my soul and I find I have 
much more control with my optical mouse. The pad seems too big for 
one thing. It seems to take the dimensions of my monitor screen and 
reduce it to 6x8 so that the curser goes from end to end.

If I get the smaller one will it do the same at the smaller 
dimension? I think if I had a smaller area to deal with I might be 
more effective. I don't plan on doing any free drawing, just 
photographic editing and such.

Does anyone think I'd be better off with the smaller unit? Has anyone 
else had this same frustration as me and decided to stick with a 
regular mouse or has anyone had the same frustration and ultimately 
got the hang of it and became efficient with it?

Lousy drawers want to know. I still have another week or so to take 
it back to Fry's.

Thanks, Tim

http://timtimmermans.com

hi tim...
 
I'm looking for a wacom tablet......is it the intuos 2 tablet..? ( with purple color ??)
are you willing to sell it to me ?? Pls mail me back personally to: the_cherubim@...
 
Andreas
 Tim Timmermans <treath@...> wrote:I read the thread about the Wacom tablets and went out and bougjt the 
6x8. So far I hate it. I can't draw to save my soul and I find I have 
much more control with my optical mouse. The pad seems too big for 
one thing. It seems to take the dimensions of my monitor screen and 
reduce it to 6x8 so that the curser goes from end to end.

If I get the smaller one will it do the same at the smaller 
dimension? I think if I had a smaller area to deal with I might be 
more effective. I don't plan on doing any free drawing, just 
photographic editing and such.

Does anyone think I'd be better off with the smaller unit? Has anyone 
else had this same frustration as me and decided to stick with a 
regular mouse or has anyone had the same frustration and ultimately 
got the hang of it and became efficient with it?

Lousy drawers want to know. I still have another week or so to take 
it back to Fry's.

Thanks, Tim

http://timtimmermans.com


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--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., "Tim Timmermans"
<treath@a...> wrote:
> I read the thread about the Wacom tablets and went out and bougjt the 
> 6x8. So far I hate it. I can't draw to save my soul and I find I have 
> much more control with my optical mouse. The pad seems too big for 
> one thing. It seems to take the dimensions of my monitor screen and 
> reduce it to 6x8 so that the curser goes from end to end.
> 
> If I get the smaller one will it do the same at the smaller 
> dimension? I think if I had a smaller area to deal with I might be 
> more effective. I don't plan on doing any free drawing, just 
> photographic editing and such.
> 
> Does anyone think I'd be better off with the smaller unit? Has anyone 
> else had this same frustration as me and decided to stick with a 
> regular mouse or has anyone had the same frustration and ultimately 
> got the hang of it and became efficient with it?
> 
> Lousy drawers want to know. I still have another week or so to take 
> it back to Fry's.
> 
> Thanks, Tim
> 
> http://timtimmermans.com

Tim!
This is the best thing going for input.
All you have to do is program the area of the tablet
you want to use.
I use only a 2x2 area approx.for two monitors,with that
area you do not move anything but your fingers.
The smaller tablets do not allow for selecting only a portion
of the tablet, you have the best tablet available period.
I also use a trackball for things beside drawing or retouching,
keep them both .
Don

A minor correction to Don's post--my Wacom Graphire DOES allow me to define
and use a smaller area of the tablet (driver vers. 4.7.2-2 on Mac OS 9.1).
Not that you really need to, as the active area is already pretty manageable
in size.

Very cool tool, and they have worked out many of the previous bugs in this
latest version of the non-OSX driver (and shrunk down the extensions
required from about 16 to 1!).

Doug

> Date: Wed, 27 Nov 2002 01:31:30 -0000
> From: "yuccaview" <giclee@...>
> Subject: Re: Wacom redux
> 
> Tim!
> This is the best thing going for input.
> All you have to do is program the area of the tablet
> you want to use.
> I use only a 2x2 area approx.for two monitors,with that
> area you do not move anything but your fingers.
> The smaller tablets do not allow for selecting only a portion
> of the tablet, you have the best tablet available period.
> I also use a trackball for things beside drawing or retouching,
> keep them both .
> Don

I too never quite could master the pen switch...of course, I've never held
my pencil "correctly". Would end up clicking when I didn't want to, etc.
Fortunately, you can completely disable the switch in the driver, and if
necessary double-click by tapping the pen tip twice quickly on the pad.

Doug

> [SNIP]
> I do find it tricky to use the pen for things other than sketching business,
> partially because the double click is tricky, partially because of the extra
> concentration it takes to use. Mice are easier to use in conjunction with
> keyboards.
> [SNIP]