Wacom tablets
by A Herrera · in Game Design and Creative Issues · 02/24/2007 (12:51 pm) · 24 replies
A general question: What do y'all prefer to use, a wacom tablet? any other tablet? scanning in a drawing? I'm considering buying a tablet to draw my characters with, but would like to know if it's worth the investment. I tried scanning in my drawings but I feel like I am doing a lot of touch up work to make it look nice.
Any thoughts anr/or suggestions are welcome.
Thank you in advance.
Any thoughts anr/or suggestions are welcome.
Thank you in advance.
#22
I am using the older PL- 720. Before I used the small Intous 3. The improvement was not as big as the price jump. :( Of course its very acurate drawing onscreen but the downside is you spend a lot of time rather unhealthyliy close to the screen. Bloody LCDs are too bright imho. :p I use still the old regular monitors for 3d modelling and stuff.
So in retrospect I should've bought a larger tablet and not the screen.
02/25/2007 (12:06 pm)
@Weston:I am using the older PL- 720. Before I used the small Intous 3. The improvement was not as big as the price jump. :( Of course its very acurate drawing onscreen but the downside is you spend a lot of time rather unhealthyliy close to the screen. Bloody LCDs are too bright imho. :p I use still the old regular monitors for 3d modelling and stuff.
So in retrospect I should've bought a larger tablet and not the screen.
#23
I went through two graphire tablets when I was in school, they worked great, but I don't think they are as durable as my current Intuos tablet. I was hard on them though - I stuffed them in my backpack several times a day and lugged them around everywhere.
The thing that always wore out for me was the usb cable. I think all the winding and unwinding to fit in my backpack was too much for it and they would short out.
Also, the plastic in the "drawing" area of the tablet seems to be a little too easy to scratch.
i think the graphires would be fine if you just had them sitting on your computer desk and treated them with respect. Lol.
That said, my new Intuos tablet is definately of higher quality in the materials department. I can't say I notice a difference in the way it works exactly, but the higher quality plastics is nice for me. Also, the Intuos comes with a much nicer pen with a comfortable rubbery grip and several additional nibs.
02/25/2007 (12:14 pm)
My 2 cents. I went through two graphire tablets when I was in school, they worked great, but I don't think they are as durable as my current Intuos tablet. I was hard on them though - I stuffed them in my backpack several times a day and lugged them around everywhere.
The thing that always wore out for me was the usb cable. I think all the winding and unwinding to fit in my backpack was too much for it and they would short out.
Also, the plastic in the "drawing" area of the tablet seems to be a little too easy to scratch.
i think the graphires would be fine if you just had them sitting on your computer desk and treated them with respect. Lol.
That said, my new Intuos tablet is definately of higher quality in the materials department. I can't say I notice a difference in the way it works exactly, but the higher quality plastics is nice for me. Also, the Intuos comes with a much nicer pen with a comfortable rubbery grip and several additional nibs.
#24
03/02/2007 (8:14 pm)
Wacom is very active about supporting Linux. It was an issue for me and that was one of my criteria for selection. They do not write a driver directly, but provide technical guidance to the Open Source project that does. I have used it under Gimp and it works really well. I am guessing you will be working under Windows, but it is always nice to know that it is portable.
Torque Owner A Herrera
@Thomas - With the materials in mind, I would definitely go with Intuos, but my budget for now is enough to cover the graphire4. :( Perhaps once I become more of an expert with the tablet I can upgrade to Intuos.
@Weston - Isn't the Cintique like $2000? way out of my budget, unless I come up with some games that sell to bring the budget up. heheh. :)