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Re: [OM] graphics tablets

Subject: Re: [OM] graphics tablets
From: Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 06 Jul 2010 14:26:15 -0400
Sounds a little like ACR except that Adobe doesn't have the excuse of 
obsoleting old stuff for new features.  :-)

Chuck Norcutt


Jan Steinman wrote:
>> From: John Hudson <OM4T@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>> 
>> Does anyone on the list use a graphics tablet in conjunction with
>> Photoshop or Elements to help with freehand drawing, dodging and
>> burning and cutting out ?
>> 
>> If so, are there any recommendations as to brands, price to pay,
>> product features, etc ?
> 
> Depends on how serious you're going to be about using it.
> 
> Wacom dominates this market... and has the highest prices. They even
> have one with an integrated display, so you can see what you're
> doing, much like physical media -- but at an outrageous price.
> 
> You can get other tablets considerably cheaper, but the vendors come
> and go, and I wouldn't think of it as a long-term investment.
> 
> I use a ten-year-old 12"x12" Wacom. I'd still be using an older one,
> but the plugs changed from Apple Desktop Bus to USB. I suspect any
> off-brand tablet from ten years ago no longer has drivers available
> for the latest OS of your choice.
> 
> My biggest beef with Wacom is "pen churn." I bought specialty
> pointing devices with the big tablet, and if they still worked with
> newer tablets, I might buy a newer one, but Wacom seems to make their
> pens incompatible with each new version, so I quit upgrading. I told
> them this complaint, and they said they had to obsolete older pens in
> order to provide new features.
> 
> 
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