Wondering if anyone here uses the tablets to do masking etc. in Vegas?
I'm looking at this one, but if it's not necessary to buy something with pressure sensitivity etc.. .maybe ther'e's a cheaper one out there that will get the job done.
Anyone have any experience with this other tablets?
I use one of the bigger Wacom's and love it but for bezier's I usually use my mouse since its just point and click. But I will say if you use Photoshop at all you will love pressure sensitivity, without it its just a mouse on a stick. =)
Wacoms are the way. No battery in the "mousestick" either.
The smaller ones (4"x5") go for $150 or so street, but it is really nice to use a bigger one. Also for poking around Vegas, it is quicker than mouse shuffling.
The pressure sensitivity potential is HUGE and great in applications top end applications like Photoshop. I still shake my head over anyone using only a mouse for serious graphic work. You almost got to have a trackball and a pressure sensitive pen. Does take a fair amount of practice to get the 'feel' right.
With ya BillyBoy, with the exception of hose few that I know that work almost exclusivly with vector art, I've seen them whip out some amazing graphics with a mouse that would take me 10X as long no matter what method I was using.
Wacom is the way to go, hands down. I'm so in love with my tablets, that I hunted high and low for a 2x3 tablet for my laptop. I couldn't believe that Wacom didn't make a small portable tablet for the US market. I found that they make 'em in Europe, but not the USA. I really couldn't see myself using a non-Wacom and having to get batteries for the pen once every few months. So, my resourceful girlfriend came up with the idea of buying one from eBay Europe, and got it for my birthday. It's awesome for portability. I also use a 4x5 ArtPad II at home, and a newer 4x5 Intuos3 at work. I don't think you'll regret spending the money. Once you're used to them, you feel like you're "one" with the computer, and able to drag, slide and select things almost like they're actual objects. Hard to explain, but get yourself a tablet, use it for a few days, and you'll understand.
I really liked the pen, but not the mouse. So I ended up with my Logitech mouse on my Wacom pad.
What I hated about the Wacom mouse is the roller behavior. Apart from that, very comfortable mouse and five buttons to assign different functions; usefull!
For selecting in Photoshop, nothing beats the pen... along with strenght sensitivity for both pen and eraser points.