I finally got around to getting Adobe Photoshop CS5, quite a blow to the wallet, but now I need a graphics tablet. If someone could give me some links of the top-of-the-line stuff, and some more practical stuff, it would be much appreciated. Personal input also appreciated. I am wondering how much the ones with the screen on the tablet are worth, because drawing on a surface and having to look elsewhere just seems... hard to do. Thanks in advance.

Intuous. You're done.

Tablets with screens will run about USD $1,200 and up.

Hmmm, I wonder if getting a ye-olde capacitive screen tablet and using RDP (VNC is waaaay too slow probably) would be practical and save you a very pretty penny

Oh, sweet. This post gave me a brainstorm for work (we've got two capacitive tablets we don't use anymore, just gotta find a good light linux distro that'll support them)

Can you link me one? I probably wont be getting one, but I might wait a while and when I have the money buy it. Probably not though, but if it helps as much as I think it would I might. Lookin' to take my art to a higher level. :toughninja:

Are you using it for school/college/uni or just for fun?

If its just for fun and a bit of mucking about - you can get the Wacom Bamboo 'Craft' kit for about AUD$270. The drawing surface is A5 sized and that's usually enough for a bit of work.

Otherwise, the Intuos4 Large with its 8x13 inch surface is the way to go. Its got programmable buttons and what not. But it comes in at about AUD$600.

The ones with screens cost something like AUD$1500.

The problem with those is you don't have the necessary nib sensitivity needed for brush work. At least, none of the tablet PCs I've encountered has them. Maybe they exist now?


http://www.buywacom.com.au/products.cfm?fullID=F87D0C18-1A4D-44F9-2DC50D5698852469&ID=52

I use a tablet without a screen, and it takes some getting use to, but once you get the hang of it, it is easy.

I use the http://wacom.com/en/Products/Intuos.aspx The medium size is only $350 and comes with a good bit of programs.

The tablets with screens seem like a big waste of money to me. The cheapest wacom screened tablet I could find was the http://wacom.com/en/Products/InteractiveDisplays/DTU-1631.aspx, going for $1250.

My suggestion is to buy the Intuos 4, practice with it, and you will be using it with ease in no time.

What size would you recommend? I'm thinking medium simply because with me getting a new computer soon as well, I can really save a few bucks. But I also want quality and effectiveness. It seems like the small is just too small, and medium is a little small too. If it's really as easy as you say though, I might go for it. It just seems like it will be hard to do detailing with it.

By the way, using it for fun.

Medium is good enough if you're using it for fun.

The size of the tablet really depends on how big your monitor is. I have a 24" monitor and medium works great. I had a small with a 16" monitor, and it worked great.

The medium should work good for just about anyone though. And I use mine for fun as well.

I use a http://www.trust.com/_images/products/500/15358.jpg wide screen tablet (although it doesn't have a screen, it's indirect like Clint's is)

Key features

* Big, high quality wide screen (30,5 x 18,5 cm) tablet with 2 wheel pads for picture editing and other graphic applications <-- :goodjob:
* Dual wheel pads located at the top corners providing easy scroll, zoom and volume control <-- works really well
* Ergonomic wireless 2 button pen with 1024 step pressure sensitivity <-- :drool:
* 32 extra direct accessible programmable buttons <-- still haven't programmed them all :biggrin:
* Supports Windows 7/Vista Tablet edition functions, such as converting handwriting into digital text
* Designed for both left and right hand users <-- I'm a lefty
* Software included for drawing and editing pictures <-- meh, its sokay :shrug:
* Suitable for both wide screens and standard monitors

On sale it was less than 200,- euro :celebration: