I am learning to use my wacom.
I noticed it is far easyer to edit already drawn pics than sketch new one's on my wacom.
So I thought I would ask those of you that have tablets for guidence, thoughts and ideas, HELP!.
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I only use mine to touch up small imperfections in my photos, but I would imagine the possiblities with this thing are endless. I find for myself being ambidextrous it's a great tool.
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All I can really say is use your tablet for everything - navigation on websites, editing/colouring pictures, etc. - until you become reallly comfortable. It takes a while before you can actually use it to draw (I don't even know how), so try tracing instead, or just draw random, effortless drawings just to get the feel of it. For colouring, your eraser is your best friend. You can get sharp yet smooth lines if ever you goof up using the brush. Experiment with the pressure to see how much pressure you should use for whatever it is you want to do. Hope that helps ^_^'
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It is Awesome [cherryblossom] I am starting to like it a lot.
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I've also got a wacom at home and I only use it for perfectioning just like tirzah and some light streams in abstract works sometimes. However I think working more with the pen might help me getting better. Gonna try that.
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I use mine for everything. I got tired of switching between the mouse and pen so I just use the pen for everything. And to be honest, having no mouse at my desk keeps most people off my computer. ^_^
I mainly got it to make coloring easier for me, and it really does ease the pain in my wrist alot. (I will color for hours and not even realize how much time has passed)
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Having no mouse and forcing people to use your tablet is a great way of keeping your friend and family off your machine. It amuses me to no end when I see them needlessly struggle with it ("Ah damnit, give me a mouse already!").
Ofcourse, running a high res (1600x1200) on a medium screen (17") and running a different shell does miracles too.
By the way, drawing on a tablet, although far easier than using a mouse, is not as intuitive as it could be because: a) the tablet is slippery; and b) you have to look at the screen to see what your hand is doing.
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[craeonics] you name is familer too me.Maybe because of the shells,Yeah I am using it for evry thing. Mouse etc.
I have not yet got use to the right click yet.
Though I have yet to figure out to draw, prehaps as
[cherryblossom]
-It takes a while before you can actually use it to draw (I don't even know how), so try tracing instead, or just draw random, effortless drawings just to get the feel of it. For colouring, your eraser is your best friend. You can get sharp yet smooth lines if ever you goof up using the brush. Experiment with the pressure to see how much pressure you should use for whatever it is you want to do.
Seems I can not make my canvas large enough 1200x1200 pixals.
I am sure you use Photoshop I use Paint shop pro 7 and 9.
I played a bit in Photoshop 7, when to Paint Shop Pro.
It is very cool,
as [kugatsu-akai ]-and it really does ease the pain in my wrist alot. (I will color for hours and not even realize how much time has passed).
I found that out last night lol 
And as [stev]-I think working more with the pen might help me getting better.
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Post edited on August 14th, 2005 at 4:31pm
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You can use the tablet for drawing and lineart too. It's just that you need (based upon my experience) to use a really big drawing area (last time I tried it I used some 5000x6000 pixels drawing area - a killer for my machine). And a big monitor with a huge resolution. I have a 17 inch at 1024x768 so I gues I'm underequeped *giggles*
I find it difficult to hit the same line perfectly twice so lineart is painful to do. Set the pen to some 20% transparence so it starts with a light shade of a line and then repeat with short strokes until you gat a reasonably likable black line. Continue so ever the entire sketch and count the days go by... *dies* Or try the messy inking... long strikes, unprecise and sketchy... messy *shrugs* ain't pretty at all.
But you can sketch the image roughly with the tablet and then ink the sketch with the Photoshop pen tool. That gives nice results, only it's a little artificial, lines are too perfect, curves to precise.
I now prefer to sketch the image as best as I can with a pencil and paper (practising my drawing skills) and then scanning it into computer and inking it with the pen tool. I figure that is the best way for me. The tablet comes in handy for touchups and coloring and everything that a mouse is to cumbursome for. For me the tablet is basically just another tool in the box. Now that I have it I use it, but I noticed it doesn't do much for my art yet. One just has to get used to it I gues
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I use my tablet a lot, for lineart etc. Don't like using it for normal OS clicking and stuff, though. I still heart my mouse.
I know a lot of people can't get used to tablets, or treat them like alien objects.. I'll never really get that, I guess. They use them for like 5 minutes and then say they can't do it.
To me, it's just another tool you get used to using like you get used to using anything, like a pencil or a brush or a different kind of paper. You practice. I took it on with eagerness and now I'm perfectly accustomed to it. I've met a few people who'd given up on their tablets and hadn't even installed the drivers... sheez, with the money they spend, you'd think they'd be more interested in using the things :B
I especially like being able to do free, sweeping lines on the computer (difficult with a mouse) that indicate movement.
I have one of the older purplish-blue Wacom Intuos 6x8. The plastic's matte, so it doesn't feel slippery.
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Hey'all.
I just got a new 6x8 wacom, the intuos3.
They have these nifty touchstrips on the side that works as a makeshift mousewheel, it's just like a touch sensitive vertical strip that you can drag your finger up and down.
Is anyone familiar with these? I've figured out how to program the pressure sensitivity to adjust brush size and the other variables in Photoshop, but I think it would be awesome if I could get the touchstrip to change brush size. Then pressure could be opacity and we'd be all set. Thus far though.. I've only been able to set the touchstrip to zoom or scroll. Changing brush size in photoshop is a hassle.. does anyone know how to program the touchstrip to brush dynamics, or even a keyboard shortcut to change brush size?
Thanks a lot..
I'm Noa, by the way.  )
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I got mine on ebay its 12 x 12 nie massive It is taking me time to get use to it but it is nice.
I like as [arborwin] said: I especially like being able to do free, sweeping lines on the computer (difficult with a mouse) that indicate movement.
I agree.
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Most of my artwork is done on my wacom intuos 3. I LOVE it. It took me a few weeks to get used to it. At first I could barely do anything on it and I thought I'd made a big mistake in getting one. But now I find it much easier to draw using my wacom than using a pencil and paper It's become like second nature. It takes time but eventually you master it
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Wow. This thread is two years old. I won my wacom last year in a contest. It took me about a week to get used to it after working strictly with just the mouse for years, but I find that now it is much more efficient as far as time and accuracy in creating digital pieces. I love it.
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