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    Anyone using a graphics tablet?

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by Wail, Aug 28, 2006.

  1. Wail

    Wail Notebook Consultant

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    Is anyone here using a graphics tablet with their Mac? If so, which Mac are you suing, which tablet and what applications are you using?

    Thanks in advance for all the feedback.
     
    Wail, Aug 28, 2006
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  2. xbandaidx

    xbandaidx Notebook Deity

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    I do a lot of webcomic reading, and I know one of my favorite artists uses a wacom tablet on his PowerMac in Adobe Photoshop.

    Thats all I can really say.
     
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  3. hollownail

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    I've had yet to use a tablet in OS X. But I have used the small wacoms in windows in photoshop and such. If you're looking for a tablet, get the largest size possible if your doing artwork. I find the small ones to be... annoying.

    Wish i had money for one of their big ones to play with when i get my MBP.
     
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  4. zadillo

    zadillo Notebook Virtuoso

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    I have a Wacom Intuos3 6x8 tablet that I use with a G4 Cube..... I primarily use it with Photoshop, Flash and Painter, and it works very well. I definitely recommend the Intuos line if you can afford the extra amount, since I found the pen sensitivity to be a lot more realistic, etc (and you have a lot more options for additional types of pens).
     
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  5. hollownail

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    Those Intuis's look pretty awesome. Wish I had money to buy one... But I really don't need it as I can't draw well, and most of my photoshop stuff I do, I don't need a digitizer for.

    Though, oddly enough, I can actually draw well on Gateway's M280 TabletPC.... Wish Apple had a MacTablet :p
     
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