Which Wacom is best for game art? Which Wacom should he get and what size?
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definetly an intuos product than graphire or bamboo. 6x8 should be fine and i would highly suggest getting the special edition available on amazon. Some people argued that 6x11 was far better than 6x8 for some reason. Since intuos special edition 6x8 and 6x11 costs the same on amazon ($369), perhaps it would be better to get the 6x11. but that's up to you Summary: 6x8 = for easier portability and ideal for limited desk space 6x11= more accuracy when drawing circles (according to many 6x11 reviews), wider surface to trace art work on, but takes a chunk out of desk space. smaller than 6x8 just don't cut it for professionals, bigger than 6x8 maybe just too big unless you have the desk space to accomodate it. hope this helps!
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The Wacom is a great tool for drawing, I would think that pretty much anyone can pick it up since it works like a pen. It's also more ergonomic than a mouse in my opinion.
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There's one major problem I had. I couldn't get the pressure sensitivity to work with Gimp. I could get it to work with other programs though. There are some instructions on Google for fixing this, but I still couldn't get it to work. Also the drivers for this don't work very well, and I would have trouble with the tablet work and not work at random times. I recommend spending more and getting a wacom.
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I picked up an ep121 at fry's in concord last week, I have a CINTIQ 21UX, and I'm employed as a character artist. The cintiq pen and intuos pens won't work on it as people have already said. The pressure sensitivity is not working in photoshop, i think there's a driver fix for this but i haven't bothered with it. Photoshop works best with a keyboard/keypad anyways. Alias sketchbook pro will be your friend. The brushes work great and the program is stroke based. 256 levels of pressure sensitivity, it depends on the artist. It's fine for me, I don't know that my arm has 256 levels of pressure. The line quality is good and it's responsive while drawing. Awesome device for drawing on the go, or sitting on the couch. Any serious work you'll probably want to use a standard computer, but no reason you shouldn't be able to do great things on the ep121. Battery life i get around 3-4.5 hours depending on use. I hope they start shipping these things out to you all soon, I'm loving mine! ps. This thing also runs zbrush pretty well. although it's pointless to try to use zbrush with a resolution os 1200x800, the menu's are too filling. But, it CAN handle a million polygons without much problem. I didn't try maya on it yet. If anyone's interested i can give it a shot.
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Although it is a great tool, most schools with a Photography Dept. have a computer Lab with all the necessary equipment. I currently have a 12x18 Wacom 4. It is a great piece of gear, but does take up a lot of space on the desk. Before purchasing the tablet, try to find out what resources she has for doing her work currently. The Wacom tablet might be a better gift for graduation.In addition, the tablet is really just another version of a mouse...it operates with a 'pen' and has more sensitivity. To really do high end photo editing or more precisely photo manipulation, you need to have Adobe Photoshop installed. This program has all the filters and features to do just that.Good luck. Although it is a great tool, most schools with a Photography Dept. have a computer Lab with all the necessary equipment. I currently have a 12x18 Wacom 4. It is a great piece of gear, but does take up a lot of space on the desk. Before purchasing the tablet, try to find out what resources she has for doing her work currently. The Wacom tablet might be a better gift for graduation.In addition, the tablet is really just another version of a mouse...it operates with a 'pen' and has more sensitivity. To really do high end photo editing or more precisely photo manipulation, you need... » Read More Although it is a great tool, most schools with a Photography Dept. have a computer Lab with all the necessary equipment. I currently have a 12x18 Wacom 4. It is a great piece of gear, but does take up a lot of space on the desk. Before purchasing the tablet, try to find out what resources she has for doing her work currently. The Wacom tablet might be a better gift for graduation.In addition, the tablet is really just another version of a mouse...it operates with a 'pen' and has more sensitivity. To really do high end photo editing or more precisely photo manipulation, you need to have Adobe Photoshop installed. This program has all the filters and features to do just that.Good luck. « Show Less
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I don't use pixelmator much, but the Wacom seems to work on it. Although I am far from a graphic genius, I would venture to say that the Wacom is really a very, very precise mouse. Good luck, Sharon
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Hello I bought the Wacom tablet because I'm a graphic designer and digital artist, for me, was the best money I ever spend, I work daily with my Wacom and I never regret for purchased it. If you will gift it to your daughter I recommend you buy a briefcase for save it and carrier it (the original box is not good enough), a flex laptop table or something like that for comfort and better grip too.I use a laptop stand similar to this Rolodex Mesh Workspace Laptop Stand, Black/Silver (82410)
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We recommend the GT-190 tablet monitor. It has 5080 DPI and 2048 levels of pressure sensitivity. For $450 it is a great alternative to tablets that costs four times the price. As for software for beginners, there are free drawing programs out there, such as MyPaint, Krita, Fire Alpaca and so on. If you would like to buy a drawing program, we recommend Adobe Suites. Hope this helps.
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My daughter she loves the Wacom Intuos she's in her third year Majoring art at U.C. Irvine. She hasn't had a problem yet. She has the smaller version, but I will invest in the larger version soon as she is comfortable with this one.
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I use the Boogie Board Rip and don't think it can be used as an alternative input for a PC. You can capture sketches and drawings, but not in "real time"...the Wacom gives you an immediate pen-based input on your PC or Mac.
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do a search for axiotron wacom on ebay, same model but with two buttons on the side. It's about 9 bucks with a bunch of different nibs included.
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I do not own a Wacom tablet, The Genius EasyPen Tablet runs a Window 7 operating system and I got with my tablet Corel Painter Essential 4 with it. It comes with its own software to use right away the software to set the tablet and pen up is easy to understand. Bashar I would recommend it for the software alone and the tablet works great. I am not an expert in Graphic Tablets, Wacom seems to be popular too, I looked at the tablets on Amazon and I am pleased with my purchase.
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From wacom: System Requirements PC: Windows®XP SP3, Windows®Vista SP2, 7 (32/64 bits), 8Mac: Mac OS X, v 10.5.8 o posterior (procesador Intel)
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I have never used a Wacom, but this is so worth the price. Nothing can beat it.
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Thanks for your answers. If there's a Wacom rep reading this, do you know of any plans to develop more types of tips? I really liked the multiple tips & styli when I used them for my Wacom tablet (bought 6 yrs ago) & there would definately be a market for them. :-)
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I use a wacom w/ rubber nib with mine.(I sometimes call the nib a "nibble". Im too funny.
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For the record, GIMP seems to just have this problem in general. I have an older Wacom and I couldn't get it to work with GIMP no matter what I tried. You might want to try Krita; it's another free graphics program that seems to be geared more towards artists and doesn't have the tablet issues that GIMP does.