Wacom Intuos5
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- fourth0
fyoucher1,
Yes putting the pen down every time you type can be a nuisance at first. I got really good at throwing the pen into the holder like a dart (more with my old intuos3). Lately I've noticed I just type while still holding the pen between my pointer and middle finger– and when I type I'm not using the pointer finger. I can still type pretty fast like this. This is while editing html/css, email, surfing the web, etc. The mouse is connected only because I have to fiddle with BT settings to get my intuos4 wireless connected upon startup every once in a while.
One day wacom will find a way to suspend the pen in mid air right where you left it above the tablet when your hand leaves the tablet to type.
- fyoucher10
The mouse never gets picked up, it just sits there. Whenever I need to use the keyboard, I just move my hand over to the keyboard and type. When I've used the pen, I have to pick it up and put it down. When you're constantly going back and forth, I feel like that's unproductive and prohibitive but let me know if that just because I've only used it so many times. Maybe it just becomes easier over time though.
Also, if you use the pen fulltime, does your hand ever get tired from gripping the small pen? Your hand just rests on the mouse, so my hand never gets tired.
- fourth0
the pen is much more ergonomic for your hand/wrist. Lots of people with carpel tunnel/wrist problems, hand aches, etc find the pen frees them from pain or irritation
- ThisIsMe0
An old employer shelled out for a Large Intuos 4 for me on a recommendation from another designer who found the pen/tablet reduces wrist strain. It took me about a week to get used to it. It was a great change. My only complaint was the Large was a little too big. Too much arm movement. Particularly on a dual screen setup 27" imac + 23" screen. Before I left that job my responsibilities changed from a typical designer to that of template creation and data entry and cutting/pasting snippets of text from multiple windows was a drag.
- yeah medium is a good sweet spot. large only if you are a wide stroke "shoulder" painterfourth
- mantrakid0
Well the felt nibs i use are dark grey, almost black... lets see if i can find them here. I think they give 1 sample of each kind when you get the tablet out of the box. Theres the normal plastic ones, the ones with the spring and these 'black' felt ones:
- This was for my intuos3 tho.. no idea what came with the 4...mantrakid
- turnerworks0
Definitely get a tablet. When I type, I simply let it go from in between my pointer and middle fingers so that it naturally rests in the crease of my thumb and palm. All my fingers are then freed up to type. When I'm done I grab it with my two fingers again and I'm back to holding it normally. Been doing that so long I don't know how long it took my to adjust to that, but it just feels natural now.
- thanks for the tip this is a much better way to hold it than I've been using haha!fourth
- fourth0
hmm those could either be: http://www.wacom.com/en/Products…
or the:
http://www.wacom.com/en/Products…either way I got both with my intros4 and I'm going to try them out. I need to order a new top sheet ($25!)
- CALLES0
i have the large one... its coo
- MrT0
I'm convinced. I've just ordered one. And I thought I'd stopped buying tablets many years back...
- fooler0
I had an AD buy us all tablets years ago. None of used them so he stole all our mice until we converted. It was great except when you get up and take our pen with you and lose it somewhere.
These new tablets look 100 times better but everything I've ever seen coated with "soft touch" wears off especially with heavy use (ever seen inside of a 6 year old VW?)
- mantrakid0
Yeah i bought my intuos3 like 5 weeks before the 4 was announced so I felt shitty - return date passed and all that.. :P
- mantrakid0
hand definitely doesnt get tired for normal use, only time it actually gets tired is when im doing pressure sensitive work and press hard to get thick strokes when inking, etc.
i also fucking LOVE the felt-tip nibs, and ordered up a mad stack of them so i can use them exclusively. Im kind of a neanderthal on the thing and push harder than i have to. With the other pen nibs it was actually causing wear to the protective sheet on the surface. with the pen nibs its like your drawing/writing with a sharpie, so it actually feels a bit soft and frictiony, not to mention zero damage to the surface sheet.
A felt nib, when im done with it, looks like a fucking piece of pocket lint though... just a soft little fluff sticking out of the tip haha.
- fourth0
yes mantra, I think that is the point. At first I wasn't too impressed but I saw how you can write your own gestures for it. In a video I saw the wacom dude programmed a 3 finger up swipe in photoshop as undo. So he screws up and swipes up and bam! it's undone in a sweet gesture.
When I bought my 4 wireless I knew the 5 maybe right around the corner and here it is. The only weary thing is the way it displays your hotkey settings when you rest your finger on the buttons. In theory that sounds nice but I always have my finger trigger resting on these buttons so it seems like that could disrupt my workflow...
- fourth0
^ don't get a intuos4, the bluetooth sucks on it,
get a intuos5
- juanluisgarcia0
i have an intros 3 wide for double monitor usage and looking to upgrade, maybe go wireless, any suggestions?