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- grafiske
I see some crap called Wacom Bamboo came out. I am a professional designer. I do a lot of photo production. What is the DEAL here?
Should I get intuos 3? 4? 16? Bamboo?
- monNom0
bamboo is probably fine. Intuos is nicer, but not 4-5x nicer. Large palettes can be a pain if your desk space is limited or you want one hand on a keyboard.
Though there's no substitute for a large pad if you want to draw from the shoulder.
- grafiske0
I will probably be using it mostly to touch up photos / burn and dodge. Maybe someday I will be lured into drawing with a computer pen, but right now I am looking to just speed up workflow.
- imadesigner0
A Bamboo will do you fine. Buy it, if you like it upgrade to the Intuos 4 and sell the Bamboo on ebay.
- rascuache0
Got my G/F a bamboo last year, it's still in the box. I'm stealing the fucker.
- shitehawke0
I have a bamboo, its pretty rudimentary, the pressure sensitivity isn't great for proper illustrative work, its a basic entry level model. Better spend a little extra on the intuos and get something you won't want to upgrade in 2 months.
- raf0
I had the bamboo, liked it, upgraded to intuos 3 and could not go back anymore. I think a lot of the experience is the pen tip, bamboos come with a harder one, less pleasant to use. The intuos pen itself has a better grip too. They know how to segment the market and make you want to upgrade.
- bigtrick0
i do my my photo post-processing with an old 4x5 graphire 3. it works great - worlds better for masking and tracing than the mouse. then again, i've never known better so i don't know what i'd be missing.
- iheartfun0
Bamboo is good enough I have one just for small stuff
- boobs0
I have a Bamboo fun, and it is great for Photoshop retouching. Best $100 I ever spent on computer stuff. It gets the full boobs® endorsement®.
- Greedo0
http://www.wacom.com/cintiq/
phwooooaaarrrr- £!imadesigner
- A friend has a cintiq. It's great. Gets hot as hell, tho.pylon
- my buddy trialled one of these, said it was the best thing ever, but he just couldn't afford it :(rascuache
- pylon0
Really depends on how much you use PS / Illy, mate. I've got a 9x12 (or whatever the dimensions are) intuos and there are times I wish it were bigger.
If you just need something for the occasional mask and airbrushing then perhaps the bamboo is fine.
If you've a bigger monitor, get the biggest tablet you can afford.
- benr0ck0
I have a bamboo medium at home, and an intuous3 at work, also a medium. In both locations I use two 24 inch monitors.
you should asses your monitor, and use that as a ratio for what tablet to get- that's why they make a bunch. Ideally I will upgrade my home bamboo to a widescreen intuos3, but for now it works good enough.
the intuos 4 has some handy things you can do with it, but it's not that interesting to me. The tablet works out the best for me for working bezier curves, or rotoscoping work.
If you buy the largest tablet and have a medium size monitor, or two monitors, the mapping is awkward.
- plash0
been using my Intuos for 15 years. (Intuos 1/serial connection) and love it. if you sketch or have a need to fine tune your drawings; then its a must. if you never touch paper anymore, skip it. keep using your mouse; you'll never use it.
- hellojeehae0
i use the small bamboo one and i like it. I am not sure how bigyou want but I don't go crazy on sketching or illustration so it's a perfect fit for me
- inkpink0
get the intuos 4
- BRNK0
I do a lot of digital painting, it's my main medium and I have to say I wish I would have gotten a bigger tablet than the Intuos 3 6"x8". If you do a lot of work at %50 or %33... i.e. rouging things in, large strokes, etc... you'll start seeing some really ugly jagged lines that are an artifact of upscaling if you have a tablet smaller than your monitor.
This may not be a problem if you are just doing retouching, but if you have any illustrative plans for your tablet, go as big as you can afford, or be prepared to be zooming in and out constantly to get smooth lines and see your work (this is the purgatory in which I currently reside.)
- islandbridge0
The Intuos series is way better regarding sensitivity and precission. The nice thing about the bamboo thou is that it supports mulit-touch and gestures with fingers so you can use it without pen or mouse. Its not the best but absolutely better and bigger than the ordinary laptop trackpad.
I have the intuos 4 but are on the way out to buy the new bamboo as a ekstra tablet. You can have multiply tablet connected at the same time also. One for your desktop, and another for your screen output to a 2nd monitor or a projector.
- FredMcWoozy0
it depends on your budget, the bambo is a really nice little tablet but has no brush sensitivity.
But I would recommend the bamboo over a mouse any day. if you have $100 to spend.
If you do get a bambo, get a larger one.
- grafiske0
Extremely helpful thanks a million.
I think it sounds like hte 6x8 Intuos3 or 4 will be good enough.