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What image tablet can you recommend on a budget?
I'm looking for a tablet to use in illustrating on a computer, priced between $150-$200. Any recommendations?
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Any way to use an Android tablet as a cheap touch-screen (display + pointer-input-device) for Photoshop?
Is there a way (a hack; a commercial app; etc...) which enables me to use any of the available <300$ tablets as a pen-input device to my PC? And specifically in Photoshop?
Wacom's offerings are ...
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Drawing directly with a tablet
I am currently using a Wacom tablet to draw. The tablet is a bit small, so I feel that I don't have enough "control" with the stroke. Is it a good idea to draw directly using the tablet to the graphic ...
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Getting accustomed to using a tablet
I've tried using my fianceé's tablet a few times, but I keep getting uncomfortable looking at the screen instead of my hand as I'm working. Does anyone have any tips for becoming more comfortable so ...
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Best techniques for digitizing artwork using a tablet
I need help or rather to be pointed in the right direction please.
Take a look at the artwork:
On the left you see my "on paper" art. On the right is my attempt to do the same thing on the digital ...
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Cheap Cintiq alternatives - tablet PCs with digitizers?
Most of us would love to work with a cintiq-like tablet, but very few could afford one, especially if they are not professionals.
There have been questions about this, ideas to try to use an android ...
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Designing and prototyping for iPad
I have to do some prototyping for an iPad app, and just realized why I was having so much trouble: this is an iPad app. I am used to design website pages/templates, computer interfaces, etc.. I have ...
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Difference between “Bamboo Pen & Touch” and “Intuos4”
I'we been trying to compare the two tablets mentioned in the title.
So far, my results are:
Intuos4 is professional wheras Bamboo is for home use.
Intuos4 has 2048 levels of pressure while Bamboo ...
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How to create Illustrations and Art from Sketches in Adobe Illustrator
I have been using Adobe Illustrator to sketch and draw with my Wacom Tablet, I've gotten pretty good with it. But I'm having trouble figuring out how do I turn those sketches into a real Illustrating. ...
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Active digitizer laptops that open 180°
My old trusty HP Pavilion tx2690eo convertible died just recently, and having found myself in the market for a new digital art device I thought I'd entertain an odd notion I had.
The problem with ...
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iOS, Android, etc., tablet devices in a design workflow?
I'm going to have to spring for one or more tablets (iPad, Tab, whatever) for testing ePubs, digital magazine ads, site rendering, etc. Because I don't have the consumer nature and also because I'd ...
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What kind of tablet are pros using?
This is more of a curiosity, but I was wondering what professional graphics designers/artists are using now that tablet pcs have been much more common and powerful in the passed few years than they ...
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What are some good resources for tablet drawing?
What are some good resources for tablet drawing? Doesn't matter what media ... books, articles, video tutorials, anything else.
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Which graphic tablets support tilt?
Have been googling my eyes out, besides marketing blabla I couldn't find good information at all...
There are several graphic tablet producers:
Wacom
Aiptek
Genius
etc...
Of course Wacom is the ...
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Need an input device between tablet and smartpen
This question is a bit complicated to sum up in the title. I know there are a few technologies when it comes to digitizing your drawings.
Tablets like Intuos and Bamboo
Smartpens like Livescribe ...
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Illustrator messes up curves while drawing with tablet
I don't know if its my Computer [Windows 7 64bit] or if its the tablet [Wacom Bamboo Pen]. But when I try to draw smooth curves in AI, it stops then continues to draw messes up the curves.
Inside ...
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How can I turn my old tablet PC into a Cintiq-like pen tablet?
I've been searching on internet but with no success... I have a old Fujitsu ST5020D Wacom Penabled tablet pc. As you know, a 1ghz Celeron + 256MB RAM wouldn't fill my needs as working on Adobe Master ...
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Wacom hobby-grade graphic tablet, vector graphics application, drawing size question
I do some caricature, cartoons and illustrations, as hobby. I believe that I am okay'ish with pen-n-paper, but recently decided to go digital.
Given my budget, and a quick assessment of needs and ...
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Looking for a good but durable tablet
I'm looking for a decent tablet to use for my hobby drawing. So I need something that is a decent replacement for pen and paper and has a good life time (minimum 2 years). I was interested in Wacom's ...
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Weird Photoshop screen update problem when doing “Step Backwards” with a tablet
When I have my tablet plugged in, "Step Backwards" and "Undo" stop functioning normally. I have CS5 Extended 12.1 64-bit and OS X 10.7.3 with a Wacom Intuos PTZ-630.
Suppose I draw 3 discrete ...
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InDesign HTML 5 plugin or web apps to create HTML 5 ebooks based on InDesign project
I am designing e-books for iPad & Android tablets. The problem is I have very little options to add animated effects to my e-book when doing it on InDesign (which is a must for me, as the e-books ...
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How to convert 8bit image to 16bit image depth size
I am working on android Samsung tablet so it was sport 16bit depth images. so i want to need properly convert 8dit depth to 16bit depth.
I was also trying these but when i was convert to 8bit to ...
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What are useful brush dynamics and tool presets in GIMP 2.8?
In previous versions of GIMP only pressure was recognized by the brush tool. It wasn't much but it was simple. The new GIMP 2.8 introduces an all new brush dynamics system with a ton of customization ...
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Uploading Fast sketches to Internet with Wacom Drawing Board and Phone?
Suppose I have some phone and some Wacom drawing board (I have actually many Wacom boards so suppose any of them). I do not want to plug the Wacom board into my computer but to plug it to my phone ...
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How to select a graphic tablet for 3D applications?
A friend of mine works a lot with CAD programs like AutoCAD or Autodesk Tools. To his birthday I thought it would be a good idea to present him with a graphic tablet for 3D applications. ...
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Creating a text website logo using a tablet (for a beginner)
My girlfriend is a very keen drawer, and would like to somehow transfer her ideas from paper onto the computer - she's drawn many different versions which she wanted to scan in, but I figured it'd be ...
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Disable Photoshop Elements Brush Selection with Pen and Tablet
I have a Wacom Bamboo Tablet with pen, and every time I touch the pen down, the brush selection tool pops up instead of just drawing. I don't recall having this issue in Windows 7, but I was also ...
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Stylus not working correctly on an Android tablet - typical for low price general purpose equipment? [closed]
A while ago i bought an Android tablet, intending to use it as a web browser, ebook reader etc. I kinda liked the idea of being able to doodle on it for fun, so i bought a cheap stylus.
But here's my ...
