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Uhm. What changed?
Yeah. I forgot to mention. The service didn’t work when I tested it, so I just included an actual image of myself. Sorry about that.
Anyone having any experience using drawing boards?
I use a drawing board. I have mainly used it for drawing over photos. An example is here.
It can make interesting picutres. I use Inkscape which is an open source drawing program. Very good!
I use the Wacom Bluetooth tablet ALL the time. An amazing product. It’s big enough to be useful and small enough to take it with you everywhere. It’s a little bit smaller than a 17″ Powerbook. Bluetooth = no cables. You just need to charge it from time to time.
Knut & Oyvind: Thanx!
What size do you think is “a must” and any comments on dpi etc?
Does someone know web-sites for drawingboards or forums?
A6 is the smalest side I’d reccomend. I use the Wacom Graphire 4 and is happy with that. It’s sold for NOK 1.049 at MPX.no.
There’s a forum for the Wacom tablets here.
Wacom Europe is also a good starting point.
I think the Bluetooth model is exactly the right size, not too small, not too big. Where I work, designers used to buy huge A3 tablets. Nowadays most of them have sizes just below A4. The Bluetooth model comes in only one size.
http://www.wacom-europe.com/int/products/wireless/index.asp?lang=en&pdx=10
The Bluetooth model is great because it’s portable. I teach at school in Oslo, and it takes me 20 seconds to hook it up with any Mac in the classrooms.
So does it work along with the mouse? I mean does the mouse still work, when the board is connected?
Any experience with it in Photoshop or similar? Is it tricky to use or is it just a matter of time before you know it?
It works together with the mouse. It’s a little tricky in the beginning because the placement of the pen is absolute and the placement of a mouse is relative. But no big deal. It’s pretty intuitive.