Money burns holes....

Post by **Geebs** » Fri Jul 08, 2005 4:43 pm

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Hmm. Not sure if that's crap handwriting recognition or crap handwriting. Still, it's pretty useful for photoshop if nothing else.

The mouse thingy's pretty uncomfortable, though

Post by **shadd_** » Fri Jul 08, 2005 4:44 pm

you'd need a super computer to decipher doctors handwriting.

Post by **Geebs** » Fri Jul 08, 2005 4:45 pm

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Post by **plained** » Fri Jul 08, 2005 4:47 pm

id like talk reconnition as i can never ever type as fast as i talk or think.

i loose so much with my typing

Post by **plained** » Fri Jul 08, 2005 4:49 pm

you can do nice things in isketch with it tho

your tablet ey

Post by **Nightshade** » Fri Jul 08, 2005 5:10 pm

Wow, Geebs writes like a doctor. Go figure. Now that I think about it, what if plained is actually a physician as well?

Post by **Don Carlos** » Fri Jul 08, 2005 5:16 pm

How much Geebs? I need a tablet for Photoshop...

Post by **Geebs** » Fri Jul 08, 2005 5:26 pm

I got the Wacom A4 for a bit over £300. Now I'm looking at it on my desk it's probably too big for my needs, but it gives quite a lot of precision if you've got a lot of "penning" space as I have it set to map the screen pretty much 1.5:1.

Pen is nice, mouse makes my wrist go carpal pretty much straight away

Post by **plained** » Fri Jul 08, 2005 5:29 pm

hey craftsmen made and evolved theire own tools

Post by **Don Carlos** » Fri Jul 08, 2005 5:33 pm

Fuck 300 fat ones
Made of money sir? :[

Post by **Geebs** » Fri Jul 08, 2005 10:09 pm

The cheapest ones are about 80 quid for A6, I think.

I make 25 quid an hour after tax at the mo... and I do 70 hour weeks

Post by **Don Carlos** » Fri Jul 08, 2005 10:47 pm

bastard

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Sat Jul 09, 2005 12:20 am

Wacom Graphite (or whatever its called) or Intuous?

Post by **Geebs** » Sat Jul 09, 2005 12:02 pm

Intuos3

Post by **Geebs** » Sat Jul 09, 2005 12:05 pm

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Post by **+JuggerNaut+** » Sat Jul 09, 2005 4:33 pm

right

Post by **glossy** » Sat Jul 09, 2005 4:56 pm

i reckon speech recognition would be pretty fucking sweet, except for the fact i'd be waking people up while i'm chatting to myself at 3am.

i also want a tablet so i can do slightly more creative things in photoshop, or not scan shit in all the time (proper handwriting in MSN would be cool, too), but i've heard buying a graphics tablet is pretty hit-and-miss, some of them are top-notch and do what you want but some are shitty -- 3-stage pressure sensitivity, uncomfortably large dead zones on the outer edges, etc.

Post by **Geebs** » Sat Jul 09, 2005 7:19 pm

This Wacom thing seems to be pretty good - took about 5 mins to get to set up and get to grips with the basics; doesn't have any dead zones, pressure sensitivity is good. My sister's a graphic designer and has one too (although, because she's therefore pretty impoverished, she has an A6 model). Tracking is good too.

I only really went for the large model because I have a big widescreen monitor and therefore needed a big tablet to get as close to 1:1 as I could.