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Mouse vs. Tablet
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Ciao Tutti
I’m starting to paint a bit using the brushes in LR2 and fall subject to random mouse jumps occasionally (yes they happen on Macs as well as PCs hehe!), so I find myself deleting my brush strokes & starting again, or else I’m left with a random line of increased exposure or whatever across part of my image.
Was wondering about using a tablet & pen to paint instead of mouse. Would this issue be solved? Generally what are the advantages to using a tablet over a mouse? Generally speaking I’m not having too much problem navigating with my mouse, whether zoomed in or out, when making local adjustments, and brush sizes, feathering etc are easy to adjust anyway.
I can be a bit of a Luddite sometimes, so pardon me if it’s a silly question.
And as it’s crossed my mind now, are there any recommendations, or tablets to stay away from (apart from the funny sort sold on dark street corners :mrgreen:)
Cheers.
:arrow: I work with a wacom since 6 years. It’s worth the money. It is more precise, feels more natural and you have more control than a mouse. Perfect for selections, use of brush…..
Wacom is the best company (my opinion). the surface is very good and the pen is ergonomic! I work with a A4 wacom.
Keep in mind that the screen is reduced to a smaller size when you work with a A5. I recommand A4 for detailwork!
for offices….an A5 is enough!
when you get a tablet, put your mounse in the drawer, if you dont you will never get used to the tablet
stcstc wrote:
when you get a tablet, put your mounse in the drawer, if you dont you will never get used to the tablet
What he said… I’ve had a couple of tablets and never been able to get on with either. Then again, I can do anything I want with a mouse.
Si
I bought a cheapie from Argos and it works as I would expect it to – good! The problem others have with using it I’ve gotten around by nature – I have an ergonomically designed mouse set for your right hand, but I’m left handed. So I got used to using the mouse in the right hand and use the tablet with my natural drawing left hand. Having a dual monitor setup helps too where I set the tablet to only use the left monitor and given that it’s an A4 tablet the setup works just fine for me.
I don’t use it a lot but for fine detail work, and very selective dodging/burning I find it invaluable. Don’t even consider an A5…not worth throwing away a few quid for a bad experience.Alan.
i have mine set to work like a mouse tracking, and have a A5 wide wacom. it works great with 2 24 inch monitors
i had a cheap one a while ago and although it worked, now having used the wacom i see how the other cheap one was no where near as good.
There are some tasks that are better suited to a mouse and some better suited to a tablet. For example, I still haven’t been able to make very small precise movements with a pen and tablet but have no difficulty doing so with a mouse (I’m talking here of movements of about 1 or 2 pixels). On the other hands there is nothing better than a pen and tablet for things like brushing on layer masks. So I just use both.
Thanks for all your input. Back from a somewhat obscure weekend away..
I’m mostly thinking about using a tablet for painting/brushing, including detail work. Sounds like it works pretty well for these tasks and a big improvement on using a mouse.
Madeleine Calaido Weber wrote:
Keep in mind that the screen is reduced to a smaller size when you work with a A5. I recommand A4 for detailwork!
How do you mean reduced to a smaller size?
Sounds generally like I should be considering an A4 one, regardless, as it seems that A5 is a bit too cramped.
Wacom has a range of stuff.. any recommendations or preferences or suggestions? I don’t mind spending the cash but don’t like getting the ‘bigger & better’ just for the sake of it. It’s for home use, anyone using Lightroom 2 will be familiar with the adjustment brushes (I don’t use PSCS). Let me know any other questions…
And thanks again ;)
ben4130 wrote:
I use the wacom a5 wide and let me tell you ……. its huge
Cool – thanks. Which one do you have?
Edit – looks like it’ll be the Intuos3.
yeah its an intuos 3, i bought it at focus last year for a steal, i got the special edition with the airbrush, which i have yet to figure out how to use.
I use an apple 23″ screen and the drawing surface on the tablet is more than enough, my girlfriend uses an a6 for graphic design and illustration and it works a treat.
I think the intuos 3 a5 wide would be a fantastic buy.I used to do all my editing by mouse but just this year started to use a wacom intuos 3.
They’re amazing and I now find it SO frustrating trying to edit with a mouse!
Point of interest – I’ve always used a mouse with my right hand even for editing but, as I’m left-handed – I use the pen and tablet with my left hand.
I end up switching back and forth sometimes!
I have been using a Wacom for about ten years now and never use a mouse. I currently have an A5 wide and find it great for my 23inch screen. If you are thinking about it then I would say go for it, you wont be sorry. I never use my mouse now at all, it’s a dust catcher.
The only negative thing I have to say about using a Wacom is that sometimes it can take a good few seconds for the pen to register with the tablet if you take it away from it….which probably doesn’t sound like much, but is VERY irritating!
I use an HP Touchsmart screen and a stylus, which I’d swear by. I can work directly on my images
right on the screen, no second guessing, fine details no problem at all. I’ve never used a tablet, but
I can’t imagine ever taking that step backwards. Tablets are all very well, but buy a cheap one
that you won’t mind throwing out when you want to replace it with a touch screen…Rob.
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