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Graphic Tablet help

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aarron22

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Nov 11, 2006
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hey, I am considering purchasing a graphics tablet for my Macbook Pro, but am not sure which is best.

I mainly want to use it to draw in Photoshop CS2, use for shading etc, I have looked at a few Wacom tablets on their website but do not have alot of money to spend.

Can anyone help? I would appreciate any feedback.

Aarron
 
I'd recommend Wacom.

If you don't need tilt, or the super-high res of the Intuos, the Graphire's are very nice. Same battery-less pen and mouse. (haven't checked the new Graphire's for tilt, but I'm assuming they still don't support it)
 
is Intuos the best for what I want to do? Much better than graphire?

thanks for your help
 
As you've seen, there's a big price difference. If you use brushes or pens that would benefit from tilt, then you'll have to spring for the Intuos.

I think the resolution difference will be less noticable, but I haven't much personal experience with the Graphire. (I have a few year old Intuos 4x5)
 
gr8tfly said:
I'd recommend Wacom.

If you don't need tilt, or the super-high res of the Intuos, the Graphire's are very nice. Same battery-less pen and mouse. (haven't checked the new Graphire's for tilt, but I'm assuming they still don't support it)
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i would def. recommend wacom. i currently use intuos (after using a graphire for a couple years) and they are excellent (a big plus is the wireless/battery free mouse)

enjoy
 
The Intuos ones have twice as much sensitivity than the Graphire ones. I'd highly recommend springing for an Intuos if you're serious about whatever you're doing.
 
aarron22 said:
is Intuos the best for what I want to do? Much better than graphire?

thanks for your help
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I currently own one of each and prefer the Intuos personally. For light use the Graphire works just fine. Wacom is the way to go regardless of which one you choose.

The Graphire has 512 levels of pressure sensitivity vs 1024 levels pressure sensitivity/tilt sensitivity on the Intuos.
 
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