Wacom Intuos3

[xtremewondergal16]

Just a question. I have heard different stories on how long an intuos3 pen nib lasts. How long do your nibs last? I want to buy one, but I can't afford to buy new nibs every month like my bamboo tablet now.

[lonelyfiddler]

lol... You got me there.. I dont look at my mouse when Im using it. How many weeks before you get used to it?

[gogoutube]

ughhh... i hate the side buttons. can someone teach me how to disable them or is there a pen without them!? i keep clicking them when I draw.

[phix95]

I have a general question...if your tablet represents the screen area, when you zoom in, is it the same area? So only what's on the screen corresponds to the tablet (eg you're not making much wider strokes when zoomed in). It didn't look like it.

[mrmikerotch]

Why won't my mouse or pen show up in the tools list in the control panel? I have the latest driver and all I can do is use the side buttons.

[NAGATCBH]

the intuos looks good but might be out of my price range a bit..

the bamboo fun? know anything about it? cheaper but i dont know about quality

[drakzix]

whta is the price mm the Tableta Wacom Intuos 3???

[gifventje]

can you draw realy exact with it?

im a litle bit worried its not that exact?

i meen can you draw as good with a pencil on paper as with a wacom on your pc?

becaus i don't wonna spend a lot of money when it doesn't work verry well. so my question is, is it as good as a normal pencil on paper or do you need some training for it do draw as well?

[riotribunal]

I have my Wacon Intuos 3 for 1 year. It's great, but it demands practice. The more you experience the tools, the better you get. I recommend to buy one bigger than this one show in this video. . .

[gifventje]

so what size would you recommend?

[llNeevall]

The video shows A6 which is really small.

The A4 is the usual size you get used to with paper but in case of the sides, its bigger, so you could get space problems on your table.

I reccomend A5 (which should be medium if there a no numbers)

[BULLIER8]

@gifventje well all you need is to train on your drawing skills =]

[1945z]

I just have one question, I am just a hobby painter, I am interested in buying a tablet, what big difference does it make if I buy Wacom Bamboo instead of Wacom Intuos3 tablets? All I want is to paint in photoshop freely.......

[jasonprini]

Well, a buddy of mine is an illustrator, and he didn't like the Bamboo. I lent him my Intous3 and he tells me it's WAY better.

[synthax303]

for hobby-painter, the bamboo is a good choice, cause it's way cheaper.

if you going to use a digitizer professional, then you have to buy the intuos, cause it's way more precise. it's THE coice of professionals. and cintiq is high-end stuff, but also high-end in price.

[1945z]

Thanks for replying!!! Intuos 3 is very attractive, but Bamboo is cheap and I am not a professionalist. May be I can start with Bamboo, and after some time i can think about updating it with intuos.

[Mirmidon87]

@1945z

intuos3 tablets are much better quality than bamboo, which are good though but intuos3 feel way better. i just switched from a bamboo to a intuos3 and i love it :D !!

[oimeloimel]

what tablet-size would you recommend for an 19" monitor?

[StrikeFear13]

If it's widescreen, the 6x11. Normal ratio, get the 6x8, it's plenty. I have the 9x12 and it's almost too much sometimes. You can find a lightly used Intuos3 6x8" for just over $200 on ebay.

[johnny32690]

oh and the photoshop program that i was talking about is Adobe Photoshop Element 6.0

[johnny32690]

so i bought a Wacom Intous -the 350$ one- and i was just wondering if it comes with adobe photoshop cs3?? its just odd that i got a weird program very similar to photoshop, but its not cs3!! im confused! can someone tell me if you have to buy the cs3 one??? ahh

[TERRANCIO]

lol, thats not Photoshop, thats Elements, photoshop is like $500 or with the CS Suite for about $1300... and the suite comes with Flash, Illustrator, Dreamweaver, inDesign, etc!

i was working on a music store, and one day a kid came in with his mom, he bought a Record player, like $500, one hour later he came back, he said: "Do i need something else, it doesnt work!!!" we said: "well, you need Records!" it always happens!

[johnny32690]

oh haha, yea i just kinda realized that.. thanks

[kanjiguy106]

Can you use the tablet for anything other than drawing?

[soulcrackerz]

Yes, You can use it as a mouse..

[Gulril]

with the proper software you can use it for drawing, writing, advanced audio editing, video editing... it's an input device as any other, mice are more than pointers and keyboards are more than text.

[Mofizzle456]

isnt it very hard to use that? cuz on the tablet itself u cant see wat u r drawing. or does it just become like a sixth sense?

cuz i am getting a tablet for christmas and i am super exited and i am pretty sure i want the "Wacom Intuos 3"

if there are any better ones can u inform me please

thanks !

[jasonprini]

Your best option would be a Cintiq model, but they start at around $1000 for the 12" version.

Do you watch your mouse when you use it? Probably not, and this is the same thing. I found not looking at my pen became natural pretty quickly.

[Mofizzle456]

Thanks!

but what does the Cintiq model have to offer that the intous3 doesn't???

[jasonprini]

The drawing surface has an LCD under it. It's like a tablet computer, it's both a screen and a pen tablet. Just search for Wacom Cintiq.

[shukarpittbull]

thanks for the info :D

[TERRANCIO]

wait, you are giving out advice, but, you dont know how to draw!

?????

[shukarpittbull]

what? what the fuck do you want?

[DimensionDrawer]

the cintiq are lcd and you can see what you are drawing in the tablet, and the program u r using are visible to, i want that one, but it's to expensive ^^"

im taking the A4 with bag when i can pay it ^^

[pahoto]

what size is it and how much does it cost? :D

[nulyak13]

Hey, how long did it take you to get used to drawing so that it was accurate?

[jasonprini]

About 10 minutes. It's pretty natural.

[nulyak13]

Was that just using it the first time? I'm seriously considering this as a must have for Christmas so I wanted to know.

It looks great! The guy at the Apple store said it was very realistic if you were good. I seriously didn't want the kiddy Wacom version. :D!

[snaketh1]

the kiddy "WACOM" version?

you meen bamboo?

[miatageekscott]

im getting one for Christmas

[luondddd]

they use it to draw

i wish i have one