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From: ANT_THOMAS26 Oct 2016 20:41
To: graphitone 45 of 84
So if you map the tablet to the screen, does a tap/contact with the stylus move the pointer to that spot, then a mouse click would be a button on the stylus?

or is the stylus tip a button?
From: graphitone26 Oct 2016 20:58
To: ANT_THOMAS 46 of 84
Quote: 
does a tap/contact with the stylus move the pointer to that spot

Aye, that's right.

There's a rocker style switch on the pen which can do a whole host of things (2nd pic attached here)

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From: CHYRON (DSMITHHFX)26 Oct 2016 21:08
To: graphitone 47 of 84
quote: graphitone
There's a rocker style switch on the pen which can do a whole host of things

That's the thing I lost.  :-((

Those pens aren't cheap either, if you can even find them.

From: koswix26 Oct 2016 23:09
To: ANT_THOMAS 48 of 84
Think you kind of hover with teh stylus to move the mouse, contact is equivalent to left click. So contact + movement = left click plus movement (ie drag, paint, eraser etc.)
From: graphitone27 Oct 2016 10:26
To: koswix ANT_THOMAS 49 of 84
What Kos said, I was getting the wrong end of the stick there.

But you can take the stylus away from the tablet and put it down at another spot and the cursor will appear at that point on your screen, you can also hover and move it too. The distance it's effective over is around 0.5cm.
From: koswix27 Oct 2016 15:10
To: graphitone 50 of 84
Been scouring ebay, but the medium ones seem rare second hand and expensive new. Don't want a small one again is it just didn't satisfy my needs last time.
From: graphitone27 Oct 2016 15:29
To: koswix 51 of 84
Have you got the eBay phone app? Get a saved search on there and get it to notify you when new items are listed. It saves on the scouring.

I have a small one, but it still gets the job done.

 
From: CHYRON (DSMITHHFX)27 Oct 2016 15:49
To: ALL52 of 84
YJ, YJ.
From: CHYRON (DSMITHHFX)27 Oct 2016 15:52
To: graphitone 53 of 84
Having worked with both, gotta say I prefer the small one as it's more portable and just seems faster as a mouse replacement (you can literally take the cursor across two spanned displays with the flick of a wrist).

OTOH the medium is probably better for /drawing/ (which I don't use it for).
From: graphitone27 Oct 2016 16:34
To: CHYRON (DSMITHHFX) 54 of 84
Ever tried playing a game with it?

Just thought it might be suited to RTS games.
EDITED: 27 Oct 2016 16:34 by GRAPHITONE
From: CHYRON (DSMITHHFX)27 Oct 2016 17:56
To: graphitone 55 of 84
Nah, I doubt it would be much good in games, at least not the ones I like to play. Ever used a joystick with an FPS? It's really good!
From: koswix27 Oct 2016 19:06
To: graphitone 56 of 84
I do. Problem is there are a squillion model numbers, and a lot are just listed as "wacom tablet".

Got my eye on a couple of intuous 4 mediums that look to be going around the 60 mark..
From: koswix27 Oct 2016 19:07
To: CHYRON (DSMITHHFX) 57 of 84
Absolutely, John.
From: graphitone27 Oct 2016 20:29
To: CHYRON (DSMITHHFX) 58 of 84
Heh, yes, I played Doom with a joystick on a PC. And again with a joypad on the Saturn. :C

When I was introduced to PC gaming proper, I wondered how the hell a mouse and keyboard could be better than a pad.  :-$
From: graphitone27 Oct 2016 20:30
To: koswix 59 of 84
Ah bugger, and if you're any more specific you're going to miss out on that Intuos 5 some clueless person's listed for £0.99.
From: william (WILLIAMA)28 Oct 2016 12:47
To: graphitone 60 of 84
I'm seriously tempted by this.

Can't afford it or justify spending that much. Shitty video. Nevertheless...
From: CHYRON (DSMITHHFX)28 Oct 2016 20:57
To: william (WILLIAMA) 61 of 84
iirc there is/was a wacom ballpoint pen-based stylus so you can put paper on the tablet and draw+digitize.
From: william (WILLIAMA)29 Oct 2016 11:11
To: CHYRON (DSMITHHFX) 62 of 84
They did the 'inkling' but it wasn't generally well received: a bit inaccurate and more for fun than a professional product. I suppose the fact that they've abandoned it is significant. 

Actually, since yesterday I've read a couple of early reviews of the Iskn Slate 2 and it looks disappointing too. No pressure sensitivity, translating speed of movement into line thickness (work hard to produce a product that feels natural to use and then deliberately build in an artificial and unnatural effect??) hit and miss response etc. etc. Worst of all, a couple of reviewers included photos of drawings compared to what the slate 2 captured. Not impressed.
From: koswix29 Oct 2016 19:06
To: ALL63 of 84
New business idea:

Buy second hand intuos 4 tablets for around £80

Sell the pens on ebay for £75
Sell the tablets sans pen for £35
???
Profit!
From: koswix 2 Nov 2016 18:06
To: ALL64 of 84
I know it always used to be the case that going off-brand on tablets was basically a waste of money, but I've been seeing lots of reviews of the Huion range of tablets that are very positive. Main gripes are:

Pen requires a battery (believe wacom have a patent on the wireless power for pen bit)
Surfaces are very smooth/slick when compared to the more paper-y texture of the Wacoms
Drivers can be fiddly to install, and not as customisable as the wacom ones.

Anyone used one? It's very tempting, when a large format one (10" x 6.25") new is about the same as an intuos pen small.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Huion-H610Pro-5080-LPI-10x6-25-Professional-Art-Graphics-Drawing-Tablet-/332020803090?hash=item4d4dfb6612:g:gQMAAOSwZ1BXemoT