Like the boulder thing in Indiana Jones? I would say that would be significantly worse than a bullet. I'd much rather be shot and have it all over in one go rather than be running away in terror, just delaying the inevitable crush.
I found the application specific menu last night, so can change sensitivity, pen 'feeling' (hard or soft touch) depending on whether I'm in Photoshop or not.
Drawing and shading isn't quite intuitive yet, but it's a fairly shallow learning curve.
I really like it, for drawing. I'm not going to use it as a mouse replacement any time soon.
The pressure sensitivity is good and works well in Photoshop. It's not really analogous to using a pen or pencil, even though it's as immediate as those, it obviously doesn't have the tactile feedback of working on paper. I've changed my mind, it's not great for shading (at least for my style, which is quite linear with crosshatching etc.), but for creating the simple comic art type stuff, it's really nice. :)
I'll try that and see what it's like. The tablet's surface feels too slippery for my style of drawing. I'm sure it's possible though, I've just not used it enough to get the technique.
I've got better results using a large (A2 or A3) canvas at a high res with really small brushes.
Hmm. I tried courting in a scan with my mouse yesterday. Results weren't great, was wondering if a tablet would be better. I see some of the wacom tablets have a tilt sensor too, so you can vary brush /pencil angle...
Then I saw the Cintiq (?) tablet and screen things - wow! Want!
What's 'courting in a scan' ? If you mean retouching yeah, even a cheap wacom is way better than a mouse.
TBH I don't think tablets hold any real advantage over real media for creating original pencil/pen/brush artwork, even factoring in all the layering, erasing, undo etc. shit. Principle drawback is that you aren't looking at your drawing implement, lack of tactile feedback etc. Plus maybe it's too easy to get caught up in the layering, erasing, undo etc. shit and wind up with really overworked, but conceptually undisciplined results. Maybe the best of both worlds is to use real media, scan it, then digitally manipulate it in various ways.
Again, I think it'd be hard to get used to something like a tilt sensitivity without the tactile feedback. If they could shoehorn a series of shifting weights in the pen for some mega-haptic shenanigans, I'd be all for it.
Uhhh, colouring. I really should check to see what SwiftKey has changed my world to before I hit post.
I'm trying to learn a bit more about drawing at the moment, and I'm quite happy with my progress with pencil and paper, but It'd be nice to have a quick and clean (and cheaper than Copic pens) way to add colour and depth. I like working on real paper, but I do keep trying to control-z when I do something stupid though >.<
I watched some YouTube videos of an ex-disney guy (animator and director, forget his name) creating a sketch and then painting entirely with a wacom and corel paint essentials. Stunning results, if very Disney-esque.
I got one of these. It's the smaller version, but works well for me.
At time of buying they were going for between £35 and £45. I didn't want to spend any more if the tech hadn't improved all that much since I first tried a Wacom way back when. Turns out it has, and I'm pleasantly surprised.
I don't think it's accurate enough for a mouse replacement. Nope, it's probably too accurate. When moving the cursor's a bit erratic, due to it being too sensitive (and there may well be a setting to reduce this) and it's picking up every bit of wobble from my hand. I'm pretty steady handed and it amplifies every shake.
I'm working across two monitors and like Smiffy alluded to before, they're different resolutions and the absolute positioning given the tablet's ratio makes scrolling between them a little odd.