Digital tablet with PI

[erock1]

Healthy & happy holidays everyone!

I was wondering if anyone is curently using or has used a digital tablet for photo editing with PI. I'm think about getting an Intuos3 tablet but wanted to get some feedback good or bad first.

TIA,
Time Warp

[phd]

Check to make sure it works in Windows applications in general as well as the application they typically come bundled with and you shouldn't have a problem. I don't have that brand but using a graphics tablet with a pen in much more intuitive and quicker than using a mouse or trackball in a graphics application.

I find them a pleasure to use for editing pictures.

As long as you can use it as a "mouse substitute" in windows as well, you shouldn't have problems with it in PI.

[MaryLouW]

I use a Wacom Graphire and it works like a charm! There are several members on my board that use the Intuous without problems as well. I haven't heard of any pen that doesn't work with PhotoImpact yet.

[erock1]

phd & marylou,
thanks for the feedback, I appreciate it. I just took a test drive of the Wacom Intuos3 at CompUSA over the weekend. It was the 6 x 8 tablet. I looked at the 4 x 6 but it was definately to small to get use of the mouse. I aboslutely loved it! It works with PI like a charm but to get the most out of it, Adobe Elements or Photoshop is the way to go. It comes bundled with elements 2.0.

Best for healthy & happy holidays,
Erock

[MaryLouW]

When they first came out with the Wacom, 4x6, a whole lot of us PhotoImpact users bought it. It was the first low-cost one on the market. We found it did an awesome job. The mouse that came with it was junk but the tablet was awesome. I still use mine today. My sister doesn't even own a mouse, she uses the pen for everything.

Glad you had a good experience with it.