I got an early Christmas present today. It’s a Wacom tablet. I was looking at one a year ago, but got a new cell phone instead. I have to say that I can’t wait to get better at using this thing. At first I thought it would be impossible to learn write on one surface while looking at a screen, but by the end of the day, my handwriting had cleared up and I could draw fairly accurately. Below is a picture I played with in Photoshop.
You can use it as your only input device if you want. It’s capable of it. A little bar floats in and out of the left side of the screen. Click a form and then click the bar and you are given an input screen. Just write on the tablet and click insert when you are done and the software translates it into text. Of course that’s in a perfect world. You have to train the software. You can do this as you go. It will learn from your corrections. Or you can go through the training steps of writing 50 sentences that the software gives you.
I played around with voice recognition software to write faster a few years ago. It sucked back then. You could train it, but it took forever. I eventually used it to write surreal poetry. It’s about all it was good at. I haven’t tried any of this type of software since.
But the handwriting recognition software is surprisingly good. I would actually give it a chance. I am still having trouble writing as fast as do on paper, but it’s getting better. I was going to write this post that way, but I gave up and typed it.
The set also came with a mouse, but the pen is just as good. It will do everything the mouse will. It has two buttons close to where your thumb would be.
The only thing I would do differently is get the bigger model because the pad represents the computer screen. A size closer to the size of my monitor would be nice.
Tapeleg
I just got a Bamboo a few weeks ago, and I love it. The mouse is a nice touch, even if the surface it operates on is a little small. If I know anyone who is going to get Photoshop Elements, I would steer them towards this. It’s the same price as a retail Elements, so it’s like getting a free tablet and Corel Painter (way light) for free.
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My boyfriend got me a Wacom tablet for my birthday last month. It’s absolutely amazing. The only problem I’m having with it is lack of time to use it.
Stephan Miller
Yeah, I know the time thing. I figure while I do have some time, I will force myself to use it as the only input device. Not even use the keyboard if possible. A few sessions like that and it will become second nature.
As far as images I have worked with though, it seems to save time compared to using a mouse.
Jon
I just ordered the Bamboo Fun tablet a few minutes ago..
I’m SO excited to get it.
How hard is it to use in Photoshop?
that’s basically what I bought mine for,, just some casual photo editing.
Stephan Miller
I thought it would be hard, but it was way easy after an hour or so. By then, the tablet was the only thing I was using in Photoshop. No keyboard, no mouse. And there is much accuracy than when trying to draw or edit with a mouse.
Linda96 Resources
I also thought it could be hard to use. But for sharper drawing things, it will be definite use. Thanks for the information,
regine
I’m not sure if anyone already mentioned this, [because i just skimmed through this page] and I was just wondering if anyone knew how to hand-write emails using the pen tablet..?
Stephan Miller
Not sure other then by sending the email as an image. Because anything else would require a font, which whoever you send the email to would have to have installed.
David Bradley
Yeah! I got a Wacom tablet (A5) a few years ago, used it for about a week, never got on with it, sold it “as new” on Amazon for 3 quid less than I paid for it.
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Margaret
Is there a book you can get for using this product. I need more help than going back and forth from page to page. I’ve used computers some but not as skillfull at this as I would like to be. Need instructions for a beginner. Thanks
Stephan Miller
I am not sure there is much more than the instructions that come with the install disk. The tablet and pen combination is basically a twist on the mouse. Just learn the movements and clicks and practice it a while. The learning curve isn’t that hard to handle.
Rick Culver
I was wondering how do I sign forms with my own handwriting with the pen and tablet?
Stephan Miller
I would think you would have to use some sort of graphics program first to create an image of your signature that could be used on a form but I am not quite sure.
lynnscott
This sounds diffrent,do you need to be good at graphics…I will need to see it first..Good post..and find.
Holmes Humidifier
I don’t see the picture of it in this post. I know it is old post, but I was also interested in getting one of those gadgets. A bigger pad is definitely more convenient to write on.
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This is very difficult to use in photoshop because this tablet is different from mouse
may take a long time to familiarize myself so I can use this in photoshop
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