included drivers and utilities. I would assume these are the standard utilities that they usually come with (Adobe elements and Corel paint (but what version?))
chicagonick
Member
posted: Mar. 27, 2009 @ 8:56a
yankeefan2525 said: I really want one. I don't know why, but I do.
Is it really that much easier to do photoshop editing with one of these? YES. much easier!
i am a retoucher at a marketing agency and every retoucher in the whole company has one... we use the 9x12 intuos 3 at work but for home use a $47 bamboo will be more than fine
barbEdullard
Ancient Member
posted: Mar. 27, 2009 @ 9:13a
Free shipping "appears" to not work at first. Just input coupon, then scroll down and choose 2 business day shipping. It will then give free shipping. If using Dell dpa you can save another $1.35, and 2.5% through Fatwallet.
THANKS OP! My Son is an artist, he will love this.
barbEdullard said: Free shipping "appears" to not work at first. Just input coupon, then scroll down and choose 2 business day shipping. It will then give free shipping. If using Dell dpa you can save another $1.35, and 2.5% through Fatwallet.
THANKS OP! My Son is an artist, he will love this.
Thanks for the tip. I was also having an issue with this.
barbEdullard said: Free shipping "appears" to not work at first. Just input coupon, then scroll down and choose 2 business day shipping. It will then give free shipping. If using Dell dpa you can save another $1.35, and 2.5% through Fatwallet.
THANKS OP! My Son is an artist, he will love this.
heh i got a whole stack of these. they are a royal pita to use compared to a decently sized intuos. disable the horrible gesture system and it will much better.
my (bamboo) sits under a pile of books now. where as the larger wide-format intuos gets used. something about the size was very very difficult to adjust to. or the pen or something.
Keep in mind that this is the regular Bamboo. Not the Bamboo Fun. What does this mean? When you flip the pen around to use as an eraser, it does nothing. For some it could be a deal breaker. I am an idiot so the eraser is an essential function for me when editing photos.
Hiya
Thrifty Member
posted: Mar. 27, 2009 @ 9:46a
I have a standard Bamboo and the eraser functions well. If I recall, the difference is that the Bamboo Fun comes with a mouse.
It is a really great gadget and a lot of fun to use. If you are interested in getting into digital art, this is a great entry level price. I find the size pretty perfect for most applications, but I can understand someone used to a bigger tablet finding it annoying.
The other difference between this and the Fun version is supposedly the texture of the pad itself. I believe the Fun has a bumpy texture that is meant to mimic the feel of pencil on paper whereas the non-Fun has a smooth pad. I picked it up anyways as I have been meaning to get a tablet for a while to see how they feel. I'm currently borrowing a tablet pc and the ability to write on the screen is very useful at times. I'm not sure how it will be, not writing on the screen itself, but for this price I'll give it a try.
Minjin said: The other difference between this and the Fun version is supposedly the texture of the pad itself. I believe the Fun has a bumpy texture that is meant to mimic the feel of pencil on paper whereas the non-Fun has a smooth pad. I picked it up anyways as I have been meaning to get a tablet for a while to see how they feel. I'm currently borrowing a tablet pc and the ability to write on the screen is very useful at times. I'm not sure how it will be, not writing on the screen itself, but for this price I'll give it a try.
Can't people just tape down a piece of paper to get the paper feel?
jlamorey
New Member
posted: Mar. 27, 2009 @ 10:44a
Does this only work with Vista or will this work with XP as well? I've been wanting one for awhile and this is a great price!
well on vista ultimate this makes your tablet functionality come alive. iirc the XP had a special version for tablet called XP tablet edition.
honestly all that handwriting stuff just gets in the way. same with gestures. use it with pshop and be done. or get a multitouch screen and wait for windows 7
Minjin said: The other difference between this and the Fun version is supposedly the texture of the pad itself. I believe the Fun has a bumpy texture that is meant to mimic the feel of pencil on paper whereas the non-Fun has a smooth pad. I picked it up anyways as I have been meaning to get a tablet for a while to see how they feel. I'm currently borrowing a tablet pc and the ability to write on the screen is very useful at times. I'm not sure how it will be, not writing on the screen itself, but for this price I'll give it a try.
I have this model and the Bamboo Fun. The main differences are the Bamboo Fun comes with a wireless mouse and includes Adobe photo and Corel paint software.
I bought this model off eBay for my daughter to draw thinking it was the same as the Bamboo Fun. So I then bought a Bamboo Fun and once I installed the software that came Bamboo Fun this model seems to work the same except for not having the wireless mouse.
travfar said: Minjin said: The other difference between this and the Fun version is supposedly the texture of the pad itself. I believe the Fun has a bumpy texture that is meant to mimic the feel of pencil on paper whereas the non-Fun has a smooth pad. I picked it up anyways as I have been meaning to get a tablet for a while to see how they feel. I'm currently borrowing a tablet pc and the ability to write on the screen is very useful at times. I'm not sure how it will be, not writing on the screen itself, but for this price I'll give it a try.
Can't people just tape down a piece of paper to get the paper feel?
That's what I did for out Wacom Graphire - just used a self adhesive label.
hmm you may be on to something. the texture was different and since these are capacitive pens you can stack a ton of junk on the pad and it will still pick up
Thanks OP. Since my desktop pub/retouching job is going overseas any month now I needed one for home. Maybe I can do some free-lance work at home before I get the Greeter job at Wally-mart.
icecreamlikit
Member
posted: Mar. 27, 2009 @ 11:17a
yankeefan2525 said: I really want one. I don't know why, but I do.
Is it really that much easier to do photoshop editing with one of these?
Masking or erasing out backgrounds or just plain painting in photoshop is a walk in the park with a wacom tablet. you'll seriously wonder how the hell you got by without it.
I'd be in on this if the intuos4 didn't just come out. I'm waiting for a deal on one of those bad boys...
jlamorey
New Member
posted: Mar. 27, 2009 @ 11:19a
rigor said: well on vista ultimate this makes your tablet functionality come alive. iirc the XP had a special version for tablet called XP tablet edition.
honestly all that handwriting stuff just gets in the way. same with gestures. use it with pshop and be done. or get a multitouch screen and wait for windows 7
I'm just curious if this will actually work on my laptop with XP?
jlamorey said: rigor said: well on vista ultimate this makes your tablet functionality come alive. iirc the XP had a special version for tablet called XP tablet edition.
honestly all that handwriting stuff just gets in the way. same with gestures. use it with pshop and be done. or get a multitouch screen and wait for windows 7
I'm just curious if this will actually work on my laptop with XP?
I installed it on a desktop running XP, so I don't see why it would be any different on a laptop. Just plugs into a USB port.
jlamorey
New Member
posted: Mar. 27, 2009 @ 11:27a
mdyoung said: jlamorey said: rigor said: well on vista ultimate this makes your tablet functionality come alive. iirc the XP had a special version for tablet called XP tablet edition.
honestly all that handwriting stuff just gets in the way. same with gestures. use it with pshop and be done. or get a multitouch screen and wait for windows 7
I'm just curious if this will actually work on my laptop with XP?
I installed it on a desktop running XP, so I don't see why it would be any different on a laptop. Just plugs into a USB port.
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