I have been experiencing a absolute horrible brush lag using my Wacom Intuos in Photoshop with my home computer. I have a feeling it may be my desktop (as the problem is not as prevalent at work-although others are) but wanted to throw my problem out there. Basically it is a 1-3 second lag anytime i make a brushstroke.
Wacom Graphire Bluetooth tabletThe Graphire Bluetooth Tablet marks the first time Wacom has added Bluetooth connectivity to a tablet. The Graphire set includes a digital pen, a mouse, and a tablet designed for artists and graphic designers who need a degree of control unattainable with a standard mouse. Regular computer users who suffer from repetitive strain injuries-heck, anyone interested in a different way to work-will also appreciate its ease of use. However, at a price of nearly $250, only serious artists and designers will shell out for the Graphire.Installing the Graphire Bluetooth tablet is easy and includes installing the drivers and the software from an included CD. The Bluetooth setup, however, is a bit more problematic-it took us a few attempts to connect using the Bluetooth Setup Wizard on our PC. After the initial setup, the computer's Bluetooth consistently recognized the tablet if it was in range-within approximately 30 feet.
The Graphire's start-up guide offers instructions on how to set up on both Macs and Windows machines, but it gives little Bluetooth troubleshooting advice. A more detailed user manual is included on the installation CD. Once the Graphire's battery is fully charged, you can use it without the limitations of cords, and it comes with no wired hook-ups, so if you don't have Bluetooth, this isn't the tablet set for you. And, unlike some other sets, such as the Adesso CyberTablet 8600, neither the pen nor the mouse requires batteries of their own.The sleek, gray Graphire tablet matches the pen and the mouse. The tablet's active area, which is 6 inches by 8 inches, is covered by a removable plastic panel. You can place a photo or a piece of art under it for easy tracing-a handy feature for artists. There's also a place to stow the pen on the back of the tablet.
The mouse, the pen, and the tablet have buttons that you can configure using the intuitive Pen Tablet Properties control panel, which installs along with the driver. The pen, which is about the same size as an average ballpoint, has a conveniently placed rocker switch that defaults to left- and right-click buttons, and the tip and eraser's sensitivity levels are adjustable. The mouse has three programmable buttons: left- and right-click buttons and a scrollwheel. The tablet has two programmable buttons that can open files, launch programs, or perform keystrokes.Both the pen and the mouse have their own operating modes to which the tablet adjusts its sensitivity accordingly. In pen mode, the active area defaults to absolute positioning-if you rest the tip of the pen on the bottom-right corner of the active area, the cursor will point to the bottom-right corner of the screen. In mouse mode, the tablet reverts to relative positioning, and the cursor moves as with any mouse.
Because the tablet recognizes the pen's movement up to a quarter inch above the actual tablet surface, drawing and writing accurately takes some practice and requires deliberate movements; but the pen is very sensitive and accurate. The mouse also works only on the tablet pad and moves by touch, which creates slightly more resistance while sliding the mouse over the tablet than when using a typical optical mouse on a desk. When using both the pen and the mouse to move the cursor, we didn't experience any cursor lag or loss of signal. The accompanying software bundle is impressive and, undoubtedly, is a factor in the set's premium price. Included in the pack are Adobe Photoshop Elements 2.0, Corel Painter Essentials 2.0, and Nik Color Effect Pro 2.0 GE. It's a fairly powerful pack of software, but we can't help but think that anyone who's willing to shell out $250 for the Graphire already has their own graphics software. We wish Wacom offered a less expensive, hardware-only package.Wacom offers toll-free phone support from 7:30 a.m.
Monday through Thursday and from 8:30 a.m. Friday PT; driver downloads and e-mail support are also available via the. The Graphire for Bluetooth comes with a one-year limited warranty for the hardware.
Wacom Intuos Pro$299.95 When it comes to precision photo editing, a tablet may be the tool you never knew you desperately needed. Although the Wacom tablet has long been a favored tool of graphic designers and digital artists, it’s also an excellent piece of editing gear for photographers.The Wacom Intuos Pros allows you to return to your roots of putting a pen to paper to create an image - a tactile experience that many younger digital artists may be out of touch with. If you’ve spent a number of years editing with a mouse or trackpad there will undoubtedly be a a bit of a learning curve when it comes to using the pen, but with a little bit of practice you will likely find this device speeds up your editing process and make tools like dodging, burning and clone-stamping much more precise. Key features.
338 x 219 x 8mm / 13.2 x 8.5 x 0.3 in. 1.54lb / 0.7kg. Wacom Pro Pen 2 with 2 programmable buttons. 8192 pen pressure levels (up from 2048). 8 Customizable ExpressKeys.
Built-in Bluetooth connectivity and USB connectivity. Pen stand with 10 replacement nibs (tips). Choose between 'standard' or 'felt' nibs for added friction. Mac and Windows compatibleWhat's newThe Wacom Intuos Pro tablet is thinner and lighter than its predecessor, so it occupies less real-estate on your desk. Despite this, the active area is larger thanks to a slimmer bezel and he surface plate can be swapped for a variety of different textures depending on your preferences. The Wacom Intuos Pro is designed to imitate a large piece of paperThe new version utilizes the Wacom Pro Pen 2, which comes with a weight base (shown below), and is slimmer than version 1 – It also features two programmable buttons and 8192 pressure levels (up from 2048). Wireless Bluetooth connectivity is also new to the Wacom Intuos Pro.
DesignThe Wacom Intuos Pro is designed to imitate a large piece of paper. The user chooses the orientation of the tablet and how it will map to their computer screen – this makes it a great tool regardless of your computer setup or dominant hand.
On one side of the tablet you will find eight customizable express keys and the touch ring. The power switch and the touch functionality switch are located on the side of the tablet near the express keys and the optional USB plugin is on the opposite edge of the tablet.The Wacom Pro Pen 2’s stand stores additional nubs. The pen itself has two customizable buttons – flip it upside down and you can use it as an eraser. The tablet itself has rubber grip on the bottom to keep it in place, and its slim profile makes it easy to travel with or store away when space is limited. In useIt had been a number of years since I’d used a tablet for photo editing, and I can confirm that the learning curve was certainly there. But after a bit of practice with the pen and tablet I found the process of retouching scanned negatives in Adobe Photoshop to be more precise, faster and less taxing on my wrist than it would have been if I were using a mouse. Put another way, the difference between retouching with the Wacom pen vs.
The mouse is like hand-writing a note with a fine tipped Sharpie vs a paint roller. The eraser is precise as well. I found it to be particularly helpful when creating multi-layer image compositions.The vast degree of pressure responsiveness in the Pro Pen 2 is something I really appreciated, especially when it came to dodging, burning and light retouching. Press hard and the results are more pronounced, use a lighter touch and everything is more subtle.
If you are particularly heavy-handed you can adjust the overall sensitivity of the pen. The difference between the Wacom pen and a mouse is like hand-writing a note with a fine-tipped Sharpie versus a paint rollerThe buttons on the side of the pen make it easy to control the brush size. At first I found myself accidentally pressing them as I edited, but I eventually learned to slightly rotate the pen while I worked to avoid this problem.Also of note is that I observed no noticeable lag time between tablet and computer screen when it was connected via USB.
The Bluetooth connection also seemed quite good, though I did notice a little bit of latency when using the paintbrush tool for extended periods of time.Of course, Photoshop is not the only application the Intuous Pro is good for; I also used the tablet to work on images in Adobe Lightroom. And while it was useful for cloning and healing, I found it to be a little unwieldy when making adjustments to the slider. Ultimately I think I still prefer utilizing the mouse and the keyboard shortcuts that have been burned into my muscle memory for Lightroom work. Bottom lineIf you’ve never used a tablet and pen setup – or if it’s been a number of years since you’ve picked one up – the Wacom Intuos Pro will take some getting use to. Give it time though, because if you are doing a lot of image retouching, image compositing or light graphic design work, this editing accessory will certainly boost your productivity. And the customizable functions will make it appeal to a large variety of users.
In all, we think that this tool can help take your editing workflow and the final image results to the next level.What we like:. Pen delivers precise results.
Pressure sensitive tip. Lightweight and travel friendly.
Highly customizable. Excellent to use with Adobe PhotoshopWhat we don’t like:. Somewhat laggy Bluetooth connectivity; not a huge problem for light retouching jobs, but could become problematic when making large scale image composites that require a lot of painting. @UserA Wacom tablet is more than the pen. Reviews often focus on things like pressure sensitivity, but the feature I use most on this product is the scroll wheel to cycle through the layers of my image.The tablet also has a switch on the side that turns it into a trackpad, so you can literally pinch and zoom and perform your usual trackpad gestures across the whole of the tablet surface.It's also fully customisable, so it's not really comparable to the Apple and Microsoft pens - it's a much more versatile and integrated product.
I have this and previous generation models. Use it for retouch.I found that this model is much less comfortable to use than previous, also still cant get used to buttons without displays on the side. The pens nib get used up faster.
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The feel of 'pen-paper' is more like gimmick - and its get annoying with time if you do a long retouch session. But I got used to it.
Maybe its better you if you drawing.Bluetooth basically unusable, if you want to do proper work and expect precise response. So mine is always connected via usb-c cable - on which I have the same complaint as last - who though to put it on the side?!
Why it cant be on upper side, so that the cable can hide somewhere:).Anyway, wacom is the best for pro retouch work. So a must have.Previous pro series was much better, but no longer available, unless used. No need whatsoever to buy the Pro version if you're only using it for photography.
I've been using the cheaper Wacom entry level pen tablets (Bamboo, One) for ages and have also used the pro versions on occasions and there's no real difference if you're just using it for general retouching.What the pro versions offer over the entry level ones is that they offer a lot more and finer levels of pen pressure. If you're using it to actually draw then that's a big advantage but if you just use it as a glorified mouse then you might as well get the cheap ones.Also, I would strongly advise to consider the Small versions for the same reason. A bigger tablet is better if you're doing long pen strokes but if you're just using it for retouching and as a a mouse then the smaller real estate is actually an advantage since your hand doesn't have to travel that far.
@Telia DayI'd truly be hard pressed to notice the difference between the pressure sensitivity of the Intuos vs the Intuos Pro model for most photography applications. (It's not like the current Intuos tablets with 4096 levels of sensitivity are.bad. either.)Now, of course, if you're someone who needs the Pro model for all it has to offer over the entry level models (added pressure sensitivity only being one of many additional benefits), then I guess you need it. But I suspect the people who do will already be quite experienced with tablets and won't be looking at such a rather rudimentary review and it's comment section for advice.
I've been using a Wacom tablet for everything for years. It has completely replaced my mouse. But the industry desperately needs competition in this sector. I've never spent more time on a hardware forum trying to fix bugs as I've spent on Wacom's.There's people on there complaining about the same stuff for years.Their products are buggy as hell, with every new OS version and Adobe update there's a slew of problems.
And with the next update where new problems are fixed, the previous ones from a few months back show up again. The Wacom drivers absolutely suck. Right now I'm dealing with a half crippled tablet where some functions work in Lightroom and not in Photoshop and others vice-versa.Wacom will never care about this unless a competing company comes along in this market. I've been using Wacom products since 1998 and they used to be very stable and reliable, but for the past several years they had lots of driver problems that still continues.
Most of them has to do with conflict with Windows Ink.For example, when panning an image, it'll snap right back to the position, unless you first pan with very exaggerated movements. Losing pressure sensitivity is also a very common problem that's posted everywhere on the web. Many of my digital art and photography students also had it making mouse clicks on its own.
Often your tablet is simply just not detected when you boot up the computer.Every time I see Wacom announce new products I get angry because they haven't even fixed any of these longstanding problems that their products have suffered throughout the years. I have a wacom intuos 4. Its great except it has tons of issues. Tons of nonstop bugs.
Im not a heavy professional user but I do like to work on images for weddings I shoot.my wife wanted something for her own use and she saw I was cussing at my tablet so often. She bought a HUION WH1409. Much less money, higher spec. And sadly, performs better.
Take a look and check reviews. But there is a competitor to wacom.I steal it and use it when shes not using it. Im not sure what to do with my wacom tablet with all its bugs.
This opening lost all credibility for me. Marketing blather regurgitation. I tried a tablet years ago and abandoned it. But with my learning PS, and working with a pro photog, I’m trying again.
The Wacom driver horror stories (even on Macs) made me decide to dip my toe with a Huion 640P. After an initial driver problem—I installed the drivers while the device was plugged in—I got it going. Completely foreign to my trackpad muscle memory, of course, but I am optimistic.
Huion support is quite good, and for $70, I can make an educated decision about upgrading to Wacom in the future. Some dumb design decisions, e.g., an L shaped micro USB on the side, but forgivable at the low end. Its definitely more wrist friendly. I use a mouse as well: as the article notes, it can be difficult to move sliders in Lightroom precisely with a pen. Also when I am using the spot removal brush, I find it much more precise to position the cursor with the mouse then click. But overall I would not be without my tablet.I am using the previous generation version. When the buttons stopped working, I avoided replacing it with the current version beecause the surface is rougher and wears the nibs out more quickly.
Instead I bought an as-new model on EBay. @Richard Briscoe: I agree. I gave up on their reviews about 5 or 6 years ago. Their 'reviews', IMHO, are a rather confusing mix of testing by amateurs for amateurs, and in another weird contradictory way, rating cameras on features that are now differentiated only at the very extremes of performance. How many people.really. need 4K 60P video at 10-bit 4:2:2? And how many actually know how to edit and render 4K 60P video and actually need 10-bit 4:2:2 for green screen compositing?
Or 693 AF points with 20 FPS continuous shooting frame rates? Probably more like 1%. Yet, not having these features are now regarded as 'make or break' because DPR's mission statement is getting photographers to constantly churn gear, by the premise that buying the latest and greatest camera is going to transform them from Joe Average Photographer to a James Nachtwey, Peter Read Miller, or Steven Soderbergh. And by buying from Amazon, of course. I couldn't work without a tablet, but I have an Intuos 5 Touch and I'm not tempted to buy a newer model.
I found wireless to be a gimmick on a large tablet. I also dislike the fat, rubbery stylus that's standard for Wacom's tablets. A slimmer Art Pen is another $100. This is a very superficial review, but that's what you get with someone isn't a regular tablet user. Issues with drivers and app compatibility and the smoothness of pen dynamics are important to tablet users. That's a strong point (but still often frustrating) for Wacom compared to interesting and much cheaper alternatives like Huion. Wait until you experience a Wacom MobileStudio Pro 15.6.
Brilliant high res 4K screen with accurate color presentation, touch screen supporting multi touch, pro passive power pen included, decent (according to portable device standards) I7 processor & NVIDIA Quadro GPU, 16G memory, full WIN 10 PRO edition supporting all SW applications in a portable windows tablet (compared to restricted SW versions running on iOS/Android tablets), 8 buttons & dial which are programmable & customizable per individual SW application which significantly speeds-up workflow, built-in UHS-II SD card reader, etc. I can assure you that it is not only a joy to work on this thing, but also the fact that you can use the same screen to show your end-results afterwards - which avoids color representation deviations between the different screens (like I experienced before it was a real pain when working on screen 1 and showing result on another portable screen 2 with totally different color representation). I'll stick with my Intuos 3 A4 tablet. It features buttons and strips on both sides and it is wired via USB. Nothing, really nothing beats a rock solid connection with a cable. But wait - the new iMacs lack the array of USB slots.
So maybe the new toy-iMacs with reduced connectivity are well suited for this bluetooth gadget?Maybe you can even use it with your phone, where you have installed the latest Affinity Photo for iOS? Waaaaa, what a progress in the brain of the small minded image smearer. IMacs (including iMac Pro) still have USB A ports. So do the new Mac Minis. The new Intuos tablets also offer wired connections in addition to wireless. But these don't have fixed USB cables, so you can simply use a USB C to B cable if you want.Also, Intuos 3 is on very shaky ground with driver support at the moment.
You're running unsupported drivers at your on risk on anything newer than 10.12 on your Mac. Good luck.(I have the rare Intuos 3 6x11 widescreen format model at work.
It's very close to being a paperweight. I've got an Intuos 4 pen compatible Cintiq at home, which will last far longer).
Well, wacom products etc are more or less meant for drawings, aren't they? As an ipad pro 12.9 user, i can say there's no problem with with hands, palm rejection works etc, only thing i would add is some screen protection foil, which mimmcks paper surface and makes more precise hands movement (which i dont't think is such a big deal on matte screens anyway). This laptop that you have is really not real competition these days, you should really try something new and compare, its night and day really. And as i said, you have a lot good alternatives for wacom too, you can have nice big digitizer for more than half of price of wacom products. From my perspective it appears you are making fun of people with a real, painful medical condition that you happen not to “believe in.” Your second post simply compounds your insensitivity.I happen not to suffer from RSI, perhaps because early in my career I started buying the tools that helped (I did have wrist pain, got an ergonomic keyboard and use my tools in the way RSI experts recommend) and the pain is gone. Or perhaps you and I are not susceptible to RSI and my wrist pain back then was sympathetic or due to something else.
Regardless, RSI is real whether or not you or anyone else chooses to “believe in it;” I have friends whose careers were ruined and they can no longer work.A bit of compassion, and an attempt to understand rather than simply making fun of what you refuse to “believe in,” goes a long way. You should try it some time. Riveredger said: 'It was not long ago that folks built the concrete cities we live in and would work through bad backs and shoulders and knees.' That was actually a romanticization of how it used to work.
Never in history has it ever been possible to 'work through' a bad back or knee. If it goes bad, you can't work, because if you did try to 'work through' it, you would either experience terrible pain, or put up with it and ruin your body.
It is one reason life expectancies were lower.The way we as a society 'worked through' on the job injuries was that the employer would let go of the injured (unproductive) worker and replace them with a new worker who wasn't injured yet. This allowed the project to continue, the bridge to be built, etc. The individual and his family was sacrificed for the advancement of the community. LIterally thousands of men were killed or injured getting our cities built before we had better technology.Now that we are 'softies,' fewer workers die.
Full Photoshop for tablets isn't publically out yet, though it's coming soon. For the past few years though, I've been using Astropad on my iPad Pro to basically have a poor man's Cintiq.
I'm eager for Photoshop to be directly on the iPad, since the experience should be even better.But even with the Astropad method, I think I'd prefer that to a non-Cintiq Wacom. I tried one of the old Wacoms many years ago, and just couldn't get used to it - I'd try to trace a line, but I'd usually start off at the wrong angle and go off track. That's not a problem when you have the display right there under your pen. @David CarlyonYou mean for Apple products. I have used various versions of full blown Lightroom (v1 beta to v6.14) on my Tablet PC's. (First purchased in 2005).
My son (works for a game studio as an artist) was running full blown Photoshop on a Asus HB121-A1 back in the 2011 time frame (I still use it). He also used full blown photoshop on his Surface Pro 1 and runs it on his Surface Book.Do not conflate Apple/photoshop as the only use of graphic tablets.
I have a graphics tablet that I run on my old Vista box (the last 32 bit system I have that has old software on it I use once in a great while). Windows based PC's have been using graphics tablets/built in screens long before Dead Steve came up with the idea of a iPad. ‘If You Need a Stylus, You’ve Already Failed!’.