Graphics Tablets, who uses them? Recommendations?

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Are many people using them to edit photos? What kind would you recommend if you do use one?
I'm wondering if these an easier and quicker way then using a mouse for masking etc in PS. Some movements and sweeps with the mouse are easy and others always end in ctrl-z followed by really slowly working the area.

Cheers!
 
I use a Wacom Bamboo pen & touch on my PC. An older model but it has a larger drawing area than the new Bamboo pen I bought for use with my laptop.
It took me a good few attempts to get used to working with a tablet in PhotoShop but now I can't use PhotoShop with a mouse. It is so much easier and more precise to make adjustments and especially selections with a pen and tablet. I really would recommend trying one and persevering with it.
 
Started with the Bamboo then onto the Intuos small now use the Intuos wireless, much better than a mouse when needing to get in close (so to speak) more accurate and not much Ctrl Z
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I've used a few Wacoms over the years, but currently another Bamboo user here.

I use the wireless kit with it and although it's handy, the battery charge ain't all that. Still, I'm a big fan of the Wacoms. :thumbs:
 
Cheers everyone, gives me an idea of what to look in to and some things to bare in mind.

Not been using Photoshop and Lightroom long and the more time I spend editing and processing the more the mouse niggles me everytime I have to re-do something. At a painfully slow pace I'm working through 4 or so years of photos to clear out the rubbish and do something with the keepers.
 
Wacom intuos for me. I like the large ones, the smaller bamboos are too small when trying to pick out small details. You've a much better resolution with a larger tablet (although they cost more). Don't break the pen. The dog chewed mine and it was £80 to replace.
 
Yes. Wacom Intuos 4 Medium. Worth every penny. Retouching with a mouse feels like I'm trying to perform surgery in boxing gloves.

You only need one if you do real retouching though. If all you do is play with sliders in lightroom... then no, you have no need of one, not will gain much advantage through having one.
 
I recently went from a 3 (that broke) to an Intuos 5. Hated it to start with in spite have having used them for years. Once I got over the driver problems and a few others I was having (by reformatting my computer, I do think the Wacom driver problems were a by-product not the cause of needing to reformat.)

A feature of the Intuos 5 is a slightly textured tablet which I do not like at all. Since I covered it with one of those sheets of plastic that you use to protect the screens of tablets and ipads I love it. The plastic gives the smooth feel I am used to and like, and I guess should make both the nibs and tablet last longer.

I do retouching and illustrations but also use it as a mouse
 
Kerioak said:
A feature of the Intuos 5 is a slightly textured tablet which I do not like at all.
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Me neither... hence still rocking the 4... and will be for some time.

I can't get on with using it as a general mouse.... drives me nuts. I think it's anything that involves large movements across the screen I find awkward with the pen. Anything finely detailed though, and the pan wins. Also... how anyone airbrushes without pressure sensitivity is beyond me.
 
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