Wacom Tablet which size?

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I'm thinking of purchasing a Wacom intuos graphics tablet but I'm unsure of which size to get. I've looked at the Wacom website and it seems the differences are the small version has an Active Area of 152 x 95 mm and the medium version had an Active Area 216 x 135 mm. I'm just wondering whether I will notice the difference or need the extra 40-60mm especially considering the small is £75 and the medium £145. There is also the non touch small version for £51.60 so I'm sure unsure which is the one to go for. I mainly edit on lightroom 4 and use brush edits on most photographs. I'm guessing the medium would be easier to edit on due to the larger size. I'm looking to purchase from amazon as I have some vouchers.

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Do you seriously expect people to look at your links?!
 
Bigger is not always better with graphic tablets. A larger tablet means you have to move a greater distance with your arm/hand.

I had an A5 size wacom and sold it get an A6 one. I find the smaller one much easier to use.
 
I have the 152 x 95 active area model, perfect.

Any bigger and you moving your hand and arm far too much.
 
I have a large one, about A4 I think although I'm not sure how that correlates to their sizing. I wouldn't personally go for a smaller one as it doesn't suit the way that I use it, which is much more like drawing in a sketchbook.

If you've never drawn or painted you might find the smaller one more natural as it's more akin to using a mouse.
 
Jackwow said:
Do you seriously expect people to look at your links?!
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And why not? I believe the links are there for people to see and compare the tablets. I find this sort of attitude completely unhelpful and against the spirit of community! If you cannot make a civil comment, please do not not make any!
 
RVW said:
And why not? I believe the links are there for people to see and compare the tablets. I find this sort of attitude completely unhelpful and against the spirit of community! If you cannot make a civil comment, please do not not make any!
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I think he was referring to the fact that they look like referral links to make him money. I'm not sure that they are though, my amazon referral links are much longer.
 
drounding said:
Bigger is not always better with graphic tablets. A larger tablet means you have to move a greater distance with your arm/hand.

I had an A5 size wacom and sold it get an A6 one. I find the smaller one much easier to use.
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See I'm the opposite. I have the a3 and wouldn't use smaller as it allows real accuracy with the pen. I'd say the larger the better, provided you have desk space
 
CharlotteM said:
I think he was referring to the fact that they look like referral links to make him money. I'm not sure that they are though, my amazon referral links are much longer.
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I'm not going to make any money from the links, to be honest I didn't even know it was possible to make money via links! They were there to show the models I was looking at as I find graphic tablets difficult to pinpoint the exact model people are referring to. I only mentioned amazon as i have vouchers to use from Christmas (brought by family). I will remove links from OP for clarity as it seems a problem for some.
 
drounding said:
Bigger is not always better with graphic tablets. A larger tablet means you have to move a greater distance with your arm/hand.

I had an A5 size wacom and sold it get an A6 one. I find the smaller one much easier to use.
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This was my feeling that the small maybe the right size as it's for brush editing on LR4.
 
CharlotteM said:
I have a large one, about A4 I think although I'm not sure how that correlates to their sizing. I wouldn't personally go for a smaller one as it doesn't suit the way that I use it, which is much more like drawing in a sketchbook.

If you've never drawn or painted you might find the smaller one more natural as it's more akin to using a mouse.
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Thanks for the comment, I only going to use it for editing on LR4 so I think the smaller one will be more natural to use. I like using a magic pad on my mac but find the finger touch a pain for brushes.
 
I use a 15-year (ish) old Wacom Graphire, 130X95 pad, pen and mouse, it’s the most used tool in the box. I use for everything.

Rhodese.
 
I use the wacom pro (small). It's fine to be honest, and made even more so because of it's ability to customize buttons and use the scroll wheel to zoom in or increase / decrease brush size etc. If you want accuracy, just zoom in!

Really nice to work with.
 
I received the "small" 150x95 for Xmas and find it just right. Any bigger and I probably wouldn't want to use it due to the arm/hand movements. Also it doesn't take up too much desk space :-)

Hope that helps.
 
You can change the active drawing area in the Wacom control panel as well as relative and absolute mode if you find your tablet is a bit big for you.

Relative mode is like a mouse so you move relative to where you touch, absolute directly maps the tablet to the screen so where you touch is mapped to the same place on the screen.

Using a tablet can take a while to get used to.

I do recommend the spring loaded pen for better feel.

J
 
Byker28i said:
See I'm the opposite. I have the a3 and wouldn't use smaller as it allows real accuracy with the pen. I'd say the larger the better, provided you have desk space
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Me too, although 24" hd cintiq is nice also lol.
 
Thanks for all the advice and help, I've ordered the intuos small touch version after measuring their size. I think this will be the right size considering available desk space and what I will use it for.
 
A5 size just ordered ...
 
Rhodese said:
I use a 15-year (ish) old Wacom Graphire, 130X95 pad, pen and mouse, it’s the most used tool in the box. I use for everything.

Rhodese.
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Same here.

It really depends on how the OP is going to use the device.
For touching up photos, I find it best to plant the wrist, and then I can use the pen to make accurate edits. Currently my PEN is set up to travel across 4 monitors.
However, if nee3ded, the PEN can be restricted to a single screen, or a single program, or an area on the screen, making it very accurate.

For larger, more artistic edits, I have an A4 size tablet/laptop. This has touch screen and active pen inputs. I can then easily draw onto the screen, usually whilst I hold it in my lap.
 
I have the Intuos 5 Pen & Touch Small and find it fine but then its the first tablet ive used. It is strange to use at first but its excellent for making selections in PS. Which model are you talking about here as mine cost a lot more than £75...
 
I recently got the Intuos Pen, was about £50, I don't even use the whole of the small one, I like to be able to do it all without moving the hand much, I may make it a bit bigger as it's quite twitchy.
 
I've received the Intuos Pen and Touch tablet (small) and I'm happy with its size. It seems to be the right size for me with what I do on LR. Its basically a better apple magic pad and has a pen so no finger ache anymore.
 
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