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Got a Wacom Tablet
silicone_milk:
Indeed. I fired up Z-Brush last night and had a blast sculpting some meshes.
For being such a low-cost device, this thing is amazing. The placement of the buttons on the pen is a bit retarded and I keep accidently pressing them down because of the way I grip the pen but regardless of that, this thing is money well spent.
If you ever get a chance, I really suggest giving it a spin. This thing is quite nice. Percision is great. It had the same levels of pressure sensitivity as the higher-cost models (before the new models got bumped from 1024 to 2048 levels) and the working space is a decent size.
I did notice in photoshop that there will be periods where there will be a lag in input and about half a second to a full second where I'll draw a stroke and it won't show on the screen. I think this might have something to do with the memory settings I was tweaking in the performance section of PS's configuration though.
I think it would be more difficult to do low-poly modeling with the pen and tablet since it's more for detail work than it is for blocking stuff out. However, programs like Google Sketchup benefit from a pen rather than a mouse a good deal.
ratty redemption [RIP]:
understood guys and keep us updated please on the various uses you find for this, even if you just post test images. I've never considered using a tablet before but this has got me interested.
silicone_milk:
Blender doesn't like the tablet. Crashes on startup every single time if I try to use the pen. The tablet can still be connected but Blender won't load unless I use the mouse to navigate and keep the pen away from the tablet.
GTKRadiant doesn't like it much either. Spazzes out on the absolute positioning on the workspace instead of relative positioning which is what it's built to deal with (mice input)
ratty redemption [RIP]:
@ milk, understood and thanks a shame :(
silicone_milk:
Decided to put some kind of constraint on myself to do some speed drawings. So, each drawing was to be done in the span of one song on Pandora.com and without wearing my glasses :D
Result of Nine Inch Nails:
Going to do another one tonight.
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