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What size Wacom?
Currently use a Bamboo and Ive outgrown it. It's the small size, and I never found it too small. Actually, I like its portability. I brought it to the USA on this trip I'm on, and I doubt I'd have done that with a Medium. But... 99% of the time, I'll be in my home office. MAYBE a cafe from time to time, and occasionally I'll use it on shoots. My main deciding factor though, is usability. I'm going to be retouching on this thing often, and probably using it even to navigate web pages since it will be right there. Is Small TOO small? Is Medium where it's at? Any differences in features? Oh, and do I need/want the "touch" model? Edit: It's 95% for retouching. I do have an interest in learning drawing, digital animation, and some other creative uses of it. Nothing I currently do, or know about... I just think maybe I should future proof? Apr 15 14 08:59 pm Link Medium Apr 15 14 09:03 pm Link Artifice wrote: +1 Apr 16 14 05:45 am Link I also use a medium, but it's mapped across two screens. How do you draw? If you draw from the elbow (or shoulder, as I guess some do), you might find a larger one to be more to your liking, if you draw from the wrist (as I do) you might like a smaller one. You can always map a larger one to a smaller screen footprint, the inverse is not true. Apr 16 14 06:33 am Link Giacomo Cirrincioni wrote: +1 Apr 16 14 06:42 am Link One more vote for Medium. I started with a small bamboo many years ago, before graduating to the intuos 4 medium and love it. From my experience: When you first make the transition from the small to the medium, it may feel a little weird as if you were walking in your parents shoes as a child, but before you know it, you will adapt to the wider surface and feel it to be just the right fit. Apr 16 14 03:40 pm Link Medium it is.  Thanks all.Apr 16 14 06:22 pm Link I prefer small but its all preference Apr 18 14 03:26 pm Link Artifice wrote: +1 Apr 18 14 03:38 pm Link I use a fairly large tablet at work, and I have a small Intuos 2 6x8 tablet at home. The 6x8 is kinda the one I prefer to be honest. Apr 19 14 08:53 am Link I mostly use a Trust Wide Screen Design Tablet 30.5 x 19.5 cm, the only real problem is getting from one side of the board to the next, for fine details it's amazing. May 21 14 09:01 am Link My baby is tiny! But it works It blew out though and I need to get a new one.May 21 14 02:18 pm Link Nobody else can tell you want size will work best for you Its down to the individual I have small Intuos 4 and that size is good for me I borrowed a Lg size and it didnt work for me If I had the budget I might try the Md because the extra Exp Keys would come in handy Also the 4 MD has OLED lights on exp keys which is another useful feature When it comes to Wacoms bigger does not automatically mean better May 21 14 02:51 pm Link Small is all you need for retouching. You've already found that out. No point in spending extra money on something you don't need. Ronny May 21 14 05:12 pm Link I have a small one and it's great, but I'd like to try a medium! May 22 14 01:47 am Link I bought a large, never opened it because I read that it was for people with artistic skills, so I bought a medium. Should sell the large I guess. May 22 14 02:09 am Link Medium Intuos 3 May 22 14 12:12 pm Link I just bought the Intos Pro (5) small, and I think it's the perfect size if you mostly retouch or do design work (i.e if you don't draw much with big gestures). Before I bought my Intuos I wasn't sure whether to buy a small or medium, since most people seem to have the medium one. However, I'm extremely happy that I went for the smaller size, because it's actually twice the size of my old tablet (a Bamboo One)! So actually my small Intuos Pro feels like a medium one to me. Tablet sizing is really a subjective thing, and what size of tablet you need depends on how you move your hands while you create. My advice would be to go to a store and look at the different sizes there, and that way you'll see which size you actually need. May 25 14 12:26 pm Link I have an old Intuos 3 (large I think 9x12 surface area) on my desk and a small Intuos 3 that I keep with my laptop. The large table is a little big for my desk and I need to shift things around when I use it, but it works for me. May 25 14 12:42 pm Link Medium May 25 14 01:11 pm Link |
