The new Surface Pro incorporates Wacom technology into its touch screen. I hope this is a glimpse of future touch displays so the satellite Wacom will no longer be necessary. James CPAP Therapy is a way to live. > On Mar 8, 2014, at 4:19 PM, Trevor Cunningham <trevor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > I tossed the included mouse after finding it left on the tablet too many times...the wife was not very happy about that. > >> On 3/8/14, 8:53 PM, Lea Murphy wrote: >> It goes without saying (so why am I writing this?) that anyone doing serious image editing should be using a tablet; you'll wonder how you ever did what you did with a mouse. >> >> To that end Wacom is the only game in town. >> >> For a really good time ask your friends to try it...it's funny how many people look as if they've never held a pencil in their lives. My favorites are the ones who stick out their tongues the first few times. >> >> your kids . my camera . we'll click >> www.leamurphy.com <http://www.leamurphy.com> >> >> >> >> >> >>> On Mar 8, 2014, at 10:52 AM, Jan Faul wrote: >>> >>> >>> And you were there at the christening sucking on a lollipop waiting for the paint to dry. I was in Copenhagen's wings, waiting for GE’s Geniegraphics to get finished enough to work on so somebody much better than I could correct all the inane stuff AD’s had me shoot under the guise of ‘good art direction’. >>> The first time I saw a tablet was in 1983, and it was then that I knew all my ’studio skills’ were obsolete. All I could think about was how to get rid of (sell) the 800 sheets of 8x10 film I either had in the fridge or on order so I could always shoot 4x5 which fit nicely on the scanner and which looked no different to the scanner. >>> >>>> On Mar 8, 2014, at 11:40 AM, Randy Little wrote: >>>> >>>> Quantel created the first ever computer tablet in 1981 >>>> >>>> Randy S. Little >>>> http://www.rslittle.com/ >>>> http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2325729/ >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Sat, Mar 8, 2014 at 11:23 AM, Jan Faul <jan@xxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:jan@xxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>>> On Mar 8, 2014, at 11:09 AM, Randy Little wrote: >>>>> >>>>> I have been using a tablet since 1988 on a Quantel paintbox and >>>>> I can't even imagine not having one. Cintiq I don't like >>>>> because I am used to not seeing my hand in front of me at this >>>>> point from regular tablet use. They are also a little slower >>>>> then normal Wacoms. So you get a slight lag in response. My >>>>> tablet is also wireless so I can pretty much be in whatever >>>>> position like like. thats not really an option with a cintiq. >>>>> Its take about 2 weeks of steady use to get used to using it >>>>> but once you are used to it pretty much you won't ever want to >>>>> use a mouse ever again for graphics. >>>> I’ve been using a Wacom tablet prototype since before you born >>>> Randy and I can’t imagine not having one now. The Cintiq was not >>>> the same as my hand was always getting in the way. I had already >>>> tied one elsewhere, but I could’t get it to fit my way of >>>> working. First of all the Wacom tablet is light and the Cintiq >>>> isn’t. >>>> >>>> >>>> Art Faul >>>> >>>> The Artist Formerly Known as Prints >>>> ------ >>>> Art for Cars: art4carz.com <http://art4carz.com/> >>>> Stills That Move: http://www.artfaul.com <http://www.artfaul.com/> >>>> Greens: http://www.inkjetprince.com <http://www.inkjetprince.com/> >>>> Camera Works - The Washington Post >>>> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/photo/battlefieldparks/front_qt.htm >>>> ArtNet: http://www.artnet.com/artists/jan+w.-faul/ >>>> >>>> . >>> >>> >>> Art Faul >>> >>> The Artist Formerly Known as Prints >>> ------ >>> Art for Cars: art4carz.com <http://art4carz.com/> >>> Stills That Move: http://www.artfaul.com <http://www.artfaul.com/> >>> Greens: http://www.inkjetprince.com <http://www.inkjetprince.com/> >>> Camera Works - The Washington Post >>> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/photo/battlefieldparks/front_qt.htm >>> ArtNet: http://www.artnet.com/artists/jan+w.-faul/ >>> >>> . >
