A5 or A4? Wa-Comeon!
polycounter lvl 19
A6:
I've been using an A6 size wacom for about 5 or 6 months and to be honest I feel _less_ than creative on the tiny thing. It's great for browsing the net but has far too many warped areas, the sheilding is terrible and drawing straight lines in photoshop often come out a bit wobbly.
A5:
In my old Job I used an A5 for about 2 years. I must admit that I did far more creative work and sometimes felt compelled to use it becuase it was "there". The tilt and sensitivity were fantastic, however I did notice that occasionally drawing lines in photoshop would sometimes come out all wiggly. I'm not sure if this is just my hand or the rez on the tablet.
A4:
At my old company we also had an ancient serial Ituos1 A4. This thing just seemed super silly massive, was a total workout to move the cursor from one side of the screen to the other. We hardly ever used it, the thing ended up on our game designers desk, to which he used it for sketching at lunchtime and took to his laser mouse for all other tasks.
I noticed the rez on this thing was incredible.
So, now that I'm ready to buy a new Wacom (obviously, the intuos3) and with my laptop screen being just a tad bigger than A4, and wanting to do more creative stuff - or at least be be inspired to, I can't choose which size to buy! There are obvious speed gains to an A5 but the A4 would compliment my laptop.
(there's a bluetooth version of the A5, too)
I've been using an A6 size wacom for about 5 or 6 months and to be honest I feel _less_ than creative on the tiny thing. It's great for browsing the net but has far too many warped areas, the sheilding is terrible and drawing straight lines in photoshop often come out a bit wobbly.
A5:
In my old Job I used an A5 for about 2 years. I must admit that I did far more creative work and sometimes felt compelled to use it becuase it was "there". The tilt and sensitivity were fantastic, however I did notice that occasionally drawing lines in photoshop would sometimes come out all wiggly. I'm not sure if this is just my hand or the rez on the tablet.
A4:
At my old company we also had an ancient serial Ituos1 A4. This thing just seemed super silly massive, was a total workout to move the cursor from one side of the screen to the other. We hardly ever used it, the thing ended up on our game designers desk, to which he used it for sketching at lunchtime and took to his laser mouse for all other tasks.
I noticed the rez on this thing was incredible.
So, now that I'm ready to buy a new Wacom (obviously, the intuos3) and with my laptop screen being just a tad bigger than A4, and wanting to do more creative stuff - or at least be be inspired to, I can't choose which size to buy! There are obvious speed gains to an A5 but the A4 would compliment my laptop.
(there's a bluetooth version of the A5, too)
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personally i'm not too fond of the intuos3. the buttons feel somewhat cheaply made and often get in the way/rub on my palms. also the pen feels funny, long, thin and too lightweight for me, but at least you can use tifferent type of pen nips on this one.
btw. at your old company you most likely had an intuos a4 oversize (GD12x12). that's 2 -3 times thicker than the normal intuos (GD09x12). the oversize models are no longer available for the intuos3.
whats this quickpoint wizardry I hear you drudes speak of?
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You can divde the tablet into 2 areas. One large area for drawing then a smaller area to navigate your computer. Since the small area is mapped to the whole screen, you only need a wrist movement to move the cursor instead of a full arm motion.
getting it today after taking back the bluetooth6x8(didn't work,far as i got was connecting the pen).
But most of all does it have quickpoint wizardry?
hang on, the bluetooth graphire is the same price as an intuos3... are you mad?
Worth it or not?
This is my first tablet after all,so I want it to last pretty long.
So i'd say A5, since you dont like the A6.
guess what im surfing polycount with....
Graphire 6x8 og yeah just got it,also I seem to have more control on the internet with the pen and less control with pen in photoshop.
By the way this tablet is awsome... but how do you tell what A# it is?
For tablet size, it really comes down to whether you draw from your wrist or your elbow. People that draw from the wrist like the smaller tablets, while people that draw from the elbow can't tolerate anything smaller than a A4
later i tryed an Intuos 2 A5 and A4 for my taste and
my working space an Intous 2 A5 is perfect so i buyed
this one maybe you should visit an store and test it
out by your self like i said i personal prefere the A5
an A4 is just to big.
Or when drawing curves, they would come out as some 10 sided shape instead of a smooth curve. This had more to do with the tablets resolution than the size.
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that sounds more like photoshop was the problem. prior to their "brush-engine"-rewrite-thingie at release 7, ps always did this if you were doing quick broad strokes. heck, i'm still using 5.5 and have to work around that problem (on intuos A4 and A4 oversize). other applications create totally smooth curves.
but yes, in general strokes come out more nicely with the intuos - oh and gap's - had those with an artpad years ago, totally forgot about them since switching to intuos.
btw. i my experience, the drawing surface of lower end wacom models seem quite vulnerable to scratches. my own old artpad looked like a meteor landing area after half a year, i heard the same stuff about graphires, but at least you can replace the drawing surface there. on intuos, even after several years i didn't manage to get a single scratch into the surface, also my pen nibs seem to last forever.
lovelly beast, suggest you all buy one.
anyway, photos:
the usual setup:
old and new:
some ugly bastard who I needed to test the tablet with. 120mins.
I'm running a 6x8 transparent-slate Intuos1 at home, and a 9x12 Intuos2 at work. I really like the free-hand feeling of the 9x12, but it costs a bit much to get one for home.
In fact, I have 2 working Intuos A5 tablets, but one is missing a pen. Both useless to me as I only turn on the PC to burn a DVD. I really do need to get a USB one.
Again, what are the letter designations? Sizes? Why not just say 9x12, etc?
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They go by the international paper sizes.
inches
A4: ~8.5" x 11"
A5: ~6" x 8"
A6: ~4" x 5"
millimeters
A4: 210 x 297mm
A5: 148 x 210mm
A6: 105 x 148mm
Wacom won't use inch measurements because they arn't exact. The A* paper sizes are in millimeters, so if they advertised inch measurements they would just be approximations.
Anyway I call them A4/A3 because that's what it says on the box.