Just some notes in case someone searches on this in the future and doesn't want to wade through eighteen bazillion threads. As of April 2008, Wacom graphics tablets come in three models: Bamboo (formerly Graphire), Intuos3 and Cintiq. The Bamboo series has 512 levels of pressure sensitivity, 2540 lpi resolution, and no pen…
I did a search and didn't find anything about this, so I'm posting... I recently bought a new monitor (a CRT, because the LCD I'd been using was too inconsistent). It then occurred to me that since my video card supports dual displays, I might as well give that a shot now that I have two working monitors. So I set it up…
I switch between the mouse and a Wacom tablet whenever I'm doing 3d. If I'm sculpting in Zbrush then of course I'll be using the tablet 100% of the time. But when I'm in 3ds Max I often use the tablet but will sometimes switch back to the mouse if I need to do precise clicking. Same when I'm in Topogun retopologizing.
http://www.wacom-asia.com/press/img/20070515AP_bamboo.pdf Oddly enough they are being priced at ¥8,980, or about $75. It's not geared towards artists, so I would'nt expect any pressure sensitivity.
i frequently have wacom problems of varing degrees, i just keep the driver installer on my desktop and install it when a problem arises, fixes the problem everytime.
Does anyone that uses Bodypaint3D have a problem with 'lag' when using your tablet with Win7? I just installed BodyPaint on my new win7 install and the cursor has the blue 'thinking' icon that appears and it's incredibly laggy to paint with. Any hints? About to throw the model into zbrush to paint but I wanted to get…