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Summary: You get what you pay for...
Review: After using this tool only a couple of hours I found myself wondering how in the heck I ever did without it. Complex masks in photoshop now take less than half the time. This tablet is a graphic designer / web designers dream. The learning curve for me personally was very short. I found that Amazon has the best price by far (and no, I'm not affiliated w/Amazon or Wacom). I just can't say enough about this tablet. I will say that I don't use the bundled 4D mouse...it just takes up too much active area for me. I found this pad to work great with both a medium and even a shorter stroke. Also, I bought my tablet using an Amazon Platinum Visa Card...since it was my first purchase they gave me an extra $30 off the price, plus I utilized the free shipping. When it was all said and done I only paid $383 for the 9x12 platinum Intuos 2 tablet...You simply can't beat it! My first two post Wacom design jobs will pay for the tablet. I really don't know how I ever did without it. I am saving a whole lot of time now, thanks to the WACOM Intuos 2 gear.
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Summary: Yeah, it is that great
Review: I bought my Wacom 9x12 Intuos2 tablet last year, and it is a great product. What can I say that has not been said before? So, yes, it is great. But even greatness has flaws.A reviewer below said that you have a 50/50 chance of the driver booting at start-up. That is true. The driver does boot a lot of the time, but that doesn't bother me much. You just close it and that's that. Second, one time in every twenty, the tablet won't recognize the pressure nor the eraser. Even if you just brush lightly your stylus in the tablet, it will render the thickest line you're working with. That can be fixed by closing the program and opening it again. Aside from that, it works like a wonder. Those are the two bad points I can find for it, but the good far outweights the bad.
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Summary: If you are a Graphic Designer, you need this
Review: I had been using the Wacom 4*5 Graphite tablet for about 2 years. It helped my work a lot, I vowed never to go back to the mouse for graphics work again. Last week I brought the Wacom Intuos 9*12. What a step up, it has 1024 levels of pressure sensitivety, my old one only had twelve. I find my self having to change brush hardness and softness less often. The programmable buttons are a godsend. All of the PSCS commands I use the most, like zoom, file browser, full screen and tool show are all programmed. Best thing about that is that I can program the buttons differently for each program. Amazing! My only complaint is that you can't program it to use the Alt button. Alot of people say it fits on your desk top. Perhaps I am not the only one who thinks this, but if you use this thing on your desk, you have barely scrathed the surface of its power. Do your self a favor and put it on an easel, or sit it on an angle on your lap. It feels just like drawing. I can go on about teh power of this tablet forever. I finish with this, evry task that used to grate at me, like outlining people with paths and masking, now take at leats 50% less time.
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Summary: Nice device (when it works)
Review: I received my tablet a day after I ordered from Amazon at no extra delivery charge, so great service from these folks, BUT, the tablet has a problem with my OS, WinXP. The tablet's driver doesn't work with a file in the Xp's stand by mode, so whenever my laptop goes into it, the system crashes. It happens daily. Another problem with Wacoms driver is that it fails to load too often. The tablet is great when it works, but right now, with the current Wacom driver I would have to discourage anyone from buying it. The people at Wacom are cordial, but they have NOT fixed the problem, even after I theatened them with posting a negative review here, at Amazon. So, now go and think before you buy.
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Summary: Utterly Useless!
Review: I'm a huge fan of tablets/digitizers and use them exculsivle for business and in general. I currently own the Wacom 9X12 Tablet and have had nothing but trouble with it and the company. I'm certain the problem is related to a firmware update several months after purchase. So I guess if you own one be VERY careful when doing this and make sure you can back out. Overall it is the most unreliable product I have experienced. It tends to have flaky problems associated with the right mouse button after an hour or so. I seem to have a 50:50 chance that the driver will load during boot up. The only compliment I have is that when it's operating, it operates well. All that being said, I tried patiently, over several weeks to resolve the problem with the manufacturer. They have pleasant support and they appear to be well intetioned but here I sit with an utterly useless product. Good Luck
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Summary: Concerning Wacoms
Review: I've been using the Intuos 6 x 8 for 4 years now and it has been good. It draws cartoons in Flash well (if I zoom it to at least 200%), and lately I'd been thinking of upgrading to a larger wacom and I've found it really difficult to find a good review anywhere so here is my take on wacoms. I'd always been under the impression that I couldn't draw as well on a 6 x 8 compared to a 9 x 12, but that was purely psychological. The truth is if you zoom in 200% and draw at 200% then the accuracy is just as good as a 9 x 12 wacom at 100% zoom. Only thing is I like to see the whole canvas at one time. I've upgraded now to an Intuos 2 9 x 12 and it works like a dream! Logically it should be no different from a '6 x 8 working at 200% zoom', but somehow the feel of the pen is wonderful, and it draws beautifully and more easily! (or it may just be psychological). For those with 6 x 8 wacoms I found a neat tip that makes them just as good as 9 x 12s (except that the feel is different, or that may just be psychological) and that is, if you change it to the mouse setting, and make the speed to the slowest one possible (turtle), then you should get the same accuracy as a 9 x 12 working at 100% zoom. However because the space is small you'd need to lift the pen when you run out of space. But that doesn't really matter. Actually maybe because my 9 x 12 is an Intuos2 instead of an Intuos (and I don't know the difference between the two), maybe that's why I feel that I like it better. It's hard judging these things. I'd say it's best to find out what works for you. (...)to see an example of a picture I did using the Intuos2 9 x 12.
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Summary: Got to get it for those of you who like to paint!
Review: Ok, I was skeptical of getting the Wacom but when I asked around I heard lots of good comment about the tablet. So I was thinking which one I should get..and I finally decided to get Intuos2 Platium 9x12. It finally arrived and I am LOVING IT! I got small working desk but you can put this thing on you labtop because it's so light! I definetly recommend 9x12 size because it has big enough to draw! And I definetly recommed getting it from Amazon.com because they are the cheapest!...
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Summary: Got to get it for those of you who like to paint!
Review: Ok, I was skeptical of getting the Wacom but when I asked around I heard lots of good comment about the tablet. So I was thinking which one I should get..and I finally decided to get Intuos2 Platium 9x12. It finally arrived and I am LOVING IT! I got small working desk but you can put this thing on you labtop because it's so light! I definetly recommend 9x12 size because it has big enough to draw! And I definetly recommed getting it from Amazon.com because they are the cheapest!...
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