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I am thinking of getting a WACOM Graphire 4 6X8 A5 silver USB graphics tablet for use in my 3D work. Anyone tried using this particular model or any of the Wacom range?

Regards,

Steve

I've never tried one but I fancy getting one!, however a recent 3d world review reckoned Wacom has lost the bang for buck competition to the genius pen sketch....

Here's a thread from the 3dworld forum:-

http://forum.3dworldmag.com/viewtopic.php?t=9558&start=0

With a sample vendor linked from that thread

http://www.cclonline.com/product-info.asp?product_id=12629&category_id=384

AS is the one to talk to about tablets.....he gets them for free!

I've got a Wacom graphire 3 and have been happy with it.

I'd like to know as well.

They are expensive, which is the reason I havent rushed out to buy one.

Me too!

I have a Wacom Graphire tablet and it is a joy to use,.........they are a little more expensive than others but the dependability is top notch.

Thanks for the comments guys, I'll order one today :-)

I'm thinking of getting one as well.  Now should I get the largers one I can afford? or a 4x5 one is good enough?

I never thought of using one for 3D, I was thinking more of PhotoShop.

I've ordered the larger A5 version (6x8), more useful area to work with.

Attached Link: The first picture I did with it (***caution-nudity***)

Got a Wacom 4x5 This weekend, now I will have to practice!!! :)

The only thing I cant get quite right is the mouse movement settings, the mouse is not moving the way my Optical Mouse moves.  The Speed and Acceleration settings are a bit rigid and not flexible so I cant get inbetween settings. 

The Wacom is not sold with the mouse as standard in Australia - it is an optional expense. I guess the pen is the preferred device to use.

I had purchased a Pen/Tablet combo a while back, I might posted here not sure.  It cost me $109 Canadian and it required a special thinner than AAA battery to fit inside the pen.

I never got to use it, since I was working on a project out of Chicago and Pogo (one of my dogs) decided in protest of me leaving him to pull down the tablet off the computer desk via usb cable and chew it out.

Now fast forward a year or more, I bought my Wacom Grapphire 4x5 which was packaged with Pen/Mouse and came with a 1 year extra warranty with it from a tigerdirect.com store locally for $149 Canadian.

One of the reason I didnt purchase a Grapphire a few years ago was the price.  It was just too expensive.

Now I can finaly make use of  a tablet and pen doing graphics.  There have been too many times where I've cursed at my mouse while doing work inside photoshop.

I didn't originate the simile, but using a mouse to draw with (even with a tablet) is like trying to draw with a bar of soap. Use the pen/stylus, definitely.  :^)

hehehe yes I like the Bar of Soap analogy.

I have 2 of those wacom mice tried them once then never again , they only work on top of the board, what I also found is that the smaller boards work better the bigger boards are tiring only get those ifyou need to trace lager stuff on the board.