Do you own a tablet pc?

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Do you own a tablet PC?

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jhbmw007
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Do you own a tablet pc?

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I just got a motion computing m1400 that I snagged off ebay for $230. It's not the most powerful computer, but it runs all the apps I need (anime studio, painter essientials and pencil for sketching). With the wacom driver I also get pressure sensitivity so it's almost as good as paper and pencil!
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Yes, I've got an Acer something or other. Tend not to use it for AS, though -- I prefer my desktop for that. I don't see any advantage to having a touch screen for this app.
You can't have everything. Where would you put it?
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Post by Víctor Paredes »

I have a IBM x41 tablet pc and an external very little benq keyboard. It's all what I need. The computer is not too fast, but works fine with AS, Sai paint tool, Corel Draw, Premiere, etc.
To me, it really makes a huge difference to work with pencil instead mouse. Moreover, it's small and light, so I'm always with it on my back.
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Sure do. Although I've never used it for vector editing. Mainly used when in Gimp or ArtRage. Oh, and signing pdf documents.
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Post by dueyftw »

I have a Wacom and use it.

I have s sheet of paper tape on it. Two reasons. I don't like the feel of the nub on the plastic surface and the paper has written on it what all the buttons do.

The buttons:

right side:
Make shape, freehand, select shape, render.
Slider- raise shape, lower shape.

Left side:
Grab points, Add points, Tran. points, Peek points.
Slider- zoom.

pen buttons
right click, undo
erase- changed to open scene selector.

Once you get used to tracing by adding points you don't want to go back to using a mouse.

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Post by InfoCentral »

I own a tablet for my PC, but not a tablet PC.
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Post by Mikdog »

just got a Wacom Cintiq 12wx. Its awesome. I use it with Photoshop but haven't really tried using it with AS. Can't see any benefits with it unless I wanted to draw freehand in AS.
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Post by chucky »

Howdy all, yup, I've got a TPC and a wacom for the desktop .The TPC is very useful but manufacturers need to make bigger and more powerful models , especially made for the art , animation and fx. Not for watching dvd's or for real estate agents and the like.
Wierdly I use the mouse mostly (unless freehand drawing) with the desktop PC when using ASP
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zoom usiing penabled Tablet PC

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Hi guys, I have some issues when using the tablet pc ( not to be confused with the wacom which is different).
It is to do with view navigation and zooming.
OK so here it is....
:arrow: When I right click on the pen all is the same except the last tool used ( e.g. add points) is also activated, which in the case of add points means I get an extra point added every time I tight click the adjust the xy view.
:arrow: The other issue which is with zooming the drawing view.
Apparently shift click should do this but I only get the rectangular selection zoom, which is just no good from my experience.

Any tips or observations would be greatly appreciated. :)
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