benefits of a wacom tablet?

[Graeme Nattress]

The benefits are awesome in that I no longer get any repetitive strain type pain now that I use a Wacom all the time. I used to get sore fingers from my mouse, and I still do a bit whne typing a lot, but with the Wacom, it’s naturally painless.

As for size, I like the little graphire tablets, but the size up from that is good too. Don’t go too big as you end up waving your arm a lot.

Graeme

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[Tom Matthies]

I use the Graphire as well. I’m a total mouse spaz, especially in Photoshop. I have a tablet on every machine (three of ’em) and don’t even have a mouse on two of them.
Like Graeme mentioned, I find it much easier on the wrist over the course of a long session.
I’d recommend one.
Tom

[Uwe Klimmeck]

It’s very relaxing but will take a few days to get comfortable with.
It’s not precise enough for moving tiny faders or color-correction.
I’d recommend an additional trackball for this.
And if you work on multiple monitors you’ll need a big Wacom to map the monitors to it.
I have an Intuos 2 (A4) for 3 monitors but for 2 screens an A5 is fine. The tiny tablets are too small in my opinion.

Greetings
Uwe

[Joslyn]

uwe, i work w/ 2 21″ crt monitors so it looks like i may need a bigger tablet. which is the A4 and the A5? i’m confused. you think the A5 is good enough or will i benefit from an A4? Note: i will also be doing roto/paint work w/ commotion, possibly silhouette roto or curious gfx. thanks again!