Best tablet for AE?

[John Cuevas]

I prefer tablets that have a few buttons on them. You can map certain functions to those buttons and that can be handy.

Otherwise I’m just a big fan of tablets, great for roto work and it’s just a lot less stress on the wrist if you have to do this all day long. I use my mine for for everything, AE, Avid, Photoshop…. Strangely we have 4 edit bays at work and 4 different tablets(just bought them at different times. This is the one I like best one, for now, until the next new one comes out.

Johnny Cuevas, Editor
Thinkck.com

“I have not failed 700 times. I have succeeded in proving that those 700 ways will not work. When I have eliminated the ways that will not work, I will find the way that will work.”
—THOMAS EDISON on inventing the light bulb.

[Olly Lawer]

This pleases me as it’s not £500 as the others I looked at. To be fair, they were A3.

So, this is A4 right? I have a 27inch iMac. Do you think it’ll be ok with that?

Olly Lawer

[John Cuevas]

I use that one on a 25″ dual monitor system(Avid). I think it’s an A4, I know it’s not one of the A3’s.

Here’s a pretty cool article for helping to decide on which tablet to get: https://gearoracle.com/guides/how-to-choose-wacom-pen-tablet/

Johnny Cuevas, Editor
Thinkck.com

“I have not failed 700 times. I have succeeded in proving that those 700 ways will not work. When I have eliminated the ways that will not work, I will find the way that will work.”
—THOMAS EDISON on inventing the light bulb.

[Todd Kopriva]

I really like my Intuos tablet.

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[Eric Santiago]

Anyone using the Intous 5 yet?
I want to move my 4 down and wondering if that ring can access the timeline ala scrub?

[Walter Soyka]

[Olly Lawer] “This pleases me as it’s not £500 as the others I looked at. To be fair, they were A3. So, this is A4 right? I have a 27inch iMac. Do you think it’ll be ok with that?”

The whole unit is about A4-sized; the active area on the tablet is closer to A6.

I am comfortable with an Intuos Medium on a 30″ screen. I wouldn’t go smaller.

Walter Soyka
Principal & Designer at Keen Live
Motion Graphics, Widescreen Events, Presentation Design, and Consulting
RenderBreak Blog – What I’m thinking when my workstation’s thinking
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[Olly Lawer]

Great. So is the Intuos Medium the one you just described? With the actual pad size being closer to A6?

Olly Lawer

[Walter Soyka]

[Olly Lawer] “Great. So is the Intuos Medium the one you just described? With the actual pad size being closer to A6?”

Sorry, no — I was describing the Bamboo model you linked to.

The active area on the Intuos4 Medium that I have here is about A5.

Walter Soyka
Principal & Designer at Keen Live
Motion Graphics, Widescreen Events, Presentation Design, and Consulting
RenderBreak Blog – What I’m thinking when my workstation’s thinking
Creative Cow Forum Host: Live & Stage Events

[Olly Lawer]

Hi,

OK great. So is yours the input pen only or the more expensive one?

https://uk.shop.wacom.eu/Products/Intuos

Olly Lawer

[Olly Lawer]

Maybe it’s just the thought of RSI lately, but my wrist is starting to ache and feel uncomfortable, so I’m thinking I’m going to bite the bullet and buy a medium Walcom – see link above.

Do you think I would benefit from the touch and pen one as opposed to just the pen one?

Olly Lawer