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[rpgsearcherz]

Wacoms are like boards that connect to your PC, right? If so, what would make these better than tablet laptops? Just the fact that you can upgrade and have better stats on a PC than with a tablet laptop?

I've been looking into one of the HP tablet laptops for a while but they're still not down to a low enough price, considering it would just be a hobby system.

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rpgsearcherz, on Feb 19 2009, 09:56 PM, said:

Wacoms are like boards that connect to your PC, right? If so, what would make these better than tablet laptops? Just the fact that you can upgrade and have better stats on a PC than with a tablet laptop?

I've been looking into one of the HP tablet laptops for a while but they're still not down to a low enough price, considering it would just be a hobby system.

Refer to my previous post and you get your answer mostly.

TPC vs Wacoms or other equivalent tablets :

Graphic Tablets Pros
-Graphic tablets have pressure levels for details definition and total control of creativity.
-Low latency for precise drawing.

Graphic Tablets Cons
-Despite the size and portability, it is an additional piece of gadget to carry along. The larger the tablet is the more space you are required to spare for its storage.


TPC Pros
- Mobility have its true answer. It is small, convenient and flexible.
- All-in-one solution. Write on screen, draw on screen without the need of an extra piece.

TPC Cons
-No pressure details for total control on your brushes and strokes.
-Slow tablet pen respond. Wacom have this calibrated its tablet for precise drawing with low respond latency. Every stroke is said to be 1 ~ 1.5ms latency while compared to TPC of 5 ~ 8ms latency.

Edited by onscreen, 21 February 2009 - 03:50 PM.

[rpgsearcherz]

Well I was thinking more in lines with tablet laptops being easier to draw on. I mean it would be significantly easier to draw things, color them with brush strokes, etc. when you can draw directly on the picture instead of being forced to keep guessing and checking to see where you are making marks at.

Also, using wacom or tablet laptops, are you able to open up a program like Word(or in my case OpenOffice) and write notes by hand? Or even sign documents you scanned in using it? Or are they pretty much geared towards just graphical editing and whatnot?

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Graphic tablets does what Tablet laptop does but better. No they are not geared to a specific users but to general actually. If you need a much specific types, the mid high range of the Wacom tablets is what you should look for.

I can open up OpenOffice through a gesture on the tablet and even do digital signature for PDF generated quotations / agreement forms, embed my digitally signed signature into any documents ready for print.

Hand and eye coordination is what you need to master if you want to use a tablet. Thats all it take to start using it. Next is to understand the pressure of each stroke by "feeling" it. Last but not least, the ability to master the color blends through airbrush.

[rpgsearcherz]

So using these we could do graphics for like websites, flash, etc. right? That would be one of my main uses. I would love to do flash animations and stuff but I find it wayyyyyy too hard to use the mouse.

Also, is the Wacom compatible with all programs, or only certain ones? I would hate to get one later and find out that it will not work with programs I need it on.

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Yes, Wacom is compatible with all applications. And it will definitely help you in Flash.