Anyone else edit with a Wacom Tablet?

I'm considering getting a Wacom tablet for brush work.

Any recommendations on the more expensive Intuos Pro vs the cheaper Pen & Touch?

What about size? Small vs Medium? (I have a 27" 4K display)

Any other comments/suggestions?

I suggest the Wacom Intuos Pro small, I have a medium and it's huge. You only need a relatively small section of the surface; I figured it our the hard way

itsallart wrote in post #17433533
I suggest the Wacom Intuos Pro small, I have a medium and it's huge. You only need a relatively small section of the surface; I figured it our the hard way

Yup! Get the Intuos Pro Small

I've just ordered the Pro small. Can't wait to start the learning curve.

Last one I owned was a Graphire many years ago.

It seems the current Intuos Pro is 18 months old now and a few online retailers are out of stock... I wonder if an update is immanent?

I just got a Intuos Pro small yesterday. It will take me a while to get truly efficient with it, but I definitely like it for brush work.

The only problem I've had so far is that the program loses track of the damn drivers on every startup. This is on Windows 7. I have to go into the "Services" menu, find Wacom Pro, and then "stop/restart" to restore the association with the drivers (got that method from Google - apparently it's been a problem for years).

Then it all works great....until I shut it down.

I like the tablet well enough that even if I can't resolve this, I'll keep using it.

Intuos 4 medium. Been using it since AD 2009. On my second pen, as I tried to remove the rubber grip from the old one as it had become somehow sticky and broke it.

The Wacom Intuos5 small is $129 at Adorama right now:http://www.adorama.com​/WAI5SR.html It is Refurbished but has a 1 year warranty.

Madwrench do you have the Wacom Desktop Center installed, I had problems before but this solved it?

BamPhoto wrote in post #17434611
Madwrench do you have the Wacom Desktop Center installed, I had problems before but this solved it?

Yes, I do. I'll try doing one more reinstall, then I'll check in with their support. I've heard the support is good, but I'm pretty confident I can figure something out either way.

I really do like the tablet. The driver issue is more of an annoyance than anything - although I might feel differently if I were doing this for a living.

I got my first Wacom last year for Christmas. I can't imagine not having it now. My kids have their own, but once in awhile my son takes mine so he does not "have to go all the way downstairs" and it drives me nuts to the point I won't do any editing without it.
I have the Pen and Touch Medium. It is too big, but I have about the upper 2/3 used for my screen. If I go dual monitor, I go to the full tablet and it seems to work out quite well.
I had considered the Pro, but as mine was a gift, I got what was given to me and really love how it has changed my editing process. Brushes and clean up are so much easier with a pen than anything I can do on a mouse.

Got one, great to use, but i wish I can afford the Cintiq

I just love the 6 customizable buttons on the left of the Wacom tablet and the two customizable buttons on the pen.
I use one of the pen buttons as "Step back" so that I can quickly undo stuff in Photoshop.
I also use the buttons on the tablet to program Save As (Shift+Cmd+S) , Image Size (Opt+Cmd+I), and Content Aware (fn+Shift+F5) since those are the commands that I use most frequently in PS.

I got one a couple days ago. It's huge, I'm trying to get used to it now. Any tips from those who use it? I left it on Pen mode does anyone use it as mouse mode?

travisvwright wrote in post #17437921
I got one a couple days ago. It's huge, I'm trying to get used to it now. Any tips from those who use it? I left it on Pen mode does anyone use it as mouse mode?

I think I have mine set for mouse mode as well. I mean, I can use either the mouse or the tablet to perform tasks in the OS –say, I use my tablet to play Bejewelled, way easier than with the mouse .

As for dimensions, when choosing the right size of a tablet you have to consider how you're trained to draw. Large tablets are for artists who use their whole arm to draw, medium and small tablets are for people who usually rest their elbows on a surface and pivot from there. When it comes to tablets, size is determined more by personal habits than by available space on a desk or price.

Features play a part too: models like the Bamboo don't have as much resolution as the Intuos line, nor do they recognise tilt or pressure. Whilst tilt might be more useful a feature for painters, pressure does come in handy with Photoshop, LR and C1P.

Alveric wrote in post #17437965
I think I have mine set for mouse mode as well. I mean, I can use either the mouse or the tablet to perform tasks in the OS –say, I use my tablet to play Bejewelled, way easier than with the mouse .

As for dimensions, when choosing the right size of a tablet you have to consider how you're trained to draw. Large tablets are for artists who use their whole arm to draw, medium and small tablets are for people who usually rest their elbows on a surface and pivot from there. When it comes to tablets, size is determined more by personal habits than by available space on a desk or price.

Features play a part too: models like the Bamboo don't have as much resolution as the Intuos line, nor do they recognise tilt or pressure. Whilst tilt might be more useful a feature for painters, pressure does come in handy with Photoshop, LR and C1P.

I'm an artist and have a medium size and still find it way too large Should have bough a small version, too late now