Re: FLASH: Wacom size

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Marc wrote:


>At 04:06 PM 2/16/00 , you wrote:

>

>>I'm new to this whole Wacom thing, never used one actually but am looking at

>>getting one. What are the benefits to getting the biggest pad you can

>>afford?  I mean I understand you have more area to work with, but say for

>>instance 12"x12"...what can you do on it that you can't (or have a hard time

>>doing) on the 6"x8"?  Would I have to drag over and scroll the page to get

>>more area or how does that work?

>>

>>TIA,

>>Tyson

>

>

>Ken's response is one I would second. Really think about where you'd 

>put that 12x12 -- they're HUGE! The cartoonist James Thurber was 

>legally blind and used to draw on wall-sized pieces of paper. But 

>short of that, I cannot really see the need for so large a drawing 

>surface. I have the 6x8 and it's quite large enough. I also have a 

>3-1/2 x 5 and sometimes it's nice to draw that small. Regardless, 

>you can set the tablet area to match the screen area. It even works 

>with dual monitors. Newer Wacoms have a liftable transparency so you 

>can slip a drawing underneath and trace it, so I suppose that's 

>another advantage of the 12x12.


Why? An 8-1/2 x 11 sheet of paper fits on a 9x12, huh? Oh, I get it 

... for those who might be opposed to tracing something *sideways*.


Well, now that I've brought it up, you *should* always trace 

sideways! My Dad taught me this trick: if you're trying to duplicate 

someone else's signature by tracing (for fun purposes only! :-) ), 

turn it upside down (or sideways), BECAUSE, this way, you 

short-circuit your own (muscle memory) habit patterns, and thus trace 

more accurately. Same thinking applies here.


See, you got me started again.


>I just can't imagine using it.


It's the size of a Pizza Hut Big New Yorker pizza box!


I think it should come with retractable wheels on it. And a hydraulic 

lift system.


>Also know that the resolution on a Wacom is a lot higher than a 

>regular mouse, so you can get precision even on a smaller tablet. So 

>I would base the size decision on how big you like to draw (hand 

>movement),


Right, and consider that from this point of view:


If your total "live" area of your tablet is *smaller* (either by 

buying a smaller tablet, or by remapping a larger one, as Marc 

mentioned above), THEN, you can cover a *larger* area of your monitor 

screen WITHIN the radius of the rotation of your hand *around your 

wrist* as it is *resting* at the base of the tablet (thus giving more 

stability and control to your pen placements).


>how much desk space you can spare, and your budget.


Regarding budget and computer purchases (Ken's Law):


"When in doubt, buy the more expensive one of the two [whatevers]. 

You'll outgrow even that, soon enough! :-)


HTH,


Ken Sherwood



--


"In particular, I was musing about where Flash would be in a couple 

of years.  Right now, it's been delivered to a vast number of 

clients, either by being packaged with a browser, or via a download. 

Developers are now developing Flash content that is small yet 

effective visually.  It seems to offer lots of design possibilities. 

Will it still be here in 3 years?  Adobe, who has deeper pockets than 

Macromedia, has announced a Flash competitor.  Will Macromedia 

survive?  Will their vision and focus, so far unsullied [*sic*], 

survive?"


-- hwg-theory list contributor, 2000.02.12


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