Comments on: Using a Cintiq Drawing Tablet

By: Jeff Franzen

Jeff Franzen — Tue, 30 Jan 2007 15:08:08 +0000

Could we all recommend our favorite software for Wacom? I am using ArtRage, Photoshop, Flash and Sketchup.

Others I should know about?

By: Bee Mackey

Bee Mackey — Sun, 21 Jan 2007 18:45:09 +0000

That’s absolutely not cricket! :0) Oooow, that hurt!

By: Matt Glover

Matt Glover — Fri, 19 Jan 2007 21:54:13 +0000

A Mac girl AND a Kiwi.

I don’t think I can let you visit here anymore Bee…(grin)

By: Bee Mackey

Bee Mackey — Wed, 17 Jan 2007 20:15:14 +0000

Enjoyed reading about the Cintiq Drawing Tablet. But nothing there made me want to rush out and buy one at this stage. Thanks for posting this Matt, it was really an informative piece of writing.

I have been using Wacom Intuos tablets (GD 12×18) for quite a few years now and I find them the best thing since sliced bread. They last the mileage, as do the pens. My first one would be 10 years old (cost around NZ$1100.00 - they are cheaper now) and it is still hunky-dory. Although the pen on the old one hasn’t quite the feel of the newer models, you easily adapt between.

Am an Apple Mac girl through and through, although [cough] I do have a PC with a Wacom attached ( it deserves the older Wacom:0). For me it’s the art programs that I need to be user friendly, rather than the tablet, as my Intuos tablets do all and more for my requirements. But I haven’t found arty-farty program that does it all! Yet!

By: ricemutt

ricemutt — Wed, 17 Jan 2007 17:02:15 +0000

Thanks for posting the review. While I’m far from committed to investing in a tablet (I’m just a hobbyist cartoonist at best), I really appreciate having a review to read on the Wacom tablets. I briefly looked at buying the Intuos this past Christmas, but after calling some Wacom.com-listed retailers and distributors nearby to inquire about testing one out before purchasing, I was told that there weren’t any places nearby that offered a test drive — just as Tom mentioned above. And I live in the San Francisco Bay Area, where I thought I probably had the best chance of finding one to try. So, again, the review is very much appreciated!