Hi Miranda, just bought the "Bamboo" as a Christmas gift for a friend. He is very good at sketching in pen and papers, and judging from the designs he's now making, it shouldn't take more than a couple of weeks for somebody to familiarise themselves with such an input method. The tablet driver controls the standard mouse pointer, so you can control any app through the tablet. All serious graphic design apps are also able to get the "pressure" information for the tablet (i.e. how hard the user is pressing a pen) which can be used to control stroke width etc.
I think the compact size of the Bamboo is a plus, it takes little space on a desk and you can easily drop it in a laptop bag/backpack and take it with you. The advantages of the bigger Intuos can be: 1) possibly comes with better tools by default: double-tip pen (the 2nd tip is a virtual "eraser") or wireless mouse that can be used on the tablet 2) better size/resolution (maybe not too useful if you're making sketches anyway) Hope this helps, Alex On Jan 29, 2008 7:28 PM, Miranda McGill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Our team is looking to purchase Pen Tablets (rather than Tablet PCs) for > sketching and quick prototyping. We're not doing intricate graphics work but > nevertheless need something that is responsive, integrates seamlessly with > our standard UI prototyping tools (Fireworks, Photoshop etc.), and > preferably works with both PCs and Macs. I'm researching options and so far > have narrowed it down to either the Wacom Intuos 6"x8" (more expensive) or > Wacom Bamboo Fun 8.5"x5.3" (cheaper) -- but I'm open to other suggestions. > > All recommendations gratefully received -- also, I'm rather pressed for > time, so responses asap would be much appreciated! > > Cheers, > Miranda. > ________________________________________________________________ > *Come to IxDA Interaction08 | Savannah* > February 8-10, 2008 in Savannah, GA, USA > Register today: http://interaction08.ixda.org/ > > ________________________________________________________________ > Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! > To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe > List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines > List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help > ________________________________________________________________ *Come to IxDA Interaction08 | Savannah* February 8-10, 2008 in Savannah, GA, USA Register today: http://interaction08.ixda.org/ ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
