Welcome to Lightning's Lair
I
am ex-RAF having
served 22 years from 1971-93, with an
interest in Web Design,
Digital Photography
and
Photo Restoration Low
prices.
Retired
from work in 2010 and now a man of leisure. I Hope
you find something of interest
here.. Would be nice to hear your comments/feedback on my
Blog
Current Activities:
Not much happening at this time, mainly due to the inclement
weather and not being able to enjoy outdoor pursuits. I spend quite a bit of
my time, doing image retouching and restoration of old photographs, so
thought it about time I ventured in to the world of graphics tablets,
seemingly much more versatile and greater precision than the mouse. After
much time researching what would suit me, came up with this model a Wacom
Bamboo pen tablet which is on order. Will write a review of my findings
after the item has arrived and I have had a bit of practice.
Review: I think I got a good deal from Amazon, as checked the
following day and the price had gone up by £11. Item arrived safely taking
less time than advertised, so got the gear out of the box, read the
instructions and loaded the software drivers, connected the tablet and it
worked perfectly from the start. Followed the tutorial and found it easy
enough to get the basics of how to use the pen. I'm quite pleased with the
use of the tablet and pen for photo and imaging work, very precise compared
to a mouse, and integrated into Photoshop without any problems.
I'm not sure about using the pen as a replacement mouse however as it
requires a lot more movement of the hand across the tablet, so will stick
with the mouse for everyday navigation. The pen has a two position switch
which can be set up for personal functions, although it is default set to
scroll and right click, I found the switch was very hard to operate easily
and in my opinion, not required for what I wanted the tablet for. Conclusion
is that it is well worth the money for using as a graphic and
drawing/painting tool for precision work and that is what my intentions were
from the outset. Very easy to use plug and play device.
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