Re: Different Wacom question
B1;1704;0cOn Fri, Apr 24, 2009 at 11:52:40AM -0700, Luya Tshimbalanga wrote: Le 2009-04-24 06:27, Máirín Duffy a écrit : Hi Paul, A previous thread reminded me to bring this up. I want to buy a drawing tablet, preferably something very well supported in Fedora and using USB. I'm assuming Wacom is the way to go, but I'm not sure which model to get, and I'm open minded as long as I know it's solid and works well with Fedora. I don't want to spend a fortune, but it's OK if something goes into low three-digits (USD $), let's say US $250 or less. What does the Artwork team recommend? I've always had luck with the Wacom graphire series. They're quite affordable, while I bought mine quite some time ago I believe it was $120. For years now they just work out-of-the-box, and if you want pressure-sensitivity, it's just a little more configuration (you need to add Xorg.conf back to F10 which actually causes some painful issues (kernel panic on shutdown, fun things like that) ) but it's liveable. I heard that a fix for this went into F11. I can confirm the fix (courtesy of Peter Hutterer)work well on Fedora Rawhide (soon to be Leonidas) using the legacy USB Graphire2 4x5. Pressure sensitivity is out of box specific to application. Make sure to set input device to Wacom. Is the only difference between the small Wacom Bamboo and the small Bamboo Fun (both about 6 x 4) the extra proprietary software packages that come with the Fun? Thank you again, Artwork team, for entertaining my slightly OT questions. :-) -- Paul W. Frieldshttp://paul.frields.org/ gpg fingerprint: 3DA6 A0AC 6D58 FEC4 0233 5906 ACDB C937 BD11 3717 http://redhat.com/ - - - - http://pfrields.fedorapeople.org/ irc.freenode.net: stickster @ #fedora-docs, #fedora-devel, #fredlug pgpgWkahOtn6F.pgp Description: PGP signature ___ Fedora-art-list mailing list Fedora-art-list@redhat.com http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-art-list
Re: Different Wacom question
Hi Paul, Is the only difference between the small Wacom Bamboo and the small Bamboo Fun (both about 6 x 4) the extra proprietary software packages that come with the Fun? Yes, software is the only difference (ArtRage, is entertaining, but not proffesional and Photoshop Elements is only a propietary software you can get using the GIMP and f-spot togheter). If you will use it as a replace of mouse, I recomend you the small bamboo. But if you will use it for design, Bamboo Fun (medium) will be better (but it's only a size issue) if you want to be more confortable drawing. Just my opinion, more questions? :) Israel Thank you again, Artwork team, for entertaining my slightly OT questions. :-) ___ Fedora-art-list mailing list Fedora-art-list@redhat.com http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-art-list ___ Fedora-art-list mailing list Fedora-art-list@redhat.com http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-art-list
Re: Different Wacom question
On Sat, Apr 25, 2009 at 07:59:14PM +0200, Israel Rodríguez wrote: Hi Paul, Is the only difference between the small Wacom Bamboo and the small Bamboo Fun (both about 6 x 4) the extra proprietary software packages that come with the Fun? Yes, software is the only difference (ArtRage, is entertaining, but not proffesional and Photoshop Elements is only a propietary software you can get using the GIMP and f-spot togheter). If you will use it as a replace of mouse, I recomend you the small bamboo. But if you will use it for design, Bamboo Fun (medium) will be better (but it's only a size issue) if you want to be more confortable drawing. Just my opinion, more questions? :) Thanks, that helps. I want to use primarily for drawing, not to replace my mouse. I'm not much of an artist, but drawing with a mouse is simply not fun, and without pressure sensitivity it's even more of a drag. -- Paul W. Frieldshttp://paul.frields.org/ gpg fingerprint: 3DA6 A0AC 6D58 FEC4 0233 5906 ACDB C937 BD11 3717 http://redhat.com/ - - - - http://pfrields.fedorapeople.org/ irc.freenode.net: stickster @ #fedora-docs, #fedora-devel, #fredlug pgpOBL15n7S72.pgp Description: PGP signature ___ Fedora-art-list mailing list Fedora-art-list@redhat.com http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-art-list
