what are the best and worst drawing tablets for use with pangolin?

[Vidal Wolf]

Well, I'm going to try my hand at freehand drawing using the pangolin system I got from Robin.
Who uses a tablet and what are the pluses and minuses of using a tablet?
what brand is recommended? (Wacom, ect.)
Thanks guys!

[Jem]

Hi Nate

I have a Wacom Bamboo USB tablet, it works fine with LD2000/Beyond etc.

Now, i'm no artist and struggle to design anything maningful that would be worthy of sharing. However, i'm sure in the hands of a talented artist it would be fantastic

Cheers

Jem

[flecom]

don't see how it would be any different than a good tablet for photoshop/indesign...

figure a Wacom would be best

[masterpj]

I'd say: Wacom Wacom Wacom
Wacom tablets are known as one of the best brand tablets.
Be carefull though, laser software and drawing tablets dont really go well.

Wacom bamboo series (i recommend bamboo pen) is very affordable and also very precise.
Same go's for the level of pressure sensivity.

If you got a lot of money laying around and want to be fancy, you go for cintiq.

[planters]

What are the compatibility issues when composing laser grafix on a drawing tablet?

[Vidal Wolf]

How easy or difficult is it to get the tablet to talk to the pangolin board?

[Jem]

How easy or difficult is it to get the tablet to talk to the pangolin board?

With my Wacom Bamboo I just plug it into a spare USB port and it just works, with all the Pangolin products

[Vidal Wolf]

Allright!
Thank you for the advice. =)
I got the bamboo tablet & tomorrow I will hook it all up and give it a go.

[Jem]

Let us know how you get on, hopefully you won't encounter any problems.

Cheers

Jem

[planters]

I am very interested also. We are bumping up against the limits of the preloaded content in the Beyond package and need a good route to composing some additional material. Pangolin Show Space is a neat idea, but the contribution base is small and new material is posted very slowly. Let us know how you like this set up.