[X4U] Graphics Tablets, Ink, Software, and Artists

[Daly Jessup]

At 10:30 AM -0700 7/9/06, Robert Ameeti wrote:
>I have an artist friend that has not discovered the amazing software 
>that exists for artists on a Mac. I am referring to the kinds of 
>things that they can do on a graphics tablet with pressure sensitive 
>pens which recognize angle, pressure, and perhaps more.
>
>Where is the Mac today in this regard? Which tablets are best (or is 
>there really only 1 mfg?) What software will an artist want to use? 
>(My friend is a painter.) Is bigger always better?
>
>And then lastly, has Apple dropped Ink as a technology? I do see 
>that Tiger still has it as a feature but I've heard nothing about it 
>from Apple lately. :-(

My personal recommendation: get an Intuous 2 6x8" graphics tablet. As 
oon as it is installed, Ink will appear as an option in System 
Prefernces, for what it's worth. But the tablet is worth a lot. Corel 
Painter is probably the most spectacular  program to use with a 
graphics tablet.  Maybe Adobe Photoshop after that.

Daly
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