Wacom Intuos Art Small Pen and Touch (Old Version)

La tableta llegó rápido y en tiempo. El producto viene muy bien empacado de fábrica y la calidad de construcción es muy buena. Tan sólo con conectarla a la computadora se detectó pero no funcionó, descargué el driver del sitio de Wacom y funcionó de manera correcta (Aunque pide reiniciar la computadora para poder configurar más a fondo los gestos y controles). Incluye un disco para instalar el driver, pero seguramente es mejor el del sitio por estar más actualizado, además de que muchas computadoras, como la mía, no usa lector de CD. Ya usando el producto, funciona muy bien, la presión y gestos son configurables, lo utilicé para editar video, animaciones y fotos y en cada programa me sentí muy cómodo y mejoré mi productividad con respecto al trackpad. muy recomendable si buscas una opción económica para ingresar al mundo de las tabletas.

I do photography and was looking at getting into digital sketching and painting, not to mention I've seen how integrated Wacom is with editing in Photoshop from tutorials on Youtube, so I figured why not give it a try. Since I didn't know how much I would care for it, and didn't want to shovel out a few hundreds on a risk, I went with this model, since it was the cheapest available.The first day was a little awkward getting use to it, not because of any flaw with the pad, but because I am so use to dragging a mouse around the screen, whereas these tablets work more like a touchscreen. Where you put the pen on the pad is where it shows up on the screen. Once I got use to the feel of the pad though, and set up my shortcuts, I fell in love with it quickly.By day three, I had disconnected my mouse and tossed it in the closet. Not only is a Wacom pad great for editing, it's a great mouse substitute in general. The pen itself has two buttons on it, which I have set up for right clicking and scrolling. The buttons on the pad itself I set up for some mac functions though I don't use them much. You can also set up your pen and pad for general use, and for app use. So you can program buttons that do one thing on the main screen, and other functions when you have Photoshop open.It comes with some nice free apps, though I have opted to use Photoshop, Illustrator, and Autodesk Sketchbook for most of my work. Still, it's cool that they offer you the apps, especially for the price of the apps compared to the price of this pad.I actually fell so in love with this drawing pad, that I didn't really have it all that long before I went all in and upgraded to the Intuos Pro. If you are just starting editing or drawing, then this is a great pad to invest in. As the cheapest model it works great. Pen is responsive to pressure, it's easy to fit on any desk thanks to it's size, and once it's set up on your computer, it's easy to connect. I carried mine from my PC at home to my Mac at work and connect to both with no problem, though I prefer using it on my Mac.Attached are some pics I drew and colored using Wacom as an amateur digital painter.

I have a Wacom Intous Pro at home, and when I started a new job they allowed me to order the baseline model for use at my office desk. Until I got the tablet, I had been using a standard mouse which had begun to give me all sorts of wrist and nerve pain. Since switching to using the tablet full time, all of my pain has gone away! It is a great device and allows me to work very quickly. I am mostly doing soft design and editing tasks, so the reduced pressure angles aren't a problem at all, and while it doesn't have the same feel as my pro, it is easy to get used to. The small size is surprisingly preferable to my medium sized pro tablet and has allowed me to move quickly between my two monitor display.Minor complaints:- The touch settings don't allow a comfortable mouse pointer speed. I can't seem to get the settings right and it moves a little too slow for my tastes. I rarely use the touch because of this, but it hasn't seemed to hold me back at all.- I don't use the quick command buttons on the tablet or the pen at all. Keyboard commands seem to be much easier, comfortable, and reliable.- The pen and its buttons are flimsy and cheap feeling, especially in comparison to the pro pen, but it is what it is and I've been able to adapt to it.Overall the tablet fits my needs well and functions how I would expect. I love it for use at the office and wold definitely recommend it as a mouse replacement even if you don't do graphics work.

OK, I haven't had this art pen & tablet for very long, but I have used the Wacom Bamboo for years (the MTE-450A), and it has been a good little tablet without issues, and still works. This lead me to believe that the INTUOS is going to be along the same lines for reliability, and a bit bigger so I went for it. To my surprise, it is about the same size as my (very old) Bamboo, and actually cost more.PROS:It worked fine without loading any software (including the Wacom drivers).Automatically went to update drivers, and software when allowed to.The drivers, and software package makes it easy to fine tune the tablet to your personal preferences.The pressure sensitive aspect of the pen to tablet works great, and the software allows for you to adjust to your own sense of touch.The aspect ratio from tablet to monitor is accurate from the start.Has extra points for the pen stored in the back of the tablet (3 pieces).NO F'N BATTERY'S REQUIRED.CONS:Cost so much for so little.Added 3rd party software I don't want nor need. (Useless to a modder, and most who would actually look at an art pen/tablet for work, or school). Only a low level beginner would consider the software package if given a choice.Personal thoughts:It seems that Wacom is getting even more expensive as time passes, the Bamboo I have used for roughly 10 years cost less than the INTUOS I just purchased, and they are both about the same size. Unfortunately the bigger you get with WACOM, the much more expensive they get, and one of their 10X6” tablets run for around 300+ dollars US while everyone else is charging 100 to 200, or less.Now I have no major complaints about this INTUOS, other than I was hoping it was going to be bigger then my Bamboo. Now desk space doesn't mean that much to me (I have quite a bit of it), but I am a modder with a regular job, so I don't have a huge amount of money floating around for equipment for doing my modding.I don't need, nor care about the extra software that comes with your purchase of a Wacom tablet now-a-days, so why don't they reduce their prices, and leave the extra software as an extra purchase for those who want it. Adding 40 to 100 dollars US worth of software to your equipment is counter intuitive if your customers don't want/need, or no-one uses it. It's only adding to the cost of something we want, or need, and dumping the extras could make your higher level equipment available to more people.

This tablet is definitely a great way to start transforming your art digital...after much contemplation, I've finally got myself one on sale and I am SO happy with it. The tablet itself is nicely constructed and easy to work with whether you hold it up or place it down to draw, and the pressure sensitivity on the pen works very well. The program that came with it, Corel Essentials, is said to be more difficult than ArtRage that comes with Intuos Draw but if you already know how to work your way around photoshop, you can adjust pretty quickly to Corel as the formatting is quite similar. The touch screen can be used like the trackpad but I rarely use it while drawing as the adjustments are not as precise as I want it. Overall, it's a great tablet that functions just as well as it looks.