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Considering purchasing a drawing tablet
TristanLuigi:
--- Quote from: Nonnel on September 19, 2017, 12:52:58 PM ---for some reason i saw this topic and assumed you meant like a clay tablet for all your ancient writing and recording needs
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this man gets it i don't know what these other fools are on about. i need to draw some excellent art dedicated to the ancient god linux
although maybe these "digital" drawing tablets might work too.
--- Quote from: Alkatjo on September 19, 2017, 05:21:22 AM ---It depends. You want one with a screen? Multi-surface touch? Sensitivity?
$60 probably won't cut it. I'm not just saying that to say that, i mean it.
stuff like this: https://www.amazon.com/Huion-Graphics-Drawing-Tablet-Board/dp/B00TB0TTAC/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1505812655&sr=8-3&keywords=drawing+tablet
and this: https://www.amazon.com/Monoprice-6-25-inch-Graphic-Drawing-Tablet/dp/B00H4LAF9O/ref=sr_1_11?ie=UTF8&qid=1505812655&sr=8-11&keywords=drawing+tablet
simply won't do unless you're absolutely fine with having a somewhat functional "drawing" tablet. And as far as i know, the first one only works with windows.
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Alright, I understand. As far as functionality goes, a screen and multitouch definitely seem like overkill, although pressure sensitivity would be nice.
--- Quote from: grunterdb1951 on September 19, 2017, 05:31:27 AM ---I wouldn't recommend a Huion product, despite their tempting prices. Not sure about anyone else, but my Huion M1000L is barely compatible with most drawing programs. Paint Tool Sai, Krita, it barely even functions with things like Gimp and Photoshop.
The main problem I've seen with it despite it having pressure sensitivity, as demonstrated with the tablet drivers ability to set and adjust its sensitivity within the tablet software itself, it isn't picked up by any of the programs I've used.
You're unfortunately going to have to spend a lot more than 60 bucks to get something that's worth your money- or even functions properly.
I've heard good things from Wacom, here seem to be a few products that are close to your price range. (At least in their small sizes.)
https://www.amazon.com/Wacom-CTL490DW-Digital-Drawing-Graphics/dp/B010LHRFM2/ref=sr_1_3?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1505813589&sr=1-3&keywords=wacom+drawing+tablet
https://www.amazon.com/Wacom-digital-graphics-drawing-painting/dp/B010LHRG44/ref=sr_1_1_sspa?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1505813427&sr=1-1-spons&keywords=wacom%2Bdrawing%2Btablet&th=1
https://www.amazon.com/Wacom-digital-graphics-drawing-painting/dp/B010LHRFYU/ref=sr_1_4?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1505813427&sr=1-4&keywords=wacom+drawing+tablet
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--- Quote from: otto-san on September 19, 2017, 12:34:21 PM ---wacom would probably have the best guarantee of compatibility and quality and I'm pretty certain there are models, either old or new, in that price range. i got my first tablet for like $50 at a best buy and it was a wacom intuos pen ctl-idk
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I'll link into what models are available. Thanks!
Deus Ex:
You can never go wrong with Wacom.
LeetZero:
Wacom is definitely the way to go in terms of compatibility and such, but I would still recommend off-brand products such as Huion/Monoprice and some others, simply because it's more optimal for a budget. Wacom is premium, but you are expected to pay a lot more than $60. I believe the cheapest Wacom (and ultimately barebone) is the Wacom One Small (CTL-471), if you can even find it anymore (probably not).
In other words, it's probably a better idea to get another brand tablet with more features and bigger size instead of whatever cheapest Wacom you can buy. You'd however still have to look a bit more into Linux compatibility and all.
Despite what everyone's saying, since you also need Linux compability - I didn't even find official support for Wacom Linux compability to begin with, so it's a hit or miss regardless of what you get at this point. Most drivers seem to be community-made. This is going to be a difficult to find aspect for any tablet you'll buy, you'll have to look for the specific model to see if there's drivers, no way around it.
The "linuxwacom" project on Sourceforge has approx. 800 downloads, so expect basic if no support to begin with if anything goes wrong as well. It might be better than other brands at this point due to (lack of) popularity, but as I said, it's going to be difficult to determine Linux compatibility at this point.
Upon further research (although I still might be wrong, there's barely any info about this) it might also depend on the distro. Seems like Ubuntu has default Wacom support but don't quote me on this, you'll have to check if your specific distro has that sort of support for whatever device you are looking to buy.
Tactical Nuke:
I'm a wacom guy but if you're going for $60 then wacom is a dream for you
I bought my tablet that I'm sure is a couple of models older than the new stuff a few months ago, for $800
that's what you're dealing with in wacom, the quality is balanced by the price
Mr Queeba:
anything from wacom is good