Wacom Graphire Blueberry

Another birthday had come around - and they do seem to come around very quickly these days - and my wife asked me what I thought I would like. "Dunno," I replied, "let's go and look in PC World." When we entered the store, for quite some time the latest and fastest PC's with sleek TFT monitors acted like a magnet to me. After displaying quite a lot of patience, my wife dragged me to the display units that had the graphic tablets. These little gadgets are great for anyone who likes greater control when editing photos, particularly the intricate alterations like getting rid of red-eye. For artists and illustrators I would think ...  Read the complete review

I maintain a number of websites as a bit of an obsession, and load up many photos and graphics as part of the deal. Inevitably with scanning in photos there always tend to be flaws to correct and improvements to make, and I've written here before about using Adobe Photoshop to do so. The problem, however, with retouching photos is that there's an awful lot of mouse work involved which is time consuming, makes your hand and wrist ache and is at best a little clumsy and difficult to control when you're trying to make very tiny adjustments. All the best advice I read and heard indicated that the best solution to these ...  Read the complete review

Why would you buy one of these when a Mouse is only a tenner? Some people like the gadgety nature, some people like to try new things - for me, it was because RSI meant that I just couldn't use a mouse. When you went to school back in the old days, what did you learn to write with? Did you push a plastic shape around on a small rubber area to form your first letters, or did you use a pen/pencil? Our education has made our fine motor control excellent on pen-shaped objects; yet when we start using computers we go for something completely different, using different muscles. Some of us consequently get problems with our hands (also from ...  Read the complete review

My Mouse died............ For serious computer stuff ( not this internet thingo) I use an Apple G4 450Mhz DP. (until November last year the fastest benchmarked computer in the world, but that's besides the point) The G4 comes with a snazzy infra-red mouse, which died after two years of service. I shot out the door ( because I was in the middle of an income producing project) to buy a new one, but surprise of surprise, Currys and Dixons dont stock anything like serious mouses. Ones with plenty of buttons, yes. Mouses that are smooth accurate and reliable ( and Mac ready) are impossible to find except in serious computer shops - and I didnt have ...  Read the complete review

I bought myself a wacom graphire for home use after I used one of Wacom's other tablets at work. My own budget wouldn't quite run to the professional end of their range, but I thought (and still think) that the Graphire is a good product for general home use that offers good value for money. It's dead simple to use the pen to point and click and use as a mouse replacement for general Windows use, it may take a while to get used to, but once I got the hang of it it became second nature. When you've used one of these in a graphics package you will never imagine attempting to 'draw' with a mouse again. The software package is ...  Read the complete review