Re: FLASH: graphics tablets

[Marc Hoffman]

At 02:52 PM 1/18/99 -0500, you wrote:

>I was wondering if anyone has had any experiences

>(good preferably) with using pens and graphics tablets

>for drawing in FLASH and or FREEHAND.  Are there any products out there 

>which cause error messages, problems?    

>Thanks.


I had initial problems with the line (in Flash) sometimes appearing

off-register from the mouse cursor.  Reloading the Win95 drivers took care

of it.  That was with a 4x6 Wacom ArtPad.  I loved it so much I bought a

6x8 that I saw for sale used.  It has programmable macros on it which are

very handy for those absurd Flash "shortcuts" such as Shift-Ctrl-Alt-G! The

8x10s (or is it 10x12?) are cool but take up a lot of desk space.


Anyway, I absolutely recommend the Wacom, and that's been the consistent

advice I got from others, except a couple of folks who were willing to

trade some features in exchange for lower price. The best arrangement seems

to be to have a PS-2 mouse and the serial Wacom, which will run

simultaneously.  The Wacom is a good mouse substitute in many, but not all,

programs, and will help save your Carpal tunnels.



Marc Hoffman

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