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graphic tablet

evemeeveme Posts: 1
in Technical Help (nuts n bolts)

Hi 3d artist`s,

my gf is using daz 3d a lot and she does other drawings on the pc, but most of the time i see her on daz3d.

i want to get her an graphic tablet for christmas - so i got a few questions before i just order one.

is a graphic tablet useful for working with daz3d or is a mouse better?

if a graphic tablet is useful, is there one to recommend?

 

regards

 

Comments

  • Richard HaseltineRichard Haseltine Posts: 100,990
    edited November 2015

    Generally a mouse is better - the mice that come with Wacom tablets have, in the past, worked very poorly though the pen is usable (not that I have tried for a while).

    Post edited by Richard Haseltine on
  • Roman_K2Roman_K2 Posts: 1,239

    As far as I know the whole thing about tablets is 1) creating sweeping curves, ergo it may be better for the quality of your drawn lines; for some people it may be a bit more natural than moving a mouse around.

    2) some software supports a "pressure" component or function. So if you are simulating (say) a bristle brush and you press harder, there may be an enhanced result on the screen.

    So it seems to me that while a tablet may certainly assist the user when "painting" ethereal backgrounds for use with DAZ Studio, it is really not that important for use in DS and Hexagon per se. Other than sweeping, wispy backgrounds it might be possible to do some interesting

    I'm persuaded that, as of summer 2015, the hot news in the category was actually the Apple "Pencil" which in addition to the pressure feature has another axis or sensor added to it... as far as I know that one enhancement worth taking a lot at (like at the "Apple Store" in major centers), but it will only work on Apple's latest "iPad" devices. Not quite the same as a having a Wacom "graphics tablet" in your set of tools for DAZ 3D.

    There is a little bit about the Apple Pencil, including some caveats, on Wikipedia English - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Pencil

  • Roman_K2Roman_K2 Posts: 1,239

    ...urp, sorry. Still figuring out the forums software; I left a hanging sentence in my comment above. blush

    It would in theory be possible to marry painting flowing lines or prickly pear surfaces into a texture file for use with an underlying, matching polygon mesh model... you could probably do some real "H.R. Giger" stuff that way. I've never seen anyone doing that at the level of $$$ being discussed here.

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