Atherton & District Amateur Photographic Society

I'm thinking of investing in a graphics tablet, can anyone recommend one that is easy to use and photoshop compatible and also your experience in using one, the WACOM ones seem to be popular. Any advice gratefully accepted.

WACOM seem to be the market leaders and the ones most favoured. I understand a smaller tablet such as A5 is actually easier to control than a larger one.

I have a wacom bamboo, can't say anything bad about it. For the £40, I think, I paid for it, I've had more than my use.
It is just a tablet, easy to draw with and I use the controls for brush sizes, works well.

Late comer to this convo and I will be honest and disagre with john .. I had an a5 and it was useless with just one 21" monitor .. nevwe mind 2 .. if you can afford the £300 price tag then deffo go for the wacom Intuos 4 .. you will not go wrong

Scuba Diver wrote: I'm thinking of investing in a graphics tablet, can anyone recommend one that is easy to use and photoshop compatible and also your experience in using one, the WACOM ones seem to be popular. Any advice gratefully accepted.

You'll get different opinions depending upon who you speak to... The best advice is to see if someone will lend you one to try for a few days to see how you like it.

I had one and sold it. I just prefer using a mouse.

Alison, I have one that you can borrow to try before you buy if you want to. It 's a Wacom Bamboo Pen. Call round this evening or in the morning to collect it.