Hi,
I have a question about maya and graphic tablets -> is there anybody who can tell me if its worth to buy one and if yes which one is suitable for a hobbyist ?
sorry for my bad english hope you understand what wrote 
rgds
Gerald
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I have a question about maya and graphic tablets -> is there anybody who can tell me if its worth to buy one and if yes which one is suitable for a hobbyist ?
Yes, if you ever paint or draw anything its irreplaceable. For a hobbyist or not. Its one of those thinsg that you will womder how you survived without one.
and do I "need" it for maya or zbrush as well or only for 2d programms like photoshop and illustrator.
the problem is that I feel very inconveniant with my mouse and so I try to find some alternatives.
regards
Gerald
You must have a tablet if you do anything on a computer that resembles drawing.
The way I explained it to a manager would wouldn't let me buy a tablet was "If you can write your signature with a mouse, we don't need a tablet." I then made him do it. He let me buy the tablet.
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zbrush
Zbrush without a tablet is like a pointer without a computer. So personally id say that using zbrush without a tablet is wasting half of the program or more.
For maya not so big deal, one can live without it, unless you use artisan off course.
How is it youve never used a tablet before?
no, i've never used it.
but since I work with maya and now zbrush as well very often I got seizures in my fingers, and my mouse is too imprecise.
Which tablet would you prefer ?? Would be good if its available in Europe and schouldn't cost too much.
regards
Gerald
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Which tablet would you prefer ?? Would be good if its available in Europe and schouldn't cost too much.
If you work on it get a ituous4 (or a old 3) its a bit pricy but then all others are toys in comparasion. Ad quite frankly not worth it.
oke and does size matters?
for example is A4 wide oke or is a A6 suitable as well ?
regards
Gerald
Well i have a old intuous1 at home (took it off work when it was being deprecated) thats a A4+ meaning it has the side of a a4 in both directions. While its nice in size its extremely rare for me to ever use the entire surface. in fact id go as far as to say its a bit too large. It depends on what i do. for some drawing sich as freehand painting of houses and perspective its good to get the elbow sweep going, just like you do on paper when you want to draw a straight line
If i would go today id get a4 mainly because the golden rule type shape more closely fits to how wide monitors of today are shaped and the square just wastes space (wich can be used for buttons and quick move areas). But i would say that a a5 sized id probably good for many uses, a a6 starting top be too small.
oke thx for reply