What is a good, pen-like input device?

[economics_professor@adobeforums.com]

Probably a dumb question, but is there a good, pen-like input device for drawing in Illustrator and Photoshop, or is scanning a drawing the best route?

[Jess]

[email]economics_professor@adobeforums.com[/email] wrote:

> Probably a dumb question, but is there a good, pen-like input device
> for drawing in Illustrator and Photoshop, or is scanning a drawing
> the best route?

[url]http://www.wacom.com[/url]

Jess

[Phosphor@adobeforums.com]

Wacom, the most popular, and some would say "Industry Standard" for digitising stylus/pen input. <http://www.wacom.com/index2.cfm>.

If you pop on over to the Photoshop forums you'll be likely to get more general advice regarding using Wacom tablets.
<http://www.adobeforums.com/cgi-bin/webx?13@@.ee6b362>
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But, keep checking back here, or do some persuing and searching in the Illustrator Forums for other threads and posts referring to "Wacom" and "digitizing" or "digitising" and/or "tablets".

[res0r89p]

I've used both methods. The Wacom Intuos is the best tablet. You can also
create a drawing, then scan and Autotrace it (or trace bitmap). Some people
may find that faster. Once you have in your computer, you can refine it
more.
Peter Cowie
<economics_professor@adobeforums.com> wrote in message
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> Probably a dumb question, but is there a good, pen-like input device for

drawing in Illustrator and Photoshop, or is scanning a drawing the best
route?


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