{"id":290,"date":"2010-11-04T18:21:09","date_gmt":"2010-11-04T22:21:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.archimediastudios.com\/corporate\/?p=290"},"modified":"2010-11-04T18:21:10","modified_gmt":"2010-11-04T22:21:10","slug":"are-you-using-a-tablet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.archimediastudios.com\/corporate\/2010\/11\/are-you-using-a-tablet\/","title":{"rendered":"Are you using a Tablet?"},"content":{"rendered":"

For the modern graphic designer or illustrator, there\u2019s only one hardware device that is a must-have in the workstation:\u00a0 and it\u2019s not even a pencil.\u00a0 It\u2019s a tablet like the Wacom Intuos4, a pen and tablet station for computers that allows you to \u201cdraw\u201d directly onto a computer monitor, creating your images in real-time and with full capability with vital software like Adobe Photoshop.<\/p>\n

The Transition to Paperless Illustrator<\/strong><\/p>\n

It wasn\u2019t long ago when almost all illustration was still done on a form of treated wood and pulp known as paper; today, our lives are utterly transformed not only by the technology of computes, but by their availability.\u00a0 Products like the Wacom Intuos4 are actually relatively easy to acquire, and if you have a specific need that they can fill, they\u2019re necessities around the office or home workstation.\u00a0 Going paperless means that you don\u2019t have to worry about one stage of your designs unless you \u2013 quite simply \u2013 want to include paper drafts as part of your routine.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Is it a little disconcerting to give up the absolute control of the pencil-to-paper medium?\u00a0 It can be, but it\u2019s not necessary.\u00a0 You\u2019ll find that the pressure sensitivity of the Wacom Intuos4, as well as the overall interaction with the product, make it ideal for anyone who\u2019s used to the pen-to-paper style of illustration.\u00a0 And once you\u2019ve used a tablet, it will feel odd to illustrate on a computer any other way; after all, a mouse simply just doesn\u2019t do it.<\/p>\n

The Touch Ring will also give you access to features you can\u2019t get on paper, such as zoom-ins and zoom-outs.\u00a0 You\u2019ll also be able to change the degree of pressure it takes to make a line on the tablet, which is essentially like being able to change the kind of pen you\u2019re using \u2013 without changing your tablet pen.\u00a0 It\u2019s that cool.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

For the modern graphic designer or illustrator, there\u2019s only one hardware device that is a must-have in the workstation:\u00a0 and it\u2019s not even a pencil.\u00a0 It\u2019s a tablet like the Wacom Intuos4, a pen and tablet station for computers that allows you to \u201cdraw\u201d directly onto a computer monitor, creating your images in real-time and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":292,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-290","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-insights","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.archimediastudios.com\/corporate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/290","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.archimediastudios.com\/corporate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.archimediastudios.com\/corporate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.archimediastudios.com\/corporate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.archimediastudios.com\/corporate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=290"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.archimediastudios.com\/corporate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/290\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":294,"href":"https:\/\/www.archimediastudios.com\/corporate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/290\/revisions\/294"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.archimediastudios.com\/corporate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/292"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.archimediastudios.com\/corporate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=290"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.archimediastudios.com\/corporate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=290"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.archimediastudios.com\/corporate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=290"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}