Wacom Bamboo Fun Review
Wacom Bamboo Fun Review
Like it! Wish I had gotten it sooner.
I like everything about the Bamboo Fun! For my desktop it’s far better than a mouse. I do web development, graphic design, and photography so for my type of work it’s sort of a no-brainer. There’s so much more control with photo and graphics work using a tablet than there ever could be with a mouse.
As I’ve used it more, I’ve gotten more used to the pen, which is probably the fastest way to work with your computer. When I first started, I used finger touch since it was something I was already familiar with from working with the touch pad on my laptop. That’s what the tablet is like when used with your finger – a giant touch pad, but it’s so much better because of the space you have to work with for motion. Plus, there are certain usability things that make using your computer and software so much simpler – like finger gestures. You may have heard of mouse gestures, which are in some web browsers that have add-on software that allow you to swipe left and right to perform a back or next click in your browser. Well, with the Bamboo tablets, you can navigation backwards and forwards with a finger swipe left or right in any software on your computer. It’s not just isolated to web browsing. This one thing makes a tablet really convenient for computer use.
The more I use it the more I find that certain types of activities are best done with the fingers and some are better with the pen. Surfing the web, for example, is certainly a finger touch activity. Photo manipulation or working with files in my web development apps is certainly a pen job. Every user could have their own style of using a tablet but that’s what fantastic about it.
There is certainly a learning curve with this thing so if you choose to give it a try, be patient and make yourself use it a lot for at least a week. The first day I had mine I was already thinking of returning it. It felt awkward and slow. Now though… I wish I had gotten one a long time ago. I now dislike having to use a mouse for many things.
This isn’t for everyone though. If you are just a casual computer user, you may not find this as valuable as someone who edits photos, does graphics, etc.
Fantastic tablet for the money!
I spent quite a bit of time looking at various tablets, reading reviews, and trying to figure out which had the most bang for the buck; the Bamboo Fun won in just about every category. Please note that I am not a professional graphic artist, just a hobbyist (though technically savvy enough to know the features [eg pressure sensitivity]), so I’m reviewing it from that perspective.
Installation was a snap. Download the latest drivers from the Wacom site, plug it into a USB port, and you’re all set. I tried it out on two laptops and a desktop and installation was flawless on each.
The tablet is thin and light, with a more-than-adequate amount of active space (I wanted something that would let me do longer strokes without feeling cramped). The multi-touch capability is really nice with graphics programs that support it; being able to pan and zoom with my left hand while my right remains mostly dedicated to drawing is fantastic (and a quick press of one of the Bamboo’s 4 buttons will turn touch off, which comes in handy [no pun intended]). For reference, the touch-sensitive area is 7.5″ x 5.1″ and the pen-active area is a honestly generous 8.5″ x 5.4″. You can configure it for left-handed use (lefties rejoice!).
The tablet is very smooth and responsive with Sketchbook Pro and ArtRage 2.5. I wasn’t that thrilled with Corel Painter 4 Essentials, which comes bundled with it; the UI was clunky and not very intuitive (spend the on ArtRage instead – you won’t regret it). The Bamboo Fun also comes bundled with Photoshop Essentials, which should be useful if you don’t already have a full version of Photoshop.
The battery-less pen, with two configurable buttons and 1024 levels of pressure sensitivity, is very comfortable in the hand and I admit it, I like the eraser on the end. The tablet has a fabric loop on one side for holding the pen when transporting it.
The tablet comes with three extra nibs and an extraction tool, which isn’t listed in the product description.
Overall, for a couple of steps above entry level I wouldn’t hesitate to recommend the Bamboo Fun as a fantastic tablet for the price.
Perfect for photoediting
I have had my Bamboo tablet for about 3 weeks now and, in general, I am pretty satisfied. I primarily have been using it for editing photos with photoshop, but I have also tried out simple freehand drawing as well. I am going to break down this review into the excellent and the terrible
Pro:
– Wacom – The brand means quality. It just works and works well. The interface is well designed and hardly takes any effort to get up and running
- Workspace – This tablet has the largest workspace available from Wacom for this price range. Unless you’re interested in just making small doodles, I reckon you really need the extra space for working on a decent quality photo. For those unfamiliar with tablets, the tracking isn’t quite the same as a laptop touchpad where the touching the pad simply moves the pointer from its current position. The tablet maps 1:1 with the screen so if you touch the upper left of the tablet, the pointer goes to the upper left of the screen. This means that the smaller the pad, the less space you have to maneuver the pen around in. The size of this tablet is nearly equal to most laptop screens which I reckon works very well
- Pen sensitivity/function – this tablet has more pressure sensitivity than previous tablets in the same price range (in fact it has equal sensitivity to earlier version of higher level Wacom tablets). For me, this has allowed me to edit photos with enough sensitivity that I don’t feel limited by the abilities of the tablet. Drawing is another tale. While you can do quite well making sketches with the tablet, there is a bit of a learning curve and an upper limit to how well you can learn how the tablet reacts, which I reckon means that it will always feel a bit clumsy if you are used to doing fine quality pen/pencil drawings on paper.
Cons:
- Software package – The truth is that if you are thinking about buying a tablet like this, you probably already have a program like Photoshop. Thus, the inclusion of Photoshop Elements and Corel Draw will needlessly bump up the price of the tablet for most people. But, if you don’t already have these programs, it certainly is a steal. Plus, for people more interested in photos, like me, it’s been fun to play with Corel Draw which I might not normally have tried (as an aside, I’ve noticed that for an average power laptop, Corel Draw really responds quicker than photoshop for simple drawing). But, if the size of the tablet is a major plus of this tablet to you, you’re not going to get it any other way other than bumping up to the higher level tablets. So, even if the software might be useless for you, it’s still a better deal for the money.
- USB cable – the USB cable for the tablet is fixed directly into the table. This means that if the cable gets hurt or you somehow drop the tablet while holding on the cable and yank it out, the tablet is done for. So the durability of the tablet is entirely dependent on the durability of the cable. So be careful with it.
Summary:
In general I would recommend this tablet for just about any level of photoediting other than professionals who work on photos on a day to day basis. It’s fantastic for people just getting started with tablets as well as serious amateurs who don’t want to spend the extra couple hundred dollars on the Intuos tablets. But, drawers might not be as satisfied. I have am not a drawer nor have I tried the professional level tablets so I can’t say if the experienced is much improved with the higher quality products, but I reckon the bamboo is a small clumsy when it comes to sketching. But, if you are interested in doodling and rough drawings, it probably will suit you fine.
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Wacom Bamboo Fun Tablet 5 Reasons You Should buy one
Ever dream of finding a way to buy a wacom bamboo fun tablet and changing your whole life? Many people have already done that. Most never get past the daydream stage. Many get lost in the negatives, dread of the unknown, and never get around to taking positive steps.
Hmm. Are they really legitimate reasons? Did they really look at the positive side? Did we go through the reasons for? The issues in favor of? Maybe we should look into that. Let’s consider 5 reasons why you should buy a wacom bamboo fun tablet, in order to find out if any one of them fit here.
First, It is the way of the future. I know fully your objection regarding its more of a luxury than a necessity Yes, this is a valid observation, but look at it in this way, once you buy a bamboo fun tablet you can throw your mouse in the garbage. In addition, reckon about how much fun it will be
Second, it will make using photoshop or any graphics program 10 times simpler. The main reason for that could be its much simpler to use a pen over a mouse. Plus some models come prepackaged with the top graphics software
Third, Use it as both a pen tablet and a mouse track pad. And also a pen tablet is much simpler to use even when surfing the internet!
Fourth, the ability to sign your name without printing and scanning on vital documents
And Fifth, you really don’t want to be left in the 20th century do you?
If you happen to look at the reasons and evaluate them, I expect that you may have to admit that a compelling case can be made for considering how to buy a wacom bamboo fun tablet.
So now, just reckon about that for a few minutes. A very excellent case has been made in favor of doing it. What if you really could buy a wacom bamboo fun tablet ?
If you happen to examine the different reasons and evaluate them, you will need to admit that a very compelling case can be made for starting to consider the best way to buy a wacom bamboo fun tablet.
Just reckon it over. Maybe, just maybe, you really, in all seriousness, really should buy a wacom bamboo fun tablet.
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Here is the full picture: www.deviantart.com Oh don’t forget to rate this video if you liked it so it shows up simpler in the searches!^^ Here are the discounts Amazon offers for the Bamboo Fun series: www.amazon.com For this video, I chose to experiment with the High Quality format YouTube finally supports. 480 x 360…I had some issues with it in Premiere so I hope it looks as excellent as it did in the preview. Anyway, just to stay up-to-date, i’m still lovin’ my tablet^^ If there are any questions you have about WACOM tablets or the Bamboo in particular, feel free to question me^^ I might have missed a few questions in the video, so i will clarify them here. Here are examples of me drawing with the tablet. Part 1: www.youtube.com Part 2: www.youtube.com Part 3: www.youtube.com Part 4: www.youtube.com Part 5: www.youtube.com Part 6: www.youtube.com