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| Brand: | Wacom |
| Item Height : | 11 millimetres |
| Item Width: | 35.2 centimetres |
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| Processor Type: | PowerPC |
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| Graphics Card Description: | n/a |
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| Operating System: | Mac OS X |
Technical Details
- Including digital imaging and painting software via download: Full versions of Adobe Photoshop Elements, Art Rage and Corel Painter Essentials
- Two sensors for pen and multi-touch input
- Support of multi-touch gestures to scroll, zoom, rotate and more
- Pressure-sensitive pen tip and eraser for natural feel
- Improved resolution for high accuracy
- Battery-free and ergonomic pen with two buttons
- Paper-like tablet surface with 16:10 aspect ratio
- Reversible tablet design for left- or right-handed use
- Four customisable ExpressKeys for quick function access
- Attached pen holder for convenient storage
- Easy USB connection
- Interactive tutorial to make the most of Bamboo
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Product Description
The perfect tool for your creativity
Meet your favourite creative companion -- sleek, fun and sensationally intuitive The new Bamboo Fun Pen & Touch tablet lets you tweet with style and turn happy snapshots into photographic masterpieces. Styled in silver and black, it comes in two sizes -- small and medium.
Take the tablet wherever you go and use it wirelessly with the accessory kit. Turn your Mac or PC into the ultimate tool for creativity. Retouch and manage your profile pics with the full version of Adobe Photoshop Elements 8 or 9 (small or medium tablet size) that is included. Sketch, doodle and paint with ArtRage 3 or Corel Painter Essentials 4 software (comes only with Fun M).
Use the power of the pen or the stroke and swipe of your fingertips –- great for navigating, rotating and zooming in and out on websites, documents and photos. A variety of exciting Bamboo apps are kept ready for download and are part of this package.
Bamboo apps
Download a collection of free and fun Bamboo apps. Jot down your thoughts, create exciting artwork, play cool games and share your creative ideas with friends.
Multi-touch
Use your fingers to navigate on your PC or Mac. Scroll through documents, surf the web, rotate or flick through photo galleries. Enjoy natural control with nothing but multi-touch gestures.
Mark
Use the pen to add your personal touch –- write notes on documents (e.g. in MS Office) or sign e-mails. Make an impact online by making your blogs or digital content stand out from others.
Edit
Retouch pictures, refine your design and pimp your pics in your own special style. Easy, natural and precise.
Draw
Get that natural pen-on-paper feeling as you let your ideas flow right onto the page. Turn fantasy into reality as you sketch, draw and doodle with the pen –- made for maximum expression.
Paint
Turn your PC into a digital canvas and your Bamboo pen into a multi-purpose paintbrush. Choose your favourite colour and technique (airbrush, oil, chalk, and more) to create your masterpiece (medium).
Free software included:
Includes Corel Painter Essentials 4 (medium), ArtRage 3.0 and Bamboo apps.
Make your tablet wireless
No cable. No clutter. Go wireless for ultimate creative freedom. The wireless kit is an additional accessory for Bamboo Pen & Touch and Bamboo Fun Pen & Touch (small and medium).
The adobe software on these tablets is now Adobe Photoshop Elements Version 10.
Adobe Photoshop Elements is already the #1 selling consumer photo- and video-editing software. Some information on the new version:
- Add curving, flowing text along a path
- Easily create stunning photo effects
- Create simulated depth of field (below)
- Orton Effect for dreamlike glows
- Fun automated picture collage effects
- Smart object search: quickly find things
- Get better composition with crop guides
- Detect near-duplicate photos for grouping
- Thirty all-new Smart Brush patterns
- Tag faster using your Facebook Friends list
- Save photo creations to PDF file format
- Enhanced mgmt. of even the biggest library
- New API to integrate with tablets & mobile
- Get fresh looks with new templates
Fun with photos
Introduce a little bit of fun to your digital photographs. Bamboo helps you to bring out their best with anything from subtle improvements to radical changes. With just a couple of flicks of your pen, you can make irritating "red-eyes" a thing of the past. Personalise your photos by signing your name or drawing directly on them. Or, you can precisely cut yourself out of regular photos and paste yourself into the background of your choice. Put yourself on an exotic beach without even leaving your house. All of the above enhancements are easy to do with Bamboo and photo editing software like Adobe Photoshop Elements, which is included with every Bamboo Fun Pen & Touch.
Once you have your photos looking the way you want, share them with your family and friends. Adobe Photoshop Elements includes the ability to create professional looking photo books that can be quickly and easily edited and rearranged. There is support for tagging and keywords so your favourite photos can be located within seconds. Or, use online photo sharing sites such as Flickr and Picasa to show your snapshots to the world.
Painting
Unleash your inner artist with Bamboo. Whether you are new to painting or an aspiring Picasso, Bamboo can get you started in the world of digital art. Bamboo has advanced pen technology for a natural pen on paper feel. Depending on your preference and inspiration, Bamboo can be a digital paintbrush, pencil, felt pen, airbrush, and much, much more.
For painting and drawing, Bamboo Fun Pen & Touch is the best Bamboo for you. Bundled with Adobe Photoshop Elements 8 (small) or 9 (medium), Corel Painter Essentials 4 (medium only) and ArtRage 3.0, Bamboo Fun is ready right out of the box to get your creative juices flowing. With its larger active area, Bamboo Fun M allows you to be more precise with your artwork and add fine details that your friends and family will enjoy. Express yourself and create a difference with Bamboo.
Navigation
Bamboo tablets are a great help for navigating your computer –- whether you're moving your cursor across the screen, opening and closing files and folders, or working in common software applications. Bamboo tablets combine pen and multi-touch in one tablet, allowing you to alternate between the pen and gestures on the tablet surface.
Multi-touch makes it possible to use simple finger taps and hand gestures to navigate around your desktop and perform common tasks. Wacom introduces nine useful gestures that you can use with your tablet.
To navigate with the pen, just hover with the pen tip over the tablet surface. Each point on the tablet maps to a corresponding place on screen, making it easy to move your cursor. Tap the pen to select, and tap twice to open files. With a pen, you can perform any motion or command that you make with a mouse, and many more. Most tablet users will tell you that once you’ve got used to the pen, you'll never want to be without one.
Alternating between input devices can help reduce wrist strain caused by repetitive strain or RSI. A tablet provides an ergonomic alternative to traditional input devices, allowing you to work with your computer with minimal effort and from a relaxed position. A tablet assumes all the normal functions of a traditional computer mouse including basic navigation and selection, but provides vital ergonomic advantages as well.
Collaboration
Bamboo helps you share your ideas, communicate more clearly and speed up your productivity. Highlight key messages, mark up documents, and visually express your thoughts and ideas. Bamboo is a great companion for getting work done because it allows you to collaborate in a more efficient way.
Here are some great ways that Bamboo can help you at work:
- Improve the way you work with your computer using gestures and pen input.
- Mark up documents in common Office 2007 applications like Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook using the review and inking tools.
- Mark up PDFs with your thoughts and comments using the pen tool.
- Keep a daily log or diary using Windows Journal, which allows you to digitally handwrite notes and make sketches.
- Spice up your presentations by controlling your cursor, making notes on your slides and highlighting your messages while you present.
Whether you’re using multi-touch gestures to navigate and operate your computer, or utilising the pen for more detailed work, Bamboo provides a compelling combination that will change the way you work.
All Bamboo models that include a pen make collaboration natural and easy, but you should check your computer specifications to see whether your operating system and software support these features. It works best with Office 2007 and 2010 and Microsoft Windows Vista or Windows 7, which includes a number of pen-friendly features.
Digital inking
Inking allows you to write digitally in your own handwriting, making it possible to take notes on your computer, sign your name, write an email to a friend, highlight important parts of a document, or even sketch out a diagram.
It’s like writing on paper, but in a way that can be saved, edited, and shared as a digital file. Imagine having the potential to change the way you communicate by sending personal messages and fun drawings, annotating driving directions, or just brightening up someone’s day with a little humour.
Even if you’ve never used a digital pen before, it’s easy to understand why the pen is intuitive to use –- it’s just like writing with traditional pens, pencils, and markers. Additionally, you can navigate your computer with the Bamboo pen.
Bamboo models that include a pen make digital inking possible, but you should check your computer specifications to see whether your operating system and software support inking. Inking works best with Office 2007 and 2010 and Microsoft Windows Vista or Windows 7, which include a number of pen-friendly features.
Manufacturer's Description
The perfect tool for your creativity
Meet your favourite creative companion -- sleek, fun and sensationally intuitive The new Bamboo Fun Pen & Touch tablet lets you tweet with style and turn happy snapshots into photographic masterpieces. Styled in silver and black, it comes in two sizes -- small and medium.
Take the tablet wherever you go and use it wirelessly with the accessory kit. Turn your Mac or PC into the ultimate tool for creativity. Retouch and manage your profile pics with the full version of Adobe Photoshop Elements 8 or 9 (small or medium tablet size) that is included. Sketch, doodle and paint with ArtRage 3 or Corel Painter Essentials 4 software (comes only with Fun M).
Use the power of the pen or the stroke and swipe of your fingertips –- great for navigating, rotating and zooming in and out on websites, documents and photos. A variety of exciting Bamboo apps are kept ready for download and are part of this package.
Bamboo apps
Download a collection of free and fun Bamboo apps. Jot down your thoughts, create exciting artwork, play cool games and share your creative ideas with friends.
Multi-touch
Use your fingers to navigate on your PC or Mac. Scroll through documents, surf the web, rotate or flick through photo galleries. Enjoy natural control with nothing but multi-touch gestures.
Mark
Use the pen to add your personal touch –- write notes on documents (e.g. in MS Office) or sign e-mails. Make an impact online by making your blogs or digital content stand out from others.
Edit
Retouch pictures, refine your design and pimp your pics in your own special style. Easy, natural and precise.
Draw
Get that natural pen-on-paper feeling as you let your ideas flow right onto the page. Turn fantasy into reality as you sketch, draw and doodle with the pen –- made for maximum expression.
Paint
Turn your PC into a digital canvas and your Bamboo pen into a multi-purpose paintbrush. Choose your favourite colour and technique (airbrush, oil, chalk, and more) to create your masterpiece (medium).
Free software included:
Includes Corel Painter Essentials 4 (medium), ArtRage 3.0 and Bamboo apps.
Make your tablet wireless
No cable. No clutter. Go wireless for ultimate creative freedom. The wireless kit is an additional accessory for Bamboo Pen & Touch and Bamboo Fun Pen & Touch (small and medium).
The adobe software on these tablets is now Adobe Photoshop Elements Version 10.
Adobe Photoshop Elements is already the #1 selling consumer photo- and video-editing software. Some information on the new version:
- Add curving, flowing text along a path
- Easily create stunning photo effects
- Create simulated depth of field (below)
- Orton Effect for dreamlike glows
- Fun automated picture collage effects
- Smart object search: quickly find things
- Get better composition with crop guides
- Detect near-duplicate photos for grouping
- Thirty all-new Smart Brush patterns
- Tag faster using your Facebook Friends list
- Save photo creations to PDF file format
- Enhanced mgmt. of even the biggest library
- New API to integrate with tablets & mobile
- Get fresh looks with new templates
Fun with photos
Introduce a little bit of fun to your digital photographs. Bamboo helps you to bring out their best with anything from subtle improvements to radical changes. With just a couple of flicks of your pen, you can make irritating "red-eyes" a thing of the past. Personalise your photos by signing your name or drawing directly on them. Or, you can precisely cut yourself out of regular photos and paste yourself into the background of your choice. Put yourself on an exotic beach without even leaving your house. All of the above enhancements are easy to do with Bamboo and photo editing software like Adobe Photoshop Elements, which is included with every Bamboo Fun Pen & Touch.
Once you have your photos looking the way you want, share them with your family and friends. Adobe Photoshop Elements includes the ability to create professional looking photo books that can be quickly and easily edited and rearranged. There is support for tagging and keywords so your favourite photos can be located within seconds. Or, use online photo sharing sites such as Flickr and Picasa to show your snapshots to the world.
Painting
Unleash your inner artist with Bamboo. Whether you are new to painting or an aspiring Picasso, Bamboo can get you started in the world of digital art. Bamboo has advanced pen technology for a natural pen on paper feel. Depending on your preference and inspiration, Bamboo can be a digital paintbrush, pencil, felt pen, airbrush, and much, much more.
For painting and drawing, Bamboo Fun Pen & Touch is the best Bamboo for you. Bundled with Adobe Photoshop Elements 8 (small) or 9 (medium), Corel Painter Essentials 4 (medium only) and ArtRage 3.0, Bamboo Fun is ready right out of the box to get your creative juices flowing. With its larger active area, Bamboo Fun M allows you to be more precise with your artwork and add fine details that your friends and family will enjoy. Express yourself and create a difference with Bamboo.
Navigation
Bamboo tablets are a great help for navigating your computer –- whether you're moving your cursor across the screen, opening and closing files and folders, or working in common software applications. Bamboo tablets combine pen and multi-touch in one tablet, allowing you to alternate between the pen and gestures on the tablet surface.
Multi-touch makes it possible to use simple finger taps and hand gestures to navigate around your desktop and perform common tasks. Wacom introduces nine useful gestures that you can use with your tablet.
To navigate with the pen, just hover with the pen tip over the tablet surface. Each point on the tablet maps to a corresponding place on screen, making it easy to move your cursor. Tap the pen to select, and tap twice to open files. With a pen, you can perform any motion or command that you make with a mouse, and many more. Most tablet users will tell you that once you’ve got used to the pen, you'll never want to be without one.
Alternating between input devices can help reduce wrist strain caused by repetitive strain or RSI. A tablet provides an ergonomic alternative to traditional input devices, allowing you to work with your computer with minimal effort and from a relaxed position. A tablet assumes all the normal functions of a traditional computer mouse including basic navigation and selection, but provides vital ergonomic advantages as well.
Collaboration
Bamboo helps you share your ideas, communicate more clearly and speed up your productivity. Highlight key messages, mark up documents, and visually express your thoughts and ideas. Bamboo is a great companion for getting work done because it allows you to collaborate in a more efficient way.
Here are some great ways that Bamboo can help you at work:
- Improve the way you work with your computer using gestures and pen input.
- Mark up documents in common Office 2007 applications like Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook using the review and inking tools.
- Mark up PDFs with your thoughts and comments using the pen tool.
- Keep a daily log or diary using Windows Journal, which allows you to digitally handwrite notes and make sketches.
- Spice up your presentations by controlling your cursor, making notes on your slides and highlighting your messages while you present.
Whether you’re using multi-touch gestures to navigate and operate your computer, or utilising the pen for more detailed work, Bamboo provides a compelling combination that will change the way you work.
All Bamboo models that include a pen make collaboration natural and easy, but you should check your computer specifications to see whether your operating system and software support these features. It works best with Office 2007 and 2010 and Microsoft Windows Vista or Windows 7, which includes a number of pen-friendly features.
Digital inking
Inking allows you to write digitally in your own handwriting, making it possible to take notes on your computer, sign your name, write an email to a friend, highlight important parts of a document, or even sketch out a diagram.
It’s like writing on paper, but in a way that can be saved, edited, and shared as a digital file. Imagine having the potential to change the way you communicate by sending personal messages and fun drawings, annotating driving directions, or just brightening up someone’s day with a little humour.
Even if you’ve never used a digital pen before, it’s easy to understand why the pen is intuitive to use –- it’s just like writing with traditional pens, pencils, and markers. Additionally, you can navigate your computer with the Bamboo pen.
Bamboo models that include a pen make digital inking possible, but you should check your computer specifications to see whether your operating system and software support inking. Inking works best with Office 2007 and 2010 and Microsoft Windows Vista or Windows 7, which include a number of pen-friendly features.
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Customer Reviews
Never thought I'd bother with the 'touch' part of the tablet but it saves a heck of a lot of swapping around between mouse control and the tablet (and it's great that you can also switch it off to turn off any interference while you are drawing with the pen).
Good sized pen, button can be an annoyance at times so if you never use it, deactivate it in your Bamboo panel.
Now the minus side. Having to download the software was a fiddle, mostly because Wacom's website is pretty awful to navigate and you have to make sure you choose exactly the right product to activate and register, and also the right product when downloading your software bundle otherwise the download serial number won't work. You're only given a limited time to grab the software too (240 minutes) which means you'd better have plenty of time on your hands to go through the software download and install, the update, and all the other messing about you need to do before you can start using your tablet.
As far as the packaging and courier go, Hermes UK have to be one of the WORST LAZIEST couriers I've ever come across in the many years I've used Amazon UK. The tablet was carelessly dumped behind a bush outside my house in plain view of the footpath and road that runs beside the house, with a soaking wet welcome mat dumped on top of the box (thankfully it didn't rain the day it was delivered, and thankfully my father in law lives just around the corner and could quickly go and recover the item before it was stolen). Absolutely disgusting service and it's a pity that Amazon use couriers like Hermes and Home Delivery Network when the rest of their service is so good.
Overall a great product and a fantastic replacement for my old wacom at a bargain price. Just make sure if you order one that you're going to be at home all day on day of delivery!
Edit: One thing to keep in mind with this tablet - the surface is quite rough, and the nibs are extremely soft so if you take a look at the thing after a few days of use, don't be surprised to find the nib wearing down. Stick a sheet of paper over the pad during use and you'll save the surface of the pad, and the nibs and make both last a bit longer..!
The pen defaults to absolute positioning where the tablet area maps to the screen. You can set it to relative positioning (like mouse action) but Wacom's advice is to stick with the former for a few days at least. If you're doing photo work or drawing then you should leave it on absolute positioning.
There's no need to press hard with the pen and the pen is tracked when held a few millimeters above the tablet's surface. Excessive wear of tablet and nib has been reported and covering the tablet with paper might reduce tablet wear but I'm not sure it will make much difference to nib wear. If you're gentle with the pen then I don't see this to be a huge problem.
The medium Bamboo tablet comes with PSE10, Corel Painter Essentials and ArtRage Studio Pro. Wacom provides a key and I didn't have any trouble with the downloads, loading them onto two MacBook Pros. I already had PSE6 so it was nice to get an up-to-date version (although I'm not sure that the difference is really that great) but, coming at them cold, I've not been able to make much headway with Corel Painter or ArtRage. Still, they are free so if you are into drawing and painting you might find them useful. Just bear in mind that there are no manuals.
BUT, But, but: You can't match the touch scrolling action with that of the Mac's track pad and magic mouse. You can set the tablet up for natural scrolling (where the screen window content moves according to finger action) but it only works in the vertical direction not the horizontal direction (which moves in the opposite sense). Neither can you scroll between pages in Safari. I have my track pad and mouse set up for natural scrolling so the difference in operation is extremely annoying and it means that I cannot use the tablet as my default input device. Neither is the touch action as smooth as on Mac devices (and there is no "window bounce"). I don't get the impression that Wacom considers this to be a problem so don't expect a software update to address the situation.
So, I'll use the tablet for photo work but the scroll functions need to be properly implemented and overall touch action improved before I'd consider it as a universal input device.
(By the way, you should get the Medium tablet. I think you'd find the Small one too small.)
how ever, the box was clearly second hand and was held to gether by tape, not what you expect from buy new.
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