Wacom Bamboo Pen & Touch Graphics Tablet

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Why is it essential? When editing images and making Selections accurate, cursor control is critical. While a mouse can do the job, a graphics tablet is a much more precise and natural-feeling tool and it makes all manner of tasks within Photoshop not only more accurate but easier, too. What’s more, using the tablet can also speed up your workflow no end with one-touch Express Keys to your most-used commands. 

Key features: The Pen and Touch offers both a touch input like a laptop trackpad and a graphics pen input allowing you to switch between the two as you see fit. The pen has a pressure sensitive tip and eraser end for natural-feeling editing with an input area that measures 147mmx92mm. This gives it a 16:10 aspect ratio meaning full coverage of your screen area. The tablet features four Express Keys that you can assign to your most-used commands.

Cost: The Wacom Bamboo Pen and Touch retails at £75 with cheaper or more expensive options available. For more info visit www.wacom.eu

Conclusion: If you do a lot of detail work with Selections and the Brush tool then this is the item for you. Compact and well-designed, this graphics tablet offers great functionality outside of image editing, too. It’s just as easy to surf the web on it as it is to craft an intricate Selection.