I have photoshop, but I'm finding using a touchpad on my laptop really fucking annoying (My mouse broke) and I'm thinking about getting a drawing pad to use for digital art. Are they worth it? How much do decent ones cost?

I tried out a friends and it did this thing where it would start drawing if you had the pen a few millimetres off the surface, which was really annoying for me- but he said his cost £30. Do they all do that?

As a rule, there are two things you don't price hunt on: tattoos and graphic tablets. I'd recommend a Wacom brand tablet, check in the range of 40£ - 100£.

Hmm. Is the thing about picking up the pen when it's not touching a thing on mosts tablets, or only the worse ones?

My tablet would basically act as a cursor if you held it over the pad and only "clicked" if you touched it.

Is there a way to stop that happening?

Oh, and I'll look into one of those you mentioned, thanks.

Quote from: Bacon's Shelf on January 17, 2015, 10:50:47 AM

Quote from: Prime Meridia on January 17, 2015, 10:49:38 AM

My tablet would basically act as a cursor if you held it over the pad and only "clicked" if you touched it.

Is there a way to stop that happening?

Oh, and I'll look into one of those you mentioned, thanks.

It'd be a pain in the add if you didn't. Alternating between the mouse/keyboard and tablet to do everything is really cumbersome.

Holding your pen over the tablet should be like mousing on a tracpad.

I guess it's one of those things you just get used to.

I have a one of these, I got it for cheaper though.

My tablet only "clicks" when the pen is physically touching the surface.

Huh, I don't know what was happening then. I was on fireworks and it was drawing even when the pen wasn't pressed to the surface.

Absolutely, a drawing tablet would definitely be worth it.
I'd suggest giving one of the Bamboo tablets a shot. They're pretty smooth and have very nice pressure sensitivity which is always really great for detailing.