"So, what size are your monitors? Do you trip over work already "on the pad"?"
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not sure what you mean by "trip over"

On the 4x5, the drawing area of the tablet relates to the visible area of the compter screen (hmmm, not sure what happens with duel monitors ?) . So move your pen tip to the exact upper right corner on the drawing area of the tablet and the pointer is at the exact upper right corner of the monitor.


Although price is a consideration, people who tend to sketch small on paper (me) might find a smaller tablet actually more comfortable to work with. If you tend to draw large on paper, you might like a larger one. I prefer to just move my wrist and fingers to reach the whole program interface and screen and my drawing. On a large tablet you'd need to move your arm.

You might want to consider the wacom refurbished tablets which are less costly (or even the aiptek ones)

http://wacomdirect.wacom.com:80/waco...reftablet.asp?


Just a tip... if you get one and find the pen on the plastic tablet feels wierd (ie, slippery or like no-contact), put a piece of paper on top of the tablet. This will feel like drawing on paper and even make the sound http://www.talkgraphics.com/images/smilies/wink.gif


you might like reading through some of these posts

http://www.google.ca/groups?as_q=aip...axy=2003&hl=en

David K ... www.dkingdesign.com http://www.dkingdesign.com/stuff/signature.jpg