Seeking advice re: Small Digitising Tablets

[jaydear]

Drawing with a mouse is too hard! I think I should get a digitising tablet, e.g. Intuos, and would be interested to hear about compatibility with Xara Designer Pro 11. I only have a small free space on my desktop and I have to watch the dollars. I'm open to advice.

[angelize]

I have a small Intous pen and touch ( not the expensive pro one) and it works great with Xara. It doesn't have a tilt recognition but it's got plenty of pressure sensitivity. It doesn't take up a lot of space on my desk and it didn't break the bank. I think that Waccom now calls the same tablet Intous manga, and there is another called Intous Draw that is also inexpensive.

[jaydear]

Thanks Angelise. It's reassuring to know they'll work with Xara and I also wasn't aware of tilt control.

[angelize]

some of the more expensive tables have tilt control which would be handy for doing things like calligraphy but mine is the small very basic model.

[jaydear]

I now have an old model Wacom Graphire 2 tablet (model ET-0405A-U) working on Windows 7 with XDPX11. It was worth trying this before splurging on a new Intuos because it functions perfectly . Finding a driver was a bit tricky, but for anyone else that wants to try it I can confirm "pro617-3_int.exe" from http://downloadeu.wacom.com/pub/WIND...o617-3_int.exe works just fine . This tablet was originally for Win 98 I think and they pop up from time to time on eBay.