Electronic Drawing Tablet: A graphic designers most valuable tool
When it comes to electronic drawing tablets, there are so many choices on the market making it extremely complicated for you to decide which tablet is right for the job. Artists searching for drawing tablets are usually graphic design students looking for affordable tablets to use in their photoshop class projects or graphic design professionals.
Lets cut the hype! I'm not rich and most likely neither are you!
Being a student once myself I realize that students don't have enormous amounts of money to spend on school supplies so I will be reviewing (2) electronic drawing tablets. The wacom medium intuos4 and the wacom bamboo. The latter being the most affordable and a perfect match for current graphic design students.
Wacom Medium Drawing Tablet 
The medium tablet seems to be the most popular and versatile among graphic designers. It features 48.5 inches of drawing area, plenty of space to draw on. Also features 8 express keys with illuminated express key displays.
Lets take a look at the built in features:
FEATURES
 All new tip sensor technology for even more control
2048 levels of pen pressure sensitivity
3 software choices - Adobe, Corel or Autodesk entitled downloads included with purchase
Finger sensitive touch ring for brush size, layer selection , canvas rotation and scrolling
Wide range of included accessories: Inking pen, 6D art pen, grip pen, classic pen, airbrush and more!
Designers will find that wacoms medium electronic graphic tablet makes design, art and photo editing less like work and more fun. The design and new features is a collaborative effort between users and members of the wacom professional community.
Wacom Bamboo
Measuring approx. 13.5 x 9 in. the wacom bamboo is one of the most affordable quality graphic tablets on the market today. Usable with PC and MAC it is a very versatile and affordable alternative to the wacom medium tablet. Lets take a look at the features:
FEATURES
Weighing in at only 4 lbs.
1,024 levels of pressure sensitivity
Manufacturer's warranty for 1 year
Battery free pen
Includes Adobe Photoshop Elements 7 and Nik color efex 3
Colored screen
Interactive tutorial and quick start guide
With multi-touch you can scroll, navigate and have a large area to work with your graphics, logo's and more. Attaches with standard usb cable. You also Have the ability to assign your own shortcuts to the four express keys.
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"Where can I buy the Wacom medium Intuos4 or the Wacom Bamboo tablet"?
You can buy both of these items on Amazon. A nice perk is they offer free shipping, low prices, and customer support and are comparably better than most online merchants. This is currently the lowest price place I have found to purchase wacom tablets from or any electronic drawing tablets for that matter. Click the link to view on Amazon.
"Where can I get a more detailed review and find out what other customers are saying?"
Amazon has all this and more, just click the link above and I'll direct you to Amazon for reviews.
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