Any editors out there have any experience with the bamboo tablet for cleaning?

I know the weapon of choice is the Intuos line from Wacom, but I'm can't really justify spending 300+ for something I'll be using occasionally.... however, the bamboo tablet is reasonable enough for the $100 range. Just wanna know if the utility of it beats regular mouse editing [which can be hard from someone with potential carpel tunnel issues <.< ]. What are your experiences, pros and cons, suggestions, etc?

Thanks!

Ly

I don't do any scanlation-related work, but I did help out someone once with cleaning a chapter.

I personally use Intous and Cintiq models (mainly cos my profession involves a lot of photo-retouching, airbrushing and other graphic-related things), but I'd say any of the recent Bamboos will be more than enough for anything scanlation related, whether editing, cleaning or colouring.

No point spending more than you need to, especially when you're doing something for zero financial gain.

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This.

Personally, I don't like the Bamboo series (they're not as sensitive as the Intuos), but it gets the job done for basic cleaning and editing.
Cleaning with a tablet can make the job MUCH faster(no matter how good your mouse skills are, you can't beat a stylus) plus it makes re-drawing a tad easier!
So to summarise, the Bamboos are fairly cheap and effective for what you wanna do.

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Hi there! I mostly clean scans by hand, but I do use a Bamboo Fun tablet for drawing. In my experience, it's a little small, but it makes up for that with its durability. I've had mine for over two years now, and it's still going strong. Of course, I treat it like a baby.

It works excellently, though Photoshop sometimes poops out on me when I try to use the tablet with it (mostly because I have 7.0). It's an excellent investment if you like to draw or would see other conceivable uses for it. Since I have not used it to clean scans with, though, I don't know whether it's worth that particular investment, though.

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Bamboo is really good, but if you're cleaning rather than drawing, it's best to use something less expensive...? [I heard Genius tablets are also good, though not as good as Bamboo, and you can get them for less than a hundred USD] Just a caution: Bamboo does work pretty well for cleaning but like all other tablets, you need to get used to them.. D:

thank you for everyone's responses! just need some validation that the bamboo isn't a complete waste of money, and it doesn't look that way. I would only clean with it. maybe use it for some random digital layouts. thanks again ^^

I think getting a tablet is a bit much for just cleaning... I'd say if you really want one, then get the cheapest one... DON'T get one that's at least a hundred dollars... In my opinion that's really a waste of money for simply cleaning. Any tablet can do the job. I have a cheapo off-brand tablet that my parents bought for me from eBay and it gets the job done, but I only use it for digital art on SAI cuz it's pretty huge and bulky. When I do use it for cleaning though, it makes everything easier and faster. I'm too lazy to get it out... so I just use my mouse to clean.

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For just drawing/cleaning, a bamboo is fine. The quality of the product is quite good.
A highed quality tablet is more sensitive to the pen, has more features, etc. But unless you do graphic art, there is no point in buying one.

I own a small bamboo because I can easily travel with it, as my Intuos is an enormous beast ^^;

for just scanlating, ur only gonna clean whites and blacks and do some occasional redrawing.

I myself use Genius (been using G-pen 4500 for 5 years now and still didn't break down on me)

http://www.geniuseshop.com/c-10499-Genius-Tablets-Pen-Tablets -Graphic-Tablets

Having a Bamboo tablet would be very nice If you do get one though, i recommend getting one less than a hundred (bamboo pen and touch)

https://direct.wacom.com/stores/5/Tablets_C152.cfm

But of course, you can always get yourself a cheap tablet (i've seen a $20 one) if ur not that picky about sensitivity and stuff haha