Of course there's a variety of choices in the world of digital tablets, as with anything. But the task variety of switching between keyboard, mouse, and tablet is beneficial for preventing carpal tunnel syndrome. Carpal Tunnel Prevention: While tablets aren't a cure for carpal tunnel, it does provide a more natural movement than a mouse.Think of when an sketch artist tilts a pencil to use the length of the tip for shading. Tilt Sensitivity: Some tablets recognize the tilt of your pen to enable additional functionality that can't be emulated by a mouse.This functionality has tremendous benefit when blending gradients in a painting or carving in digital clay something a mouse cannot do. Pressure Sensitivity: Tablets offer the ability to alter input based on the pressure of the pen against the tablet surface.Even though there's subjectivity involved in choosing a tablet or mouse, there are some objective benefits of a tablet over a mouse: A tablet can be for anyone who wants to interface with the computer in a more natural, pencil-and-paper kind of way. So we're not really talking about a right or wrong here. I've also known modelers who use a mouse exclusively. Having said that, I've known riggers and animators who use a tablet exclusively. For other disciplines like rigging, animation, dynamics, and compositing, a digital tablet isn't as much of a necessity. In fact, for those I would say a tablet is necessary. Tablets are most useful for certain disciplines: Digital painting, 3D modeling, 3D sculpting, and texture painting are the obvious candidates for a tablet. And depending on your interests, a tablet can be a luxury or a necessity. Tablet vs Mouse New digital artists often ask the question, "Why get a tablet when I have a mouse?" Perhaps tablets give the impression of being a luxury rather than a necessity.
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