Questions & Answers for Wacom Intuos5 Touch Pen Tablet - Small

I cannot recommend this tablet for Aperture. Latency is a problem for Aperture running on my 2.8 GHz iMac.

However, if you use Photoshop or Painter or any of the myriad ways in which to bring a tablet into your workflow, then yes! I wholeheartedly recommend any Wacom tablet.

The moment you take up the pen and begin working, you will increase your productivity by 2048 percent!

Every tool in your computer arsenal will benefit from the tablet workflow, but nowhere is this more evident that working with paint brushes. Oooooh it's sooooo sweeeeeeeet.

• Answered by Michael V from Yuba City
• Mar 2, 2013
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If I understand your question correctly:
-Out of the box, the tablet's power is supplied though a USB cable which also provides the data connection to your computer.
-If you purchase the optional Bluetooth kit, the tablet will connect over bluetooth and run off a battery. So yes, you could use it outside (provided you had a laptop). But you will have to recharge it eventually with a USB cable.

• Answered by Gabe T from Winnipeg
• Oct 22, 2012
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Think of a tablet as a mouse on steroids. Software works with tablets like this one, but the tablet itself will not do anything that your hand doesn't tell it to do.

If you want software to convert photos to what look like pen/ink drawings, I'm going to guess you need Adobe Photoshop or Adobe Illustrator. If you don't plan on doing any drawing or tracing yourself, you probably don't need a tablet at all.

• Answered by Erik R from Portland
• Sep 24, 2012
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