What is the Wacom Bamboo Fun Tablet?
Drawing with a mouse is very awkward for detailed graphics work. A graphics tablet allows users to draw using a stylus, which is very similar to a pen or pencil, and makes the task easier and more natural.
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Wacom Bamboo Fun Graphics Tablet
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A graphics tablet is an input device for a personal computer that resembles a thick pad of drawing paper. A tablet may support a stylus, a mouse, or other input device. The drawing area of the tablet is "mapped" to the computer's monitor screen, so that when the user moves the stylus or mouse over the tablet's surface, the cursor moves onscreen. The Wacom Bamboo Fun Tablet uses a standard USB port to connect to the computer.
Using a Stylus
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A stylus is used much like a pen, which makes it much easier and enjoyable to use for drawing than a mouse. Depending on the graphics software being used, the stylus can behave like a virtual pen, pencil, chalk, airbrush, and more. The Wacom Bamboo Fun tablet offers a battery-free stylus that has two switches, which work like the buttons on a traditional mouse. A storage stand, which allows the pen to be stored either horizontally or vertically, is included.
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Pressure Sensitivity
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The Wacom Bamboo Fun tablet has a pressure-sensitive stylus, which means that the stylus can behave much like natural media--more pressure generally produces a darker or wider stroke in a drawing program that supports pressure-sensitive input devices.
Multi-Touch
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The Wacom Bamboo Fun Tablet takes a novel approach to tablets with its Multi-Touch software, which allows the user to use his or her hands to control the tablet, using it much like a touchscreen on a cell phone. The stylus can be reserved for precision work.
Tablet Buttons
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The tablet itself has a large central button that functions as a scroll wheel, and four other smaller buttons, including two Function buttons. The tablet also comes with a cordless mouse which may be used on or off the tablet.
Software
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Wacom has bundled its Bamboo Fun Tablet with several graphics programs to allow users to create artwork and retouch photographs.
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