I like the realistic feel of this digital pen and tablet - keystroke speed and pressure are both very responsive and I am able to create designs that appear to have been done in media eg water color or chalk that I cannot just carry everywhere I go.

Makes drawing in photoshop much easier, a great tool to have

This is one piece of software that I need!!!!!!

I use it to create each piece from start to finish. It's great and I am in love with the pressure sensitivity. It allows me to paint digitally almost as if I were painting in real life, but with out the mess....and a trusty undo key.

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I have a intuos 3 and a graphire 4 and love them both. It takes some time to get used to using the pen tool but now I have trouble using a mouse. I'd be lost without them

I have a small one of these. It's fantastic to sign your name, or to do photoshop work. I'm still getting use to mine.

I just picked one up and I had the same problem as Stanmcq, it kept crashing photoshop, just get a new driver from them and you should have no problems... Sure is expensive... Why couldn't it be like 10 bucks, then i'd buy 2.

This is a great beginners tablet, but for serious artist wacom makes a 19 x 24 tablet that is superior to this. The 19 x 24 runs about 750.00 but it is worth every penny. The smaller tablet will get you started though and the cost of the tablet is a good price.

IM gettin one sooon...New one anyway

6x9 is a sweet size, but there are lots of sizes. The added sensitivity of the intuos is worth the extra cost.

Great product! there are so many ways you can use this workhorse that they only thing that you will wonder about is what its limits are. Quick-keys to the right and left, a mouse for mousing, touch-sensitive strips replace failure-prone scroll wheels (not that the scroll-wheel on the mouse is a slouch-it's a real workhorse too), and the unbelievable freedom that not having to 'draw with a bar of soap' mean once you taste Intuos3, you'll never want to go back.

For those with larger screens, the bigger Intuos3s match the aspect ratios of the newer, longer, wider screens. You'll be in heaven with that!

This thing is really cool. It is a must have.

I have a blast using the Intuos3. I have a 6x8 and have absolutely no problems working on larger scale pieces in PhotoShop CS2. All I do is sketch out the image in pencil (although I could do it via Wacom), scan it in and off I go. And if you take a look at some of the work I did in my portfolio "artrocities," it shows that I'm having a really good time. MUCH better than painting the traditional way... and much quicker, too!

It's a must-have for any artist doing digital work. Once you get use to hand/eye coordination it's almost like real life drawing and painting. The only drawback is the restrictive movements. Everything is created using small finger and wrist gestures unlike using the total arm and body for actual drawing and painting. If you get a chance give this product a go. You will never do without again.

LOVE!!!! I heart Wacom! I don't do a ton of illustration, but even just my day-to-day designs are complimented by utilizing this tool. Just the fact that it has single-handedly (no pun intended) has alleviated my wrist pain is enough for me to be life-long believer! Get one!! You don't know what you're missing.