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can you draw on a wacom tablet without connecting to a pc?

!tanz-e3 Feb 19, 2013 Hobbyist Digital Artist

can you draw on a wacom tablet without connecting to a PC?

I'm wondering whether or not I should get a wacom tablet for my drawings of which I have a lot to share, but I want to know if I can take it on the train or a plane and start to draw or else to me it's gotta preety big flaw and is almost useless.

Thanks in advance for the advice

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~SEVMD Feb 21, 2013 Student General Artist

Um bluetooth?
You need to buy the little 'usb' first

~Io-T Feb 21, 2013 Student Digital Artist

Personally I wouldn't go the ipad route when there are so many tablets around that you can nab that will offer so much more. The stylus options are pretty bad and you won't get the same pressure sensitivity as you would with a wacom digitizer. What I ended up doing was picking up a refurbished hp elitebook 2730p for around $200-300, and threw in some extra ram, and bam. Full laptop with wacom support that you can fold into a tablet or use like a regular laptop and run SAI, Photoshop, any and every program you're used to. With the ipad you're restricted in what apps you can use, how much space you have and how easily you can transfer to your main computer.

!tanz-e3 Feb 22, 2013 Hobbyist Digital Artist

Best idea yet,even though you may require a better processor with like 2.4 GHz and of course one which is within my price range. Many thanks

~Io-T Feb 22, 2013 Student Digital Artist

Honestly the processor has been managing pretty darn well on the thing since it's a full powered dual core so still manages better than some of the under powered atoms you'll find. SAI painting and inking up to 350 dpi is smooth, and Photoshop's been doing well as long as I stay away from the 500 pixel brushes, which does cause some minor lag. The fact that you can stick a SSD and 8 gigs of ram in it means that despite it's age, you still get a machine that's beefier than a lot of the slate form tablets. You really can't do much better for the price range. If you can afford a little more, I've heard good things about the asus e121 but I think those are still kicking in the 500-600 range.

If money isn't a real issue, you have the new samsungs, and if Microsoft gets tired of playing chicken with adobe over wintab, the Surface is a *beast* of a beautiful machine for 1k. For a little more than that, Levono Helix is looking rather insane but it's not out yet.

!tanz-e3 Feb 21, 2013 Hobbyist Digital Artist

looks great but more options means more confusion

~Symson Feb 20, 2013 Professional General Artist

You can try the new SONY Vaio. I did a review of it you can see on YouTube [link]

!tanz-e3 Feb 21, 2013 Hobbyist Digital Artist

oh yh and whats the price of the vaio?

~Symson Feb 21, 2013 Professional General Artist

Around $1200. It's a hybird tablet and laptop.

!tanz-e3 Feb 19, 2013 Hobbyist Digital Artist

I think I might go for the ipad and thanks so much again for the help

*pyrohmstr Feb 19, 2013 Hobbyist Digital Artist

No, you need a computer for a wacom tablet. The Tablet is just like a fancy mouse.

If you want to draw anywhere on paper and then upload it later you'll want something like this: [link]

Or you can get a tablet with a stylus. Microsoft, Samsung, Apple, and a fuckton of other people make tablets that would work. Some come with styluses and some (namely the iPad) require 3rd party styluses.

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