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Epicurus.com - Bamboo Fun (Medium) Silver Tablet with Pen, Mouse & Graphics Software
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List Price: $199.99
Our Price: Too low to display
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
Manufacturer: Wacom
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Average Customer Rating:  
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Batteries Included: 0
Binding: Electronics
Brand: Wacom
Color: Silver
EAN: 0753218994479
Feature: Package contains - Bamboo Fun pen tablet and pen, Bamboo Fun mouse, pen stand, package of 3 replacement pen nibs, USB cable, quick start guide, installation CD with tablet driver and electronic user manual, software DVD that includes Adobe Photoshop Elements 5.0 Win/4.0 Mac, Corel Painter Essentials 3.0, and Nik Color Efex Pro 2.0 GE.
Is Autographed: 0
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Label: Wacom
Manufacturer: Wacom
Model: CTE650S
Publisher: Wacom
Studio: Wacom
Warranty: 1 year warranty
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Features
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Package contains - Bamboo Fun pen tablet and pen, Bamboo Fun mouse, pen stand, package of 3 replacement pen nibs, USB cable, quick start guide, installation CD with tablet driver and electronic user manual, software DVD that includes Adobe Photoshop Elements 5.0 Win/4.0 Mac, Corel Painter Essentials 3.0, and Nik Color Efex Pro 2.0 GE.
Great for digital drawing and painting, touching up photos, or writing in your own personal script
512 levels of pressure sensitivity to more accurately mimic physical drawing
Compatible with all major software
Works with both Windows and Mac operating systems
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Editorial Reviews:
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Now there's a simple, easy, and fun way to harness your creativity. Bamboo Fun makes your computer your canvas, allowing you to freely express yourself by simply touching the pen tip to the tablet. Touch up digital photos, draw by hand, create artwork and paintings, and even write in your own handwriting. Bamboo Fun includes full editions of valuable creative software to help get your creative juices flowing. Edit photos with Adobe Photoshop Elements, create artwork with Corel Painter Essentials, and apply photo effects with Nik Color Efex Pro. Bamboo Fun works with any software, and is the perfect mate to those software applications with special features and tools that are designed to be used with a pen. Tablet Size - 11.0 W x 9.3 D x 0.3 H , active area is 8.5 W x 5.3 D
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Spotlight customer reviews:
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Customer Rating:
Summary: The Software Alone is with the Price
Comment: I immediately fell in love with this tablet. It's the third one that I have owned over the past several years, but it's my first Wacom product and is by far the BEST of the three. The software alone made it worth the price. It came with the Adobe Photoshop Elements 6, Corel Painter Essentials and Nix Color Efex Pro. All of the programs integrate well so that you have a suite of design tools that allow you to draw, paint and photo edit like an expert. The applications also have video tutorials, which are very helpful.
As a technology teacher, I can see this as a wonderful adaptive tool for students with disabilities, visual learning styles as well as those using it to create works of art. The tablet appears to be very durable.
I chose the product for the value and price and relied largely based on the reviews on Amazon. I have found that the folks on this forum offer the best advice when I have no previous knowledge of a product. For me, art is a hobby. However, it was also my minor in college. I am neither a novice nor a professional. Therefore, the mid-ranged product seemed to be the perfect fit. If this product is considered to be for mid range artists I can only imagine what the upgraded models from Wacom can do! There is a reason that this tablet has great reviews.
Customer Rating: 
Summary: Great product
Comment: I'm a first time tablet user so I can't really compare it with similar products; but i can say that its great to work with. I've using it for about 2 weeks now, mostly for retouching photos in CS3 and digital art in Corel draw.
I takes some getting used to coming from the usual mouse setup, but once you get the hang of it you wouldn't want to go back.
Oh, the medium tablet also comes with free software: Photoshop Elements and Corel Painter Essentials. Both great software.
Minor gripes:
1. USB able plugs into the left side of the tablet-- it kind of gets in the way. Wish it was on the right side.
2. the mouse is not as responsive my old microsoft optical mouse
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Summary: Takes a Little Getting Used To - but it's AWESOME
Comment: you have to work with it for a little while before it feels natural or your hand writing looks natural, but once you get the hang of it...It's incredible. I scrapbook and wanted to be able to include my handwriting on my pictures. works better than I expected.
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Summary: Bamboo Fun. Me Happy.
Comment: As a Web Designer for 15 years, I am always looking for new software and gadgets to bring me to the next level of creativity without limits. Items like "Bamboo Fun" make this possible. Even now, I am working on a web site for a singer's new CD, and it has a lot of flourishes, curves and curls in the design... well, this came right in time. I have bought a tablet before, but this was about two years ago. I don't even remember the name of it, but I used it once. I hated it. The interaction was inaccurate, and highly unstable and I was not impressed. With this we have a whole new experience, and my new favorite productive toy.
First, I would warn people not confident with freehand art and above average technical skills. There is a learning curve here that will cause impatience to those who don't read directions, or expect to plug it in an everything is beautiful. You are writing, painting, editing and more with many compatible artistic programs. It comes with optional software like Photoshop Elements and Corel Painter for you to start creating right away. So, you do not have to buy additional software to use it, but it should work with any that you already have.
You will need time to get used to using the pen and it also comes with a normal mouse... although, not so normal. This is basically a mousepad powered by your computer via USB, and there are no recharging or batteries for either the pen or mouse. These are basically stylus directors to use for a variety of projects. You can use the mouse as your normal work mouse if you wish. As long as you use the pad, you're all set.
The lines and connection are great. Very accurate, and I was able to create the flourish style graphics I needed in a couple hours. I would not have been able to do this without this tool. I was able to customize repeated features into the unit, and there are shortcut buttons, and navigation aids to make things all the more easier.
I have been able to touch-up photos and headshots. I see the drawing ability as a great tool for an animation inspiration. I can sign documents, and write in general, and it looks just like my handwriting etc. And the biggest plus is that it works on all my computers, be it XP, Vista, laptop or my new iMac, installation is a breeze, and I look forward to many projects ahead.
if you are an Artist, don't even think twice. This is the one to get. It's a perfect size too.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Bamboo tablet
Comment: This is a very good tablet and I use the mouse that came with it all the time. Better than the mouse I had. The pen is a little hard to get use to but I'm sure it will be good too. Just need a little practice.
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