USB Artists tablet for Mac or Windows [ETA: and Linux!]. Learn more at Wacom. ALDI don't specify but one would expect it's the "small" version. No touch/trackpad or express keys.
"One by Wacom" is not usually sold in Aus/US/EU, but price in Asia seems to be ~$90 AUD. So good price for a bottom-of-the-line Wacom USB drawing tablet.
Note: This is an ALDI "Special Buy" so won't be on sale until 4/11/15
Yes, and Yes.
Yes and Yes as well. Best purchase I have made for my graphic design career.
It's a good entry point. But later to get a better one.
I can't vouch for this one in particular but a tablet is a fun tool to have. I've never been a gifted illustrator so I mainly use mine for doodling/brainstorming/sketching but there are plenty of tutorials on youtube of how you can get the most out of it (from basic to hyper-realistic illustrations).
For $40 its a no brainer imo.
It should be your first purchase. There's simply no substitute to using a pen tool for sketching. You have more control on the shape and density of your strokes and it saves your wrist from RSI.
Awesome, I normally just do text and vector based stuff (abstract shapes and whatnot). Would love to get into more precision work using a pen so indeed I will pick one up!
Why was EarlyBird's post negged? He (or she) is right, using a pen tool is just so much easier than using a mouse.
Tablet Size 210x146x7.5 mm
Active Area 152x95mm
Gosh the active area is tiny.
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152 x 95 mm 6 x 3.7 in
Wacom Intuos Small Pen and Touch Graphics Tablet 2014'
I have this one, and I assume this has the same type of size, really depending on your drawing style and the size of your screen this size is fine, if you want to test, get a cut off of paper the same size, and do some doodles.
This tablet, just for the pen alone is much better than similar ones on ebay at the price point
Thanks mokr, Apreciate your taking the time to post your thoughts. I've a good friend in Sydney has offered to pick one up for my son as Aldi are not in Adelaide yet…
Wonder how many returns they'll get because the "screen" doesn't turn on with this "tablet" ;)
Other than that the typical, "This Tablet is too small to use, too big to swallow" lol
you need a tablet cutter
really? ive returned a bunch of things without so much as a question asked. Surprised to hear that
@furyou, simply not true. Aldi is great with returns.
lol this is the only company with a 60 days no questions asked policy, It would be the last company I would call "hard to return".
Absolutely not true. Aldi is one of the very few places where I buy with the intention to return. They have never said no. I've returned very small purchases to the large 55" Smart TVs. I've even returned items bought at one store to another without an invoice. They knew it was a recent Aldi item and accepted the return no questions asked.
Ummm Wat?
So you're organising a dinner party, then just go buy lots of Aldi stuff - like a large 55" LCD to impress your guests with, then just return them afterwards? Why the heck would you buy something you intend to return?
@webbiegareth: Because you end up keeping it if the quality is above what you expected.
Note: Aldi are cool with this and the only disincentive to consumers is the return period is 60 days now, down from 90.
@webbiegareth: Maybe it's a typo and he meant 'incentive'. Or "with the intention I can return". i.e. He can buy things he otherwise wouldn't have, because of being unable to try them first.
Reguardless, I don't see what the problem is with utilising a policy Aldi themselves have no problem with. I bought an electric lawn trimmer from BigW - the ones that are an electric motor on the ground with a handle. It was absolutely pathetic - just swept the grass out of the way instead of cutting through it. (A petrol one did cut it.) I immediately packed it up and returned it. Years ago you couldn't do that. You were told, you bought it, used it - it's yours.
Besides… the 'buy to show off to mates then return' scenario is imagined.
Do say stupid things you cant back up. not cool!
say stupid things you cant back up
Welcome to the internet.
By the way, did you know JFK was actually assassinated by the Japanese? Because he frequently drove around in US manufactured Lincoln convertibles, which they viewed as competition to their Mitsubishi exports.
"Do say stupid things you cant back up. not cool!"
Because it's not like anyone posts without carefully thinking/checking for typos, correct intent, LOL. ;-p (DON'T say…)
I got a telly that had a bright pixel. Took it back for a worry free exchange. The replacement had a bright pixel dead centre, the manager asked whether there was still an issue, I explained the problem and got another worry free exchange. Not always the best quality, but their exchange policy is OK.
Further, my telly was a Bauhn, so I had expected a bitty of dodginess, but this tablet is from the leading brand.
I really wonder how long it would take before the small size starts to annoy me?? Does anybody have any experience with these? Would be using it for photoshop and illustrator mainly.
Some prefer the small size over the big because the main way to use this is one handed (and the other hand on the keyboard for shortcuts - including the grab/move tool). This means that when youre working zoomed in you are still moving around the canvas while keeping your wrist in a comfortable position.
I myself have a big gaudy one but in my research the real issue is switching from one to the other after getting used to it.
For $40 it's probably worth a crack I guess?
Go for it
From the link above, you can buy replacement nibs for the pen. Is that even necessary?
If it's like my Surface Pro 3, the nibs wear out from friction with the surface with very heavy use. I also see the new Surface 4 has different sorts of nibs for different 'feels' ie interchangeable
Would we have to use the same stylus pen that came with the device? Is it possible to use other different types?
Generally yes. Wacom own the patent on this and it is a lot more complex than your typical tablet stylus. They have pressure sentitivity built in etc so that you can draw thick/thin lines, change colours etc. It's a bit like the Surface Pro's but actually a fair amount better.
More advanced pens know the angle you have the pen on so that you can emulate brush painting or charcoal drawing etc.
You could probably use other Wacom pens but that would be it.
@Thiefsie: There's a bajillion different pens on the wacom site. Some expensive, some not so expensive…
@gtrdude: because they sell all kinds of styluses and support all kinds of technologies. They have those styluses for all touchscreen tablets to special type of styluses for active stylus technologies.
You can use other types. But not as many as Wacom sells. Check carefully in the compatibility. Wacom sell a few major kinds of stylus:
In 3. the models can generally be broken into 3 further types:
A. Intuos line (pro, no screen)
B. Bamboo line (consumer)
C. Cintiq line (screen included)
This tablet may work with other Bamboo line pens but will definitely not work with any of the other kinds.
@lupiter: I am not sure whether they sell it on their homepage, but they've introduced new active stylus tech for tablet PCs (i.e. one that uses battery, AES, the older one is called EMR, I think). It's used on tablets like the new Toshiba one, along with others.
If it is like the "wacom pen" I've got (Bamboo stylus, even though it's for tablet PC with wacom techology, I assume similar pen tips?), the pelt tips (soft plastic tips?) do wear down significantly over usage (I've not used it too much but you could see the pen wearing down).
Kinda. I have a 10 year old tablet and I never bothered buying a replacement nib, I just rotated it when it started getting pointy. It's like a really (really) hard pencil, it will eventually wear down along the angle you use it with.
Does anyone know if this can be used for Asian character input? i.e. asian character recognition.
i.e. asian character recognition.
Wouldn't that be up to your OS or application software? Not the hardware or drivers.
I believe Bamboo Scribe is the Wacom's app that u are looking for, compatible with Windows and mac.
But I'm not sure though since I dont have one myself.
Asian character… As on Chinese symbols? Japanese symbols? Korean alphabet? Hindi? Tibetan? Etc.
Sorry, irks me when people lump group the whole of Asia as just, say Chinese.
No one here did. Just you :)
Yep probably, which is why I said 'irks me' :)
My point: 'Asian character' is very vague. I think they meant 'Chinese symbols'…
@inose:
I've probably asked on some other forum board about Asian character input as well. When I asked, I had Chinese and Japanese input in mind. I think quite a lot of us are multilingual :)
I think quite a lot of us are multilingual :)
Who are you talking about?
And what is your point?
@inose:
That people who mention "Asian" don't necessarily mean Chinese only and you shouldn't be so sensitive and assume so.
Ah… yeah :/
I'm not that bothered. Just making the point that it's not clear… and so it's difficult to answer a vague question :)
just install the chinese langauge pack for windows
i reccomend windows 10 version if you can get it or windows 8 as both are optimised for touch and pen
i set it up for my dad and he writes essays now lol
Not just "Mac or Windows". In fact, while you may need to add drivers for those, it works out-of-the-box in Linux, ie native support.
If only we had Aldi out West here.
Aldi are opening in Perth in 2016.
They will be very welcome.
Good point, I've added that in. I haven't used a Wacom tablet with Linux since they really got the USB drivers working (oh boy do I sound old…), but I'm sure these days it's easy.
Does this work/help out with editing in Lightroom?
If you're doing lots of brush adjustments, it can. Otherwise, not really.
Sorry for the naive questions, but I haven't seen these before and am interested
1) is this like a 'digital drawing pad'? you hook it up to PC and what you draw on tablet appears on the screen…?
2) would this be a good tool/toy for a young child who is interested in drawing and writing? Obviously we can use pen/paper, but this could be a fun alternative and help to save/edit drawings etc
3) are there be any apps/software attached to this? like colouring in, games, teach you to draw software?
1) that's exaclty what it is. There's no screen on the tablet like the more expensive tablets (way up there in price) so it'll take some time to build the motor skills for this input type
2)definitely a good one, as long as you have a PC for it
3)most likely just the drivers at this price point, and since these aren't really marketed for kids it wouldn't be likely to come bundled with anything kid friendly
3) The bundled software is usually pretty junk these days, but Wacom do collect a directory of software designed for their tablets: http://www.bamboo-apps.com
You can use some great free software such as Gimp (www.gimp.org) and Inkscape (www.inkscape.org).
Or probably others like paint.net that may be simpler.
Anyone got a quick rundown of features?
Does it have angle and pressure levels?
Found my answers here: http://www.wacom.com/en-in/products/pen-tablets/one-wacom-s
Product Type Pen tablet
Weight approx 240 g
Active Area 152 x 95 mm
Multi-touch No
Pen One pen (without eraser)
Pressure Levels 1024, pen tip only
Pen Technology Pressure-sensitive, cordless, battery-free
Technology Electromagnetic resonance method
Resolution 100 lines/mm (2540 lpi)
Reading Speed (Pen) 133 pps
ExpressKeys™ No
System Requirements USB port, internet connection
Windows 8, Windows®7 SP1, Windows® Vista SP2, or Windows® XP SP3
Mac OS X 10.6.8 or later (Intel® processor)
Cables Included Yes
Wireless Support No
Limited Warranty 1 year warranty for products purchased in India Only (No international warranty)
What's Included One pen tablet and pen
Replacement nibs
USB cable
Driver disk
Quick start guide
Warranty card
Model Number CTL-471
Sounds like a USB touchpad with pen instead of finger..
Active Area 152 x 95 mm
that's a little over 1/4 size of a A4 paper, similar to a ndsl, kinda small for my liking
Nice work.
Just to clarify though, the Aldi page says (for here in Aust) 3 years warranty - so that's another bonus.
+1 Bargain and bonus points if you can get a kill in Call Of Duty/Battlefield with this :)
Tablets are sometimes used in very aim-intensive games like Osu!, so I'm sure you could learn to play COD/BF with one :)
haha friend used to play dota with a wacom stylus. Looks really funny when hes trying to cast a spell well as kiting d enemy.Its possile to play but not accurate.Youll always have to lift the stylus and reposition in order to play games using a stylus.Think of it as using a really small mouse pad.
video review here:
Wacom One(small) CTL-471 Pen Tablet Long term User Review
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WSvfq-123ng
RIP perth, we dont even have the store not mentioning ALDI doesnt even post item….
Aldi will open the first WA shops in June 2016.
At least WA has a date…
Man, Tasmania… so close yet so far.
At least, with $19 flights, you can go shopping in Melbourne for less than Australia Post charges for a big parcel to WA…
Just started to play osu and this one is good to me, haha!
Lewl, does this help me get gud?
So Smaller is better I take it from this post?
It doesn't matter as many much as people think. Because in reality your staring at the screen while using the pen. So you just get used to the sensitivity and distance. Kinda the same as why you don't need a huge area for your mouse pad.
In saying that I personally dislike these things and would prefer to make a touch sketch on my phone or tablet or even just snap a photo of something.
Smaller isn't better, I just can't believe they'd sell the large one for $40. The size different is not that much of a deal breaker until you get to the big ones where the active size (i.e. usable non-frame space) is close to the size of your screen.
Tip: don't try using this with a really big monitor! Tiny movements = many pixels.
I'm actually starting my uni course Bachelor of Digital Media next year, anyone think this will be useful for that?
Kinda useful if you can get used to it.
If your buying a laptop anyway a surface pro 4 will be one of the best things you will ever use for that course though.
I've got a laptop already, is there any programs that would be good for me during this course?
I'm sure during the courses they will show you what programs. I assume it's mostly going to be adobe cc. Better to wait and find out - also u can usually get adobe cc cheap through uni.
If you're already a school student then get illustrator through school and play with it. Otherwise you may want to get a trial version, but these are often only about 30 days. Inkscape won't get you through uni but may be good to get familiar with some concepts. There are also plenty of tutorial videos out there for this sort of stuff.
Thanks for your help guys.
Just to be clear - these 'non-screen' tablets do take a little (long) while to get used to, as essentially you are drawing without looking at your hand (you are looking at the screen).
There is no substitute for hand drawing, so that is why artists use these or similar devices, as opposed to mice.
The Cintiqs (and Surface Pros for example) allow you to actually draw on the screen so you don't have to get over the initial steep cognitive hand-eye learning curve, but they cost mega $$$ for this pleasure. There are a few downsides to drawing directly on the screen also (such as glass thickness and the pen actually not 100% lining up with the screen) but they are very minor.
I haven't used this tablet but they either shrink the screen to 1:1 of the size of the drawing area, or portion out the screen to the drawing area as you see fit. Depending on what you want to do this can be annoying or great. You will be zooming in and out a lot but that is the nature of this device.
The pressure sensitivity is what sets these apart from an iPad for example, and is imperative to actually be able to draw properly with these devices. Software can't emulate this touch well enough. The new iPad though seems to have some sort of hackneyed version of this when it comes out soon enough.
More advanced drawing tablet models allow rotating and leaning the pen (and whatever that allows for your 'brush') and come with extra buttons, an 'eraser' etc etc.
iPad Pro seems to be doing palm rejection properly, as many reviewers have confirmed it (there are rumours that it's using n-trig technology, but I think it's just a rumour since I've not seen any 'solid evidence' on why this is true). Though since it is using battery, it's not EMS at the very least (most of wacom technology on tablet PC use this).
Though $100 USD for a pen… I bought a wacom stylus (for Surface Pro 1) with an eraser and a button for $15 bucks. I broke it and I've resurrected the pen as a eraser and a short pen with a button. I think I am digressing a little here.
thanks for the input
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Thiefsie's post needs more upvotes!
We're busy upping the LOL posts… but missing the detailed review/advice!
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Hmm… might get one for some lightroom work and to mock around…
Anyone know if you can also use it for games and stuff? Like could you use this to turn your PC into a "touch screen" PC? Imagine SC2 with this thing XD
As a beginner graphic designer (trying to each myself), is a tablet worth it? And if so, is this worth the investment at this stage?