Product Description

Intuos3 gives you the power to quickly and professionally edit photos and create digital artwork. Intuos3 tablet now puts ExpressKeys and Touch Strips right at your fingertips for convenient keyboard shortcuts, scrolling, zooming, brush size control, and more. And if you're using a widescreen display or multiple monitors, the Intuos3 is designed just for you.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #8543 in Consumer Electronics
• Brand: Wacom
• Model: PTZ431W
• Format: CD
• Original language: English
• Dimensions: .50" h x 8.50" w x 10.60" l, 1.76 pounds

Features

• Quickly and professionally edit photos and create digital artwork with this pen tablet
• Cordless and battery-free
• 1,024 levels of tip and eraser pressure sensitivity for control
• Tablet active areas are optimal for use with widescreen displays
• Strategically placed programmable ExpressKeys and Touch Strip for convenience

From the Manufacturer
From the Manufacturer Intuos3 gives you the power to quickly and professionally edit photos and create digital artwork by turning on the full power of Adobe Photoshop, Corel Painter, and over 100 other leading software applications. Intuos3 tablets now put ExpressKeys and Touch Strips right at your fingertips for convenient keyboard shortcuts, scrolling, zooming, brush size control, and more. And if you're using a widescreen display or multiple monitors, the new Intuos3 4x6, 6x11 and 12x19 are designed just for you.

Wacom's Penabled technology gives you the natural feel and superior performance of Wacom's patented cordless and battery-free tablet technology. You'll find that using an Intuos pen, mouse, and tablet gives you more control, comfort, and productivity. Alternating between the comfortable Grip Pen and the ergonomic five-button Intuos3 mouse reduces repetitive motion. It's an easy and natural way to work.

Every point on the tablet has a matching point on the screen. When you move your pen over the tablet the cursor moves in precisely the same way on the screen.

Using a pen tablet is easy It's easy to use a pen tablet because every point on the tablet has a matching point on the screen. When you move your pen over the tablet the cursor moves in precisely the same way on the screen. Where you touch your pen tip to the tablet is where you click. Pressure sensitivity The Intuos3 Grip Pen gives you the power of pressure-sensitive control. Pressure sensitivity lets you control your software tools by changing how hard you press the pen tip to the tablet surface. Using pressure sensitivity you can dynamically control things like brush size, opacity, and more. Widescreens and Multiple Monitors The Intuos3 4x6, 6x11, and 12x19 have active areas that are optimal for use with widescreen displays. The 16:10 aspect ratio of these pen tablets allows you to accurately reach every point on your widescreen display while taking up the least amount of desk space. The wide aspect ratio and the ample size of the 6x11 and 12x19 make these pen tablets great choices for use with multiple monitors to ensure that you have precise control when working on each monitor. New Intuos3 tablet Ergonomic design with sloping, contoured palm rest for comfort Multiple cord positions for greater workspace flexibility 8 ft. cable allows you to kick back while you work Enhanced electronics for twice the resolution (5,080 lpi) Available in multiple sizes for a perfect fit

New Intuos3 Grip Pen 1,024 levels of tip and eraser pressure sensitivity for control Cushioned, contoured grip with programmable DuoSwitch for comfort and productivity Patented cordless, battery-free technology for a natural feel and superior performance Multi-position pen stand to keep your pen handy Three nib styles included for a variety of "feels" Tilt sensitivity for even more control New ExpressKeys and Touch Strips Strategically placed programmable ExpressKeys and Touch Strip for convenience ExpressKeys are "chordable" and can be used for modifier keys, keyboard shortcuts, mouse clicks, open/run applications, and pop-up menus Finger-sensitive Touch Strip for quick scrolling, zooming, controlling brush size, and more New Intuos3 Five-button Mouse Ball-free and optics-free for smooth, accurate tracking Ambidextrous low-profile design with just the right feel Patented cordless, battery-free technology for superior performance and reliability Five programmable buttons with fingerwheel for flexibility and control

The Intuos3 grip pen offers 1,024 levels of tip and eraser pressure sensitivity for control.

Customer Reviews

Big upgrade from Graphire4
I bought a Graphire4 4x5 tablet first thinking it would be enough for me... It was ok, but then I got a chance to play with an Intuos3 tablet and decided to return it.

Intuos3 gives you a much nicer feeling when you're drawing, just as if you were on paper, not plastic. Resolution is much higher, I'm getting very accurate results. Of course, using a tablet takes getting used to and might not be for everybody.

The pen is very comfortable to hold and comes with a bunch of replacement tips, including a softer-than-normal and a harder-than-normal tips (1 each).

The mouse is actually quite usable on this tablet as opposed to graphire4.

Long USB cord makes it possible to take the tablet off the table and onto your lap.

Overall, a fantastic tool for anybody who needs a better way to control their drawing/photo retouching.

For those, who say it is rather small - true, but the next one up is $100 more expensive. It gets the job done and works great for wide screen monitors without sacrificing horizontal resolution. I guess, for people who paint a much bigger tablet is in order, but this one should be quite enough for photo manipulations.

I only wish Wacom included some kind of handwriting recognition software for free with it, though they offer 20% discount on EverNote products (check out ritePen - it is amazing) as well as other product discounts

Exactly what you're looking for.
I did a lot of researching before choosing which tablet to buy. Every review I read online said Wacom was the only way to go. I have to say that they are correct. I am a first time tablet user and this so far has been a wonderful experience. I only have one issue with it. I'm a lefty and so when I draw, I keep hitting the touchpad.

I, like the person that gave it a 1 star review, used it on my WinXP desktop with a 20 inch widescreen monitor and it works wonderful. It gets every edge of my monitor. I'm not sure what they're problem was, but all I had to do was install the drivers from the CD and everything works great! I also plugged it into my Windows Vista laptop and it works excellent with that too. I have also had no problems with the mouse working.

I wasn't sure that 4x6 would be big enough to draw with but I'm loving it and think now that anything bigger would be a little bit too much.

I highly recommend this product to anyone wanting to have a tablet for drawing!

As with the 4x5 Not designed with Lefties
I would actually recommend if you're an artist to use the 6x8 which has express keys on both sides. While you can disable them, or reverse the tablet, this tablet which is the smallest one out of the intuos 3 series had right handed people in mind. Reversing the tablet makes it more awkward and uncomfortable for use.

If you're not going to use the Express keys you may as well go with the intuos 1 or 2, since i find this to be a major feature for the latest line of intuos. If you're going for geek bling and want a shiny new tablet I guess this is the way to go, but practicality wise, using an intuos 1 or 2 if you are left handed and use the smallest size is probably better and more affordable.

The wide format however will probably give you better accuracy for touch points from your tablet to match the screen.