Bruce wrote:
Colin Wilson o.uk
wrote:

SWIMBO bought me a Trust TB2100 wireless tablet for my biffday
If you feel the urge, and you happen to find out where she got it has
a decent returns policy, a Wacom is a much better product.


I do a lot of photo editing, often several hours a day. Before
splashing out on a Wacom, I bought a cheap graphics tablet to try. I'm
glad I did, because (like the OP) I just couldn't see the point of it.
I would have been very cross if I had paid for a Wacom.

In case the cheapness was the problem, I did try a Wacom for a day,
and while it was better made, I didn't find it any more useful for
photo editing than a mouse and keyboard. My tablet went back into its
box where it remains, three years later (it is not valuable enough to
bother with eBay!).

I can see the value of a tablet in a drawing office (engineers and
architects etc..) or for a graphic designer who can express
him/herself better with a pen than with a mouse. But for photo
editing, tablets don't seem to offer much of an advantage, if any.

To the OP, it is probably worth persevering with it to see if it works
for you.


I use PhotoImpact for editing, and have barely scratched the surface of
its capabilities.
As John says, freehand selection can be very tedious with a mouse.