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Title: Wacom Mods
Post by: lb969 on 03 Jan 2005, 14:46
Any one else modded a wacom?

friend of mine, modded his...

so he could use the pen easier... basically its an overlay for the tablet...

plus its looks Uber Cool on a sapphire wacom. (one in pic is 4x5)

BF buddy, if you visit this forum, sorry for scaming your pics, but was too cool not to share....

(http://www.mektek.net/forums/uploads/post-29-1104496985.jpg)

(http://www.mektek.net/forums/uploads/post-29-1104749454.jpg)
Title: Wacom Mods
Post by: jeph on 03 Jan 2005, 18:23
That looks to me like it's just a printout placed under the plastic screen of a Graphire model. Pretty, but not a "mod" so much as a slight decoration.
Title: Wacom Mods
Post by: flowers for charlie on 03 Jan 2005, 19:00
Quote from: jeph
That looks to me like it's just a printout placed under the plastic screen of a Graphire model. Pretty, but not a "mod" so much as a slight decoration.


this man is right
Title: Wacom Mods
Post by: Ioden on 03 Jan 2005, 19:06
Quote from: jeph
That looks to me like it's just a printout placed under the plastic screen of a Graphire model. Pretty, but not a "mod" so much as a slight decoration.


Well... yeah. But it kicks some large amounts of ass.
Title: Wacom Mods
Post by: lb969 on 04 Jan 2005, 05:01
Glued i believe... i think its one of those adheasive sheets...

thus the MOD part cause its not really reversible....

and yeah it looks really cool....
Title: Wacom Mods
Post by: scott on 06 Jan 2005, 11:36
The tablets are designed to have things put under the plastic. I have a friend who puts sketches under there instead of scanning. I think he's crasy personally.
Title: Wacom Mods
Post by: torg on 06 Jan 2005, 12:46
why? that's exactly what the removable cover is meant for... i dont do it, be cause i dont sketch on paper, but i would... (i dont have a scanner *g*)
Title: Wacom Mods
Post by: Wysiwyg on 07 Jan 2005, 02:57
Talking about mods... The area used by the mouse is almost the entire tablet, while the pen uses only the center rectangle. So i wonder if it´s possible to make the whole area be used also by the pen. Maybe a hack in the driver... Any info about this?
Title: Wacom Mods
Post by: 3Z3VH on 07 Jan 2005, 10:14
The reason that happens is the sensor for the mouse is in the center of the mouse itself... almost like the tip of the pen is dead centered in the mouse... so even though the mouse seems to go off the rectangle, the center of it is still in the rectangle.  There are no physical sensors outside that rectangle to allow you to make the pen area larger.  You either get a bigger tablet, or learn to deal with it ;)
Title: Wacom Mods
Post by: Wysiwyg on 07 Jan 2005, 16:33
Damn, i feel pretty dumb now... :)
Title: Wacom Mods
Post by: Staplegun on 07 Jan 2005, 18:54
yeah, I have to switch to a normal mouse to play...say...Half-Life 2 because it doesn't have enough usable area on the tablet for me to play comfortably.