ONCE UPON A TIME …

GRAPHICS TABLET

Table of contents

To begin Presentation of

the product The saga Use and

examples

To begin...

PRESENTATI

ON OF THE

PRODUCT

Description

Styli

Flat surface

Several kinds

Passive tablets

Active tablets

Optical tablets

Acoustics tablets

Electro-magnetic tablets

Capacitive tablets

THE SAGA

History

An acoustic tablet (Spark tablet) Uses sound to locate the position of

the stylus Position is calculated with the timing of

the sound 1964: Rand Tablet (Grafacon) by

ARPA Looks like the current graphic tablet For professionals and medical

environment Covering electromagnetic

R and tablet

Koala Pad

1984: KoalaPad The first public tablet Koala Painter

Now Optical tablets:

Very small digital camera in the stylus Passive tablets:

Horizontal and vertical wires of the tablet Both transmitting and receiving coils

Active tablets: Stylus, self-powered electronics Transmission to the tablet

LCD tablets

Now

Wacom Cintiq

Future

Capacitive tablets Electrostatic or capacitive signal Touch screens

New technology

USE AND

EXAMPLES

General uses

To hand-draw images and

graphics

To capture data or handwritten signatures

Handwriting recognition

Digitizing.

Softwares

Photoshop

Illustrator

Corel Painter

After Effect

Gimp

InDesign

Blender

Flash

Example - Comics

©Rod

Example - Photomontage

©Maskqueraide

Example - Painting

©Mary and Anne-Claire

Speed painting

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on 7 June 2010) http://www.computerhistory.org/collections/accession/

102710343 http://www.youtube.com/watch?

v=fXbBA1DRE84&feature=player_embedded#! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KoalaPad http://www.wacom.eu/global.asp?pid=0&spid=0&lang=en http://www.gralon.net/articles/materiel-et-

consommables/materiel-informatique-et-consommable-informatique/article-tablette-graphique-485.htm

http://mikegroe.com/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graphics_tablet http://browse.deviantart.com/photography/abstract/?

q=photo#/d35eqhr http://xena111returns.deviantart.com/art/Broken-and-

Beautiful-246296181?q=boost%3Apopular%20in%3Aphotography%2Fabstract%20photo&qo=38