Bought a fancy digital pen tablet back in 2018 that I barely touched

I remember seeing all the hype about moving from a mouse to a tablet for CAD work, so I dropped about $400 on a high-end model with all the pressure levels. Thought it would make my detailing faster and more natural. The truth is, after a couple of weeks, I went right back to my trusty mouse. The learning curve was steep, and for the precision line work I do, it just felt slower. That thing sat in its box for years until I finally sold it for maybe $100 last month. It was a pricey lesson that not every new tool is a good fit for your specific workflow. Anyone else have a piece of gear they bought on a trend that just didn't work out for them?

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maxf332mo ago

Totally feel you on that. Sometimes the old way is just faster for muscle memory stuff.

xena_bailey182mo ago

Nah, muscle memory can learn new tricks. Sticking with slow old ways just holds you back.

leehall2mo ago

That 2018 model was actually mid-range, the real pro tablets were over a grand.

fiona_kim1mo ago

Used to edit video on that exact gen, spent a lot of time tweaking settings to get smooth playback in Premiere. Learned to render proxies and it saved my workflow completely, really a must for anything with layers. That model could handle it fine with the right workflow, just took a bit of fiddling.