Graphics+Tablet

A graphics tablet s an input device which allows the user to draw a picture onto a computer screen without having to use a mouse or keyboard. A graphics tablet consists of a flat tablet and some sort of drawing device such as a pen or a stylus. A graphics tablet is useful in giving the user a natural feel of a pen-like object to manipulate the cursor on the screen. The graphics tablet is easier to use to do artistic tasks on the computer as using a mouse for tasks like these can often be jerky and hard to do exactly what you want it to do on the screen. Graphics tablets come in a range of sizes and are targeted towards professional designers and architects. You can get highly sensitive graphics tablets which allow you to control some aspects of what you are doing such as line thickness which you apply more or less pressure on the tablet changing the thickness of the line. A good stylus will also have function buttons on the side, so that you can perform common actions, such as switching a tool in a drawing program from paint to erase, without having to use the mouse or keyboard. There is no designated or working standard how a graphics tablet works, One type of Graphics tablet is the passive tablet, which use the idea of electromagnetic induction between the tablet and the stylus, the active tablet, which uses an electronic battery operated stylus that transmits signals to the tablet, and optical tablets, which use digital cameras inside the stylus and then pattern-match the images drawn.