Art and Technology: What is a WACOM?
The new age of technology is adding all sorts of options that never existed before to new artists. For example, there are now devices called “WACOM” that allows artists to interact with the computer in an entirely new way. The History of Technical Visual Art In the beginning days of the development of computers, the first art programs were all extremely simple. In some cases you were limited as to the colors you could use, and the texture options. Many of them only allowed you to use the keyboard arrows to create lines. As technology developed, the mouse became something that was usable. You now had greater control over how lines appeared on the screen. The free movement of the mouse with your hand was a much better mimic for a pencil on the page then mashing a computer keyboard with your fingers. But the mouse still wasn’t really the same thing as drawing with a pen. New Tech – The WACOM explained New options like the WACOM, or touch screens in general allow for a variety of new possibilities. So called “digital pens” mean that you can have something that looks just like a pen, and a tablet that …
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