Bamboo By Wacom

What is Bamboo?

Bamboo is a new category of pen tablets that help everyday people convey their ideas more clearly. With the natural feel of pen-on-paper, Bamboo and Bamboo Fun plug into your computer and make it quick and easy for you to get your point across.

What can you do with Bamboo?

Edit – Bring out the best in your photos. Edit images, retouch photos, and even write directly on your photos in your own handwriting.

Paint – Make perfect brush strokes without the mess. Control brush size, patterns and textures by changing how hard you press the pen tip to the tablet.

Draw – Bring your ideas to life. Draw, sketch, illustrate, use the pressure-sensitive control of the pen to vary line thickness, and add shading and color to your artwork and creative projects.

Write – Express yourself. Write notes and email, sign your name, mark up documents, and enter handwritten text anywhere typed text is accepted.

Simplify – Navigate quickly and easily. Move files, switch views, and open work in applications with four user-designed ExpressKeys, and the zoom and scroll with the touch of your finger using the Touch Ring.

Navigate – Move around your desktop quickly and easily. Select files, switch views, and open applications with a flick of the pen.

Personalize – Add your own distinctive touch to everything you do. Handwrite notes, make quick sketches, and add your personal signature to digital documents.

This week’s contest is called “Contest”, and it's your chance to create Graffiti for a contest that we never created a contest for. (Phew! Now say contest five times fast!)

To enter you'll need to create an original Graffiti on the Bamboo by Wacom Graffiti Wall, and also create a name for the contest to add to the comments area of your Graffiti. For example: If you always wanted to have a LOLCat Contest, then you would create a LOLCat Graffiti on the wall, and write "LOLCat Contest" under your Graffiti in the Graffiti Comments area.

Voting will last for one week after the entry phase has ended, and you can vote for up to three of your favorites. Then, a panel of judges will select from among the top five as selected by the community, and will pick a winner. If you're anxious to find out who won, we’ll announce the winner the following Monday.

The prize for this week's contest is a White Bamboo Fun Medium.

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Previous Contest Winners:

Contest 1, "Self-Portrait": Rainna Langley
Contest 2, "Color": Daniel Åsberg
Contest 3, "Shapes": Jamil Ammar
Contest 4, "Graffiti": Kiran Jay Babla
Contest 5, "Abstract": Conner Gillette
Contest 6, "Replay": Emilbert DeLeon
Contest 7, "Trees": Cliff Jewell
Contest 8, "Squiggle": Kyle Brownbridge
Contest 9, "Flight": Jenny Song
Contest 10, "Moo": Kody Chance Urban

Wacom is a supporter of the current Threadless Loves Horror contest, and in addition to the other fantastic prizes that the winner will receive, Wacom is giving one lucky artist a brand new Intuos 6x8 tablet!

Entries are due to Threadless by December 1, but even if you don't think you have the skills to compete, make sure to check out the contest because your votes help determine the winner!

Threadless Loves Horror

In addition, Wacom was the main sponsor of the Threadless Loves Drawing contest, and you can see the fantastic results of that contest here:

Threadless Loves Drawing

Contest Ten: "Moo" - Kody Chance Urban



Contest Nine: "Flight" - Jenny Song



Contest Eight: "Squiggle" - Kyle Brownbridge



Contest Seven: "Trees" - Cliff Jewell



Contest Six: "Replay" - Emilbert DeLeon



Contest Five: "Abstract" - Conner Gillette



Contest Four: "Graffiti" - Kiran Jay Babla



Contest Three: "Shapes" - Jamil Ammar



Contest Two: "Color" - Daniel Åsberg



Contest One: "Self-Portrait" - Rianna Langley

Features and Benefits

• Works with new handwriting recognition, inking and pen features in Windows Vista (all editions but Home Basic) and Apple operating systems (OS X)
• Supports widescreen displays and has a textured work surface for a natural pen-on-paper feel
• High resolution and report rate for outstanding accuracy
• Precise control and 512 levels of pressure sensitivity on the pen
• Quick access to user-defined shortcuts with four Express Keys™
• Easy scrolling and zooming with finger-sensitive Touch Ring
• Patented, battery-free pen with customizable buttons for comfort and reliability
• Detachable USB cable unplugs from your computer and your tablet for easy storage and transport
• Ergonomic design provides a comfortable supplement to mouse and keyboard input
• Includes one year warranty
• Free US-based technical support available Monday through Friday, 8:30am to 5:00pm Pacific Time by calling 360-896-9833

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Edit Photos: FotoFlexer
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Edit Videos: Movie Masher
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Whiteboard: Skrbl
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Scrapbook: Scrapblog
Search: Retrievr
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Dance: Pictaps
Paint: PaintBox
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