Playing with the Pad

So, my main project today was to install the Wacom Bamboo pad and the software that came with it. The installation CD has a tutorial on it given by a man with a nice English accent.  Then I installed the software that came with it. There were three pieces but the one I was most interested in was the Corel Painter Essentials. I noticed that the the serial numbers were located on the DVD sleeve but it took a lot of frustration on my part before I noticed that the serial numbers were for two different versions  {Windows and Mac} and I was putting the wrong one in! This one also came with a link to some nifty tutorials vocalized by a woman with a Canadian accent! I want to spend some time to learn how to use this software well. When I had Paint Shop Pro, I did hours of tutorials which I downloaded and worked through all by myself. If that program was available for Mac I would happily buy it—well, if I could get an earlier version when it belonged to Jasc. Anyway, the other two programs bundles with this pad are Adobe Photoshop Elements and Nik Color Efex Pro. I have used Photoshop Elements before but I know nothing about the third one.

I am still trying to get Fred’s Windows XP to see his card reader. I really thought I had it this morning. I opened up the folder where I had downloaded the driver and found there was one thing called Install Hardware. So, I did what it said, and went happily looking for "removeable drive E" which, of course, wasn’t there. After the ease of configuring a Mac, I find Windows very annoying. But I will press on. I was unable to get his computer to speak to the old HP printer but eventually I managed to get his XP talking to the new Canon printer…

It occurred to me this morning that I have heard nothing from the people round the corner who have my old Win 98 machine and are supposed to be putting my pictures on a hard drive. Ok, I will go round there tomorrow–a reason for a walk. I must also get to the bank before Sunday. I have a massage then and I agreed to pay Beth cash for the six extra I am buying to get me to the end of the year.

I am off to play some more with my new Wacom pad…

QUOTATIONS:

"Step by step. I can’t think of any other way of accomplishing anything."

Michael Jordan

"Fear not for the future, weep not for the past."

Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822) English poet