I use a Wacom tablet all the time, on every system I use. I travel with a Wacom when I'm working out of my office.

I don't use the default settings. I actually use the same pen buttons as you: Right Click on the top of the switch, and Pan/Scroll on the bottom. If you're using Hover Click, try Click & Tap -- that's my overwhelming preference. Hover click feels very imprecise to me, whereas click and tap always does what I want it to.

No matter what settings you choose, using a tablet feels weird and slow and awkward for a week or two, but once you've used it for a while, you will become much more natural and speedy.

A couple other notes: For some specific apps, I'll change the lower switch to Middle-click as others have suggested. Also, Robert's tip to turn off Windows Ink is vital. I don't have much trouble double-tapping manually for a double-click, and I find normal tablet mode (vs. mouse mode) is perfectly usable on 4K monitors.

Although I find the pen and tablet way more natural than the mouse, you can still get repetitive stress injuries, because if you tablet full-time, you'll still have repetitive stresses! I also keep a Kensington Slimblade Trackball on my workstations. It's very easy to use, and you can actually twist the trackball clockwise or counterclockwise to scroll. I bounce back and forth between the two input devices all day.

Good luck,

walter soyka ▼ keen live 

walter@keenlive.com

On Sat, Sep 16, 2017 at 6:49 AM, Roei Tzoref <AE-List@media-motion.tv> wrote:

Hi, just bought the intuos pro medium. Trying to get into the habit of working soley with a Wacom Tablet. I don't paint, but I composite, animate, roto and track. Rarely used it before, but have been freelancing in a place that doesn't even have a mouse, so I want to make a smooth transition.

I find it a struggle using the pen buttons. I set them to right click (the button near the tip) and scroll/pan (the other one). It's makes me move my hand slightly (and the cursor as a result) when I want to use them. 

Scrolling with the mouse wheel is a feature I use in Ae all the time. I am missing finer control there. Right click is also used a lot. Do any of you have a recommendation for a pen setup?maybe pen holding posture that could help make this easier? Or is it just something to bare through for a while? What do you use? What is your tablet position setup?