How to Use a Wacom Tablet with Jared Platt

Retouch Your Images Faster and More Efficiently

How to Use a Wacom Tablet
  • 6 video lessons
  • 1 hour and 13 minutes of class content
  • Streaming access on desktop and mobile browsers
  • 100% satisfaction guarantee

If you’re intrigued by the idea of using a Wacom tablet and pen but aren’t sure if it’s right for you, then you’ll want to check out this course. Jared Platt will introduce you to the many advantages of using a tablet to work in Adobe® Lightroom®, Photoshop® and Illustrator®, including retouching faster with far more accuracy and saving yourself from carpal tunnel syndrome. Making the switch from mouse and touchpad to a tablet and pen takes just an hour and a half of training and a few days of practice. You’ll learn how to select the right tablet for you and how to set it up to make it extra functional and easy to use. Jared will get you comfortable and productive with your new tablet in no time.

SOFTWARE USED: Adobe Photoshop CC 2018

Course Instructor

Jared Platt

Jared Platt

Jared Platt is an international wedding, lifestyle, and portrait photographer and photographic lecturer.  Jared began his studies in photography in documentary and landscapes, but today you will find his images are a perfect blend of the three genres.

How to Use a Wacom Tablet with Jared Platt is rated 4.0 stars by 19 students

  • Gary H. Nov 27, 2023

    Nicely done with a good overview, with some specifics, on the power and customization capabilities of the Wacom tablet. I would love to see some sessions with different photographs, demonstrating his process and use of the tablet.

  • Knud H. Jul 11, 2021

    Good class

  • Terri R. Feb 18, 2021

    I've had my tablet for years and really had no idea how powerful a tool it is until I came across this course by Jared. He reveals how easy it is to customize this tool to streamline your workflow so that you can maximize your efficiency. Excellent and highly recommend!

  • Brenda K. Feb 20, 2020

    super clear!

  • Nick H. Sep 22, 2019

    This course did help me ( as a brand new user) to get the basics down, but that is about as far as it really goes in this course. I really wish that Jared would have included some more of his own keystroke combos that he showed off and/or talked about, as I find them confusing to create on my own when involving ratings and such.

  • Chris P. Sep 9, 2019

    Jared is wonderfully articulate in explaining the possibilities, purposes, and techniques for setting up a Wacom tablet to make the most of it! I completely upgraded my user experience and power thanks to this class.

  • Carl N. Mar 17, 2019

    Good course. I never knew my tablet could do all that.

  • Jennifer G. Feb 22, 2019

    Great understanding on how to set up and use the Wacom tablet, I am glad it is like the shuttlePro v2. I was worried that I would have to create a new system to edit photos in LR. Just transfer my setting over to the tablet. He did a great job taking about the tablet in basic terms, while explaining and show examples. Thanks so Much Jared Platt and CreativeLive.

  • Randy W. Dec 13, 2018

    Great for anyone new to tablet and needs to learn. Not sure when this was made or difference between Mac and PC but on my PC to change brush size and hardness just hold Alt key while moving brush up/down , left/right

  • JUAN S. Nov 28, 2018

    Interesting course. Jared is giving a full descripction of all the possibilities of this hardware and the tools to customize it to our own convenience. Good job, Jared, once again, and I love your sense of humor.

  • Bill R. Sep 20, 2018

    Jared Platt is one of my favorite instructors. This class was super helpful with how-to's and ideas for LR and PS. Next I'd like to see Jared do a similar class using the Cintiq and ExpressKeys remote.

  • Karen T. Aug 21, 2018

    The course is taught on a medium / large tablet, using Lightroom & Big Photoshop. I use a small tablet and Elements. Parts of the class are over my head. My tablet does not have all the buttons referenced; my software does not have all the options discussed. However: The class is worth the money. The value starts at 9:20 in the 4th module, when Jared explained how to set up the options on the Wacom Tablet Properties menu. These had been a mystery. I will have to watch the show again; my brain got full in the last module. Watch, work with your images, come back and watch again. Even this tiny tablet will allow me to do way more than I had imagined. (Incidentally--select tablet size based on monitor size, per Jared. NONE of the Wacom sales material I looked at before buying the small tablet made that point clear. If you use a 30" monitor, you need a big tablet.)

  • Dale C. May 18, 2018

    I am so excited to see what creative live's team of world class creators and story tellers will teach us. I will be receiving my first wacom tablet today. and am very excited to see and learn from Jared Platt.

  • Deborah M S. Apr 15, 2018

    Anything Jared Platt teaches is going to be wonderful!! Can’t wait to see him teach about the Wacom tablet!! I have a tablet and want to see a fantastic photographer use a Wacom!! I can’t get the hang of the tablet yet and I know Jared will inspire me and others!!

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