Photoshop tips

I recently started using photoshop. Selecting an object using the magic wand or the pen tool in order to be able to change the background is one of my least favorite tasks. I spent a week exploring this option and wondered to myself...do people really do this type of thing...when I came upon a tablet+pen tool. Enter...the Intuos3 professional pen tablet...one of the most easiest ways to edit and create digital artwork. Check it out at www.wacom.com. It's a cool one!