Wacom Tablet Recomendation?

[williamsburroughs]

The Wacom Cintiq is awesome if you are going for Screen Based Tablets. Most Pen Based PC's won't cut it since they don't offer multiple levels of pressure sensitivity (you basically get the same effect as a Mouse, only with more precise Pen control).

A coworker has a Cintiq and it is truly wonderful to work on.

Try and arrange a demo with a local reseller.

[leif3d]

My wacom intuos 2 works wonders for me...obviously if I had the 2 grand to burn on a cintiq I would do so in a heartbeat.

[eldee]

I use a 6x8 intuos³ and it's great. I personally don't like the cintique because when I used it, my hand/arm/pen kept obstructing a lot of my screen realestate. Imagine for a moment, if your mouse cursor had a 3.5" opaque tail that stretched all the way off your screen. That's what using a cintique was like to me.

http://img02.picoodle.com/img/img02/8/5/16/f_cintiquem_57a200b.jpg

[zeke3d]

i hear, if you download wacom drivers, mostly any tablet pc, becomes pressure sensitve, seen it!

[williamsburroughs]

i hear, if you download wacom drivers, mostly any tablet pc, becomes pressure sensitve, seen it!

No way...I gotta see that. :) That would rock.

I already have an Intuos2...hrmmm....looks like it's only certain Tablet PC's:

http://www.wacom.com/tabletpc/driver.cfm

Seems like BS...just tell me which one's support it. GOSH! :D

[zeke3d]

dont know, whichones exactly, but I have seen it, my guess is all newer models, again, the tablet pcs dont say their presure sensitve, and with the driver they become that way, spooky, but I have seen it in person.

[leif3d]

I use a 6x8 intuos³ and it's great. I personally don't like the cintique because when I used it, my hand/arm/pen kept obstructing a lot of my screen realestate. Imagine for a moment, if your mouse cursor had a 3.5" opaque tail that stretched all the way off your screen. That's what using a cintique was like to me.

http://img02.picoodle.com/img/img02/8/5/16/f_cintiquem_57a200b.jpg


HMMM....I never though about it that way...I can see how it can get annoying...but isn't that how we all draw on a piece of paper?...I'm not trying to be sarcastic by the way.
I guess nothing will ever compare to drawing on a piece of paper...:shrug: but ZB gets pretty freaking close with sculpting...

[eldee]

Well, I guess that's the thing. Paper and pencil is fine, but after sculpting and painting digitally for 10 years you get used to being able to see everything. My guess is that the Cintique is aimed artists who are more comfortable with traditional mediums. It's just like when you first start drawing in photoshop after spending 15 years drawing on paper.. the first time you need to hit a long line and try to rotate the page to a comfortable angle you get frustrated :)

[Blaine91555]

I think you nailed it. I'm a new convert from traditional media - Oils, acrylics, charcoal, pencils, ink and clay. I'm very uncomfortable using a tablet after nearly 40 years of developing hand eye coordination in a different way. For me a Cintique is the holy grail. I think I just came to an agreement with the wife if I sell my Wacom tablets. Tried one out and I've been craving one since.

[jcorkery]

No way...I gotta see that. :) That would rock.

I already have an Intuos2...hrmmm....looks like it's only certain Tablet PC's:

http://www.wacom.com/tabletpc/driver.cfm

Seems like BS...just tell me which one's support it. GOSH! :D

Almost all Tablet PCs have pressure sensitivity built in. In fact, it's part of the Tablet OS. Alias Sketchbook Pro does pressure sensitivity without the Wacom driver because it was designed for the TPC. Older apps that weren't designed for the TPC--like Photoshop, Painter, etc.--need the additional driver installed.

[daphnev]

I have the Wacom Intuos 3 6x11 and I love it!!! It has 1024 levels of pen pressure sensitivity and you can adjust that in the settings as well

[williamsburroughs]

Almost all Tablet PCs have pressure sensitivity built in. In fact, it's part of the Tablet OS. Alias Sketchbook Pro does pressure sensitivity without the Wacom driver because it was designed for the TPC. Older apps that weren't designed for the TPC--like Photoshop, Painter, etc.--need the additional driver installed.


Awesome. I had no idea. I love learning something new. I guess I'll have to test this out next time i'm @ Best Buy.

[aquariumboy]

you cant go wrong with any wacom tablet, i have the 6x8 graphire tablet and its awesome. at first your going to have to get use to looking up and down alot but after alittle bit you wont even realise it. bepending on your workflow you might want to go alittle bigger than the 6x8, if i had known earlier i would have gotten the 9x12 or even the 12x19.

[jcorkery]

Awesome. I had no idea. I love learning something new. I guess I'll have to test this out next time i'm @ Best Buy.

The only problem with trying one out at Best Buy is that they probably don't have any apps installed that take advantage of the pressure sensitivity... I guess if you can find one that has Microsoft One Note installed, you can go into the pen settings and make its pens pressure sensitive. Otherwise, maybe you can bring a copy of ArtRage or something like that and install it, because ArtRage was also made for the TPC and doesn't require the additional Wacom driver.

I think the Cintiq is supposed to have twice the amount of pressure sensitivity levels as a TPC, or something like that, but it doesn't really feel that way in real-world use. The Cintiq does feel a bit smoother, but not twice as much! Also, a TPC doesn't sense pen tilt. Obviously, a Cintiq is the best thing currently available for simulating analog drawing/painting on a computer, but a TPC is quite nice, too.

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