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by drglitch
4376 days ago
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Having been using Graphires (now called Intuous Pro?) for better half of past decade, there is no going back once you've tried a screen + stylus combo. Wacom also makes one - the Cintiq, although it was ridiculously expensive until recently. It may be subjective, but the advantage of drawing directly on screen is tremendous - it truly feels like paper, as opposed of drawing "blind" while looking up at a screen. I went to the adobe launch event in NYC yesterday and was blown away by the demos and by how simple and intuitive the device is. So far, i'm very pleased with it - lets see what a week of use will bring... |
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I find that there's a pretty big split between people who really love the Cintiq and its ilk, and people who would vastly prefer to draw on a separate tablet. I'm in the latter camp: the lag is more perceptible when my hand is right there, plus slight inaccuracies in location really throw me off, and the real dealbreaker is that I'm a righty, and my hand is not transparent. Also ergonomics - I don't have to hunch over my "drawing table" any more, I can have the screen at the perfect height to keep my neck happy, and the tablet at just the right place to keep my arm happy.
I mean obviously if you're using this new Adobe tool you're not going to have the "hand obscuring menus" issue, as it's a UI designed for touch - but then again you're also using a simple art tool, rather than a giant toolbox like PS or AI. Which is fine if that simple tool happens to cover all your needs. Not so fine if it doesn't.
I know pros who love their screen tablets, I know pros who have no interest in them despite easily having the cashflow for one.
Oh yes: Graphire was the entry level brand, it's been replaced by Bamboo. Intuos has always been the pro line. The tech has advanced over time, I think a Bamboo today is better than an Intuos of five years ago. The Cintiq tends to use the better quality of digitizers found in the Intuos.