Want to downsize my tablet
polycounter lvl 14
My Intuos 4 has served me very well and I want to keep it for my desktop. Its the medium size which was like
13 wide or something. It fits great on my desk.
However I just bought a laptop and I wanted to get a smaller one. I see they now call Intuos the Pro and Bamboo is Intuos.
The issue is the smallest Pro is still pretty large, 12.6 wide mostly because of the extra buttons on the side I never use.
The smallest Intuos is 8.3 wide, but since its technically a Bamboo, so it has fewer levels of pressure sensitivity (and possibly missing other important features Im unaware of?)
Has anyone tried both an Intuos (Bamboo) and a Pro? Is could you feel any difference in the pressure sensitivity?
However I just bought a laptop and I wanted to get a smaller one. I see they now call Intuos the Pro and Bamboo is Intuos.
The issue is the smallest Pro is still pretty large, 12.6 wide mostly because of the extra buttons on the side I never use.
The smallest Intuos is 8.3 wide, but since its technically a Bamboo, so it has fewer levels of pressure sensitivity (and possibly missing other important features Im unaware of?)
Has anyone tried both an Intuos (Bamboo) and a Pro? Is could you feel any difference in the pressure sensitivity?
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i think the accuracy/feeling is mostly paint software-related.
i do use a M size intuos5 with a 15 inch laptop now. decent match, albeit tablet is slightly larger than the computer which might be a problem when fitting it into tight laptop bags.
i also still have a smallest size intuos3. too small to be versatile in my opinion. meaning i'd never want to use this on a stationary setup with a large screen whereas the M size would be fine really.
There have been some good threads comparing the two and discussing the differences.
http://www.polycount.com/forum/showthread.php?t=128582
http://www.polycount.com/forum/showthread.php?t=75014
http://www.polycount.com/forum/showthread.php?t=108578
To put that into perspective, the difference is between being able to select a precise value accurate to 0.05 or 0.1 in photoshop for opacity. But you can only use whole numbers for opacity, so its meaningless.
well, the pen is nicer and you have more buttons
but thats about it
I used to paint way more when I was a teenager and I had an Intuos 2 then, which was 1024 levels (and slick glossy surface). Back then I never felt I didn't have enough control.
My common sense was also telling me that there's no way I'd be physically capable of noticing a difference so minute.
The one thing that's an issue... it seems like the Intuos (Bamboo) does not support pen tilt. My primary tool is a chisel brush with my brush angle set to tilt, so I can get a thin sharp line or a fat broad line depending on my pen tilt.
However, I could probably get used to not having pen tilt again, as I really only use it for that one brush.
The standard Intuos Pen is a nice small size with a 6x4" work space, which would be perfect to put in front of my laptop and be able to work in bed or something. It's also wireless (though sold separately) and my current tablet is wired and annoying as hell.
The links you provided, Mark, pretty much sold me, though. You can't beat $80 for a sweet tablet.
All Intuos tablets are now wireless, so that is no longer an issue thankfully
I hated the cord for all my Intuos products.
Looks like I can buy one for even cheaper on Amazon, only $60! I don't need all those fancy touch controls either. It's funny I never got one of these earlier. I turn off all my express keys and touch functions on my Inutos 4 because they're annoying
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Be aware that the wireless kit is sold separate for $40.
I just bought mine, on Amazon my combined price before tax / shipping was $98.99, which is still a pretty damn good price for a new, wireless tablet.
I found some spec page through Google that states the wireless battery lasts about 48-50 hours w/o recharging for the smallest tablet. Lasts like... 20 or 24 hours for their largest Intuos Pro.