About to buy a Cintiq , any sugestion?
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Hello I want to buy a Cintiq , I owned an intuous befoue but not beeing able to see where I drawed I never really got used to it .
I am undecided now on what to get ,
I do want to use touch functionalities
I do want to use it for sketching , photoshop, texturing and zbrush sculpting .
I want to minimize any use of external inputs and have the most time saving manipulation .
What do you sugest?
According to what I read the only options are 22 hd touch or 13hd hybrid , the 24 is too big for me .
I am undecided now on what to get ,
I do want to use touch functionalities
I do want to use it for sketching , photoshop, texturing and zbrush sculpting .
I want to minimize any use of external inputs and have the most time saving manipulation .
What do you sugest?
According to what I read the only options are 22 hd touch or 13hd hybrid , the 24 is too big for me .
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(I do want to use touch functionalities)- you don't
Touch is great for web browsing, not for drawing.
Besides- you can't use it in PS, probably also in zbrush, they just don't support it. There is only one software which works well with touch: sketchbook pro.
For doodling I use SB pro and have spacebar on the 2nd button on the pen. It gives pan\zoom and works perfect all the time. For professional work you will have to use a keyboard, no matter what software you gonna use.
2nd thing:
Prabably wacom will realease 2nd version of the companions in q4 of this year; maybe wait till announcement?
3rd one:
Wacom technology isn't accurate, that's why it's veeeery hard to use 13' tablets. IMO 19' is optimum but they don't produce tablets in this size. I had 10', 12.1' and 24' and ONLY 24' works well.
last one:
Test it before buy.
I'm really not sure I agree with @Kurt_Hectic, Wacom technology is the BEST in the market. You will not find anything more accurate in drawing tablets.
Just look at it:
^this x10
But according to my above description wich one would suit me better?
when i first got my 22HD i was trying to decide on that or the 24. I went with the 22 in the end and it's HUGE. the 24 would have had to sit on the floor due to lack of desk space (at the time) lol.
that said though, the stand for the 24 is way nicer. i'd kill to have that type of stand on the 22.
I've only have the Companion Hybrid a few days, and the size has not been an issue, the only thing I don't like when using it on a PC is the cable placement at the side, oh and the highest notch on the kickstand is a bit weird to set-up in my opinion. Either way a great piece of kit.
Also if you happen to be in the UK the 13HD is only £530 from Amazon right now and the Companion Hybrid has dropped down to £799, both good value in my opinion.
I bought a dedicated desk at IKEA for 30$
"from Amazon right now and the Companion Hybrid has dropped down"
There are rumours that wacom will release an updated version in this year. I belive that info. you gave confirms these rumours.
Where can you try them? From Googling it, it seems like they demo them only at conventions. Any brick and mortar stores have demo units? I've never seen one in my life.
I so don't agree with you, i own a 22hd and a 13hd. I love them both. I first though i could actually TRANSPORT the 22hd oh damn i was so wrong lol, just finding a place where to put it in my office was complicated. No matter how you put the 22hd, you'll have one hell of back pain except if you buy one of those wall support hand stuff. But it's nice to work in a big canvas. My dedicated ikea table is bending is so heavy :< and it will became hot if you have no fresh air after a long time using it, i remember not even warming the room during winter when i was spending all day long on it (and i live in canada).
the 13hd is awesome. It's small and sometime i would prefer having more space to draw depend on what i'm working on but it's light, i can sit like i want and be comfortable with it and i can bring it everywhere with me. I also prefer the screen surface of the 13hd. the 22hd marks so easily i have to scratch on mine in 3 years and i've been taking utterly care of it, i think one of my ring did that that's the only explanation for those scratch. However i wouldn't recommend it for big male hand, you'll see nothing.
If i had the opportunity to go back in time before i bought 2 of them, i would probably go for a companion.
I hate the fact that wacom pilot are shit, it's impossible to own 2 different cintiq on the same computer without having tones of problem. Half software won't recognize the right tablet, Zbrush will perma crash after few min of using. No pression on SAI, Photoshop will acknowledge it 50% of the time. AND IT'S THE WORSE PAIN IN THE ASS TO FIX. You need to manually delete every single wacom file hidden in your computer and re-install the driver with the tablet you want to use plug in. I took me an entire day to make my 22hd works again, i'll never plug my 13hd EVER AGAIN.
And Wacom support is terrible, they know nothing about computer half topic on their forum support are about that problem there's not a single way to fix it and used both of them like you want. (if anyone has a way to make them both work please pm me, i'll worship you like my personal god)