Wacom MobileStudio Pro announced
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lgHCPE-8hk8&feature=youtu.beJust announced, more info here http://www.wacom.com/en-us/products/pen-computers/wacom-mobilestudio-pro-16#Overview
The 16" version with 4K res seems like a sweet spot between a companion and cintiq, but it will probably cost a fortune. a QHD version would be good enough (like the 13").
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Nice specs, though.
UP TO 16GB RAM
UP TO 4K SCREEN
DEDICATED GRAPHIC UP TO 4GB VRAM.
8192 level pen sensitivity.
Sure it ain't cheap. But pro tools often aren't.
To be clear nobodies offering all that in a tablet(not even microsoft).
And you can still attach it your pc(with an additional piece of hardware).
My only real problem is it probably won't be available in my country for 6 to 9 months going on previous Wacom release windows.
I played 30 min with it - no real test but a first glimpse.
Handling:
It's kind of huge already.
Too big & heavy to hold it with one arm and draw with the other for longer.
But feels much better than the older cintiq computer.
Display:
The display looks gorgeous. Sharp, just fun even with small font.
Parallax effect is less.
Performance:
Zbrush is working fluently, heavy dynamesh operations with 2 million points are still ok speedwise.
Photoshop was quick too, and even 8k with 300dpi was doable....for sure with a little lag on bigger brushes, but that's the same on my desktop.
Pen:
Pressure sensitivity: well I have an old cintiq 21ux (intuos3 technology) and a intuos pro with double steps.
While there is slightly a difference between those two it is not a monster difference - if well adjusted.
Same here. Better but hadn't time to adjust it properly. So the "felt" difference was not that huge as the amount of 8 time more steps would let you expect. I am pretty sure with some time one can really get delicious results with it.
3D cam
Saw one wacom guy doing 3d scans with the build in camera, didn't test it by my own. No idea if he was not familiar with it or if it was just a bad example... wasn't looking very promising - same quality as 123D catch to me. But maybe it is much better. I would have loved to get the computer for 100 bucks less without this 3D .....toy. (My personal opinion)
Will I buy it?
Hell! that's a difficult question. As a backup computer when I am on the road it's quite big and very expensive. But I wanna have a real gpu. Alternative there is the surface book pro.
Smallest surface with gpu is around 1800€ against 2600€ for smallest wacom with gpu........
Highest version can't replace a mobile workstation like the lenovo p70 fully equipped - which is 700 more "only"
Have no real idea actually and as all my stuff have to be bought new in next time....
light brush stokes are still hard to do but much better compared to the companion2...