....is an overpriced, overrated piece of crap!
First of all, Wacom says it's portable. Ahahahah some marketing guy needs a punch in the mouth. It's a tablet, connected by cable to a box thing what is connected by three cables to power outlet, USB port and video port. It's a heavy awkward cable snarl, not a portable tablet. Plus it has a bunch of problems.
Calibration: only two points? My Nintendo DS does better. Only lower-right and upper-left points introduce inaccuracy the further the pen deviates from that line, up to a centimeter in the opposite corners.
Jitter: intermittent shaky cursor movement, for no visible reason.
Heat: the backlighting puts a heat source directly under the right wrist. Could be nice in winter. Otherwise annoying.
Screen: not nearly bright enough, white looks gray compared to my regular monitor. Although the pixel density does make for a beautifully sharp image.
Edge tracking: horrible. ArtRage, my favorite art program, uses color palette tucked into the lower right corner.. with two sliders right along the edge for adjustments. Good LUCK ever using those.
Besides, I have a problem with the entire philosophy of emulating traditional media on a computer, and the Cintiq draw-on-screen is part of that. Drawing on a computer is a totally different animal than doodling in a sketchbook, so why bother clinging to pencil and oil and staring at the end of a pen and hand, rather than a cursor? Nobody thinks looking at a screen while touch-typing is unnatural. Anyway, I'm done ranting! Now I have an Intuos 4, large size, for half the price of the small Cintiq. <3
- Mood:
High - Listening to: Ozzy Osbourne - Tomorrow
- Reading: minds
- Watching: schipperkes
- Playing: Far Cry 2 and oh God it sucks but is so pretty
- Drinking: UCC coffee