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Wacom came to International CES 2014 without making a major new project announcement, but with enough floor space to keep at least a half-dozen people busy at a time. It was a pretty quiet area, compared with the gaming and automotive sections, as there were people concentrating mostly on being creative using Wacom’s pressure sensitive array of tablets and pens (the preferred word, over stylus).
From the smallest (the pressure sensitive pen that runs with the iPad and compliant software) to the largest (the 24″ Cintiq HD Touch sensitive screen) there wasn’t a device or workspace in Wacom’s section that wasn’t being used.
In the video report from the show, I spoke with Doug Little, Senior PR Manager for Wacom Technologies. He highlights Wacom’s entries into the portable tablet market, the Cintiq Companion and Cintiq Companion Hybrid, both of which have an independent operating systems (Windows 8 in the Companion or Android in the Companion Hybrid, which can also be tethered to your laptop/desktop computer). He elaborated on the technology that powers the pen, and then mentioned the widening partnerships with well known computer/device manufacturers who want to incorporate Wacom’s pen sensitivity into everything from small handhelds to large-screen formats.
The typical Wacom pen’s nib, which is usually about the size of a roller ball or ball point pen, allows for fine accuracy when writing or drawing, and the pressure sensitivity can go into very high gradations (depending on the application/surface combination of the particular tablet), creating a highly natural stroke, line, or air brush pattern depending on the on-screen tool you choose and the amount of pressure one applies to the screen with the pen.
In the case of the iPad, Wacom moved the engineering of the pressure sensitivity from the screen surface into their Intuos Creative Stylus, which transmits the pressure sensitivity into apps that can read the pen’s data via Bluetooth, as the iPad’s surface cannot. Apps that are able to do so include Sketchbook Pro, Procreate, ArtRage, Bamboo Paper (not to be confused with Paper 53, another popular sketching app), Adobe Ideas, and others.
Wacom sees their pressure-sensitive pen technology entering the wider world besides the natural uses for artists, designers and developers. From the everyday note-taker writing on a smart phone/tablet to teachers working from the computer while facing the classroom with pen in hand, Doug concludes the interview by saying that Wacom is “making the world a more creative place.”
Having doubts about buying this Graphics Monitor,
you can see what I am talking about in the YouTube video here.
Are there any experts that could tell me if this Graphics Monitor is worth it?
There will be a review of the Cintiq22HD Touch coming next month here on vizworld.com. Wacom has a wide variety of tablets aimed at artists and creatives, hobbyists and professionals, so it always helps to know what you’re going to use it for to decide if it’s a fit, or worth the price.
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