Intuos is Wacom’s professional line of tablets. These tablets do not feature screens to draw on, but do have a small LED menu that appears parallel to the buttons. If you want a full fledged review go to Gizmodo’s Intuos 4 Wireless review.
The basics:
- They sell four versions – Small (12.2″ x 8.2″ x 0.5″) @ $230, Medium (14.6″ x 10.0″ x 0.5″) @ $350, Large (18.7″ x 12.6″ x 0.6″) @ $470, and ExtraLarge (24.5″ x 18.2″ x 1.1″) @ $800
- Each version has programmable buttons with preference importers (reformatters just reimport saved settings).
- A mouse, pen, 10 pen tips, and pen holder are included in each version.
- The Pen has two buttons(right and left click) positioned on a rocker switch. There is an eraser as well.
I bought the Medium off Amazon, and love it. I had considered getting a Large, but after some real world measurements I decided the Medium was large enough. Compared to other tablet pen’s the redesigned pen is quite solid and has weight to it . I prefer my Logtiech mx518 over the mouse that comes with the tablet, that being said, I do like the responsiveness of the tablet mouse. I use the tablet mainly for texture/bump/specular mapping for my models.
My favorite part about the device is it’s interaction with Photoshop. The middle button on the scroll wheel allows you to switch between commands for the wheel. One of the commands is brush size. This takes so much time out of your menu usage in Photoshop and just allows you to work. I must admit though, I have not memorized the shift,ctrl, alt, and pan key maps. I find myself miss-pressing keys often if I don’t look at the LCD menu.
Users with multiple screens will love the “Display Toggle” button. By default when you first install and plug in your tablet, the active area in the tablet is set to cover the resolution accross your monitors. You can press the Display Toggle button and it will cycle through each monitor individually. If you press the button enough it will go back to monitor spanning.
I highly suggest this tablet for any graphic artist. If you don’t have the money for an Intuos4 series, consider looking at their Bamboo tablets.
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