Most touch screen computers like the surface and the Sony's also don't use WACOM tech and won't work with photoshop. (that will probably change if it hasn't in the past couple months.) I doubt I would ever use a Cintiq type tablet as its just reeks havoc on my shoulder. I also like having a MUCH larger tablet then screen and as most professionals I use 2 monitors and to get proper drawing speed you need a BIG XL Wacom. You can't use a cintiq and another monitor and both use the pen so you end up going to the mouse all the time. It would be super expensive to have 2 cintiqes and with Mission critical color accuracy. Cintiqs are not bad with color but they are not HP Dream Colors or Eizo's by a long shot. So you will always have issues with color matching to print or even other screens. Mostly its a black point issues as its pretty expensive to get since its a small market and not a lot of competition in the market space. So some people love them and I don't have an issue with that but Most of the people I know in the professional space that aren't actually illustrators or painters have issues with them.
On Sat, Mar 8, 2014 at 7:13 PM, James Schenken <jds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
The new Surface Pro incorporates Wacom technology into its touch screen.
I hope this is a glimpse of future touch displays so the satellite Wacom will no longer be necessary.
James
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> On Mar 8, 2014, at 4:19 PM, Trevor Cunningham <trevor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> I tossed the included mouse after finding it left on the tablet too many times...the wife was not very happy about that.
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>> On 3/8/14, 8:53 PM, Lea Murphy wrote:
>> It goes without saying (so why am I writing this?) that anyone doing serious image editing should be using a tablet; you'll wonder how you ever did what you did with a mouse.
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>> To that end Wacom is the only game in town.
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>> For a really good time ask your friends to try it...it's funny how many people look as if they've never held a pencil in their lives. My favorites are the ones who stick out their tongues the first few times.
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>> your kids . my camera . we'll click
>> www.leamurphy.com <http://www.leamurphy.com>
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>>> On Mar 8, 2014, at 10:52 AM, Jan Faul wrote:
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>>> And you were there at the christening sucking on a lollipop waiting for the paint to dry. I was in Copenhagen's wings, waiting for GE’s Geniegraphics to get finished enough to work on so somebody much better than I could correct all the inane stuff AD’s had me shoot under the guise of ‘good art direction’.
>>> The first time I saw a tablet was in 1983, and it was then that I knew all my ’studio skills’ were obsolete. All I could think about was how to get rid of (sell) the 800 sheets of 8x10 film I either had in the fridge or on order so I could always shoot 4x5 which fit nicely on the scanner and which looked no different to the scanner.
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>>>> On Mar 8, 2014, at 11:40 AM, Randy Little wrote:
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>>>> Quantel created the first ever computer tablet in 1981
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>>>> Randy S. Little
>>>> http://www.rslittle.com/
>>>> http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2325729/
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>>>> On Sat, Mar 8, 2014 at 11:23 AM, Jan Faul <jan@xxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:jan@xxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
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>>>>> On Mar 8, 2014, at 11:09 AM, Randy Little wrote:
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>>>>> I have been using a tablet since 1988 on a Quantel paintbox and
>>>>> I can't even imagine not having one. Cintiq I don't like
>>>>> because I am used to not seeing my hand in front of me at this
>>>>> point from regular tablet use. They are also a little slower
>>>>> then normal Wacoms. So you get a slight lag in response. My
>>>>> tablet is also wireless so I can pretty much be in whatever
>>>>> position like like. thats not really an option with a cintiq.
>>>>> Its take about 2 weeks of steady use to get used to using it
>>>>> but once you are used to it pretty much you won't ever want to
>>>>> use a mouse ever again for graphics.
>>>> I’ve been using a Wacom tablet prototype since before you born
>>>> Randy and I can’t imagine not having one now. The Cintiq was not
>>>> the same as my hand was always getting in the way. I had already
>>>> tied one elsewhere, but I could’t get it to fit my way of
>>>> working. First of all the Wacom tablet is light and the Cintiq
>>>> isn’t.
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>>>> Art Faul
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>>>> The Artist Formerly Known as Prints
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>>> Art Faul
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>>> The Artist Formerly Known as Prints
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>>> Art for Cars: art4carz.com <http://art4carz.com/>
>>> Stills That Move: http://www.artfaul.com <http://www.artfaul.com/>
>>> Greens: http://www.inkjetprince.com <http://www.inkjetprince.com/>
>>> Camera Works - The Washington Post
>>> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/photo/battlefieldparks/front_qt.htm
>>> ArtNet: http://www.artnet.com/artists/jan+w.-faul/
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