This information applies mostly to digital drawers and painters. Please note that this information is not relevant for some forms of digital art such as photo retouching which do not benefit a large active area. For most digital artists, a bigger active area is better because it allows for better control over more precise actions on the screen (without having to zoom in really close to the canvas to compensate).Ī bigger active area size also has the added benefit of being easier to get used to, and in turn this allows you to gain control over your lines quicker and have a more enjoyable digital drawing experience from the start. The smaller it is, the further your cursor moves with each small motion. The main reason why I do not recommend the Wacom Intuos is because of its small active area size.Īctive area is the section of the tablet which senses the pen input. This is my opinion formed after drawing on and comparing the tablets I have reviewed here on this blog (Wacom, Huion, XP-Pen, Parblo, GAOMON), all of which are around the same or lower price than the Wacom Intuos 2018 (CTL4100) and Wacom Intuos 2015 (CTL-490) which I also reviewed. I acknowledge Wacom and many of their tablets as being premium and high quality, but there are now many alternatives which are similarly priced around 100 USD which are much better built for artists than the low-end 80-200 USD Wacom Intuos. Understand that I am not “hating” on Wacom when I am writing this. However, due to many improvements in alternative tablets over the last year or so, the current beginner Wacom Intuos series no longer offers high enough specifications and useful features to make it worth considering over alternative tablets of similar or lower price. It is very true that in the past, every single one of Wacom’s tablets were “the best” that you could get in both cost and performance, and there were really no reasons to even consider the alternative tablets that were out at the time. Recently, awareness about non-Wacom brands seems to be getting much better though.) (Above are some common responses you will get when you ask what tablet you should get to begin your digital art journey. There is a fairly big misconception about Wacom that I feel needs to be cleared up: Not all of Wacom’s tablets are “the best” that you can get. If you use Linux OS, choosing Wacom or XP-Pen will most likely be the best choice for you. All other Linux drivers are community developed and Wacom tablets have the most stable community-made Linux drivers because they have such a large userbase. XP-Pen is the only tablet company which creates official Linux drivers. Please note that this post only applies to Windows and Mac users! Unfortunately, even with the minor tweaks and changes to the tablet, I still do not support it as a good tablet for digital artists and I will explain why over the course of this post. You do not need to read the previous post as I will reiterate the same information in this post. Therefore, I would like to re-visit this topic and bring up new arguments as the release of the Wacom Intuos 2018 (CTL4100) brings a few changes to the tablet and cancels out the “cheap plastic pen” argument which I had mainly been using previously. Previously, I outlined two faults that I see with Wacom’s low-end Intuos line in my Your first tablet should NOT be a Wacom Intuos post, and one of those points is no longer valid due to the release of the new Wacom Intuos 2018 (CTL4100).
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