Wacom Intuos Small - Who's it for?
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The Wacom Intuos: It claims to be “easy to setup and use” with a pen featuring “four thousand pressure levels and ergonomic design… [for] better precision and control.”
It has an active area of 6 by 3.7 inches with 4096 pressure levels. There are 2 buttons on the pen and 4 customizable buttons on the tablet itself.
Wacom recently simplified their Intuos line to remove the models like the Art and Comic. Their entry level tablets are now available in 2 sizes with wired and wireless options available. Our unit, the small wired version, is the cheapest model at $80.
The tablet has two modes: Pen and Mouse. In Pen mode, the tablet is a 1 to 1 map of the screen, so clicking in the upper left corner of the of the tablet will move the cursor to that position. Mouse mode is similar to using a trackpad where moving the pen across the tablet moves the cursor on the screen. There are no touch functions on the tablet, so the only input is via the buttons and pen.
Wacom Desktop Center lets you edit the way the tablet functions depending on the app you are using, so you could have one button activate the eraser in Photoshop but delete clips in a video editing program.
Unscrewing the top of the pen reveals 3 extra plastic nibs, and the cap also doubles as a nib removal tool. Because the pen doesn’t contain any batteries, it feels very light to the point of feeling cheap, but the benefit of not having to worry about charging the pen is a worthy tradeoff. The 4 buttons on top are recessed so they can hold the pen while the tablet is on your desk, and if you are planning to throw the tablet in your backpack, the Wacom label on the top holds the pen firmly in place.
The textured feel of the writing surface offers a good amount of resistance, so it feels similar to writing on paper despite the nib being made of a hard plastic.
For experienced digital artists, the functionality and precision might seem lackluster, but for $80, the Wacom Intuos Small offers a lot of customizability for artists looking to try out digital drawing without investing a lot of money.
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