Wacom Cintiq 12WX - first try.

[TheCurlieTop]

How much did this cost you?

[Armanienius]

@TheCurlieTop Do a google search to get the price. In norwegian kroner it cost me 13000.

[HOUDlNI]

Wow I like your desktop! You have the same keyboard, same coloured mouse and the same speakers as I do! All i'm missing now is an extra screen and a cintiq, and we'd be equal haha

[friedbutterflywings]

I ordered mine today! ;D

[Armanienius]

@friedbutterflywings Great! hope you post a video on your screentest ;)

[EpicalVoice98]

DuDul taki ma

[ShichirouSuzume]

use the glovess!!!

[kris1d20]

I love mine but I've yet to get the colors quite right. I calibrate mine with Colorspyder. What I see onscreen looks great but on any other monitor the colors are radically different. Love the table but I'm hoping I'll find a fix for this color problem.

[lolsa123]

How was the first impression? Im thinking on cganging too a 12wx from my bamboo fun, is it worth it?

[Armanienius]

@lolsa123 Yes, nothing comes close to drawing right on the screen,

[lolsa123]

@Armanienius then its only step 2 that is not working outfor me, win it on ebay >.<

[LTXPablo]

hey i was woundering if there is a lag on this tablet. and if this table is wireless like u could take it to a park and draw ect..

[Armanienius]

@LTXPablo No, I don't feel any lag. No, its not wireless. Its not a computer, just a tablet with a screen. You need a computer to hook it up to.

[LTXPablo]

@Armanienius :( alright thanks dammmmm it i wish they make a wireless wacom tablet

[cookie123456789012]

I draw with my hands on the surface. Will it affect the drawing.

[Armanienius]

@cookie123456789012 no, only the tip of the pen get registred by the screen.

[gotmituns]

why need cintiq to draw crappy pictures?

[ThePimpShizz]

thumbs up if you thought before the first 30 seconds it was gonna be a topless chick.

[Mrmotionette]

I would just die If I didn't get one of these they are awesome plus ya never run outta materials ether all ya need is a Photoshop or one of those other drawing programs its absolutely perfect

sadly I don't have any money on me to get one X (

[Supralobe]

What do you think the pros and cons are compared to the Intuos 4?

[Armanienius]

@Supralobe Its a kick to draw on a screen and get the right feel on the line.

[Supralobe]

@Armanienius I've been using a Tablet PC to sketch with but the viewing angle and gap between the screen and digitizer annoyed me. How is the Cintiq when viewed from extreme angles, is there a lot of contrast shift or is it an IPS panel? Since I have the Tablet PC, I'm leaning towards the less expensive Intuos4 and so I can use it on my larger LCD panels.. It seems like you can get used to the disconnect with enough practice. I wish Apple would incorporate a Wacom digitizer into the iPad.

[Armanienius]

@Supralobe Yes, there is a little gap between the screen and the pen, but you get used to it fast. I'm at the moment saving up to the 21 inch Cintiq. The viewing angle is okey. The main selling point of the cintiq is the natural feel of sketching ideas fast and fluently.

[MindOfCreativity]

Is the responding time good enough? Cuz it looks like it has some delay...

[Armanienius]

@MindOfCreativity It doesn't bother me. You doesn't feel it when you draw.

[MindOfCreativity]

@Armanienius It's awesome, cuz I'll probably get one next year, when I start following classes (or how do you say that in English, cuz in Dutch we say following a "training" (opleiding))

[BreezyHJK]

@MindOfCreativity It's good enough, you don't notice it. It only delays if your photoshop/other program is starts lagging.

[toiletbrains]

@MindOfCreativity there will be more delay with weaker computers and no delay with a great computer.

[DallasGreen123]

it seems to have a little delay... it would drive me insane if a product for 1000 dollar would have small things like a delay...

[ikaruthenobody]

@DallasGreen123 I heard it has no delay at all. The actual screen is a little bit below the screen that you draw on, so from a different angle it will look like there's delay when there actually isn't

[DallasGreen123]

@ikaruthenobody i read some reviews in the meantime and they all say it has delay

[ikaruthenobody]

@DallasGreen123 I own one now and it has no delay at all. Any delay is the result of my computer slowing down :]

[brotdw2]

Do you need a computer to use the Cintiq?

[Armanienius]

@brotdw2 yes, you need a pc or a mac.

[MrMaybeimdreaming100]

This is WAY better then PORN!!!! IM IN WACOM HEAVEN!!! :DD:D:D::D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D­:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:

[Zentai88]

Yes, it's great, but it's also expensive like hell... So, how someone (me) who want to learn with it (some student with low budget) can get hands over that?

[hasaraka]

@Zentai88: this is how I'm doing it... I bought the lower end middle grade tablet by Genius for about 70 bucks. That's enough pressure sensitivity that your work will look professional. (I only chose genius because they are the equal competition brand that happens to be cheaper!) Then I will work some free lance jobs and a normal day job (boo). Then after that I will save around a 100 bucks a month. In one year I should have around 1200 dollars saved to put into the highest end Wacom Cintiq!!

[Zentai88]

@hasaraka Sure, if you say so... I got wacom bamboo fun pen and touch but it's hell I can't draw a straight line with it! 2 jobs U say? I can't do even one job due my disability T_T

[bruhe]

LOL we all know you were drawing boobs

[joshshoot]

pretty boring painting actually,... make something more realistic!

[underhill1994]

you ever gunna upgrade to the 21ux? haha awesome stuff tho man

[Armanienius]

@underhill1994 Yes, if I ever find a pot of gold under the end of a rainbows ,hahahaha

[BearyWishes]

Thank you for you response! I do have the page set at 300 DPI. I'm just finding when I pick a brush it looks jagged. Unlike in Illustrator. I like Illustrator but he eraser does not work the same as in PS which is a let down. Which is the best brush size to do line drawing and then printed on paper to color in with markers? Its probably a dumb question but not one YT vid has indicated this for newbies! Thank you!

[Armanienius]

@BearyWishes Have a look at the options in Brushes, you find that under Window menu. Photoshop drawing is made with pixels, Illustrator is made with bezierCurves, that are smooth even how close you zoom in, but if you zoom in on a pixel, if will become jagged, but if you set the DPI on 300, the print will make the pixel look smoother. Select ShapeDynamics in the Brush window, and set Jitter to zero, then the line should become smoother. Hope this helps.

[BearyWishes]

Which tool and size do you use? I'm finding my lines are jagged and not clean. Can you advise why this is the case?

[Armanienius]

@BearyWishes You have to use higher DPI (DotPersInch), for print it should be 300 DPI. You set this up when you make a new document (in Photoshop). If you are making a drawing for web you set the DPI to 72. Hope this help you out.

[iluvKH4eva]

I have to say, I am slightly confused at what you were meant to be drawing...

[matthewlane]

Thumbs up if at first you thought he was drawing a naked woman

[supermortalhuman]

Is the sound at the end the iSketch sound?!

[kratosrules13]

well how much is this o.o

[Armanienius]

@kratosrules13 it cost $999 , over at .wacom.com/cintiq/cintiq-12wx.­php

[de8struction]

at first i thought you were drawing a naked chick

[GreeenIguana]

@de8struction thought that to roflmao :D

[nintendofantofu123]

@de8struction  me to i was all like WWWWHHHAAAATTTT!!

[casanova1135]

@de8struction ROFL! i thought so too im like...hmm thin body.....loin cloth of sorts i like where this is going.....lopsided boobs? wth? ohhhh its not a naked chick..

[Ambiguity82]

@casanova1135 haha!

[snuckles108]

I'll just buy a Cintiq 12WX and just get Adobe Photoshop for free yea I know I'm cheap.

[Flash8Bro]

@snuckles108 ??? you dont get the whole Photoshop... you only get the Photoshop Elements....

[raminramin85]

@snuckles108 u dont get he ps for free lol

[snuckles108]

@raminramin85 Google: ThePirateBay and search Adobe Photophop CS4

[nickierainbow]

Do you have to plug it to make it work, or you can use it everywhre you go ?

And do you have to buy extra programs like photoshop or paint ?

[Armanienius]

@nickierainbow Yes, you have to be plug into a Mac or a PC. You get a simplepaint program with it. So you need Photoshop or Painter to really have fun with it.

[antihak]

@Armanienius u do need a power supply for this it comes with a power cable. so u cant use it in for example on the bus on ur way to paris or dont know to somewhere else. am i right?

[Armanienius]

@antihak yes, you have to plug it in. Its not portable.

[celestethoms]

@nickierainbow You also use animation programs like Toon Boom studio or Toon Boom Animate if you're an animator. You can use Illustrator, photography editing programs, storyboarding software. I've seen some people edit movies with it using iMovie. I haven't tried that yet. This thing has endless possibilities.

[nelsonjoey]

is it at all laggy / unresponsive?

[Armanienius]

@nelsonjoey well, if you draw extremly fast, like when you are sketching, then a little, but then I had another program running on the other monior.

[MonkWithAKnife]

At 0:28 I was rather concerned about what was being drawn!

[rockstarhinata]

@MonkWithAKnife OMG I SAID THE SAME THING

[MrSiiKez]

thought he was drawing a woman at the beginning lol

[psycho79x]

I'm just about to buy the cintiq 12wx tablet for my 2010 iMac. Did you have to buy anything extra to connect yours to your iMac or was it all ok with what came in the box? I heard that I need a dvi to usb lead, is that right? Plus what do you think of the tablet? Cheers

[Armanienius]

@psycho79x I dont have a iMac, but the Cintiq will work with it strait out of the box. I enjoy my tablet a lot.

[MADDiExLiZ]

do you find the cut down version of painter enough to use for basic drawings? or would you have preferred photoshop?

[Armanienius]

@MADDiExLiZ Yes, Photoshop is the way to go. The cut down version of Painter I have only used one time. But if you buy Painter 11, then you are golden.

[SolarRainUK]

Good work! I'm not sure if this question was asked..but does the 21wx respond to touch at all? I just wondered, since some people wear gloves etc..for instance can you pinch to zoom etc?

[Armanienius]

@SolarRainUK No, its only sensitiv to the pen that you get with the tablet, it doesnt registrat your hand. The reason for a glove, is so you dont get grease on the screen.

[SolarRainUK]

@Armanienius Ok, thanks for the fast reply!

[RJAce1014]

I have this tablet before but I exchange it with 21ux. The problem is that, it' shaky in the topleft most corner of the screen and it annoys me. 21ux is my choice but since this baby is portable and cheap buy it at all cost. Wonder if Japan will make a cintiq like laptop to carry around

[Armanienius]

@RJAce1014 Yes, I wanted to buy the 21ux, but not inuff money :) But as you say, I also hope that the japanese will make some tablet wonder in my price range. But I'm pretty happy with the 12Wx.

[RJAce1014]

@Armanienius Yup 12wx is pretty portable but not as portable with a lot of complicated wires around. If they do make like the real portable like no wires just like laptop and the pc to cintiq connection is wireless also rechargable, I diffinitely gonna buy it coz I like the portability just like psp

[vladko93]

AWESOME i want it too :)

[jeehoondevil]

what i noticed in the video is that the pen seems to come after you drew something as it if lags. doesn't that become a bother

[patrickfaraciskates]

i thought you were drawing a girl at first.

[OuranGirl413]

does the Cintiq come with photoshop?

[Armanienius]

@OuranGirl413 No, but you get a cut-down version of Painter.

[Klimseven]

You are an incredible artist.

[soylocaaa]

Question... I have the same tablet, and everytime i plug it back in i have to reinstal the drivers... I figuredI must be turning it off wrong.... how do you turn it off?

[Armanienius]

@soylocaaa I have never turn it off, since I also use it as a secound monitor, so I haven't tried it.

[fromstart2finish]

can it be used without connecting it to a computer

[Armanienius]

@fromstart2finish No, you have to conect it to a pc or a mac. Its only a monitor, not a computer

[fromstart2finish]

@Armanienius

Alright, thanks. This thing is amazing but it could have alot more potential. Most of its handicaps are because of wacom trying to squeeze money of its customers instead of appying things that make it a independent device in my oppinion.......

[ohdeasu]

do you need a mac to interface with it or do tjhey work fine with PCs?

[Armanienius]

@ohdeasu I use a PC

[redhidus]

is it just me.. ?? i thought he was drawing boobies in the start.. i am so messed up!

i gotto buy this one.. :D

[GreenGearMood]

Looks like it has some lag after you stroke. More than I have with a regular tablet.

[dance4ever956]

does the stylus have any replacement nibs or many different nibs like the intous4's stylus has??

[Armanienius]

@dance4ever956 Yes, you can change the nibs.

[Armanienius]

@dance4ever956 Yes, they are expensive. Maybe you can get one used, but I'm not selling ;)

[dance4ever956]

@Armanienius hah...thnks anyway..but if i buy sth like that i would totally prefer to be a new one..cause you never know... :/ :P

[Lundvalnaden]

what if you scratch the screen of this tablet, or it has some dead pixels?? you cant see then your drawing ? or you can also use it like a regular old intuos tablets?

[Armanienius]

@Lundvalnaden I have no problem with my tablet.

[paulosemifusa]

Very good!!!

[tranche2pain]

i rly like drawing, i draw a lot but im still wondering weither i should buy or not... I'm not a pro (probably never will) and it's quite an investment for a sudent... hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm­mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm :O

[Bidon45]

@tranche2pain get a cheaper one then, like the intuos 3

[splosh999]

does it feel more like drawing on a sketchpad? I assume its better cos u can rotate the tablet and rotate ur hand and stuff rather than drawing with something and looking up at the screen? just trying to find out some answers to see if its worth getting one?

[Armanienius]

Its like drawing on glass, it doesn't have the feel of paper., but you get use to it. Its very nice to sketch on, I like it.

[splosh999]

oh no of course it wont feel like paper - but is it easier to draw on - i mean just because u can turn the tablet and rotate ur hand and stuff for comfortability - u cant do that with a regular tablet - if u rotate it - its just gonna draw the same :S

[Ribab1]

@Armanienius there are different types of nubs, plastic nubs make it feel like glass but there are types of nubs that make it feel more like paper.

[kanashiiko]

@Armanienius does it come with drawing/sketch software?

[Armanienius]

@kanashiiko Yes, it comes with a version of Painter, the beginner version. I use Photoshop or Artrage 2 Pro.

[watsakorn]

i want this Cintiq!!! waaaah!!! :O

[funfunman123]

mines arriving thursday, i'm so excited!

[MrLemonyFresh]

If you live near Sydney I'll sell you one for $1450 (aus) :P

[LightDeity]

a few questions for you...

1, I have heard the offset is annoying....and, it can be a turn off...do you experience this, and is it fixable by calibration?

2, I hear the edges aren't as precise as the center.....and, if you draw on the sides the brush wobbles a bit....is this true? And, is it really a big problem?

I am trying to decide whether to buy this or not....basically....is it worth the price?

[Armanienius]

1. Yes, the calibration puts the center were you think it is for you.

2. I haven't felt this, so for me its not a problem.

For me its was worth the price, I draw much more than I did with a stanard tablet. Drawing is more accessible for me with the Cintiq.

[funfunman123]

it does have some problems.

it does have problems near the bottom and sides with the cursor and pen not aligning.

also trying to align the pen and cursor while collaborating can be quite annoying and frustrating. it isnt perfect, but once you mess around on it with its options and such, it works just fine.

i think its worth the money, this is a really good investment if you are really serious about making artwork and things like that.

i would give it a 4 out of 5

[Ribab1]

@LightDeity I don't think it is a big problem. I have a cintiq 12wx and it's not hard to click on buttons on the edge even though it's not right on and it's kind of wobbly, it's not like I'm going to be drawing there anyways.

[ismarin]

Armanienius, I tired this but I've still got a cursor, it's strange, no one on the whole internet talks about this cursor business at all and yet I find it totally distracting to the point of not wanting to use my Cintiq, it's make or break for me, if I can't use the pen like a pen, without some digital floating cursor in my vision then I'm going to send it back. The frustrating thing is that I've seen videos of artists using it without a cursor, so it must be possible, surely.

[Armanienius]

I have posted a videorespons to this video that shows how you select the right cursor. You cannot turn off the cursor all togheter, but you can make it better, like a circle as the penpoint. Hope this videorespons help you out.

[ismarin]

How did you disable the cursor in photoshop? I've just purchased a Cintiq, it's great but the damn on screen cursor in photoshop is preventing me from drawing intuitively.

[Armanienius]

you go the menu Edit>Preferences>Cursor ,then click on Full Size Brush Tip

[MyDamnDesign]

wow that was cool bro !

[chunkyostrich]

I just got one and it's THE best thing ever made...period. I just have one question though. Even if I use a straight edge the line will never be perfectly straight. Is this just a common hardware fault on an imperfect technology or can yours actually draw perfectly straight?

[Armanienius]

I have posted a video respons on it..

[chunkyostrich]

I really appreciate the response!! But that wasn't exactly my problem. What I meant was that if I put a straight edge on the screen and run the pen down it, the line will come out with little "waves".They're not drastic at all, but I was just wondering If I should be able to draw a perfect straight line using a straight edge or if the pen on screen technology is just imperfect and doesn't always track the pen exactly and the subtle waves are inevitable.This same thing happens with traced curves.

[Armanienius]

Can you make a screencapture of it?

Use camtasia or some other program and post your video so we all can take a look at it. So maybe we can help you out.

[chunkyostrich]

Alright! I will when I get the chance!!

[RobaatosTube]

It's the software. If you use Photoshop, there's no way of combating that unless you zoom in.

[SporeFinatic]

i just got one, and man is it worth more than it was!

[danieboy777]

awsome

[SpiralTrance]

Cool vid. Some questions :-

What's the resolution of the screen?

Is it possible to use the screen as a general purpose second monitor and have videos or lynda tutorials running on it?

[Armanienius]

The resolution is 1280x800, and yes you can also use the Cintiq as a general purpose second monitor and watch Lyndas tutorials etc. It works for me. I also watch tutorials on it as I work with XSI on the main monitor.

[SpiralTrance]

Cool, thanks.

[Rulitop]

ohh I want it!!!

[lilnyc]

I bought one but it's a $1,000 dust collector. The 12" has low resolution, and the larger is too large (for me). I prefer to work on my regular Wacom tablet.

[SporeFinatic]

It looked like a naked chick with a thong until you drew the nose and beard. LOL, I was scared for a second! Nice, Immah getting mine soon.

[IndividuallyWrapped]

i thought the same thing... haha.

[kingloc4]

i wat this so bad

[chilenoygordo]

you should buy corel painter x too... that's the great deal: weacon tablet and painter.

[Armanienius]

Yes, I got the Painter Essentials 3 and some free Lynda tutorials on it.

[chilenoygordo]

sweet. now get the professional edition!!!

[movinon20]

welcome to the club!

[Armanienius]

Thanks! I watch some of your videos, great stuff!