Cintiq digitizer vs Tablet PC digitizer

Is there noticeable difference in pressure sensitivity levels between 1024 levels of Cintiq 21UX vs 256 levels of UD series digitizer of Wacom Penabled Tablet PCs? I use Corel Painter X to find out.

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• Cintiq
• Tablet
• PC
• Painter
• Wacom
• Pressure
• Sensitivity

[mrgreyblake]

What's the latest and best tablet pc?

[Shogmaster]

@mrgreyblake

It's between Fujitsu T901 w Optimus GPU, Lenovo X220T, or HP 2760p.

All three are up for update soon, however. By 3Q of 2012 they will be replaced by something new.

[theQiwiMan]

"A poor carpenter blames his tools."

Either tool can be used to make beautiful things, so while there really are some very subtle differences, they're not big enough to be a snob about in my opinion.

[evalastone]

The main difference. The Wacom screen was designed for drawing where greater precision is required, wheras your standard tablet screen is intended for simple writing and math tasks in business and laboratory environments.

Like any hardware configuration it depends entirely on what you want to do with it. My gaming machine is a high end beast capable of handling high end graphics and hi-fi audio. My tablet, although slow, is reliable and does everything I could ever ask of it.

[DragonDrumAndBass]

i love this song <3

[HalcyonSunset]

For me, personally, the only reason I like higher level tablets is because making lineart with a paint brush flavor feels less finicky, but only slightly at that. Really, the more I pay attention to how I use photoshop and the tools/brushes/settings I prefer, I really don't use the number of levels that say a Cintiq has, I grab brush sizes and either press softly, moderately or hard. Discernible shading differences are only marginally better on a higher end tablet, to me. 256 is plenty imo..

[dieinafirenrot]

Yeah. Ultimately the increase in sensitivity at 1024 levels exists between the 256 of a standard wacom display. It's not like you can get lines that are more faint, or darker than otherwise possible. It just allows for a bit more control - something only the very best artists need. And hell, they don't need it, they just like it.

Not saying it doesn't make a difference - it does. But it's marginal. 256 levels is already pretty freaking impressive, and I'd say the point of diminishing returns.

[Shogmaster]

@KuroiNeko2bz

I highly doubt that any perceived lag in the brushes that are not due to the excessive size of the brush will in any way be improved by GPU accelerated rendering. Does CS5 even use GPU assist for brushes? I know Painter doesn't, and its brushes are always more responsive than Photoshop's.

As for SAI, I have not touched it. I'm strictly a Painter / Photoshop / MS Journal guy for my workflow. Yes, I said MS Journal. I LOVE sketching with it on Tablet PCs. :D

[KuroiNeko2bz]

@Shogmaster oh yeah... although you said that there is no diference in the quality based on the pressure... in the fast draw you made i think the cintiq 21 did a pretty better job there in the pressure fading

[KuroiNeko2bz]

@Shogmaster dont worry about it... people like to say crap on others people equipment... let me ask you a couple things... if I get a great cuda GPU for photoshop cs5 do you think the delay will be reduced?? have you ever tried the cintiq 21 on SAI ? i believe the delay is really smaller... thanks for the video, cya

[Shogmaster]

@Rendaylor

"Several seconds"? Really? Watching the same video are we? I see no difference between the Cintiq and Tablet PC segments.

[Rendaylor]

@Shogmaster reply so a crappy camera makes your mouse move several seconds before the image updates? I don't think so... your tablet doesn't have the lag, only your Cintiq does... your video basically shows that 256 vs 1k is not much different, but a Cintiq is laggy as all hell so not worth the 1k's slight boost in quality :)