Zbrush 4 on a Convertible Tablet PC Demo/Review (Part 2 of 2)

Part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jeYLVD0qYwA&hd=1

Originally posted for Zbrush central here:
http://www.zbrushcentral.com/showthread.php?p=721654

Hi, so I've been meaning to post a review/demo of using Zbrush on a convertible tablet PC, since when I first started looking into it there was not a whole lot of information about how well it would run. I've been using it now for about a year and loving it the whole time. It works better than I had hoped, and I have no idea why tablet PCs were always marketed to the "business" customer and not to the artist. How useful is pressure sensitivity in spreadsheets anyway?

Anywho, the video is a little long (2 parts) but I tried to cover most of the basic considerations. Thanks to 720p portrait size, it's probably only really watchable in full-screen mode.

More info and in-depth review on the specific tablet I'm using: http://www.tabletpcreview.com/default.asp?newsID=632&review=ThinkPad+X60+...

Category:

Education

Tags:

• zbrush
• 3d
• convertible
• tablet
• pc
• mobile
• sculpting
• demonstration
• review
• ibm
• lenovo
• thinkpad
• x60
• autohotkey

[cloudofwords1]

I had a few questions about how the tablet is working for you. Mostly, concern about issues with heat, fan noise, and the screen (res, color, and viewing angles). Can you respond about that? As you're using zbrush, I figure you must actually be using the X61t at full capacity, and that if anyone was going to have issues it would be you. I've been reading about undervolting it and using TPFC. Do you do either of those? What temps do you run at? Thanks for spending the time to make these!

[drkdve]

@cloudofwords1 I'm using the x60 tablet, not x61, & it works great. A lot of your questions are answered in the tabletpcreview article, which I'll link in the details. The heat isn't bad, though I don't know exact temps, & zbrush runs fine in windows power-saver mode. Most of the time it uses 70-90% of cpu, but only when you are actually doing stuff, and 0% if you aren't rotating/sculpting at the moment. I don't undervolt or anything special, it's fine for me out of the box.

[putzamoale99]

you sound like you are in pain

[drkdve]

@putzamoale99 Oh, I am. Life is rough.

[jabba52]

Hi there,

I have an ep121 eee Slate and I can't get pressure sensitivity to work on it for Zbrush. Everything else is fine. Sketchbook pro, etc. Could you mention here if there's anything I'm doing wrong that comes to mind? Thanks!!

[drkdve]

@jabba52 Sorry, missed this comment. It might be the drivers you have installed. Instead of using the outdated drivers made for tablet PC, Wacom apparently recommends you use the latest "Bamboo" driver, which works for me.

[putzamoale99]

@drkdve :)