I wonder if the monitor can use a pencil to design in photoshop. Requires a lot of pressure or slight movement?
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It's not a capacitive screen like your smart phone or tablet so increased pressure is a must. The screen is resistive.
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Yes it is but it won't be pressure sensitive and you won't be able to control the sensitivity. I would suggest paying extra and getting a Wacom if you're serious about digital media.
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Not sure, but I use it with Photoshop and Solidworks, fast nice detailed graphics.
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I use this tablet almost exclusively in Adobe Illustrator. You have to create custom brushes with pressure sensitivity options, but it works very well. So to answer your question, Yes.
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The degree of resistance is adjustable. I grasp the monitor with both hands to gently adjust position, although it will adjust with just one hand. Tapping on the screen would not be enough force to move the screen.
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The stylus/digitizer is by ntrig, which does not have a good reputation for working well with PhotoShop. I've tried it myself and it doesn't work except as a simple mouse pointer.
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Be sure that the driver for the intuous4 is installed, and that the computer can find a supported tablet on the system. If not go to wacom.com, download the latest driver, install it. Also I find that I often have to go to the services directory, open the "standard" frame, scroll down to Wacom Professional Service and restart it. For some reason when Photoshop loads, the pen pressure sensitivity etc. still doesn't work until I do the Services thing. You can see next to brush palette a triangle with a ! in it meaning it is not functioning properly.
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I don't use pixelmator much, but the Wacom seems to work on it. Although I am far from a graphic genius, I would venture to say that the Wacom is really a very, very precise mouse. Good luck, Sharon
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Nope... not at this time. Since it has a N-Trig stylus, you won't get pressure sensitivity in Photoshop (or, Painter, SAI, etc etc) because the pen API is not Wintab. I've been told twice by N-Trig tech support that Wintab is coming this year, but their track record is lousy and it's any body's guess if it will happen. You can run Photoshop etc just fine but the stylus just acts like a very accurate mouse pointer. Artrage and Sketchbook Pro 6 work very well on the Sony, as well as all of the Microsoft products (esp OneNote).
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I agreed with you that I will use mouse to do any photo works. I'm looking for a laptop that can run Photoshop CS3 efficiently. I am debating whether I need a good desktop instead of laptop. If this laptop can do the work with my IPS monitor, then I don't need to buy a separate desktop any more. I like the laptop because it is light and easy to carry. I wish this is 11 inches instead of 12.1 inches. Any comment?
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A professional cartoonist, per se, could definitely use the Graphire4 and be more than happy.Someone who does extremely detailed art, though, and I mean the type of art that makes you dizzy with detail, would probably benefit from the Intuos3. But honestly I think just about anyone can get away with the Graphire4 if they're worried about the money, it's such a great tool. Just ask yourself if you need the extra pressure sensitivity. (That's what it's all about, predominately.)
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This monitor is designed for touch input. A passive capacitive stylus may work, but wouldn't offer any better resolution than regular touch input.
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I picked up an ep121 at fry's in concord last week, I have a CINTIQ 21UX, and I'm employed as a character artist. The cintiq pen and intuos pens won't work on it as people have already said. The pressure sensitivity is not working in photoshop, i think there's a driver fix for this but i haven't bothered with it. Photoshop works best with a keyboard/keypad anyways. Alias sketchbook pro will be your friend. The brushes work great and the program is stroke based. 256 levels of pressure sensitivity, it depends on the artist. It's fine for me, I don't know that my arm has 256 levels of pressure. The line quality is good and it's responsive while drawing. Awesome device for drawing on the go, or sitting on the couch. Any serious work you'll probably want to use a standard computer, but no reason you shouldn't be able to do great things on the ep121. Battery life i get around 3-4.5 hours depending on use. I hope they start shipping these things out to you all soon, I'm loving mine! ps. This thing also runs zbrush pretty well. although it's pointless to try to use zbrush with a resolution os 1200x800, the menu's are too filling. But, it CAN handle a million polygons without much problem. I didn't try maya on it yet. If anyone's interested i can give it a shot.
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If you are running Photoshop cs your graphics card should be able to handle Intuous 3 I think. Check with Wacom to be sure.
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Anything can be used as a stylus. The monitor has sort of an optical ring around the screen that registers input. You can use a pen or a pencil, all work pretty good.
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First...my apologies for the somewhat crazy review...I had no idea they would publish it! Second, to answer your question: The tablet's drawing surface can be adjusted to suit your screen, ie: the same as your mouse movements - move mouse 1 inch and the pointer/brush moves 2 inches (fast or slow). No, you only see you pen's movement on the screen...and with greater control than that with a mouse. You use a 'pen' that simulates a brush much unlike a mouse because you have pressure control. The tablet acts as a 'live', oversized, mouse pad, giving you much greater control of your digital art. That's the only way I can describe it. Hope that helps...if not, I'm back to my psychiatrist on Monday...take care.
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I think that by any definition the monitor can easily be moved around. During installation you should adjust the spring tension to adjust for your monitor weight. That is pretty easy to do because it is just a matter of turning a screw. Once you have the tension adjusted you can easily move the monitor up/down in/out left/right with one hand. The tilting mechanism is a little less easy depending on the size/weight of your monitor. I have 2 of these arms at my desk, one with a 27" monitor and the other with 12" Cintiq. The smaller/lighter Cintiq is a little harder to maneuver, but I still would not call it hard. The tilting control just seems to be friction based, so a smaller monitor has less leverage and heft to overcome the friction.