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    Default Anyone here use a Wacom cintiq alternative?

    Hi All

    I know there are a few Wacom Cintiq users on this forum, but I was wondering if anyone has had experience using Xara programmes with any of the alternatives from XP-Pen, Ugee, Artisul, Huion, Yiynova etc?

    I currently use (and have for years) a Wacom intuos graphics tablet which is fine and obviously a heck of lot easier than using a mouse, but I now want to experience drawing directly on the screen, particularly for sketching and fine detail, cross-hatching etc.

    I've watched Zeb (Zebtoonz) using his Cintiq 12WX and can see that works really well. Anything by Wacom would normally be my first choice, but they are rather expensive for me at the moment.

    Thanks.
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    Default Re: Anyone here use a Wacom cintiq alternative?

    Quote Originally Posted by Jonopen View Post
    Hi All

    I know there are a few Wacom Cintiq users on this forum, but I was wondering if anyone has had experience using Xara programmes with any of the alternatives from XP-Pen, Ugee, Artisul, Huion, Yiynova etc?

    I currently use (and have for years) a Wacom intuos graphics tablet which is fine and obviously a heck of lot easier than using a mouse, but I now want to experience drawing directly on the screen, particularly for sketching and fine detail, cross-hatching etc.

    I've watched Zeb (Zebtoonz) using his Cintiq 12WX and can see that works really well. Anything by Wacom would normally be my first choice, but they are rather expensive for me at the moment.

    Thanks.
    Yeah, i know the expensive Cintiq-series I use on desktop-PC. For my Win-Tablet I bought a Bamboo Fun and Touch. It's compact and You can do all the most finger-swipes like on a tablet. On my Laptop it does the same good job. Only the tilt-recognition is not supported. I believe there is no competitor who can achieve the feeling and quality Wacom does.

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    Default Re: Anyone here use a Wacom cintiq alternative?

    I believe there is no competitor who can achieve the feeling and quality Wacom does
    +1

    although to be fair, xara does not respond to the cintiq in a way that makes the most of it's capabilities

    a lot of the cheaper tablets have batteries in the pen, I'd avoid this if at all possible because response can vary with battery charge, and the pens are heavier than is ideal - but this is only one criteria on which to judge so it is your descision

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    Default Re: Anyone here use a Wacom cintiq alternative?

    Quote Originally Posted by handrawn View Post
    +1

    although to be fair, xara does not respond to the cintiq in a way that makes the most of it's capabilities

    a lot of the cheaper tablets have batteries in the pen, I'd avoid this if at all possible because response can vary with battery charge, and the pens are heavier than is ideal - but this is only one criteria on which to judge so it is your descision
    Yep, the battery in pen is manco and not confortable for drawing.
    I had a cheap??? tablet from a chinese company.
    The Bamboo's cost is 59,- € and nothing is wrong on it. For the „cheap” chinese tablet I pay 49,- € and throw it then away.

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    Default Re: Anyone here use a Wacom cintiq alternative?

    Thanks both for advice and comments.

    I've decided to stick to my original plan and continue to save for a Cintiq. Build quality and reliability are important to me and I think in this case you probably do get what you pay for. In just about every review I've read about other brands, they nearly always compare it up against a cintiq which says to me they are the ones to go for.

    Meanwhile I've just ordered a new .5mm mechanical pencil and some 2B leads (much cheaper!)
    Jon (Jono) Xara Photo & Graphic Designer 19.0.0.64329 DL x64 May 19 2022

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    Default Re: Anyone here use a Wacom cintiq alternative?

    Quote Originally Posted by ernie-f View Post
    I had a cheap??? tablet from a chinese company.
    The Bamboo's cost is 59,- € and nothing is wrong on it. For the „cheap” chinese tablet I pay 49,- € and throw it then away.
    yes I know what you mean - when I said 'cheap' I was thinking more of 'cheaply made' than 'cheap in price'

    I've been using graphics tablets for a long time - I would not switch from a wacom out of choice

    @jonopen cintiq tablets come in various sizes the smallest is 13" and costs around £500 depending where you buy it, 22" ones around £1500 - I find it best to have the resolution the same as the main screen, I would therefore find 13" a liitle small if using at 1920x1080, but it depends on your eyesight and how you have the screens configured...

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    Default Re: Anyone here use a Wacom cintiq alternative?

    Quote Originally Posted by Jonopen View Post
    Meanwhile I've just ordered a new .5mm mechanical pencil and some 2B leads (much cheaper!)
    That's allways a good deal!

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    Default Re: Anyone here use a Wacom cintiq alternative?

    I have been using a XP-Pen Artist 15.6 Pro Screen Art Tablet for the past 6 months and have had a mostly positive experience.

    Super responsive, very nice screen, and decently portable. (like a cintiq it does need an external computer, it's only a screen.) I use it with my Macbook Pro.

    For reference I draw comics, so I do use it for art purposes and it's way better than it has any right to be.

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    Default Re: Anyone here use a Wacom cintiq alternative?

    here's just one review of this tablet [more can be found]:

    https://www.creativebloq.com/reviews...artist-156-pro

    from my point of view compared to wacom, the lack of sensitivity, the 'slippery' surface feel, and the cursor parallax/shift are going to be issues; plus I have got used to the high gamut on the wacom 24 inch pro, manybe something you don't notice until you have it, and then would not wish to lose

    but that said, sounds ok for the price, non-battery pen is a definate plus; I would need to be confident of build quality...
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    Default Re: Anyone here use a Wacom cintiq alternative?

    Quote Originally Posted by Jonopen View Post
    there are a few Wacom Cintiq users on this forum, but I was wondering if anyone has had experience using Xara programmes with any of the alternatives from XP-Pen, Ugee, Artisul, Huion, Yiynova etc?
    I'm curious. Of the tablet users here how many use other software in preference to Xara when using a tablet?

    The reason I ask is that I don't see Xara as software that is naturally artistic in the sense of emulating a pencil or brush on paper, but I guess it could be a bit like the way CAD users use a pen with a graphics tablet or screen.

    Somewhere I have a company picture (from way back when) of me using a CAD program with a pen with a long wire and a huge CRT screen...

 

 

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