Comments on: Review: Wacom Cintiq 12WX

By: emmanuel

emmanuel — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 02:43:54 +0000

hey man thanks for the review, i had one myself, im from argentina and i bought it in th us. I got to your review by investigating on the corner shaking, but now that i read that is common im more relaxed, since i thougth my tablet was not working poperly
again thanks

By: renz

renz — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 22:35:53 +0000

Thanks for the review. I like buying one, and I found an answer here I was looking for: the usb dvi, for having a second port.

Just to add a little suggestion for those who like it cheap; You can use the Nintendo DS, with a homebrew program called “Colors!”. It had sweet pressure sensitive painting abilities. Look at the gallery at colors.isthething.com to see the amazing capabilities.

By: Dickie

Dickie — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 05:24:19 +0000

I have to agree with you Sterling, the Smudge Guard is a must have with tablets/Wacom units. Very comfortable, and keeps the screen much happier.

By: Sterling

Sterling — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 06:40:39 +0000

I just purchased the 20wsx a few months ago and couldn’t possibly be happier. About a month ago I picked up a Smudge Guard glove (just Google it!) and it has made working on the Cintiq and my Tablet PC a DREAM. It keeps your hand cooler (somehow?) when against the heat of the screen, and your hand glides over the surface with a minimal amount of friction. Takes a few hours to get used to your hand sliding a little too much perhaps, but that’s a small hiccup to the impressive advantage it gives you.

And as for William Johnson’s comment - my boss has the older model, the 18sx or something of the Cintiq line, and the new models are 1000% better. I was very skeptical when I ordered mine, but couldn’t be happier. Very responsive, very accurate, very intuitive. My old Intuos2 tablet used to actually stress me out to draw on it, but I find the Cintiq provides the opposite effect.

Get one if you can, bottom line.

By: valters kilis

valters kilis — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 18:58:49 +0000

If this wasn’t so expensive it would be on top of my “things to buy” list…

By: William Johnson

William Johnson — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 00:34:51 +0000

I’ve been using a regular 12″ Wacom for years with good results. I tried an earlier version of the Cintiq a few years ago, and hated it. There were two problems:

1. There was a parallax problem that destroyed the illusion of actual drawing on paper — that is, the thickness of the screen was obvious, and the brush/cursor didn’t seem to be directly under the stylus point. The relationship varied depending on the angle of my head.

2. There was a noticeable, annoying time lag: the Cintiq was simply not as responsive as my regular Wacom tablet.

Maybe they’ve improved it since then — I don’t know — but there aren’t any local stores I can try it out in, and based on my experience I wouldn’t buy one online just on faith. You can get used to the regular Wacom eventually, and it has the advantages of being cheaper and that your hand never hides what you’re drawing.

By: Razvan

Razvan — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 20:49:09 +0000

Thanks for the recommandation!

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By: Jenifer

Jenifer — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 15:49:00 +0000

The Graphire tablet line (with the exception of the Graphire Bluetooth) has been replaced with “Bamboo”.

Check it out at: http://www.wacom.com/bambootablet/bamboofun.cfm

Their sexier Intuos line is even better… http://www.wacom.com/intuos/

By: Aaron J. Walker

Aaron J. Walker — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 01:04:33 +0000

Razvan; there isn’t a cheaper option in this product line but like Dickie said, you could check out their Graphire line.

Or, if you mean tablet (as in tablet PC), you can grab a decent tablet PC on Ebay nowadays.

Plus, I’m sure there would be other Wacom options there as well.