![]() My muscle memory has me looking for it to rest the pen when I want to switch to my mouse and keyboard, and I don’t like having to leave a very expensive pen on top of my desk. There is one element I am absolutely missing to have though: a pen holder to leave it resting when I need to put it aside. The pad has many buttons, a wheel dial and a very convenient screen to show the functions assigned to each of the buttons. Last but not least, also included in the box there was a travel pouch, a glove and a quick keys additional pad. They have very effective and friendly staff that will have your back in case anything happens to their product. I contacted Xencelabs’ support about this and they told me it’s not supposed to happen, offering a replacement right away. I found this quite annoying when moving my camera around in Zbrush as the model would stop rotating intermittently while I was holding the button down, making me have to apply more force than I’m used to. One thing I found about the buttons though is that the point where you can feel the physical click is not exactly the same one where it activates. I’m still getting used to their position as the lowest one is a little too close to the nib but a very nice addition nonetheless. ![]() Rubber is very grippy and it has 3 very clicky thumb buttons instead of the usual 2. The main thick pen has a more thick familiar shape I am used to with other tablet brands. I have no use for the second pen as I find these to be very thin and not very comfortable to use in long work sessions, but I understand they would be nice to have when travelling (I will still bring the regular thick pen with me anyways). They come tucked inside a very premium feeling case along with extra nibs, a nib extraction tool, usb dongle and a usb adapter. Now I want that in the tablet I use at work! Here’s what the tablet and accompanying hardware arrived in. I was pleasantly surprised to find not 4 but 6 rubber feet inserts in the back side of the tablet: the usual 4 on each corner and 2 additional ones in between the longer gaps, that make the surface not to give when applying firm pressure. It feels extremely robust and has a nice weight to it. Upon inspecting the nicely designed package I opened it and I was greeted with a welcome note and, right below, the tablet itself. In my mind, it looks like they have a very specific target in mind: professionals and industry veterans that know their stuff and that demand quality, reliability and compatibility across platforms and software. When I knew I was going to give one of their products a test run my expectations were already high. They may look like they are the new kids on the block (they have been working their magic step by step and they are a young company), but their founding members have years of experience in the industry. Why you may ask? Because of their reliability, easy setup, drivers compatibility across different OSs and, also very important, because of their build quality.Īt this point is when Xencelabs came into play. These companies found their marked niche in students and digital art aficionados, but professionals kept choosing Wacom tablets. Because of these newcomers the hegemony was broken, and the artists had all of a sudden more options to choose from with very tempting prices. Early models were not very good and their drivers were finicky to say the least, but with time they started creating very compelling products. But some years ago some brands like Huion and XP-Pen emerged to try to take on the big W. They were super expensive (never had a full size in my early beginnings as an artist) but reliable and no other wannabe brand came even close to them. I never stopped using digital tablets, they became an intuitive and natural way of working and saving my right wrist from carpal tunnel syndrome (bonus!).įor years and years there was nothing like the tablets made by Wacom. Later on they became a staple at work when I designed magazines and shortly after when I switched industries into video production. First as a hobby at my own home drawing manga comics and toying with the early Photoshop versions, something that led me to end up studying an arts bachelor. I have been using digital tablets for around 2 decades in different situations.
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