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Neon Noodle: Nov 11, 2016; there's nothing wrong here in montana

windex posted:

I am in the process of moving and sold my 27QHD Touch due to space concerns, and I would agree with this, except that I have yet to have any Cintiq last more than 3-4 years before something dies and it isn't covered by warranty anymore. I lost my 24HD after 1 year and 3 months, 3 months after the Japan warranty period ended. The longest lived was a 21UX which lasted just past 4 years.

Now that I found the pin tip kit for the Surface I have been using it way more.

Wuh oh. My 21UX is getting up there, it's almost 6 years old. I hope I don't have to replace it.

# ¿ Nov 28, 2016 13:21

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# ¿ May 15, 2024 12:11

Neon Noodle: Nov 11, 2016; there's nothing wrong here in montana

Oh. Yeah I use it probably 8-12 hours per week.

# ¿ Nov 29, 2016 00:41

Neon Noodle: Nov 11, 2016; there's nothing wrong here in montana

If you have a Mac, yeah. On Windows you can use an app called Duet but it's kind of bad.

# ¿ Jan 29, 2017 03:57

Neon Noodle: Nov 11, 2016; there's nothing wrong here in montana

I'm trying to keep a good thought for the Dell Studio.

# ¿ Feb 28, 2017 14:11

Neon Noodle: Nov 11, 2016; there's nothing wrong here in montana

The day the Windows tablet pcs support tilt as a standard is the day I buy a Surface. That day is coming soon, since the updated Wacom tablet PC spec supports tilt and has no parallax. Supposedly Microsoft is going to have a product announcement sometime this spring, so maybe... :shrug:

# ¿ Mar 3, 2017 13:33

Neon Noodle: Nov 11, 2016; there's nothing wrong here in montana

Yeah, it makes an annoying gap between the stylus tip and the line being drawn.

# ¿ Mar 3, 2017 19:08

Neon Noodle: Nov 11, 2016; there's nothing wrong here in montana

The big upcoming hotness is that the new Wacom OEM protocol supports tilt. There's going to be a bunch of better-quality Wacom-based third-party devices coming out very soon with reduced parallax, better accuracy around the edges, and tilt support.

# ¿ Mar 30, 2017 16:48

Neon Noodle: Nov 11, 2016; there's nothing wrong here in montana

Goo Gone is life

# ¿ Jul 9, 2017 12:22

Neon Noodle: Nov 11, 2016; there's nothing wrong here in montana

Will a calibrator even work with the gamut capabilities of the Cintiq?

# ¿ Jul 12, 2017 13:51

Neon Noodle: Nov 11, 2016; there's nothing wrong here in montana

Gotcha. Thanks!

# ¿ Jul 12, 2017 19:37

Neon Noodle: Nov 11, 2016; there's nothing wrong here in montana

kefkafloyd posted:

I use the DTK version of the 21 (uses Intuos4 pens) and it works fine, albeit the color is not as good as the latest and greatest. I got it for cheap and have no intention of replacing it until it dies. If it's a DTZ (intuos3 pens) I would skip it.

This verbatim

# ¿ Jul 16, 2017 01:35

Neon Noodle: Nov 11, 2016; there's nothing wrong here in montana

I tried it several times during its development. It works :airquote:

I wouldn�t recommend it.

# ¿ Dec 7, 2017 14:28

Neon Noodle: Nov 11, 2016; there's nothing wrong here in montana

Real talk. I hardly use my Cintiq anymore because the iPad Pro does 99% of what I need for my purposes. I wish it had more full-featured animation software available, but the primary value of it as a platform (to me at least) is the LACK of extraneous UI stuff. No keyboard, no wires, no tooltips, no menus, etc. Makes it easier for me to just get lost in drawing, painting and animating. I'm not doing commercial work these days, though, so I can see why the Cintiq side of things is more important for others. But the ergonomics of it have always been extremely uncomfortable to me, and I have trouble getting into a good flow when I work at my desktop.

# ¿ Dec 21, 2017 17:59

Neon Noodle: Nov 11, 2016; there's nothing wrong here in montana

I use RoughAnimator. Here are some samples of stuff, not cleaned up obviously:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_YppKKHTVQo

# ¿ Dec 21, 2017 20:02

Neon Noodle: Nov 11, 2016; there's nothing wrong here in montana

Doctor_Fruitbat posted:

Give Sketchable a go, it's in the Windows Store. The free version is enough to play around with.

Sketchable is cool and good. There's also great app with infinite drawing canvas called Mischief ($15).

I'd strongly suggest buying Clip Studio Paint for her when it goes on sale. When I was a young teenager I had access to Adobe Photoshop and started messing around and learning to use it. It was a HUGE benefit to start learning real professional software at a young age. Nowadays CSP is becoming the industry standard for comics/manga/digital illustration. Photoshop is still important, obviously, but CSP has a much lower barrier to entry because it costs $45 or less for a perpetual license.

# ¿ Dec 26, 2017 15:15

Neon Noodle: Nov 11, 2016; there's nothing wrong here in montana

Synthbuttrange posted:

Clip Studio is nice but cramped. Maybe its better on the huge ipad pro screen, but its basically the pc interface mushed into a tablet. At least you can try before you buy tho.

The interface is extremely customizable. You can make custom shortcuts to whatever and hide everything else on the screen. It�s certainly not as elegant as procreate, but the stock UI layout is totally wrong for the iPad and can be changed to something better in about 5 min.

# ¿ Jan 8, 2018 13:40

Neon Noodle: Nov 11, 2016; there's nothing wrong here in montana

It has to do with Wintab IIRC?

# ¿ Feb 14, 2018 13:03

Neon Noodle: Nov 11, 2016; there's nothing wrong here in montana

Claes Oldenburger posted:

Would this be the right thread to ask if an iPad pro and apple pencil + procreate is worth it for the portability over a wacom tablet with a display?

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# ¿ Mar 1, 2018 21:42

Neon Noodle: Nov 11, 2016; there's nothing wrong here in montana

I�ve got the big one, no ragrets

# ¿ Mar 2, 2018 00:43

Neon Noodle: Nov 11, 2016; there's nothing wrong here in montana

It�s OK, it has some features and design similar to Clip Studio. I have a soft spot in my heart for Sai and I don�t think Medibang is all that similar, but it�s a good free/cheap option to have. Sai is just a special, wonderful little app :3:

# ¿ Mar 6, 2018 13:15

Neon Noodle: Nov 11, 2016; there's nothing wrong here in montana

kinnas posted:

Anybody with a more traditional background ever use Wacom tablets with the overhand grip?

like so

I've recently started drawing with pencils using the overhand grip and it's really good, wish I'd learned this sooner. Feels a bit like by giving up the familiar arc of the wrist you also give up certain habitual lines and stylistic shorthands. As if you draw more with intent and will and less of habit. Especially if you have a large drawing surface so you can really move your shoulder.

Trying it with my Cintiq I find my hand's a lot lighter this way as well. I used to have to really adjust the pressure sensitivity in the settings to get a light touch with the writing/tripod grip. However the shape of the stylus is such that you can't really do any of the low angle side of the pencil style techniques. Feels like you'd need a really long custom tip for the stylus for this.

Anyways I'm curious if anybody else has tried this and how did it work out?

I've tried to do this with the Cintiq stylus with no success. With an Apple pencil it works great.

# ¿ Mar 20, 2018 19:22

Neon Noodle: Nov 11, 2016; there's nothing wrong here in montana

They just open-sourced the code for the two-finger-tap undo.

# ¿ Dec 12, 2018 19:45

Neon Noodle: Nov 11, 2016; there's nothing wrong here in montana

Get the big iPad. I have heard of very few people who are happy with their decision to go with the 16" Cintiqs. Also you can get Clip Studio for the iPad (though they gently caress you over with a subscription fee).

# ¿ Jul 23, 2019 16:00

Neon Noodle: Nov 11, 2016; there's nothing wrong here in montana

Not that I've encountered thus far. I have the first gen 12.9" 64GB and it's still chugging away.

# ¿ Jul 23, 2019 16:47

Neon Noodle: Nov 11, 2016; there's nothing wrong here in montana

Koramei posted:

Adobe�s new painting app for iPad is out, it�s horrible and you should not waste your time.

# ¿ Sep 25, 2019 15:17

Neon Noodle: Nov 11, 2016; there's nothing wrong here in montana

lofi posted:

How's GIMP for photo editing? It's freeware not-photoshop, but I've not used it enough to say if it's any good.

Use Krita, it's much better and also FOSS.

# ¿ Dec 5, 2019 16:45

Neon Noodle: Nov 11, 2016; there's nothing wrong here in montana

InsertPotPun posted:

I want a drawing tablet that I can just carry with me and use, to replace my little pad and pencils. I'm not technologically inclined at all, I'm going to have a hard time "downloading" "drivers" (only a slight exaggeration) I just want to sit down, turn it on, and draw as a hobby. I'm absolute rubbish at researching this stuff so any help would be appreciated.

Get an iPad and Apple Pencil.

# ¿ Dec 19, 2019 21:06

Neon Noodle: Nov 11, 2016; there's nothing wrong here in montana

Neon Noodle posted:

Get an iPad and Apple Pencil.

# ¿ Mar 3, 2020 17:17

Neon Noodle: Nov 11, 2016; there's nothing wrong here in montana

I've been using an app called Infinite Painter on my iPad recently, I find it blows even Procreate out of the water. It's cheap and great.

# ¿ Sep 15, 2020 13:57

Neon Noodle: Nov 11, 2016; there's nothing wrong here in montana

Leng posted:

Am I just better off hand drawing stuff and scanning it in at a high resolution for coloring? The amount of undo involved in trying to draw anything digitally directly is just painful though I could probably put up with it if it's just coloring rather than the actual drawing part.

If your budget is $100, then scanning is going to give you the best results.

# ¿ Jan 21, 2021 13:42

Neon Noodle: Nov 11, 2016; there's nothing wrong here in montana

I have a first-generation iPad Pro 12.9� that I bought used in 2015, it�s still going strong. It�s easily the best digital drawing experience I�ve ever had, and I�ve spent probably 20 years and who knows how many :10bux:

on different devices and platforms.

# ¿ Feb 15, 2021 14:05

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# ¿ May 15, 2024 12:11

Neon Noodle: Nov 11, 2016; there's nothing wrong here in montana

I have a Cintiq 21UX (it�s old) and it kills my entire body to use it. The only tablet I�ve ever used that doesn�t hurt is the iPad, because I can lay it on a table and use it like a regular drawing surface. Putting the Cintiq horizontal-ish doesn�t work very well because of the viewing angle issues of that generation of LCD. Newer models may be better in that regard.

The other thing that has effed me up for years is the stiffness of the surface. Even a steel pen on paper has some �give� compared to plastic on glass.

# ¿ Dec 21, 2021 13:16

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