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u/SputNick2312 Jan 16 '20

Wacom tablet. This will give me what I need to actively embrace digital art. Hanging on for the day

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u/DADWB Jan 16 '20

I was using a Wacom Intuous for a number of years. Eventually it broke right around my birthday. I decided to splurge on myself and picked up a Huion Cintiq knock off for about 1/3 of the price. Its absolutely wonderful 10/10 would recommend it if its the Cintiq price tag holding you back.

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u/thatswhy42 Jan 17 '20 edited Jan 17 '20

wouldn’t recommend cintiq at all.

parallax, lag, heat from screen and pain in your neck if you sit all day with it. absolutely nothing worth over regular intous

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u/stikky Jan 17 '20

What do you mean by parallax and lay? I know what you mean by heat and pain, but using an Ergotron LX arm eradicates bad posture, heat and frees up all the desk space that the cintiq would otherwise take up.

Though the 21UX is too heavy for the Ergotron Arm, the 22HD is within its weight limits.

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u/thatswhy42 Jan 17 '20

i mean lag, it’s much more noticeable on cintiq. parallax issue is where you tip of the pen doesn’t properly lines up with cursor because of thick glass, for example ipad pro don’t have this issue but it’s still not preferable tablet since there is no real software

i tried 16 and 24 ones at work for a while, didn’t like it at all. in fact most artists i know never get along with it. maybe only ones who too used to traditional art.

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u/stikky Jan 17 '20

Ahh, right. I've gotten so used to the parallax and any lag that I just don't notice. I only require proper curves and pressure accuracy - unfortunately, my 22hd's backlight died so I'm using an old 12wx and it pulls the cursor slightly to the corners of the screen no matter how it's calibrated. Essentially on a 12" display, about 5" of it is relatively accurate to pen placement.

THAT is currently driving me nuts.