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For creative professionals such as Photographers, Designers and Illustrators or anyone who desires professional results, the Intuos5 Touch Medium Pen Tablet combines Wacom's most advanced pen technology with multi-touch functionality. Natural and intuitive to use, the tablet lets you alternate between using multi-touch gestures to position and navigate your artwork and the pressure-sensitive pen to sketch, paint, retouch, and edit. With 48.4 square inches of working area, the medium size of the three Intuos5 touch models provides ample workspace for the way that most tablet users like to work and can still fit into most laptop computer bags.
The medium sized working surface provides ample room for most tablet users, including those who work with two displays. View larger.
On-screen ExpressView display gives you handy reminders of your time-saving ExpressKey shortcuts. View larger.
Contoured pen and pen stand with ten replacement nibs included. View larger.
Advanced Pen Technology
To simulate traditional pens, markers, and brushes, the Intuos5 Touch Medium Pen Tablet features 2048 levels of pen pressure sensitivity as well as pen tilt recognition. Varying the pressure of the pen against the tablet can create variations in line width and opacity or unique brush effects.
The Grip Pen comes with a pen stand that contains ten replacement pen nibs, including five standard nibs, one flex nib, one stroke nib, and three hard felt nibs.
Multi-Touch Functionality
Using standard Windows and Mac multi-touch gestures, the Intuos5 Touch Medium Pen Tablet lets you pan, rotate, and navigate your artwork. Multi-touch serves as an alternate input method that is both natural to use and a complementary to pen work.
The tablet's finger-sensitive Touch Ring allows you to control up to four user-defined functions, including scrolling, zooming, brush size, and canvas rotation.
Time-Saving ExpressKeys
Use the eight ExpressKeys on the Intuos5 touch to activate your own time-saving shortcuts and modifiers in each of your tablet applications.
An ExpressView display provides on-screen reminders of your ExpressKey settings, so you can stay focused on your creative work.
Comfortable, Ergonomic Design
The Intuos5 Touch Large Pen Tablet features a soft-touch matte-black finish, gently sloping sides, ample hand support, and a contoured pen-for long hours of comfortable use.
In addition, the tablet's ergonomic design allows you to flip it for left- or right-handed use.
Free Bundled Software
Included with the tablet is a "Bundles Software Download key" that enables you to download the following valuable Bundled Software applications: Adobe Photoshop Elements, Anime Studio Debut, Autodesk Sketchbook Express, and Nik Color Effects Pro 4 Select Edition. You can also take advantage of a free 90-day trial and a special offer on Corel Painter software (Bundled Software subject to change; see www.wacom.com for more information).
Dimensions and Weight
The tablet measures 9.9 by 14.96 by 0.453 inches (H x W x D) and weighs 2.18 pounds. The pen and touch active area measures 5.5 by 8.8 inches (H x W).
Connections and Compatibility
The Intuos5 Touch Medium Pen Tablet easily connects to your PC or Mac via USB. You can even enable a wireless connection by purchasing and installing Wacom's optional wireless accessory kit (sold separately, www.wacom.com). The tablet is compatible with Windows PCs (Windows XP SP3, Windows Vista SP2, Windows 7 SP1, or higher) and Macs (Mac OS X 10.5.8 or later) with Intel processors.
Other computer requirements include a USB port, a color display, a CD/DVD drive, and Internet access.
Two-Year Warranty
The Intuos5 Touch Medium Pen Tablet is backed by a two-year limited warranty.
What's in the Box
Intuos5 touch Medium Pen Tablet , Grip Pen, pen stand, 10 replacement nibs (five standard nibs, one flex nib, one stroke nib, and three hard felt nibs), nib removal tool, USB cable, quick-start guide, installation CD, and Bundled Software Download Key.
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Designed to meet the high performance demands of creative professionals and photo, art, and design enthusiasts, Intuos5 combines Wacom's finest pen tablet experience with multi-touch input in a single device. Immerse yourself in a natural, intuitive workflow alternating between using multi-finger touch to position and navigate your artwork, and the pressure sensitive pen to precisely sketch, paint, retouch, and edit your ideas. The time-saving ExpressKeys can be customized for your favorite application-specific shortcuts and modifiers, while the innovative Express View display provides an on screen-reminder of the keys settings. With a simple USB connection, Intuos5 brings natural pen and touch control to your PC or Mac computer.
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183 of 190 people found the following review helpful
By emora
Style Name:Medium|Amazon Verified Purchase
UPDATE 4/2 - I have been working on the large tablet for two weeks. It has been working great without any glitches or lockups (i've still yet to have any driver problems..ever). I feel a lot more confortable with the tablet to screen ratio. When I draw the strokes feel a lot more comfortable and natural. When it comes down to choosing between the Medium or the Large size tablet, you have to look at what your main working focus is going to be. Since I do illustration and digital painting, I value the natural feel and movements. I do agree with the fact that you could retrain your muscle memory to a smaller tablet but it's simply your preference. My co-worker has a small tablet and his main use is for photo retouching/editing. The touch function is handy when you get use to the new gestures, but again, I feel that the gestures are mostly for navigation and partially for some convenience. Main focus of a tabled is for pen/tablet graphical work (at least for me). I do like that you can turn the touch gestures on and off with a button. Also really like that if I gently place my finger over the button, the tabled will display the map of each function for the buttons. I still give this tablet a 5 stars because of the ergonomical confort in the design, But, most importantly, it is an amazing tablet to work with. As an digital illustrator/painter, the large size meets my needs for the most natural feel (updated 4/2).
This tablet is simply amazing. The new button set up and feel is a great change. While drawing you really get a paper texture feel. If you have used an Intuos4, you might not notice much of a pressure and response difference but the new buttons and rubber is a big change. I think its a lot more practical and more efficient while in use. I constantly found myself feeling like I needed to clean my Intuos4 from smudging it.
Now, if you are considering Medium vs Large....
I use to have an Intuos4 Lrg and loved it. I owned the tabled for 2 years and used for graphic design, illustrations, and some digital painting. The strokes always felt very natural and good ration of tabled to screen. I hardly ever used the precision mode button because my table to screen ratio was very good.
Intuos5 Med.....
Now, I switched to the new Intuos5 medium and loved the new look and feel, but did not like the screen to tabled ratio. Just navigating through photoshop from one end of the screen to the other was very awkward. I messed around with the mapping settings and I still couldn't get something that I liked. Now, I have been using a Large tablet for the past 2 years and it might take some time to adjust. But, since I rely so much on my tablet for what I do as a career, to me it is worth spending a little more and getting what I am already confortable with.
Professionally speaking, the tablet to monitor ratio is a big deal to me. If you are using the tablet with just a 15 or 17 monitor/ laptop, the Medium tablet ratio is probably okay. If you are primarily using the tablet for photo touch up and some moderate design, the Medium size will suit your needs. But, if you have some drawing background (fine arts), you will probably find the Large tablet to suit your needs. The biggest reason is the way you probably do your strokes, you use your arm & shoulder instead of your wrist. Wrist movement would be appropriate (common) for photo touchups, and some illustrations, but for bigger custom made designs you would want the Large tablet. The medium size tablet is like drawing on half a sheet of paper at a time and the Large tablet is like drawing on a whole piece of paper (8.5x11).
One big thing I noticed was the active area difference between the two tablets. The active area is only within the white cross hairs (or "L" figures) on the tablet. You have an extra .5" of blank space around the active area and it doesn't really seem to do anything (at least from what I could tell). This makes your active area a lot smaller than what it looks. This was a big deal breaker for me and the reason for why I am going back to using the Large size tablet.
When it comes down to performance, both tablets have equal sensitivity and touch performance, there is no question in that. The biggest thing is consider the monitor real estate you will be using and the tablet to monitor ratio. Remember that a tablet is a tablet for computer graphic work that requires a pen/ pencil style, not Navigation and or web browsing. The touch is a nice plus and I believe its just Wacoms way of gearing to the new Navigation style that computers are headed to.
I will be returning the Medium and getting a Large. I will post an update once I get it
This tablet is simply amazing. The new button set up and feel is a great change. While drawing you really get a paper texture feel. If you have used an Intuos4, you might not notice much of a pressure and response difference but the new buttons and rubber is a big change. I think its a lot more practical and more efficient while in use. I constantly found myself feeling like I needed to clean my Intuos4 from smudging it.
Now, if you are considering Medium vs Large....
I use to have an Intuos4 Lrg and loved it. I owned the tabled for 2 years and used for graphic design, illustrations, and some digital painting. The strokes always felt very natural and good ration of tabled to screen. I hardly ever used the precision mode button because my table to screen ratio was very good.
Intuos5 Med.....
Now, I switched to the new Intuos5 medium and loved the new look and feel, but did not like the screen to tabled ratio. Just navigating through photoshop from one end of the screen to the other was very awkward. I messed around with the mapping settings and I still couldn't get something that I liked. Now, I have been using a Large tablet for the past 2 years and it might take some time to adjust. But, since I rely so much on my tablet for what I do as a career, to me it is worth spending a little more and getting what I am already confortable with.
Professionally speaking, the tablet to monitor ratio is a big deal to me. If you are using the tablet with just a 15 or 17 monitor/ laptop, the Medium tablet ratio is probably okay. If you are primarily using the tablet for photo touch up and some moderate design, the Medium size will suit your needs. But, if you have some drawing background (fine arts), you will probably find the Large tablet to suit your needs. The biggest reason is the way you probably do your strokes, you use your arm & shoulder instead of your wrist. Wrist movement would be appropriate (common) for photo touchups, and some illustrations, but for bigger custom made designs you would want the Large tablet. The medium size tablet is like drawing on half a sheet of paper at a time and the Large tablet is like drawing on a whole piece of paper (8.5x11).
One big thing I noticed was the active area difference between the two tablets. The active area is only within the white cross hairs (or "L" figures) on the tablet. You have an extra .5" of blank space around the active area and it doesn't really seem to do anything (at least from what I could tell). This makes your active area a lot smaller than what it looks. This was a big deal breaker for me and the reason for why I am going back to using the Large size tablet.
When it comes down to performance, both tablets have equal sensitivity and touch performance, there is no question in that. The biggest thing is consider the monitor real estate you will be using and the tablet to monitor ratio. Remember that a tablet is a tablet for computer graphic work that requires a pen/ pencil style, not Navigation and or web browsing. The touch is a nice plus and I believe its just Wacoms way of gearing to the new Navigation style that computers are headed to.
I will be returning the Medium and getting a Large. I will post an update once I get it
79 of 82 people found the following review helpful
By ComputerPro
Style Name:Medium|Amazon Verified Purchase
Update 9/11/2012: I have found a compromise system of settings between Apple and Wacom that seems to work fairly well. On Apple's settings pane I UNcheck everything on the Point & Click tab and leave only the two Zoom boxes checked on the Scroll and Zoom tab (the More Gestures tab doesn't seem to affect it). In the Wacom touch settings, Standard Gestures tab, I have UNchecked Tap to click, Tap to right click, and Rotate.
My belief is that part of the problem arrises when the two touch features fight with each other, and this particular setup seems to minimize the arguments.
I'm still using and happy with driver, version 6.3.2-4 (Mac)
Update 7/11/2012: The latest driver, version 6.3.2-4 (Mac) is the first version that I would call good. It seems to include some palm rejection (a feature they had promised was in the pipe-line), and it makes all the difference in the world. At this point if you were holding off for decent drivers (and you are on a Mac), I'd say go ahead and pull the trigger. Windows drivers seem to lag behind the Mac drivers, so I can't vouch for them. The palm rejection is not perfect - it only seems to work at the very bottom of the tablet for some reason - but it makes the tablet very much easier to use with your hand. The pen input remains, as ever, very good.
Update 03/21/12: The latest driver, version 6.3.0-4, has resolved the crashing for me. They have also taken the initiative to contact me an discuss my continued issues with the current driver and my desires for future versions (This was not to my knowledge related to this review, but rather a support request). I now feel confident that they are working towards a multi-touch product as solid as their pen implementation, and now that the crashing has been resolved, have a highly usable product in the mean time. To be clear, for Mac users at least, the 6.3.0-4 driver is found somewhat wanting when compared to Apple's own touch devices/multi-touch implementation. After discussing their plans though, I think that they are headed in the right direction, and that they are actively working to make an excellent multi-touch product, so I have upgraded my interim rating to reflect the improved driver.
I bought this Intuos5 to replace an aging, but still highly functional Intuos2 (the first USB model).
In short, I love the hardware. The capacitive/real buttons are good (though I'm not sold on the circular slider - the circumference is just not big enough for smooth action). The soft touch surface is great, the combination of pen and touch is a win for my use case. I'm a heavy Adobe user, and the pen has always been a great tool for those pieces of software. Where the pen came up short was standard OS interaction and casual web surfing, etc. This is where the multi-touch aspect of the tablet shines.
Or rather this is where it SHOULD shine. The touch driver (6.3.0-2) is not ready for prime-time. Don't get me wrong, the pen aspect is flawless, it's only with touch, where the driver has to seamlessly hand off some touch interactions to the operating system (two finger scroll, pinch to zoom, etc.) and react appropriately to others (right and left tap to click) where the bugs pop up. I know from past experience with beta mouse drivers for the (touch) Magic Mouse that this is no easy task to accomplish, and it takes a lot of refinement to get it right. Wacom has not yet gotten it right. This is especially frustrating since the tasks that do not work consistently are the ones you use most (point and left or right "click").
In addition, I've had the tablet three days now, and the touch drivers have crashed five times. At one point they would not restart at all, and I had to reinstall(!) and reboot to get the tablet to function again. I'm not entirely sure why it crashes yet. I'll just be busy trying to point and click, and it will suddenly become less responsive, and a window pops up saying that the touch drivers have crashed. Usually, a half-dozen taps later and the touch drivers restart, and we're off to the races again. If, in the races, you then stop a few hundred yards down the track, again.
So in summary, a solid pen tablet, that may become a great multi-touch device, if they ever get their drivers sorted out.
My belief is that part of the problem arrises when the two touch features fight with each other, and this particular setup seems to minimize the arguments.
I'm still using and happy with driver, version 6.3.2-4 (Mac)
Update 7/11/2012: The latest driver, version 6.3.2-4 (Mac) is the first version that I would call good. It seems to include some palm rejection (a feature they had promised was in the pipe-line), and it makes all the difference in the world. At this point if you were holding off for decent drivers (and you are on a Mac), I'd say go ahead and pull the trigger. Windows drivers seem to lag behind the Mac drivers, so I can't vouch for them. The palm rejection is not perfect - it only seems to work at the very bottom of the tablet for some reason - but it makes the tablet very much easier to use with your hand. The pen input remains, as ever, very good.
Update 03/21/12: The latest driver, version 6.3.0-4, has resolved the crashing for me. They have also taken the initiative to contact me an discuss my continued issues with the current driver and my desires for future versions (This was not to my knowledge related to this review, but rather a support request). I now feel confident that they are working towards a multi-touch product as solid as their pen implementation, and now that the crashing has been resolved, have a highly usable product in the mean time. To be clear, for Mac users at least, the 6.3.0-4 driver is found somewhat wanting when compared to Apple's own touch devices/multi-touch implementation. After discussing their plans though, I think that they are headed in the right direction, and that they are actively working to make an excellent multi-touch product, so I have upgraded my interim rating to reflect the improved driver.
I bought this Intuos5 to replace an aging, but still highly functional Intuos2 (the first USB model).
In short, I love the hardware. The capacitive/real buttons are good (though I'm not sold on the circular slider - the circumference is just not big enough for smooth action). The soft touch surface is great, the combination of pen and touch is a win for my use case. I'm a heavy Adobe user, and the pen has always been a great tool for those pieces of software. Where the pen came up short was standard OS interaction and casual web surfing, etc. This is where the multi-touch aspect of the tablet shines.
Or rather this is where it SHOULD shine. The touch driver (6.3.0-2) is not ready for prime-time. Don't get me wrong, the pen aspect is flawless, it's only with touch, where the driver has to seamlessly hand off some touch interactions to the operating system (two finger scroll, pinch to zoom, etc.) and react appropriately to others (right and left tap to click) where the bugs pop up. I know from past experience with beta mouse drivers for the (touch) Magic Mouse that this is no easy task to accomplish, and it takes a lot of refinement to get it right. Wacom has not yet gotten it right. This is especially frustrating since the tasks that do not work consistently are the ones you use most (point and left or right "click").
In addition, I've had the tablet three days now, and the touch drivers have crashed five times. At one point they would not restart at all, and I had to reinstall(!) and reboot to get the tablet to function again. I'm not entirely sure why it crashes yet. I'll just be busy trying to point and click, and it will suddenly become less responsive, and a window pops up saying that the touch drivers have crashed. Usually, a half-dozen taps later and the touch drivers restart, and we're off to the races again. If, in the races, you then stop a few hundred yards down the track, again.
So in summary, a solid pen tablet, that may become a great multi-touch device, if they ever get their drivers sorted out.
220 of 242 people found the following review helpful
Style Name:Medium|Amazon Verified Purchase
Once again I purchase another Intuos to see what improvements have come along. Since I also help beta test software, I wanted to see the capabilities of this tablet.
This is the first Intuos I've owned that the first impression is not great
[EDIT - 9/1] Decided to update the review with a new edit. A Wacom rep contacted me over this review and has been working with me since to help keep fixing issues I've mentioned previously. I still get Tablet orientation problems when installing new drivers. I also have gotten a crash sometimes. If you get "TABLET NOT FOUND" There are two services that you need to restart in Windows.
TabletServiceWacom
and
WacomProfessionalTouchService
The HUD is no longer lagged and I have to wait a moment for the switching between wired and wireless mode. I had it crash in Sketchbook Pro 6.
Touch is much better in programs that have actually taken the time to utilize it vs the default. Painter 12 and Sketchbook Pro 6 work much better with it.
[EDIT - 6/19] There is a new driver on Wacom's site 6.3.2.w3 that will finally allow your Windows computer to sleep. I did run into the problem where the icons on my taskbar and start menu were broken but since fixed the icon cache.
[EDIT - 3/24] I finally got the wireless kit, which is an extra 40 dollar purchase, and there are some problems with it too. I placed it up top of my review since people haven't seen much on the wireless performance. When the wireless is installed on Windows 7 it causes the device to lose preferences and won't respond. If you go to hit your tablet preferences it will say "Driver not found" I had to go to the Services - TabletWacom and restart it. Then it launched with my preferences. It took more than 6 hours to charge. You'll often see the indicator saying it's at 97 percent. I finally got the "Charged" icon this morning. I plugged it in at 7pm last night and it's now 8:45 am the next day.
...Well I take that back a bit. Apparently when you plug the tablet back in to USB, it completely loses your preferences. What in the world? This is aggravating! It sometimes comes back, but it looks like I have to use my trackpad or mouse to get it to launch with the preferences again by opening the Wacom control Panel Preferences. It also looses my mapping orientation when navigating through touch. That completely defeats the purpose of this tablet being touch!
Some things I noticed. There seems to be less lag with the on screen popup and buttons in wireless mode than USB. Interesting... There is a problem with navigation in wireless mode it appears. When I have to full screen a document in programs, it stops navigating. I don't expect it to draw, but I see no reason why it should stop causing cursor movement. So sigh...frustration again.
So apparently when plugged in and I try to navigate through touch, this tablet looses my mapping preferences, so what am I supposed to do, flip the tablet around each time? This is ridiculous!
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I still have my Wacom Intuos3 6 x 8-Inch Pen Tablet and you can also see that I own the Wacom Intuos4 Large Pen Tablet. I have to say this is the first tablet that has me frustrated upon first impression. I love the Intuos line of tablets from Wacom, but I find while there are some improvements, there are some shortcomings that almost had me returning the tablet.
So many people want to know... "has the surface improved? Is it still a nib eating beast?"
Answer is yes. I actually find the surface worse than my intuos4. The intuos4 had a nice paper feel where it was a good comfortable sketchbook. This feels like you're using a quill pen on newsprint. It just feels a bit more irritating and rougher. I at first thought I was scratching the tablet when trying out the touch portion, but it was actually filing my fingernails. Here's a bigger thing to consider. This is a touch tablet, and if you scratch the surface be prepared to send the tablet back in for repair. There is no overlay sheet for this tablet though I have seen some surface protectors (not sure how it fares), the touch surface is integrated into the tablet. This is why you simply can't replace a scratched surface with an overlay sheet.
Have the USB ports improved. Answer, not certain. The medium tablet has one usb port, and when I used the cable with the tablet it still felt wiggly. So I do feel a bit of unease. I feel they took a step back with the ambidextrous setup the intuos4 had. I'm left handed, and their solution was "here's a clip on the side, make a loose loop" That just encourages a kink in the cable, and eventual break in the connection. I ended up just packing away the cable since it didn't seem to fit snug and replaced it with my AmazonBasics USB 2.0 A-Male to Mini-B Cable (6 Feet / 1.8 Meters) Sorry, but Wacom needs to really make better cables.
Gone are the OLEDs for the express keys and due to your personal preference this may be a good or bad thing. I actually liked the previous design and had fun with the OLEDs. The layout of the express keys are an improvement. I can understand why people didn't like the previous setup, I just didn't have an issue with it. I liked the hard surface vs the gel/rubber. Rubber has a tendency to dry out and crack over time. I hope this doesn't happen because the appearance isn't so bad. It also seems to like to show more greasy/oil stains where smudges are easier to wipe off other kinds of surfaces like the previous intuos. There are LEDs on the surface of the tablet now to tell you where the active area is. I do agree that this is an improvement for users who kept butting their stylus into the corners of the tablet. I didn't have the problem because the proportions of the tablet were always a bit smaller when in proportion to my monitors.
While the express keys are an improvement in layout, the touch ring and center button takes a step back. This touch ring is hard to get to respond. It seems that it's too sensitive to me touching the ring when I am pressing down on the center button to cycle through the settings. It lags and I tested my intuos4 on the same computer and don't have this problem. Absolute frustration! This may have to do with what makes the tablet so frustrating.
The touch is hit and miss for the express keys. If you have it on, sometimes the express keys lag like crazy. I haven't experienced crashes, but I can certainly see the lag. So much for "EXPRESS" keys if it's this slow to respond. It can be downright intolerable. If you barely touch the surface of where the express keys are sometimes you get a response of an on screen display of which buttons you're pressing. I'd be fascinated if it weren't so laggy.
The touch part which is what this tablet is about, is not so great. While I concede to having to adjust a bit when you have touch and you're trying to draw the lag bothers me greatly. I've been able to however, see some interesting gestures in action. I've been able to get the rotate gesture to work on Photoshop CS4, CS5 and CS6 (beta), Corel Painter 12, Art Rage Studio Pro. I couldn't get it to work on Open Canvas 1.1, Easy Paint Tool Sai and didn't appear to work on Sketchbook Pro 2011. So just know touch gestures are not a complete replacement for express keys because of limitations on not only software that will recognize it but the gestures themselves. Just to be clear it seems you can navigate fine as a trackpad, but the gestures are a bit buggy.
There is also a bug, as I'm a Windows7 user where as long as the tablet is plugged in regardless of wireless or USB, it will mess up your power functions and keep your monitor on. - This bug has been fixed since the 6.3.2.w3 driver update released Jun 14
I just can't seem to love this tablet like I have with my previous intuos I have purchased over the years.
I usually pride myself as a Wacom Fangirl, but not this time :/ I can't totally dismiss the tablet because I can see how an intuos user from models 3 and below can see a lot more improvement, but that's for the drawing. It's the touch part that is really interfering with the "professional" experience as well as the bad reaction time for the express keys and touch ring.
I'm sorry, but anyone who thinks I should be giving a five star review for a tablet that lags where it's supposed to function reasonably is crazy.
This is the first Intuos I've owned that the first impression is not great
[EDIT - 9/1] Decided to update the review with a new edit. A Wacom rep contacted me over this review and has been working with me since to help keep fixing issues I've mentioned previously. I still get Tablet orientation problems when installing new drivers. I also have gotten a crash sometimes. If you get "TABLET NOT FOUND" There are two services that you need to restart in Windows.
TabletServiceWacom
and
WacomProfessionalTouchService
The HUD is no longer lagged and I have to wait a moment for the switching between wired and wireless mode. I had it crash in Sketchbook Pro 6.
Touch is much better in programs that have actually taken the time to utilize it vs the default. Painter 12 and Sketchbook Pro 6 work much better with it.
[EDIT - 6/19] There is a new driver on Wacom's site 6.3.2.w3 that will finally allow your Windows computer to sleep. I did run into the problem where the icons on my taskbar and start menu were broken but since fixed the icon cache.
[EDIT - 3/24] I finally got the wireless kit, which is an extra 40 dollar purchase, and there are some problems with it too. I placed it up top of my review since people haven't seen much on the wireless performance. When the wireless is installed on Windows 7 it causes the device to lose preferences and won't respond. If you go to hit your tablet preferences it will say "Driver not found" I had to go to the Services - TabletWacom and restart it. Then it launched with my preferences. It took more than 6 hours to charge. You'll often see the indicator saying it's at 97 percent. I finally got the "Charged" icon this morning. I plugged it in at 7pm last night and it's now 8:45 am the next day.
...Well I take that back a bit. Apparently when you plug the tablet back in to USB, it completely loses your preferences. What in the world? This is aggravating! It sometimes comes back, but it looks like I have to use my trackpad or mouse to get it to launch with the preferences again by opening the Wacom control Panel Preferences. It also looses my mapping orientation when navigating through touch. That completely defeats the purpose of this tablet being touch!
Some things I noticed. There seems to be less lag with the on screen popup and buttons in wireless mode than USB. Interesting... There is a problem with navigation in wireless mode it appears. When I have to full screen a document in programs, it stops navigating. I don't expect it to draw, but I see no reason why it should stop causing cursor movement. So sigh...frustration again.
So apparently when plugged in and I try to navigate through touch, this tablet looses my mapping preferences, so what am I supposed to do, flip the tablet around each time? This is ridiculous!
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I still have my Wacom Intuos3 6 x 8-Inch Pen Tablet and you can also see that I own the Wacom Intuos4 Large Pen Tablet. I have to say this is the first tablet that has me frustrated upon first impression. I love the Intuos line of tablets from Wacom, but I find while there are some improvements, there are some shortcomings that almost had me returning the tablet.
So many people want to know... "has the surface improved? Is it still a nib eating beast?"
Answer is yes. I actually find the surface worse than my intuos4. The intuos4 had a nice paper feel where it was a good comfortable sketchbook. This feels like you're using a quill pen on newsprint. It just feels a bit more irritating and rougher. I at first thought I was scratching the tablet when trying out the touch portion, but it was actually filing my fingernails. Here's a bigger thing to consider. This is a touch tablet, and if you scratch the surface be prepared to send the tablet back in for repair. There is no overlay sheet for this tablet though I have seen some surface protectors (not sure how it fares), the touch surface is integrated into the tablet. This is why you simply can't replace a scratched surface with an overlay sheet.
Have the USB ports improved. Answer, not certain. The medium tablet has one usb port, and when I used the cable with the tablet it still felt wiggly. So I do feel a bit of unease. I feel they took a step back with the ambidextrous setup the intuos4 had. I'm left handed, and their solution was "here's a clip on the side, make a loose loop" That just encourages a kink in the cable, and eventual break in the connection. I ended up just packing away the cable since it didn't seem to fit snug and replaced it with my AmazonBasics USB 2.0 A-Male to Mini-B Cable (6 Feet / 1.8 Meters) Sorry, but Wacom needs to really make better cables.
Gone are the OLEDs for the express keys and due to your personal preference this may be a good or bad thing. I actually liked the previous design and had fun with the OLEDs. The layout of the express keys are an improvement. I can understand why people didn't like the previous setup, I just didn't have an issue with it. I liked the hard surface vs the gel/rubber. Rubber has a tendency to dry out and crack over time. I hope this doesn't happen because the appearance isn't so bad. It also seems to like to show more greasy/oil stains where smudges are easier to wipe off other kinds of surfaces like the previous intuos. There are LEDs on the surface of the tablet now to tell you where the active area is. I do agree that this is an improvement for users who kept butting their stylus into the corners of the tablet. I didn't have the problem because the proportions of the tablet were always a bit smaller when in proportion to my monitors.
While the express keys are an improvement in layout, the touch ring and center button takes a step back. This touch ring is hard to get to respond. It seems that it's too sensitive to me touching the ring when I am pressing down on the center button to cycle through the settings. It lags and I tested my intuos4 on the same computer and don't have this problem. Absolute frustration! This may have to do with what makes the tablet so frustrating.
The touch is hit and miss for the express keys. If you have it on, sometimes the express keys lag like crazy. I haven't experienced crashes, but I can certainly see the lag. So much for "EXPRESS" keys if it's this slow to respond. It can be downright intolerable. If you barely touch the surface of where the express keys are sometimes you get a response of an on screen display of which buttons you're pressing. I'd be fascinated if it weren't so laggy.
The touch part which is what this tablet is about, is not so great. While I concede to having to adjust a bit when you have touch and you're trying to draw the lag bothers me greatly. I've been able to however, see some interesting gestures in action. I've been able to get the rotate gesture to work on Photoshop CS4, CS5 and CS6 (beta), Corel Painter 12, Art Rage Studio Pro. I couldn't get it to work on Open Canvas 1.1, Easy Paint Tool Sai and didn't appear to work on Sketchbook Pro 2011. So just know touch gestures are not a complete replacement for express keys because of limitations on not only software that will recognize it but the gestures themselves. Just to be clear it seems you can navigate fine as a trackpad, but the gestures are a bit buggy.
There is also a bug, as I'm a Windows7 user where as long as the tablet is plugged in regardless of wireless or USB, it will mess up your power functions and keep your monitor on. - This bug has been fixed since the 6.3.2.w3 driver update released Jun 14
I just can't seem to love this tablet like I have with my previous intuos I have purchased over the years.
I usually pride myself as a Wacom Fangirl, but not this time :/ I can't totally dismiss the tablet because I can see how an intuos user from models 3 and below can see a lot more improvement, but that's for the drawing. It's the touch part that is really interfering with the "professional" experience as well as the bad reaction time for the express keys and touch ring.
I'm sorry, but anyone who thinks I should be giving a five star review for a tablet that lags where it's supposed to function reasonably is crazy.
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