{"id":2475,"date":"2012-03-01T03:02:09","date_gmt":"2012-03-01T08:02:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/aboutrc.com\/?p=2475"},"modified":"2012-03-01T03:02:09","modified_gmt":"2012-03-01T08:02:09","slug":"hands-on-with-the-wacom-intuos5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aboutrc.com\/?p=2475","title":{"rendered":"Hands on with the Wacom Intuos5"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Tonight, Wacom has taken their tablets into the next level \u2013 one that I think yields awesome results: The Intuos5. We\u2019re equally as excited to say that Wes Maggio from Wacom will be hosting a special episode of Photoshop User TV with us tomorrow at 4PM EST at http:\/\/kelbytv.com\/onair . What\u2019s even cooler is that we\u2019re giving away an Intuos5 tablet on the show! Tune in for the details. <\/p>\n

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About the Intuos5<\/strong>
\nWe\u2019re very fortunate here at NAPP to have had a chance to play with these tablets for some time now. Have to say that the changes that they\u2019ve made to the tablet are really cool \u2013 definitely tweaks that users will definitely appreciate. <\/p>\n

Matte Finish: <\/strong>
\nI loved the shiny details of the Intuos4, but one of the drawbacks for me was just how smudgy the tablet got. Shiny plastic just attracted it. In the Intuos5, the shiny plastic was replaced with a Matte finish that feels as if it had a super think rubber coating. The feel is great, less prone to smudging, and just feels solid. <\/p>\n

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\nNo Display On the ExpressKeys:<\/strong>
\nThe Intuos4 had these displays to the right of the ExpressKeys that would let you see what commands you had assigned to them. The problem with this is that when you\u2019re working on an image, you don\u2019t really want to take your eye off the screen and look down to see what the button you\u2019re about to push does. <\/p>\n

With the Intuos5, the buttons have been removed- but the functionality is there. Simply place your finger over one of the ExpressKeys ever so lightly, and in just a little bit you\u2019ll see a heads up display on your screen telling you what the ExpressKeys do. Nice little touch that lets you totally keep your eye on what you\u2019re working on. <\/p>\n

The Pen:<\/strong>
\n2048 Levels of pressure, 60 degrees of Pen tilt \u2013 Yum. <\/p>\n

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\nMultitouch!!<\/strong>
\nThe great thing for me on this is the inclusion of Multitouch for both Windows and Mac. I\u2019ve always been a big user of the Intuos4 Mouse. Having to split my time between web stuff and Photoshop, I found that using their mouse was the best of both worlds. <\/p>\n

With having multitouch on it, I can finally say that I\u2019ve ditched the mouse! All of the gestures are automatically read on the OS (in my case, using the mac), and work very well. Its like having a way big trackpad now. I plug into an external monitor, so I\u2019ve missed the trackpad. Now I have it back.. and i\u2019m digging it. <\/p>\n

What\u2019s even better is that you can customize gestures in applications to make it do something that you need. Here\u2019s a great example. In Lightroom \u2013 want to open an image in Photoshop? Customize a Four finger swipe down and have it open in Photoshop. Sweet. <\/p>\n

Wireless Connectivity in a Kit
\nAll of the Wacom tablets can be made wireless now with the addition of a Wireless Connection Kit. Get that and you can install it into your Intuos5 tablet. Bam. Wireless. Another thing that I\u2019m digging. Using RF makes it feel pretty cool too. <\/p>\n

For more information make sure you visit http:\/\/www.wacom.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tonight, Wacom has taken their tablets into the next level \u2013 one that I think yields awesome results:…","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"csco_singular_sidebar":"","csco_page_header_type":"","csco_page_load_nextpost":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-2475","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-blog","7":"cs-entry"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aboutrc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2475"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aboutrc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aboutrc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aboutrc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aboutrc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2475"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/aboutrc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2475\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2488,"href":"https:\/\/aboutrc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2475\/revisions\/2488"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aboutrc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2475"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aboutrc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2475"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aboutrc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2475"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}