It came in a good time actually, with double the Pressure Sensitivity.
But it’s gonna be 2048 pressure levels, double of any Intuos3 series.
Not much point in buying this if you already have intuos 3 , hopefuly their putting money into making thinner LED or OLED version of their Cintiqs
I wouldn’t mind a wireless tablet. That would be nice, assuming it worked well.
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balls. they put all the controls on the left side of the tablet! as a lefty, i almost only use the right side buttons. i hope they are mirrored on both sides. the wheel is cool. but really just the same as the sliders on the intuos3. i would like to see a lot more hotkeys. keyboards suck :td:
the symmetrical layout of the buttons makes me wonder if you can flip it around for left handed use
Question: Windows 7 will support “multi-touch” input devices. Will that affect how tablets are used?
I’m actually thinking the same way, if the improvement comparing with the Intuos3 is not justifiable, I see no reason to go with the Series 4. However, the Intuos3 series has been in the market for 4 years already and I believe they will bring some new technology in and enhancements. So, I expect a price range to go within $400 to $600. I doubt that it will be less than that since Cintiq 12WX is costing $970
OLED Cintiqs!! PLEASE!!!
Something with one (thin) cord (nxt gen FW or USB), that doesn’t weigh 40lbs and require an entire desk.
The cintiq 21 reminded me of the old sony 24" CRTs… something like a mini-fridge on your desk.
Since I will be using it mainly for sculpting in Zbrush.
My only question is if I should get the small 4 x 6 one or the medium one. I won’t be doing big strokes, but mainly for sculpting and painting skin pores and things alike.
Will the 6.2 x 3.9 in be enough or will I need a medium size 8.8 x 5.5 in? Any recommendation from people who does that type of work is appreciated.
@ mdale13:
The Intuos4 is actually rotatable, so that it doesn’t matter if you are left or right handed. On the Intuos3 half of the express keys were always on the wrong side so I see this as a substancial improvement.
If you hate the keyboard (I’m also not a fan of complex 3-key-shortcuts) you might be interested in Intuos4’s new radial menue, which works kind of like the Maya Hotbox. You can assign 8 Shortcuts which appear around your brush tip when activated. Every Short cut can also be programmed to open a new menue of 8 choices, so that whith a little training you have very quick and intuitive access to 64 shortcuts. And if that’s not enough, just add another level of menues…
And don’t underestimate the new Touch Wheel. It is in fact an improvement over the Touch Strip because you do not have to reset your finger to the top when you scrolled to the strip’s end. When Intuos3 came out, I started to use the Touch Strip but I abandoned it because when scolling longer documents, the resetting of the finger got annoying. The new Touch Wheel lets you scroll without boundary and you have 4 different functions which you can switch via the middle button of the wheel. You can adjust the speed of every scrool function seperately in the driver (you might want to have a faster scrolling in the web browser and slower and more controlled scrolling when rotating the canvas or adjusting brush size e.g.).
@ Super Glitcher
It sounds like you are talking of the Cintiq 12 WX. It has one long cord, is the size of a sketchpad and it’s very light weight. It can be used with the integrated stand or flat on the table (or lab). Have a look: http://www.wacom.com/cintiq/cintiq-12wx.php
Concerning reasons to upgrade I personally have some favorite improvements that, for me, justify the step to the next generation:
- The housing is much more robust that the Intuos3’s. Intuos3 with it’s layers of material made squeeky noises after some weeks of heavy use. Intuos4 is like a monolith and feels stable und sturdy.
- The pressure sensor was rebuilt. Intuos3 had 11g activation weight while Intuos4 has only 1g. That together with the 2048 pressure levels create more control and a smoother toouch especially in the lower pressure regions.
- The new surface of the Intuos4 (inspired by the Bamboo’s) has much more grip. Together with the felttip, drawing now actually feels like drawing.
- I like the nip compartment in the pen stand and just love the colored rings you can screw onto the pen. Sometimes it’s the little things… ;)
As an experience user, what would be your recommendation, the Intuos 4 Small or Medium size? I am thinking to get one but mainly for Zbrush use and characters work, to paint, to draw the skin pores, to sculpt the muscles volume and so on. Any advise is welcome. Thank you.
Have a Intuos 2 -A4 oversize. Would you guys recommend a Intous 4 instead and I have the same question as cgicore: small or medium. Think I will go for medium if I upgrade since the larger tablets are a waste of space…
I had an A4 for many years and then got an A5 and wondered why I hadn’t switched earlier. I am actually producing better work now with the smaller tablet and am enjoying it more (was difficult finding space on my work surface for the A4).
I have always worked on an A4 tablet since 1999. I chose the big size because I’m working with two displays and want to access both with the tablet. The screenspace is projected proportionally to the tablet, meaning that the both 4:3 screen spaces add up to one 8:3 strip on the upper half of the tablet. That means that I’m effectively using only one forth of the A4 tablet (which equals A6) for every screen and the lower half is completely unused. Considering that, I would say that even A6 is big enough if you work on one single screen.
When the widescreen formats of Intuos 3 were introduced I encountered, that an A5 Wide tablet would be the ideal solution to my dual monitor setup. I wasn’t using the lower half of the A4 anyway and the widescreen format worked towards my 8:4 screen space.
That’s one of the reasons why I now chose an Intuos 4 Medium. It features enough space even for dual monitors and would work perfectly with a single widescreen monitor (which would be a good alternative for me instead of using two 4:3s). Additionally, it’s just small enough to pack it together with a notebook computer, which becomes more and more an option as performance even on the cheaper machines becomes better.
So, to put it in a nutshell, I would recommend the Intuos 4 Medium to most users.
Thank you for the answers regarding which size to choose. Medium sized seems to be the one then 
Great. Theyre probably going to discontinue all their replacement support for Intuos 3 now. Better stock up on replacement plastic overlays. Im sure the new ones are just different enough to be incompatible, and my 9x 12 intuos 3 doesnt need replacing any time soon.
Wacom is pretty good about keeping overlays for old tablets in stock. I just bought one for my Intuos2 4x5" tablet which has been out of production for years.
It must vary by size then, because when i called them a couple years ago for a new overlay for my 6x8 intuous 2, they suggested I go to the store and buy a piece of vellum and use an exacto knife to cut it as close as I could.
And now Ive got an even more expensive 9x12 Inutos 3 which wont need to be replaced any time soon, so ill be stocking up.
Thanks for your recomment.
I think Intuos 4 medium is good.