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Wacom Intuos 4 Graphics Tablet video review

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The best just got considerably better. Wacom's Intuos 4 combines great looks, excellent ergonomics, impressive build quality and class-leading features into a whole that's as practically satisfying as it is aesthetically desirable. If you do a lot of photo editing or you're a digital artist, illustrator or designer, go out and beg, (permanently) borrow or buy the new Intuos right now. Read full review

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Ardjuna Seghers

By Ardjuna Seghers
Reviewed 31 July 2009
Updated 26 May 2011

Price as reviewed

£317.10

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Wacom Intuos 4 Graphics Tablet details

Value
8/10
Features
10/10
Design
10/10
Overall
10/10

Price as reviewed

£317.10

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Wacom

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4:57 AM on 31 July, 2009

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I'll second all that!


I got the medium sized one shortly after it was released and it is fantastic.


Doesn't make your skills any better alas but certainly lets you make the most of any you have ...and enjoy doing it!

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I will third that!!!

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9:59 AM on 31 July, 2009

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Great review, just a shame it's currently out of my budget.





However, will you please use the correct spelling of Matt, it is not Matte!!!!





Matt is a dull or flat finish


Matte is a mask to block out areas of film (as in Matte Painting, the crappy backdrops they use on low budget sci-fi films)

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11:15 AM on 31 July, 2009

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@ Lee Marshall: Both forms of spelling are, in fact, correct. Matte is more specific to masking and film, however, it is still applicable and therefore valid when referring to the finish of an object.





PS - I want one of these.

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12:49 PM on 31 July, 2009

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I've been using the M size for a few months now. I actually don't feel that PhotoShop (certainly up to CS2) really makes the best use of these tablets. For me the most compelling software to buy is AutoDesk Sketch Book Pro, it's a beautiful, fast sketching program that is ideal either for illustration or marking up screen grabs, something that I've found very useful when discussing product designs in conference settings. You get a limited licence for free with the tablet but as the full package is only a £90 download it's silly not to buy the fully featured version. It doesn't have the awful cursor lag of Corel's sketching programs (I'm using a very fast laptop with a Quadro FX3600 graphics card) and it's a lot more flexible.





Moving up from my old skiddy Graphire to the Intuos 4 was a massive step up in performance, the surface provides a very comfortable level of friction but it really does wear the felt nibs down like nobody's buisness. I'm very happy with my purchse, I would've loved to buy a Cintiq 21 (my client has a bunch of them) but at £1300 less (and a lot more portablity) I'm quite happy with my Intuos 4.

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1:02 PM on 31 July, 2009

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@Vivid:


Thanks for the interesting feedback.





As to your point about the Cintiq 21, the Intuos 4 is not only a lot cheaper but also offers a better surface, double the pressure sensitivity and other advantages. As mentioned in the review Cintiqs are still based on the same tech as found in the Intuos 3 :(

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2:57 PM on 31 July, 2009

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For U.S. readers please put the price in U.S. dollars for those who don't know the conversion rate.Also where,or if available in U.S.Thanks.

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4:11 PM on 31 July, 2009

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@ phred, I think TR wil start doing that when American sites starting doing it for UK readers as well. ;)

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4:37 PM on 31 July, 2009

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And for European readers, please put the price in Euros, for those who can't use any of the converters which are all over the internet.





...I don't think that's gonna happen, fred ;)

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Yeah now you know how it feels Pfred! Anyway my dashboard says the pre-VAT price translates to about $574.91.

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