Can anyone help me choosing a pen tablet. I find it very hard to choose a final one allways backing out, like I would want one (beginner level here) with buttons, doesn't need to be a lot, and proper handling but not more than 100 bucks and tho I find a few I am very unsure to choose a final one.

One thing I hate about my Wacom One is it's USB-C port L-shaped cable only works in one orientation (to the left)

I'm fortunate enough to have a free HDMI port and two free USB ports, so I keep them permanently plugged into the motherboard and route the 3-in-1 USB-C end in a way that I just need to reach over and plug it into my tablet once the monitor arm is swung into place from the stowed to the usable location. If you're doing the opposite and keep the display plugged in but need to always plug into the motherboard, consider this method if it's more convenient. A bit cumbersome compared to just plugging one USB-A like with a pen tablet, but it is what it is.

Do you know how to install the driver of two tablets? I have a Wacom bamboo CTH470L and a Wacom One 13 and I can't install both at the same time looks like there is a driver conflict with old devices...

I love this open Q&A! This has my attention, and I appreciate the way you communicate with those that are watching. 7 out of 5 stars!

My friend scratched the hell out of his Wacom Cintiq 16 Pro to the point it's unusable. I have no idea how he managed to do it...

Great information! once again, this is so interesting and informative. Thank you.

L"Innovation géniale pour Wacom (et pour toutes les autres marques) serait d'avoir "un apple pencil pro" avec un meilleur niveau de pression (même si je sais maintenant, grace à vous, que ce n'est pas le plus important, mais avoir une pression légère plus stable)! En fait d'avoir un ipad de 19 pouces... Voila ce que j'aimerai en fait!

Invoking The Brad's Glove Dance (TM) .... The audacity...! Nah, am sure Brad loves this.... :D 🤣😆

Nice to finally put a face to the voice!

"Wa" in Japanese is harmony. "Com" is computer, thus harmony with the computer. Thus pronounced as Wa-com.

Hopefully excited to see the 16 inch for the gen 3.

After 20 minutes of searching, I finally found a vidya that answers my question

i have a friend who keeps calling it "WeCum" i hate him

Way-Com is how I pronounce them

/WAH-kom/ is already correct for an English speaker; no need to change anything. The Japanese guy's pronunciation was only his accent and it's not necessary to follow that. ワコム (wakomu) is just the Japanese name because there's no standalone "M" in their language. It's like following the Japanese pronunciation of McDonald's マクドナルド (makudonarudo) when we don't have to.

Hi man, wish you're always well. Please help me out! I'm about to lose my mind over this Wacom Intuos Pro issue. I'm planning to upgrade from my 8-year-old Wacom Intuos Art to either a used Wacom Intuos Pro or regular Intuos. I want Pro pen 2 so bad, but I'm concerned about the texture. Did Wacom intend "Pro" to mean applying minimal pressure as possible? like we do sketch with a real pencil? I want to buy smooth texture, but it's only available on eBay at outrageous prices, almost equal to a brand new Intuos medium (2018). Considering a metal pen, will the IAF (Initial Activation Force) be bothersome? Does it drastically affect accuracy? Though potentially permanent, smooth texture costs more than a brand new Pro Pen 2. Please give me your advice

I do appreciate researches like this and often do the same.

Wacom[u] vraiment drôle !

I hear for 20+ times on English video that it sound like "Wacum" to me :P

all my life, i didnt know wacom is a japanese company. lol

At least Wacom and the way most people pronounce it is pretty similar in Japanese and English. Huion's (I usually hear people say hoo-ee on) actual name (绘王 in Chinese) is Hui Wang (hway Wong, which means Draw/paint King). It is not similar to the English at all

There is a misspel in the thumbnail. I don't know if it is intentional.

The reason is that there is no standalone 'm' sound in Japanese, so it's transformed into a 'mu' sound

Wacom, just like how it's read in Spanish

Wacomoo, then.

I did enjoy it ^_^

So pacman likes wacom

one nice thing about this being the *last* tablet of this size is that they should support it longer being that their not replacing its functionality with a new model.

Wacom ctl 672 vs xp pen deco v2 which one will be better for note taking purpose.

How do I do this with an android tablet? I just got an XP-PEN Deco 01 V2 (using on a Xiaomi Pad 6) and the pen distortion is pretty bad :( I tried, and there seems to be no settings I can use to fix it at all

I'm very happy that the initial activation force discussion has gained a lot of ground with reviewers, I think what is seldom mentioned in testing is pen button testing. By that I mean: -Does the driver support click & tap over hover click -Can the pen detect a button hold while out of the sensing range going into the sensing range -How does the button press out of range behave once it goes into range while held -How does the drier behave when the button hold goes in and out multiple times in respect to click & tap and hover click?

Great content as always! A suggestion for a topic for future live streams or videos: **Recommendations for supports and articulated arms!**

Wow! Congrats on your amazing new live streaming setup. It's great! I can't wait to see your next reviews now that you can show the products in use in videos!

Great Video!

I could not catch this one, but will watch it later (the magic of the internet).

What's one tablet you would recommend for 600$? For drawing ofc also if you don't mind me asking where are you from?

What have XP Pen done wrong with the Pro gen2 line if in between they released 22 plus (non Pro) that has really good tilt compensation in comparison. 🤷‍♂ I do like how smooth lines are on the Pro 24 gen2 though, there's almost zero wobble.

I’m not sure if this was asked during the Live, but how do you uninstall a tablet driver and make sure it’s completely wiped off on Windows?

Excellent live! I hope to be able to attend the next ones. :)

as for Huion, I don't like that their driver only allow switching screen display via a pen button. The app allows to add a shortcut key, but the shortcut NEVER works. I got the mini keypad thinking I could program a key for that as not waste a pen button... nope. shortcut will not translate. so, my issue with Huion (although, I love their tablets) is that communicating whti them is very difficult and definably - not fluid

I love your information here! Thank you. I have a Huion Kamvas RDS-220 it's a 1440 pen display. It's been a workhorse for me. I got it at B&H, with that being said, I think I want tough for zoom, pan and rotate. Do you think Huion will release a 22 or 24 Pro with touch? 27 is sooo big (currently considering) and 19 is too small for my daily production needs.

The pros and cons comparison table for pen tablets and pen displays at 0:59 is *absolutely brilliant* (and I agree with all that). Owning (and having trained with pen tablets so long that now hand-screen coordination is second nature for my +50 yrs old brain (it wasn't so, for _years_ !)) an Intuos Pro L, older Intuos 4 Pro XL (still main tool, since 2009, only replaced the pen once, and was it electronically going the way of the dodo, not breaking, and each nib lasts me years), old Huion Inspiroy (never use it, tho, I think I got a terrible model, it happens with any brand), and a Huion Kamvas 22 pen display (kindda works, not great pen accuracy neither color), and... some others stored for nostalgic reasons (Wacom 1!! And a Kurta) I think all those statements are extremely accurate. The merely two "pros" of the "pen displays" are only two, but not counting on those with pen-tablets is a barrier for a lot of people, hard to overcome. Still, those who trained the coordination, live *happily ever after* (and cheaply ;)), like in the tales, and as an extra "prize", end up handling pen-displays better than anyone (also helps traditional drawing/inking pulse, imo). But... I don't judge anyone who skips pen-tablets. Artists' life has become hard enough, lately... Besides all that, I'm happy that I don't get back & neck pains anymore, and can do art without being so close to a screen (I've worked some time with pen displays and standalone tablets, plus I have a Samsung S7 FE tablet and just a 1 hour session hurts, and it's harder on my eyes) The one thing I don't fully align with (yet, I can see the point for a large number of users) is the best pen tablet size... I'd say Medium (while yep, medium means quite a smaller size in Wacom than say, in Huion or XPPen) is great for painting (digital painting, oils, acrylics, watercolors or just any digital brushes), but for steady, accurate inking (without using line stabilizing/smoothing, to keep fresh line expression), long lines without wobble, that lay down as you want them in a first try, I'd say XL or L from Wacom are ideal, while those also are great for painting. Then again, I would not publicly recommend to the masses a pen tablet like mine which covers an entire desktop, people don't have that kind of desktop tables, or get super non comfy with such a bulky device (and yet I think it's the W. L is the very best for several specific tasks). It's also super dependent on the task at hand, on if one is super specialized in only one profile, or one has to do a bit of everything. For pixel art, an L is an overkill, and can get in the way, as an easy and fast access to a keyboard (key shortcuts are essential, be it in PS or any pixel art specialized app) is more important. A "medium" (and in some cases, even small) would be probably better (I earned a salary as a pixel artist, too). But I do pixel art perfectly on the XL and L. Photographic retouch depends a ton more on low initial force, great pressure sensitivity, and much less on line accuracy. So, a Wacom Medium does rock as best option, for this (an L even better, but not essential except at higher levels). So, any tablet champion in that, medium size, rocks for photo retouch, if that's the only thing you're gonna do (and digital painting, but little to no inking. or Inking, but with heavy smoothing/stabilization feature ON). Many 2D animators seem happy with 16" pen displays (haven't seen as many with pen tablets). But many of those are doing motion graphics for social media or even full animated series for the web, or ads. I kind of see actual pros more opting for 22, 24, 27 (etc) pen displays. For pen displays... I personally find 22" quite good yet a bit small, being 24" (27 also, yet, too expensive in every brand out there) ideal for me. But seen many students super happy with 16. I'd say professionals are the ones often realizing 24 and greater is the way to go. So it's a journey, with its steps, like life. Some students will start loving 22" as their first tablet, and I'm very happy for them. For some one learning, my Kamvas 22 is kind of Ok, I'd prefer it to a 16. One huge tip for beginners, specially comic artists who happen to have to ink their own comics (specially if coming from traditional, like I did) : Pen tablets are cheap, I know, and many of you will have no other option than to buy a cheapo XPPen tablet (like a deco 02 v2, or deco 03, deco pro medium, etc). The trick is using line stabilization, feature present now in most softwares. Not ideal for pro work, but the *KEY* is if you try to go reducing the strength of it (every x days, for example), diminishing it's effect (each time using less and less of it (slider to the left)), your hand will get more and more trained to adjust to the pen tablets behavior. At one point (happened to me, took me years, tho, some people are much faster in that adaptation) you see yourself with no need of the feature, at all. Typically it will help you to get a fantastic pulse, also when doing something non digital (with a pen or brush). Also, a word of encouragement: Do not worry at all if your ("you" as someone starting) experience is frustrating with a pen tablet. Go realize how you have a much better pulse with a classic pencil and a piece of paper (yeah, go test it. Right now. It's an order). It's just a deficiency of technology, or better said, that human hands (and brains) are magnificent, and we are not aware enough of that. It's hard to replicate all that accuracy in a device. You are very good at it already, just gotta adapt to the electronic device's limitations. Its "ways". PD : You ("you" as the creator of this video) own 77 tablets??? WOAH. Kudos! I might have purchased like 20 or so, maybe not reaching 20, in my entire life (well, since '91, the Kurta, a Summagraphics, and a Genius, I think I remember I started with those. Then, the revolution: The proportion ratio on screen could start to be controlled, finally, with the outstanding Wacom 1 (not called Wacom 1, tho)).

Started with a Veikk 2200 Pro cuz it was a steal at around $200 for a used 22" drawing display but a few months later had driver issues and the display was no longer recognized and nobody on Reddit had a solution for months. Definitely not worth buying from cheaper brands since you never know when something could go wrong and be left stranded.

Only started watching around a month ago when i was looking up what my first drawing tablet should be but i gotta say I LOVE this style of video. Your commentary and this presentation style with notes on the screen really makes the information easy to take in. This is easily my favorite channel for drawing tablets and even after buying my first drawing tablet (Kamvas 13 gen 3) I still keep watching the new vids just because of how good they are. Keep it up dude👍

Any issues/annoyances with the drivers with this newer generation? I recently switched from a Wacom Cintiq to a HUION Pro 24 4k (GT2401). While I do miss the lower initial activation force, the bigger issue I've faced is with the drivers. Wacom's drivers were pretty much install once, they work and are pretty much out of your way. With the Huion, it takes more time to load up. Sometimes they don't startup properly and I have to restart the drivers or disconnect and reconnect. It's been such a pain that I'm thinking of returning it while I'm still within my return window. I've uninstalled the wacom drivers and have a computer with pretty good specs, so not sure if this is just my machine or a huion drivers thing. Thinking of going either for an XpPen or waiting until Huion release a newer 24 or 22 gen and hope the driver situation is better. What worries me about going with an XpPen is the line wobble you mentioned on another video. I might even go down a size, but I think 16" @2k would be the min for me. Curious to hear anyone's experience or thoughts on this.

I was always curious about the "other brands" as far as if there are any "diamonds in the rough" or hidden gems at lower prices, but it is risky purchasing one.

I often here from artists that tablets are better than displays from ergonomics and posture point... Does ergo arm mount make a big difference? I never had a chance to test cintiq on arm mount for a long time, but having it on stand and looking down on it is really not so great for neck.

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