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rramrram
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January 10, 2019
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pen tablet for digital drawing

  • January 10, 2019
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hi, this is my first post here, I'm a professional traditional illustrator and tattoo artist, have borrowed and tried an old Wacom Intuos and enjoyed it for almost a mounth now(mostly using Photoshop and Illustrator), so deciding to buy myself a Wacom Intuos Pro Medium then I also found some Huion display tablets for the same price range, I really liked my first digital pen experience with last gen intuos but if the Huion is anywhere close to that I'd easily compromise tiny bit of quality for having a display

so my question is how does the drawing experience compare between the two? (regardless of the display) would appreciate if you go into some details

and also which Huion has the best pen experience and closet feel to traditional illustrating?

or maybe anything else under 1000 usd?

thanks

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lvartist
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January 10, 2019

I work professionally as an artist.  Now on my 4th tablet.  The first 2 were Wacoms.  Last 2 Huion (610 pro version 1 and now 610 pro version 2).  Thousands of hours using the Wacoms and the Huions.  The 610 Pro v2 was $64.  Great value.  Works perfectly.  Sensational sensitivity.  Would never consider Wacom unless it became price competitive relative to the Huion.

If you read the various forums you will find more complaints about driver issues with the Wacoms.  Any issues with the Huion are likely to be operator error issues. 

Read the reviews on Amazon about the Huion tablets.  Be sure to read the 610 pro reviews.

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    Lee_SK
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    January 10, 2019

    i've never used a Hion yet but I've seen great reviews on youtube about them, especially for their price range.

    if you're going for a display tablet here's few things you have to keep in mind.

    compared to the 'normal' tablets (that is without a screen like intuos) these will suffer from lag. Lag tolerance various between each individual, some are ok with it, others not.

    also there's parallax concern. This comes from the thickness of the glass of the display. the thicker it is, the wider will be the gap between your pen and the actual cross hair in the drawing application. It get worse in the corners with larger displays like the over 25inches one (tho it can be "fixed" with calibration).

    Lastly you might also think about the extra wiring you will have since you'll have extra cables for the power supply, hdmi input, and usb, vs just usb cable for intuos.

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      rramrramAuthor
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      January 10, 2019

      wow thanks, I use it on my desktop setup so the cables are no problem, but the parallex sounds concerning, cant find reviews mentioning the extent of that anywhere been watching reviews on Huion for an hour and every single one is a sponsored/unprofessional review. on another note I cant find a store to try Huion first hand, what is this huge price gap for? with similar size and specs Wacom comes %300 the price, where exactly does Huion lack?

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      Lee_SK
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      January 10, 2019

      most probably it boils down to 2 things, branding and quality. Also one is Chinese the other one Japanese hence the price gap.

      Don't be much concerned about the parallax as you will get used to it aswell, but keep in mind that whichever tablet you get you will never ever get the same feel of traditional drawing. Just treat it as a different medium. I myself draw aswell, and I have a couple of Cintiqs, but no matter what software and pens I use, its still light year away. I also got pen nibs which are a bit coarse to create more friction to mimic pencil. It helps, yet far away.

      Just them as a different medium and you'll be fine

      back to parallax concern can't you help much more sorry

      joanH
      joanH
      Inspiring
      January 10, 2019

      Hi, rramrram, I am a lifetime classically trained artist. I have had years of using the paper and pen but I loved the marriage of Photoshop and Wacom. I discovered Wacom years ago when I attended a workshop sponsored by Wacom and Adobe Photoshop Professionals. From my 8X8 tablet, I have moved to the wonder-filled Wacom Intuos Pro and am happy to say it was an easy transition and the tablet-pen - it never failed once and neither did the company. Sure, try some new stuff but remember who loves ya. I have even called the Wacom corp. office in Washington State for my inside information and help. The District Sales Manager became a friend. Best of luck, JH

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        rramrramAuthor
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        January 10, 2019

        I know I have only tried the Intous for a month and didn't expect it to be this much fun and natural I was indeed surprised, but as a man whos been inking since 3 years old I think a display would use more of the imprinted traditional experience in me, have you ever tried drawing on a display? does the display glass take away from the intous natural feeling?

        JJMack
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        JJMackCommunity Expert
        Community Expert
        January 10, 2019

        If you use any old perpetual Photoshop or Creative cloud CS6 version of Photoshop.  Make sure you can configure a huion tablet to use Wintab API for Photoshop Pen support if you use windows.  These old versions of Photoshop do not support Windows INK Api for pen support.    If you use only CC version of Photoshop they will use Windows INK API for pen support by dedault  I would also expect the Huion tablet to use Window INK API for pen support also.   I do not have a Huion tables so know nothing avbout their device support.

        I install CS6 on my worstations so I configure may Wacom Intuios not to use Windows INK api with Photoshop and I configure CC versions of Photoshop not to use Windows INK API.

        So All application and the Wacom Intuos uses Windows INK API for Pen interface Support.   However when Photoshop is running  Photoshop and the Wacon Tablet use the WinTab  API to interface for pen support.

        JJMack
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        rramrramAuthor
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        January 10, 2019

        thanks, Ive already turned off Photoshop and Illustrator from windows settings and use the in app brush pen setting for each, saw someone do it few days back and it was really helpful, I'd appreciate more professional tips like this one, thank you

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        Anonymous
        January 10, 2019

        Hi

        Found this thread over on Reddit might be worth a read

        Wacom vs. Huion : wacom

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