Wacom debuts pro-level pressure sensitive Intuos Creative Stylus for iPad
Wacom on Monday announced the Intuos Creative Stylus pressure-sensitive "digital pen" for iPad, which is designed to work in conjunction with supported apps to bring a more natural drawing experience to Apple's tablet lineup.
The Intuos Stylus has advanced Wacom pressure sensing technology built in, making dynamic sketching and drawing on the iPad more accurate and seamless than similar products currently available.
Compatible with the third and fourth generation iPad, as well as the iPad mini, Wacom's stylus connects via Bluetooth 4.0 and allows for pressure-sensitive input with intelligent palm rejection in supported apps. Wacom notes the Creative Stylus supports the company's latest Bamboo Paper app as well as Autodesk SketchBook Pro, ArtRage, ProCreate and Psykopaint.
While the digital pen isn't positioned to replace the company's Cintiq 13HD connected tablet, it does offer a number of features over a normal capacitive stylus. Most notable is a level of pressure sensitivity normally reserved for professional products. The Intuos Stylus can detect 2,048 pressure levels, identical to Wacom's Intuos and Cintiq product lines, allowing artists to vary the size and shape of drawn lines on the fly. In addition, Wacom says the stylus adds a "realistic pen-on-paper" feel.
There are already pressure sensitive digital pens made for iPad, such as Ten One Design's Pogo Connect and the Adonit Jot Touch, but Wacom's forthcoming stylus appears to have the highest number of recognizable pressure levels, suggesting a higher level of accuracy.
Wacom's Intuos Creative Stylus will first be offered by Best Buy in October for $99.
The Intuos Stylus has advanced Wacom pressure sensing technology built in, making dynamic sketching and drawing on the iPad more accurate and seamless than similar products currently available.
Compatible with the third and fourth generation iPad, as well as the iPad mini, Wacom's stylus connects via Bluetooth 4.0 and allows for pressure-sensitive input with intelligent palm rejection in supported apps. Wacom notes the Creative Stylus supports the company's latest Bamboo Paper app as well as Autodesk SketchBook Pro, ArtRage, ProCreate and Psykopaint.
While the digital pen isn't positioned to replace the company's Cintiq 13HD connected tablet, it does offer a number of features over a normal capacitive stylus. Most notable is a level of pressure sensitivity normally reserved for professional products. The Intuos Stylus can detect 2,048 pressure levels, identical to Wacom's Intuos and Cintiq product lines, allowing artists to vary the size and shape of drawn lines on the fly. In addition, Wacom says the stylus adds a "realistic pen-on-paper" feel.
There are already pressure sensitive digital pens made for iPad, such as Ten One Design's Pogo Connect and the Adonit Jot Touch, but Wacom's forthcoming stylus appears to have the highest number of recognizable pressure levels, suggesting a higher level of accuracy.
Wacom's Intuos Creative Stylus will first be offered by Best Buy in October for $99.
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Ooh. I may have to get one of these. Finally a proper stylus for a proper 'screen behind the touch surface' tablet.
Compatible with the third and fourth generation iPad…
And… I'll just stick with my Intuos 4 medium, I guess.
Will it work on PDFs/Pages/KN/Numbers -- e.g., being able to write on slides?
I love my Cintiq 22HD Touch. That said, Wacom just pushed me over the upgrade-from-the-ipad2 cliff. Been hanging on, but this is it. Might wait for the retina mini though.
Originally Posted by anantksundaram
Will it work on PDFs/Pages/KN/Numbers -- e.g., being able to write on slides?
If the software in question supports it, of course. Should work well in those cases. I don't see how this stylus could/would create a layer of special software injected into anything you could use to open a file.
Originally Posted by msimpson
Well at least someone can innovate. Too bad Apple can't recognize that there are a lot of people who would use a stylus with an iPad, just like they originally failed to recognize that people would play games on iPhones and iPad.
I dunno… this sounds a lot like total crap.
Oh, now I see iPad 3 and up. Hmmm. Maybe next year.
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Originally Posted by Tallest Skil
If the software in question supports it, of course. Should work well in those cases.
I am not following you here -- must be feeling a bit slow today!
When you say "should work well in those cases," do you mean it works well in the "cases" of PDF/KN/Pages/Numbers (to which I referred), or do you mean "the software in question [that] supports it" to which you refer (in which case, it would be a somewhat tautological statement).
For the pressure sensitivity to work the App developers will need to support their SDK. For example, the JaJa stylus is integrated with about 40 Apps for iOS and Android.
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Originally Posted by anantksundaram
I am not following you here -- must be feeling a bit slow today!
When you say "should work well in those cases," do you mean it works well in the "cases" of PDF/KN/Pages/Numbers (to which I referred), or do you mean "the software in question [that] supports it" to which you refer (in which case, it would be a somewhat tautological statement).
The pen will work across the entire operating system and with all apps - it will just appear as a finger touch... what may or may not be supported is the pressure sensitivity. The drawing apps mentioned in the article all connect to the pen over Bluetooth to detect the pressure of the pen at any given point in the drawing region.
They may have exchangeable nibs ?
There normal drawing pads do.
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Originally Posted by nikilok
They may have exchangeable nibs ?
There normal drawing pads do.
looks like they do have exchangeable knobs - but if x/y accuracy is limited by capacitive touch - then its no use for technical sketching - even with pressure. Bet oyu cannot easily and precisely extend a previously drawn line.
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Originally Posted by cornchip
Oh nice! Think I might have to go for this!
Oh, now I see iPad 3 and up. Hmmm. Maybe next year.
becuae its bluetooth 4.0 so only later iPads. BT4.0 is so much faster connecting, and better than BT2 or BT3
Yeah, my boss got that the other day, and I was pretty impressed. However, because it uses high frequency, the 3d printer will interfere with it and cause it to act irraticly. And as I work right next to the fab room the drills and grinders would probably fritz it out. Think ill just sell my 2 next year and get the latest and greatest and one of these wacoms. If they don't suck of course.
Yes, I get all that, thanks.
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Originally Posted by anantksundaram
Will it work on PDFs/Pages/KN/Numbers -- e.g., being able to write on slides?
Once the application is made aware of the stylus it will work on those apps. I have a strong hunch that we'll see a lot of announced apps that are aware of this stylus on Sep 10th. It's no accident that the stylus has just been announced today. LORD, over 2000 pressure levels!!
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Originally Posted by Right_said_fred
looks like they do have exchangeable knobs - but if x/y accuracy is limited by capacitive touch - then its no use for technical sketching - even with pressure. Bet oyu cannot easily and precisely extend a previously drawn line.
Most people can't do that with a Bic pen and a ruler.
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Originally Posted by msimpson
Well at least someone can innovate. [crap]
Too bad Apple can't recognize that there are a lot of people who would use a stylus with an iPad, just like they originally failed to recognize that people would play games on iPhones and iPad. [DOUBLE crap]
In the later Newton versions, digitizer support and handwriting recognition were actually pretty good. If Apple put half the effort they have into Siri they could add decent stylus and handwriting recognition in iOS and still maintain all the convenience using your fingers gives you when you are dealing with a small device like an iPhone. [Loooong winded crap]
Apple used to be about empowering people with tools to create, not just consume. [TOTAL crap]
Lately it does not seem that way. [pitiful crap... boo-hoo]
I have a Wacom tablet and look forward to seeing if this new stylus will help make the iPad a decent creative tool. [well, la-de-dah crap]
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The bigger problem is the fat rubber tip is flexible and deforms, so the pressure sensing is variable. see the video here:
http://blog.hex3.co/2013/07/sketch-test-pressure-sensitive-stylus-shootout-review/