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About Wacom

About Wacom. Wacom is the leading brand in graphics tablets and related equipment. They convert pen motion and pressure for digital use, so you can draw more naturally on programs like Photoshop, Corel Painter, Sai, etc. It’s like another medium, but instead of pencil or paint you draw in pixels.

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About Wacom

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  1. About Wacom • Wacom is the leading brand in graphics tablets and related equipment. They convert pen motion and pressure for digital use, so you can draw more naturally on programs like Photoshop, Corel Painter, Sai, etc. It’s like another medium, but instead of pencil or paint you draw in pixels. • Wacom wants to make the world more creative, and they intend to equip you with the tools you need to express yourself. Their mission is to inspire people and to spread the creativity.

  2. Uses for Wacom • So much of our lives involve design, art, and graphics – we just don’t think about it. Wacom allows you to showcase concepts for video games, movies, book covers, graphic design, and so much more. It is also possible to enhance photos with Wacom, and to create 3D film and animation. You can think of artist tablets as digital paper, it’s just another way to express your creativity, to create or alter art and photographs. • Wacom is used by hobbyists and professionals alike, to create amazing works of art.

  3. Products

  4. Products • Wacom carries a wide variety of products. The three main tablet brands they stock are Bamboo, Intuos, and Cintiq. They also carry a large selection of digital pens (styluses), including Inkling, and Intuos Creative Stylus. Wacom stocks cases, keyboards, nibs/refills, mice, and other accessories for your digital art. Some Examples of art Using Cintiq

  5. Bamboo • The Bamboo is described as Wacom’s everyday tablet. It allows you to work on your computer more naturally, with a touch pad that uses a digital stylus. The Bamboo is Wacom’s most affordable tablet, with the example here costing $49. The tablet is easy to use, easy to set up, and a great option for the entire family. • Bamboo also offers a wide variety of styluses, like the Bamboo stylus mini, and the Bamboo stylus alpha.

  6. Intuos • The next step up from the Bamboo, the Intuos is used by professionals and hobbyist’ to create more refined art, at the professional level. • Intuos comes with 2048 levels of pen pressure, giving you the range and feel of traditional art. You can pan, zoom, and navigate on the multi-touch surface that also lets you create your own shortcuts. • The medium Intuos Pro is a versatile size, with a good size work space, but still fits into most computer bags. This tablet also comes with a wireless feature . • Products for sale on wacom.com include the Intuos Pen, Intuos Pen & Touch, Intuos Manga, Intuos Pro, Intuos Pro Special Edition, and the Intuos Creative Stylus.

  7. Cintiq • Wacom’s most precise tablet, the Cintiq 22HD (an example of one of the Cintiq’s) comes with 2048 levels of pen pressure, and a tilt-sensitive pen. It can capture even the slightest details, with the accuracy and precision of traditional media. • This tablet allows you to draw in landscape and portrait, and angles easily so you can work in maximum comfort. • There are 16 customizable keys for you to create your own shortcuts, to make navigating much easier. • The models available on the Wacom website are the Cintiq 13HD, Cintiq Companion Family, Cintiq Hybrid, Cintiq 22/24HD and the Cintiq 22/24 HD Touch.

  8. Styluses and Other Equipment • Wacom stocks a variety of tools and accessories you may want for your digital art • They carry Inkling pens (shown here). These pens cost $99, and allow you to sketch on any regular piece of paper (like sketch paper). They then will capture all of your movements on to your computer, and the files are then saved to Sketchbook Pro or Sketchbook Designer. • Wacom also sells wireless devices, pens, keyboards, nibs & ink refills, cables & power adapters, mice, surface sheets & glare reduction, and a variety of other merchandise.

  9. Examples of Wacom art This is an example of an add for Nespresso that was made using a Wacom Cintiq

  10. Art Created with Wacom Art Created with Intuos4

  11. Art made using Cintiq and Intuos

  12. Video Links • Link to the YouTube video for the Cintiq 13HD • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=najTA3Dyamk • Link for the Intuos Pro Pen & Touch, medium size • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=neQECDMU1jE#t=73

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