#wacom cintiq 13hd

stripedturtlenecksweater:

Specifically, those who have used Wacom’s Cintiq 13hd. I wanted to know if you think it’s worth getting it now that the Cintiq pro is out. Becuase the pro is so goddamn expensive I was looking at 13HD since it’s gotten a lot cheaper now. I was wondering if the changes between each product are worth enough to buy the pro or to just go with the 13HD. It’s a big purchase for me and I want to know if I’m getting my money’s worth. Any little bit of information would help!

Maybe my answer helps others in a similar situation too, so I’ll just put this here!
(also the comment’s character limit cannot handle me, turned out I had more to say than I originally planned)

Anyway, my low-quality diet-review starts under the cut!

I bought Wacom’s Cintiq 13HD to accompany my cintiq 22HD few months ago, mainly to help with my anxiety (so I don’t need to be tied to my working area and can work with a comfortable, smaller space), and I absolutely LOVE it. After calibrating the pen for your viewing angle there’s pretty much no noticeable parallax (with 22HD you could clearly see it, so it might be just me comparing it to that) and though its 2048 pressure sensitivity is not pro’s 8192, it’s still more than enough and won’t affect the quality of your work in any way. There’s only so much pressure a human eye can see.

The pro pen in 13HD has very natural tilt and it needs no batteries or recharging, just like the pro pen 2, and as so, it’s pretty light. I didn’t find any noticeable differences between the two pens, but then again, I haven’t actually tested the pro pen 2. Either way, 13HD’s pen feels great.

Also, like with all wacoms, 13HD’s surface has some paper-like resistance, which as a drawing tablet is extremely great. Though I’m pretty sure that 13 pro (as a Wacom) has that too, I think it’s necessary to mention how good and comfortable it feels to draw on a surface like that.

I’m gonna also mention that there’s no lag, and if there is, it’s because I’m running 30 other programs with a laptop that can handle only so much. Something that I bet is the same with 13 pro too, but you know, I think it’s still worth to mention as these are usually very important things when it comes to digital drawing.

You still have to plug 13HD into HDMI and USB ports and into a power socket (it is called power socket right), but you will get a nice all-in-one cable that is very easy to use. Completely opposite to the cable storm of the cintiq 22HD, so that’s nice. Not sure how handy it is to drag 13HD into a coffee shop or some another similar public place every day though, as you still have to find a wall to plug it in and open your computer and all that jazz, but it’s perfect enough if you like to move around in your house (or even your friend’s or relative’s house) and probably even in school, where no one is gonna mind you and your personal art studio somewhere in the corner.

Cintiq 13HD has 16.7 million colors, which I think is not quite as much as with the pro versions (couldn’t find any direct color comparison, but the pro has 87% of adobe RGB) but once again, there’s only so much a human eye can see and it’s just perfect enough for my color-loving use. There doesn’t seem to be any noticeable difference between colors in pro13 and 13HD either way.

One of the only complaints I have is that light skin colors seem slightly more reddish on my 13HD than on my computer screen, but since my 22HD has the same problem and no one on the internet seems to complain about it I’m assuming that it’s just my pc and not Wacom’s fault. If it happens to you too though, there is some color calibrating programs that can fix it and you can always check the result on your computer screen.

I really love the keys at the side of 13HD as using them makes the work a bit faster, and if you happen to be leftie, you can always flip the thing around so the keys appear at your right side and then just set that exact screen to appear upside down from your computer’s settings. You can also customize the keys.

Either way, since it’s Wacom we are talking about, I think you are gonna love your new device no matter which one it ends up to be. Cintiq 13HD is perfect for my use (and for my wallet), and there’s not really anything I would complain about it.

This is just my own personal experience of course, but either way, I hope my rambling was somewhat helpful to you or anyone else!