want to improve wacom intuos?
polycounter
If you have ideas how to improve workflow with an intuos, or if you have an idea for a feature you miss, this is your chance!
I'll collect ideas posted here and forward them to wacom for the next intuos generation. I have a direct contact.
Please keep your text as short as possible and mark the idea in orange at the top of your post, other discussion below.
I'll collect ideas posted here and forward them to wacom for the next intuos generation. I have a direct contact.
Please keep your text as short as possible and mark the idea in orange at the top of your post, other discussion below.
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I wish the intuos had little studs like keyboards, so that it doesn´t lay flat on the table if you pull them out.
I hope that was understandable(if not i will try to make it clear)
Incremental brush opacity controllable through the touch strips. Adobe fails time and again to expose incremental opacity, like they do incremental brush size to keyboard shortcuts. But if some smart person at Wacom could come up with a work around, or maybe punch Adobe in the kidneys it would be much appreciated...
I never user the side buttons, I feel clumsy while using them, and although I tried to stick with them I finally gave up and only use the keyboard as I find the arm position more comfortable. Than having it lay back to use them.
Also I find the buttons shape/disposition quite molesting, I don't know if its because I am used to a keyboard but I find that the buttons are too close to each other, and too flat, if we can say that. Once again this may be just me and other people might find them really useful, any ways I just wanted to share my experience.
wheel button is really cool though!
More responsiveness, more control over pressure sensivity, Better drivers.
- a hardware based lazy mouse like in zbrush would be great, i guess thats something like sais stabilizer function?
- a driver that doesn't get lost and has to be rebooted
- a driver that allows me not only to switch between monitors, but also lets me chose between whch monitors i'd like to switch and in which order
- custom definable buttons pretty much like the intuos 2 had, an area that can be dead to projection if i like to to but has functions in it, so i can just tap them with the pen instead of my sausage fingers :P
why not use a single batch script(one for starting one for ending) :
Stop service:
sc stop "TabletInputService"
sc config "TabletInputService" start= disabled
Start Service:
sc start "TabletInputService"
sc config "TabletInputService" start= auto
one click and your problems are/should be gone
More like this:
I havent used a 4 series yet but the gap on the 3 around the drawing area is infuriating.
Something like Neox said, the possibility to define the monitor mapping areas, like it is right now, AND define other non overlapped areas to associate macros/shortcuts to, on mouse click like current button mapping for stylus and mouse. The software should also provide the possibility to load/save such layout and export/print it, to be fitted under the tablet pad made transparent as it was on Intuos 1.
Auto sensitivity/sampling adjustment gesture based
The idea is to include into Wacom drivers the auto Brush Tracking setup provided by Corel Painter, where a simple "average stroke" calibrate brush responsiveness.
Better Pressure tuning
The idea is to have a better way to handle the pressure curve response, like some tweaking programs allow. See: http://junkyardsam.blogspot.com/2009/02/wacom-cintiq-driver-manual-adjustment.html
@ Dado Almeida: I use layout A (modeling and some sculpting/painting), but find it uncomfortable over a long working time. I'm considering the idea of buying a small keyboard gaming device (like Sharkoon Rush Pad) to put it side by side with the tablet (Intuos3 A5), but keeping the latter in front of me.
http://www.polycount.com/forum/showthread.php?t=58579
I extensively use keyboard shortcuts, but not in apps like zbrush or mudbox.I use my express keys and the touch strip for that and i don´t use my tablet in 3dsmax(or similar)
I got my desk custom build by one of these carpenter dudes here in Floripa, it's cool cause you can have whatever you need and it's relatively cheap considering the quality of the material and the fact that it's custom.
By the way, we should totally start a thread to share our setups if there isn't one already, I got curious to see pictures of people's desks and everything.
About the controller it sounds like an interesting idea but then again he said he works standing up! I can't picture myself drawing in any position other than sitting.
After thinking about it the hotkeys could(actually, should) be added to the drawing area as suggested earlier. More hotkeys. Make it happen.
Also wanting to see the global lazymouse feature and the angle suggestion.
You want this - Lazy Nazumi
I think the wheels up there would really rock for small tablets if it's possible to immediately change all brush settings seamlessly and rapidly without any clicking and dragging. They might be a bit hard to reach for people with small hands and huge tablets though, I guess, but I'd totally love them on a small tablet.
I don't see what's wrong with having a load of hotkeys, I think It would be quite comfortable to be able to put the keyboard aside and only work with the tablet without sacrificing the speed of hotkey useage... Can't ever have enough well configured hotkeys, just makes working that much more comfortable imo. If people don't feel like using them they can just ignore them, right?
Well that's just my personal dream tablet as a hotkey fanatic though
I approve of this. Who's starting the thread?
Its a major design flaw from an otherwise wonderful tablet that doesnt work anymore.
...I would like to see some heat-proofing and possibly scratch proofing for the drawing surface. I have a 16:9 Intuos 3. I work mainly from home these days and the biggest issues I have with my Wacom are worrying that setting a warm dinner plate on it is going to do something bad to it (I usually put a second plate under it for an insulator), and my cats accidentally dinging the drawing surface with their claws when they get up on my desk once in a while.
So yeah, minor stuff from a happy customer.
for color and value, like it works for color grading on feature films, i know i would mess up the clean design, but for me it would be handy
Alternatively, just eliminate it all together.
jack: doesn't happen to me with the wheel on the intuos 4 anymore as its pretty deep in the tablet, i really have to force it to reproduce the issue
and i wand a ballpen peak made from metal
(tha plastic ones get sanded down so quickly by the paper)
basically, what dado said. I think the buttons and position of them are not really that big of a deal when you compare it to how awesome and game changing some of the above stuff would be. Why even need buttons when say a separate button on the pen or the tablet itself allows you to activate a gesture to make an o shape to bring up the color selector or something.
Side note: whats with the giant borders? I have an intuos 3, is it like for some technical reason or what because I wouldn't mind giving up the buttons and touch strip (when I use it I have my left hand on the kb anyways) for it to take up less space on my desk without sacrificing the size of the drawing area.
Definitely agree about getting rid of the gap between the drawing surface and the rest of the tablet, if it still exists that is (still on a intuos 3).
I have a Cintiq 18 from 2003 and the original nib is still working nicely. I have already gone through two of the 'hard' nibs on the Intuos 4 that I got in Dec. 2009.
Restore 'press and hold' capabilities to pen buttons set to keystrokes.
For Photoshop I used to be able to set my pen buttons as keystrokes [ ] to increase/decrease brush size, so when I press and hold them they work the same as the keyboard: the brush size increases/decreases until button is released. With recent drivers (I think from around Nov. 2009 on) I have to keep clicking the button to change brush size. Quite the annoyance, and occurs on both Cintiq and Intuos4 on two different comps and PS versions, so I'm pretty sure it is the drivers.
Having a few more controls on the pen?
May not be everyone's preference, (and may not be cost effective).
Here is my short rant on a few things I would like changed:
More durable nibs. I have a super old graphire that dates back to... 2004-2005 I think. Never needed to change nibs on that thing. However, this may be related to the rougher surface of the Intuos 4. If that is the case, then that is fine by me I like the rough surface.
Perhaps have a button-free version? I never, EVER use those buttons. They don't get in my way at all, but it would definitely reduce the overall size of the tablet.
So far I'm extremely impressed with the technology they use for the near-zero pressure sensitivity. It has been a blessing. I can only hope that Wacom keeps up their awesome work! Everything I have suggested are merely nitpicks. I've never been more satisfied with a purchase before.
its the only improvement I will like to see in my intuos, ...wait maybe there is one more, why don't you replace the whole intuos drawing pad...and make it a nice glossy direct pen on-screen device....haa
I have problems with my 3D Max, it can be seriously slow and crashes alot. I presume what you both refer to could have something to do with it, if so can you tell how I can disable it and possibly elaborate on what the problem is?.. does it mean I shouldn't use my Wacom with Max?
The buttons are better placed, and the scroll wheel works worlds better than the scroll strip the i3 has. I never use the buttons though, I just feel clumsy with them.
The big difference with the i4 isn't the 2048 levels of pressure (as opposed to 1024 with the i3), it is the new technology they use with the i4's pen. Basically, it allows for near-zero pen pressure. I love it. I would suggest you give the i4 a try before buying it though. Some people don't mind sticking with the i3. But for me, the few extra pluses the i4 has makes it worth it. Especially the near zero pressure thing. I can't remember what it's called, but it definitely is nice. At first I thought it had to do with the extra pressure sensitivity levels, but aparently it's thanks to new technology.
Hope this helped!
i'm pretty sure its the grip the surface has not the nibs, its made to feel a bit more like paper and of course this produces more friction than the surfaces before