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There’s no easy way to cut out hair from a very busy background; however, there are definitely doable processes that produce solid results. Check out the above video from PiXimperfect as he walks you through how to get the best results with the help of a Wacom tablet.
Wacom announced the Cintiq 16HD Creative Pen Display at CES 2019. It is the most affordable Cintiq display thus far – ringing in at $649.
As the product name suggests, the new Cintiq features a 16″ display in 1920 x 1080 resolution. The diagonal measurement is actually a bit smaller at 15.6-inches. Additionally, it offers 8192 levels of pen pressure sensitivity with the included Wacom Pro Pen 2. The display has an anti-glare coating, a 1000:1 static contrast ratio and wide 176° viewing angles. It’s compatible with both Windows and Mac.
The Wacom Cintiq 16HD Creative Pen Display is available now for $649.95. Check it out here at B&H Photo.
B&H has the Wacom Cintiq Pro 13 Creative Pen & Touch Display for $799.95 (reg. $999.95). Check it out here at B&H Photo.
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B&H has the refurbished small Wacom Intuos Pen & Touch Tablet for $179 (compare to $249 new). Even though it is refurbished, it still comes with a 1-year warranty. Check it out here at B&H Photo.
In this video, Bryan O’Neil Hughes shows off some serious retouching capabilities of Adobe’s mobile photo retouching on the iPad. He doesn’t name the app but these features will probably show up in a future iteration of a Photoshop mobile app.
I have always been a little clumsy making fine edits with my fingers on the iPad. I have tried using a stylus with varied degrees of success. I don’t think I’m alone in these challenges either. Today, I just don’t know how serious this feature can be taken. It could be one of those handy features used occasionally that is nice to have, but not essential.
Then again, it may turn out to be an app/feature that hits just in time for the rumored iPad Pro. The more horsepower Apple continues to put into the iPad, the more closely the spec sheet approaches Wacom’s Cintiq tablets. And, if that happens, Wacom’s products may become even more niche solutions than they already are.
Adobe apps have to become much more robust on iOS and Android before that happens and this teaser shows that Adobe is well on its way to doing just that.
Wacom has released three new mobile products: the Cintiq Companion, Cintiq Companion Hybrid, or Intuos Creative Stylus for iPad. [Read more…]
Wacom has added multi-touch capabilities to its popular line of Bamboo tablets. There are now 2 tablets in the Bamboo family that now offer multi-touch capabilities – the Bamboo Touch; and the Bamboo Pen and Touch.
With the new Bamboo Touch, you can navigate your PC or Mac in a totally different manner than using a mouse. It works much like the multi-touch screen on an iPhone. The Bamboo Touch uses 9 key gestures to do things like click, zoom, scroll and rotate. It also has 4 programmable buttons to take care of common actions.
Bamboo Pen and Touch has two sensors, one for pen and one for multi-touch. What’s more, the tablet automatically recognizes when you are using your fingers or pen on the tablet’s surface.
The Wacom Bamboo Touch carries an initial retail price of $69, while the Bamboo Pen and Touch runs $99. Check availability on Amazon.com:
My first take on these multi-touch products is that they are quite cool and could be used productively. I have an older Bamboo tablet that I break out for image editing sometimes, but the multi-touch capabilities of this new series give me the hope that I might one day soon be able to ditch my mouse for good. We’ll have to wait and see how the product performs in real world use to make that call, but I happily welcome effort from Wacom on this new feature.
More details below. [Read more…]