FEATURES - All in the details

Over the last two decades, Wacom has revolutionized creative industries with pen tablet technology that makes it possible to digitally simulate traditional creative processes. By working digitally, creative professionals are not only more efficient and productive, but are also exploring the horizons of creativity. The wealth of new and improved features in Intuos4 is the result of years of research, customer feedback and collaboration with major software partners such as Adobe, Autodesk and Corel coming together to create a design of form and function, more stable and better performing pen technology, and a workflow that maximizes efficiency. In this section we will take a close look at exactly how the Intuos4's features benefit artists.

The Technology:
The New, Improved Wacom Tip Sensor

Tip Sensor Feature #1: Feather touch starting pressure

Intuos4 technology is built upon a new Wacom Tip Sensor technology that allows the Intuos4 to achieve a feather-light starting pressure. The Intuos4 pen now is activated and begins producing marks on your software's canvas at the lightest touch, simulating the immediacy of the touch of pens, pencils, brushes and other artist utensils. Via the driver control panel, you can adjust the sensitivity of the pen by altering either the pressure curve to simulate a softer or harder tip or the click threshold to change the starting activation pressure (minimum 1 gram)!

Tip Sensor Feature #2: 2048 pressure levels, more natural pressure curve

The new Wacom Tip Sensor also incorporates intensive research into what makes a pen easier to use. The distribution of the pressure curve has been adjusted to simulate a more natural feel, and the 2048 levels of pressure sensitivity provides greater stability in controlling pressure-dependent variables on artist brushes (brush size, opacity, etc.). The new Tip Sensor has also allowed us to double the responsiveness of the pen by reducing the time it takes to activate maximum pressure.

Interested in the technical details of what makes the new Tip Sensor so great?
Wacom 2nd Generation Tip Sensor (PDF 1.6MB)

Tilt sensitivity

We know that artists often tilt pencils, brush, and other utensils to achieve different effects on traditional media, so together with software partners, we have also built tilt sensitivity into our Intuos pen. The pen will be able to tell the direction and the angle at which it is tilting up to 60 degrees from the vertical allowing you take advantage of brushes in Adobe Photoshop, Corel Painter and other applications supporting this feature.

Tablet resolution

5080 lines per inch of resolution in the tablet translates into smooth, detailed lines on your screen.

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