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The textured surface of the Intuos Pro is scratch-resistant. To manage your pen when sketching, it offers a bit of resistance. The tablet’s texture also mimics the feel of paper. It’s one of those little extras that make sketching more enjoyable. Also included is a pen stand, a circular disk with a hole on top that fits the pen. Twisting the stand open (in the same way you would twist a circular smoke alarm) reveals 10 extra nibs (pen tips). I only used the nib that came in the pen, but after nearly three weeks of moderate use, I see that it is a little the worse for wear. To get a professional artist's take on this tablet, I enlisted Jose Ruiz, PCMag's production designer—who is no stranger to Wacom products—to try the Intuos Pro Small for a few days. Here are his impressions.
The vast degree of pressure responsiveness in the Pro Pen 2 is something I really appreciated, especially when it came to dodging, burning and light retouching. Press hard and the results are more pronounced, use a lighter touch and everything is more subtle. If you are particularly heavy-handed you can adjust the overall sensitivity of the pen. The difference between the Wacom pen and a mouse is like hand-writing a note with a fine-tipped Sharpie versus a paint roller The Wacom Intuos Pro is not a self-sufficient device. Windows or Macintosh computers are required to use it. It may be connected to either a Type-C USB cord or a Bluetooth connection, demonstrating the tablet’s progressive nature. Intuos Pro is compatible with Windows 7/8/10 and Mac OS X 10.12 or later. Connecting to any device is as simple as plugging in the Type-C USB cord or using Bluetooth. Software The Wacom Pro Pen 2 is comfortable to hold for long periods of time, and has impressive pressure sensitivity You can only use Intuos’s stylus because it does not enable touch gestures or recognize your fingers as a pen input device.
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It had been a number of years since I’d used a tablet for photo editing, and I can confirm that the learning curve was certainly there. But after a bit of practice with the pen and tablet I found the process of retouching scanned negatives in Adobe Photoshop to be more precise, faster and less taxing on my wrist than it would have been if I were using a mouse. Put another way, the difference between retouching with the Wacom pen vs. the mouse is like hand-writing a note with a fine tipped Sharpie vs a paint roller. The eraser is precise as well. I found it to be particularly helpful when creating multi-layer image compositions. Although the Intuos Pro has more sensitivity and resolution, the Intuos will operate just as well. Regardless of the size of your monitor or panel, both are good at catching and digitally interpreting your hand movements. Starting with the Medium size is probably the best option because they provide just the right amount of active surface to keep you from tiring your arm out. Connectivity and Compatibility
The way we as a society "worked through" on the job injuries was that the employer would let go of the injured (unproductive) worker and replace them with a new worker who wasn't injured yet. This allowed the project to continue, the bridge to be built, etc. The individual and his family was sacrificed for the advancement of the community. LIterally thousands of men were killed or injured getting our cities built before we had better technology. The Wacom Pro Pen 2 is incredibly responsive but feels slightly too sensitive with the default settings. Once set up, it does provide a very natural feel when drawing concept designs, texture painting and sculpting, and it performed well in Photoshop, Painter, Mari, Maya and ZBrush during testing, although that was after a few hours of getting used to it. Intuos and Intuos Pro are a perfect match with Windows and Mac computers! The interoperability of your devices will not be an issue. Using USB or Bluetooth to link the pen tablets is convenient and doesn’t clutter your desk. The Intuos may be connected to an Android device through an OTG port for Android tablets for work. Accessories The quality of a product’s construction directly affects its reliability. Tablets made by Wacom are noted for their durability and reliability because of their scratch-resistant and textured surfaces. WarrantyUsing the Wacom Intuos or Intuos Pro’s Medium variants is the best option for most artists since they’re ideal for creating designs or editing photos. It’s easier to move the pointer across the screen with a small tablet, and it is more complicated to handle line art on a small tablet. The PTH460 is the perfect solution. It's a compact version of my current Intuos Pro, keeping the same pen pressure points and with almost no pen lag. I tried it at both my office desk and used it remotely. When the Intuos Pro Small was connected to my laptop, the screen mapping reflected well on to the tablet. However, when I used it with my office setup—which consists of my laptop and a 27-inch monitor—I found the mapping on the tablet to be just a little tight. Things like resizing a window took me an extra attempt or two. Comparably, I found my hand sat just as comfortably on the Intuos Pro Small as it would on my Intuos Pro Paper Edition (the Large version), which wasn't the case with the Intuos S. While I much prefer the large Intuos Pro, I will be replacing my Intuos S with the PTH460 for remote usage. Intuos Pro also features a Large size model, which might benefit those who want more wiggle room while drawing. But if you like working with your wrists, this may be a challenge and take some time to adapt. Small and medium-sized mapping options are available, nevertheless. Rounding out the current group are the Intuos Pro Medium (PTH660) and the Intuos Pro Large (PTH860). Again, realize that the Intuos Pro models, unlike some other Wacom hardware, are purely graphics tablets—with a drawing surface but no screen—that include a Wacom Pro Pen 2 stylus and support multi-touch finger gestures as well. The Intuos Pro Paper Edition is a variant that, in addition to the aforementioned features, lets you clip a sheet of paper to its surface and draw with an ink pen and save the drawings as digital files. The regular Intuos line (not "Pro") is the same as the standard Intuos Pro models, except without multi-touch capability.
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