Review: Wacom One
Manufacturer: Wacom
URL: http://www.wacom.com
(Editor's note 11/15/22: I just received an email with Black Friday/Cyber Monday deals, valid November 17-28, giving you $150 off the wacom One.)
Price: $399
FeaturesHere are the technical specifications from their website:
● 13.3 inch screen ● 1920×1080 resolution ● Battery-free stylus ● Tilt recognition ● Android compatibility ● 4096 pressure levels
InstallSetup is quite simple. You need to plug the device into a power supply, a USB port, and an HDMI port. In my case, I added an additional video card so that I could have three working screens on my computer.
Once you have all the hardware in place, running their software allows you to do things like specify which screen you're actually affecting with the pen (more on this cool feature later) as well as calibrate things.
It has a nice little kickstand to elevate it a few degrees while drawing, and a few extra nibs are conveniently stored in the back.
from now on it's time to use it!
Actual useI've always coveted Wacom's line of kinetic display tablets. However, the price has been pretty prohibitive for someone like me who can tinker occasionally but doesn't really use a device like this for day-to-day productivity. The release of the Wacom One range of display tablets really made it something to reconsider. At $399, it's $150 cheaper than the absolute cheapest cintique.
On the other hand, this device lacks some great features like built-in buttons for actions, but again, the cheapest kinematic doesn't have that either. The one from Wacom is supposed to have about half the pressure levels of its more expensive big brother, but for my uses I couldn't even tell the difference.
The only thing that struck me was that the Wacom One doesn't have a laminated display, so there is a small gap between the pen tip and the cursor itself.
Speaking of uses, let's jump into this experiment. I've done digital painting and digital sculpting with this.
painting and drawing
I messed around a bit. I do most of my drawing now in Procreate on the iPad. For the PC, I don't have such comprehensive software, so I downloaded Krita and explored a bit. The tablet's response is fantastic. I didn't notice the lower pressure resolution myself and didn't see any lag at all. I didn't produce anything particularly nice as I was mainly testing pressure and responsiveness.
Manufacturer: Wacom
URL: http://www.wacom.com
(Editor's note 11/15/22: I just received an email with Black Friday/Cyber Monday deals, valid November 17-28, giving you $150 off the wacom One.)
Price: $399
FeaturesHere are the technical specifications from their website:
● 13.3 inch screen ● 1920×1080 resolution ● Battery-free stylus ● Tilt recognition ● Android compatibility ● 4096 pressure levels
InstallSetup is quite simple. You need to plug the device into a power supply, a USB port, and an HDMI port. In my case, I added an additional video card so that I could have three working screens on my computer.
Once you have all the hardware in place, running their software allows you to do things like specify which screen you're actually affecting with the pen (more on this cool feature later) as well as calibrate things.
It has a nice little kickstand to elevate it a few degrees while drawing, and a few extra nibs are conveniently stored in the back.
from now on it's time to use it!
Actual useI've always coveted Wacom's line of kinetic display tablets. However, the price has been pretty prohibitive for someone like me who can tinker occasionally but doesn't really use a device like this for day-to-day productivity. The release of the Wacom One range of display tablets really made it something to reconsider. At $399, it's $150 cheaper than the absolute cheapest cintique.
On the other hand, this device lacks some great features like built-in buttons for actions, but again, the cheapest kinematic doesn't have that either. The one from Wacom is supposed to have about half the pressure levels of its more expensive big brother, but for my uses I couldn't even tell the difference.
The only thing that struck me was that the Wacom One doesn't have a laminated display, so there is a small gap between the pen tip and the cursor itself.
Speaking of uses, let's jump into this experiment. I've done digital painting and digital sculpting with this.
painting and drawing
I messed around a bit. I do most of my drawing now in Procreate on the iPad. For the PC, I don't have such comprehensive software, so I downloaded Krita and explored a bit. The tablet's response is fantastic. I didn't notice the lower pressure resolution myself and didn't see any lag at all. I didn't produce anything particularly nice as I was mainly testing pressure and responsiveness.
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