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[ 101 ]› › REVIEWSprevious versions fell short in creating the illusion of drawing on
paper, the new version delivers.
The Intuos Pro is Bluetooth 4.2 compatible, which means that
you can hook it up to any modern PC, Mac, or iPad. You can
connect the tablet with its USB-C to USB-A type cable, as well.
The cable is less flexible than it used to be, but oddly enough it’s
better at lying flat on your desk. The tablet is also ambidextrous.
By the way, the design of the complete Intuos Pro, including
box, pen stand, pen, tablet, etc. is gorgeous! There’s no other
word for it.
Part of the new tablet’s appeal is that you can sketch if you have
the Paper edition. This works with a Paper Clip that attaches
to the top of the tablet to hold sketching paper. You can use
whatever paper you like, but a few Wacom sheets are included
in the box to get you started.
The Wacom Finetip Pen is delivered for sketching. As you draw,
the tablet captures and temporarily saves your strokes to its inter-
nal memory, which will store up to 200 multilayered or 1,000
single-layered drawings until you connect it again. Files are then
downloaded to your Inkspace, where they can then be exported
as editable SVG or PSD files that can be opened in Adobe Illustrator
or Photoshop. With Inkspace running, you can synchronize, store,
and export sketches, but you can also have your sketch refresh the
onscreen version in real-time when your tablet is connected via
Bluetooth. I’d like to see this Inkspace feature evolve into a plug-
in for Photoshop and other hosts. That would make the Wacom
Intuos Pro Paper Edition “sketching party” complete! ■“...the tablet captures
and temporarily saves
your strokes to its internal
memory, which will store
up to 200 multilayered or
1,000 single-layered drawings
until you connect it again.
Files are then downloaded
to your Inkspace, where they
can then be exported as
editable SVG or PSD files
that can be opened in Adobe
Illustrator or Photoshop.”