Hi,
What a coincidence ... let me explain, would you. Maybe you will find something interesting
I'm myself still using the intuos 3 and was given the opportunity to get the Intuos Pro tablet (the current, and 6th version)
It was a possible present for my birthday, the 16th of March, so you see it wasn't long ago.
so then I started to read articles about the new tablets. It is indeed a big jump from Intuos 3 to 6th/ Pro.
At the end of the day, I didn't go for it, mainly because my Intuos 3 works fine on OSX Yosemite, still have nibs
and I wasn't convinced by the new features of the new tablet; even if I have to admit that the idea of buying it is still there and doesn't want to get away. I didn't find something very interesting, very helpful. Maybe I've missed or underestimated something. I don't say I'm 100% accurate.
Anyway, here's my thoughts about the new Intuos 6/ Pro. Hope you'll find it helpful, in any way
Intuos Pro has basically:
- Bluetooth connexion
- Touch gestures
- Pressure levels
- New set of buttons
- New surface
- New sizes
And here are my thoughts at the moment. If anyone disagrees, please just give your opinion. It's good to compare ideas.
- Bluetooth connexion:
The issue is the battery life span. You need to plug the power cable everyday for the bluetooth to work for a day of working hard. Well, I rather prefer leaving the cables plugged in all the time.
- Touch gestures
Sounds nice but it appears that there are issues when lifting the tip of the pen and still having a finger touching the surface. You get unwanted rotations, slides, zooms etc. At the end of the day, I read comments of people just disabling the function of gestures with 2-3 fingers. This will be certainly improved in the future.
- Pressure levels
Doubled from Intuos 3. Not sure I would find a use though. 1K levels is still ok for me.
- New set of buttons
Cool, but would I spend 350€ just for buttons? Nope.
- New surface
Better than the 4th and 5th versions, which were rather "eating" nibs but I've read that the surface of Intuos 3 was the best in therms of nibs life span.
- New sizes
The active surface of the new tablets is smaller in comparison of the Intuos 3. About 1cm for the medium size. I found that annoying.