Wacom® Intuos3 Art Pen Orientation Guide
-Wacom Introduces Art Pen for Intuos3 and Cintiq 21UX
-Intuos3 Art Pen Features
-The key feature of the Intuos3 Art Pen
-The Intuos3 Art Pen includes two types of tips
-How the Intuos3 Art Pen Works
-Exclusive Tablet Control Panel
-Software Partner Support (Adobe Illustrator®CS, Photoshop®CS, Corel Painter IX)
-Conclusion
Wacom Introduces Art Pen for Intuos3 and Cintiq 21UX
In June 2005 Wacom announced an innovative, new pen for the Intuos3 pen tablet series and Cintiq 21UX Interactive Pen Displays. The Intuos3 Art Pen is perfect for designers, artists, illustrators, calligraphers, and others who need fine, variable control of pens, brushes and other artistic tools. The patented, pressure-sensitive pen is both cordless and battery-free.
The new pen has great balance and a large grip area for enhanced comfort. The compact, conical pen stand holds the pen in either a horizontal or vertical position for easy access. The pen includes both a Standard nib and Felt nibs for different “feels”. The rich, modern, two-tone, metallic-gray finish complements both the Intuos3 pen tablets and the Cintiq 21UX.
Intuos3 Art Pen Features
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X-axis (left and right) |
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Y-axis (up and down) |
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Pressure (force with which pen is applied to tablet) |
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Tilt (angle at which pen is tilted) |
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Bearing (direction in which pen is tilted) |
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Rotation (orientation of the pen around its own axis) |
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The Intuos3 Art Pen is comfortable to hold, easy to work with, and features an elliptical body shape as well as a front grip for easy rotation orientation. The pen is cordless and battery-free for reliable and consistent operation. The tip features 1024 levels of pressure sensitivity for precise width control, variable opacity and adjustable color effects. The attractive, compact pen stand holds the pen in a horizontal or vertical orientation and is a useful addition to any workspace.
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The Intuos3 Art Pen is the perfect tool for artists and designers who need more control over their digital designs and more freedom to express their creativity. Key features are:
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1,024 levels of tip pressure sensitivity for control |
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360 degrees of pen rotation for varied tip effects |
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Unique body pen shape to provide intuitive rotational orientation |
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Patented cordless, battery-free technology for a natural feel and superior reliability |
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Standard and Felt nibs included for a variety of "feels" |
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Tilt sensitivity for even more control of tools |
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Software support provided by Painter IX, Photoshop CS2, Illustrator CS2 (Unavailable until Adobe announces a CS2 launch in your country), Studio Artist and others. |
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The Intuos3 Art Pen includes two types of tips: Standard and Felt nibs. The Standard nib is made of the same material as that used in Wacom’s Intuos and Graphire pens. The new Felt nib increases the friction between the pen tip and the tablet surface resulting in more of a “pencil or marker on paper” feel.
Standard and Felt Nibs
Battery-free and Cordless
- All of Wacom’s pens are cordless and battery-free for consistent and reliable operation
Grip Area and Natural Balance
- Elliptical front grip is comfortable to hold and easy to use
Rotation Feature
- Dual-coil design
- Full 360 degree barrel rotation
Pressure-Sensitive Tip
- 1024 levels of pressure sensitivity
- Senses both the angle and direction of pen tilt
- Two nib options are included: Standard and Felt nibs
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How the Intuos3 Art Pen Works
Dual coils near the pen's tip allow the tablet to determine the angle of rotation of the pen. This unprecedented pen tracking capability combined with a new chisel-shaped nib allows the artist, illustrator and designer to work with tools that emulate brushes, markers, and calligraphic pens like never before. Just by rotating the pen, a drawn line becomes narrow or broad.Combined with a software application that supports its features, a Intuos3 Art Pen can produce almost any type of brush effect or marker stroke. Professional and novice calligraphers will appreciate the responsiveness of the pen and the smooth, graceful lines it produces with just a shift of the wrist and a twist of the pen. Designers and illustrators will enjoy the freedom to create new tools that produce digital effects never seen before in graphic applications. The Intuos3 Art Pen adds a whole new dimension to digital imaging.
Dual Coils Provide Accurate Rotation Data
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Exclusive Tablet Control Panel
Wacom’s exclusive tablet control panel for the PC and preference pane for the Mac allows customization of all aspects of the Intuos3 Art pen, mouse, and tablet features. The control panel has been designed and streamlined to optimize the way Wacom customers typically work. Wacom’s engineers analyzed hundreds of preference files submitted by Intuos users to identify the most commonly used features. The control panel provides application- and tool-specific settings for the pressure-sensitivity of the tip and eraser, programming of the Touch Strip, ExpressKeys, DuoSwitch buttons, and customizing the many other features of the interactive pen display or pen tablet.
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Software Partner Support
The Intuos3 Art Pen was developed with the cooperation of many industry-leading software suppliers including Adobe® and Corel®. Adobe built features around the Intuos3 Art Pen into its latest versions of Photoshop and Illustrator. Along with the new “Live Paint” feature in Illustrator CS2, the Intuos3 Art Pen takes the drawing experience to a whole new level.
Rotation Setting for Calligraphic and Scatter Brushes
Adobe has added a new rotation setting to Photoshop CS2 that can be used with the Intuos3 Art Pen to control size, opacity, angle, flow, color dynamics and the amount of scattering of virtually any brush.
Photoshop CS2 Rotation Brush Setting
Corel worked closely with Wacom throughout the development of the Art Pen technology to integrate the new capabilities into the Painter brush engine. They also created the Painter Art Pen Brush Pack, a collection of 5 new brushes that takes advantage of the new features of the pen to greatly enhance the digital art experience and heighten the relationship between the designer and digital canvas.
Painter IX Rotation Brush Expression
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Conclusion
The Intuos3 Art Pen is designed for artists, illustrators, designers and others who need a digital pen that can produce different effects by varying tip pressure, tilt, bearing and rotation. Artists, illustrators, animators, fashion designers, automotive engineers, architects, and hobbyists who are used to professional layout markers will appreciate the control that the Intuos3 Pen provides for expressive illustrations, storyboards, and technical drawings. Calligraphers will find that the Intuos3 Pen can create the same effects as a calligraphic or lettering pen. Intuos3 pen tablet users and creative professionals using the Cintiq 21UX will discover new levels of creativity and expression with the Intuos3 Art Pen.
Copyright 2005 Wacom Co., Ltd. All rights reserved. Wacom, Intuos, Graphire, Penabled, and DuoSwitch are trademarks of Wacom Co., Ltd. All rights reserved. ExpressKey is a registered trademark of Ginsan Industries, Inc. and is used with permission. All other trademarks are property of their respective owners.
>>See News Release of Intuos3 Art Pen (Corel, Adobe)
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