Wacom Intuos4

Wacom has launched the Intuos4, the newest generation of its high performance professional pen tablet available in four sizes. New features include 2048 pressure levels, a new tip sensor and illuminated function keys. Prices start from $229.

New Features

2048 pressure levels

The newly developed pen IC (integrated circuit) has increased the processing speed of pen pressure information.Thanks to this development, the previous 1024 pressure levels available on the Intuos3 have been doubled to 2048 in the new Intuos4.The accurate detection of fingertip nuances provides even more realistic paintbrush touch expression.

New tip sensor

The sensor in the pen tip that detects stroke pressure is now equipped with the newly developed second-generation Tip Sensor.The minimum ON weight (minimum weight sensed by the pen tip) of 10 grams for the Intuos3 has been reduced to 1 gram in the Intuos4, giving the best possible power of expression when drawing with even lighter touches.

Increased efficiency

Shortcuts and other operations used frequently can be set to the Function Keys, reducing hand movement to the absolute minimum.Also, the functions set to these buttons are displayed in the Function Display for quick and easy checking.

Touchwheel

Operations such as zooming, changing brush size, layer switching, and rotating the canvas can now be performed at the touch of a finger (with supported software).