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Size: Medium
Style: Wired
Features
- Quickly and professionally edit photos and create digital artwork with natural pen control
- New pen tip sensor technology lowers activation force and captures every nuance of pen pressure
- 2048 levels of pen pressure sensitivity for precise pressure control
- User defined Express Keys and multi function Touch Ring put time saving shortcuts, modifiers, scrolling, zooming, and more at your fingertips
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With a new design and features inspired by members of the professional creative community, Intuos4 redefines the pen tablet experience. Featuring Wacom's new pen tip sensor technology and 2,048 levels of pen pressure sensitivity, the Intuos4 pen captures the most subtle nuances of pressure, allowing you to dynamically adjust exposure, brush size, opacity and more. User-defined ExpressKeys activate frequently used shortcuts and modifiers, while the accompanying, illuminated ExpressKey displays on the medium, large and extra large models, provide a constant reminder of each key¿s function. The finger-sensitive Touch Ring quickly controls up to 4 different functions such as canvas rotation, zoom, scroll, brush size and more From the Manufacturer The medium Intuos4 tablet is the most popular and versatile choice among creative professionals. With 48.5 square inches of working area, this tablet provides ample workspace for most tablet users. The medium size is built with eight ExpressKeys and illuminated ExpressKey displays that provide easy reference to your assigned functions. What's New with Intuos4
Brand: Wacom
Connectivity Technology: USB
Pressure Sensitivity: 2048 levels
Operating System: Windows, macOS
Special Feature: Pen
Brand: Wacom
Model Name: Intuos4
Built-In Media: 1 x Digital Pen
Target Audience: Teacher
Model Number: PTK640
Global Trade Identification Number: 84
Number of Items: 1
Manufacturer: Wacoal(????)
UPC: 753218992932 999992587708 753218993984
Unit Count: 1 Count
Mfr Part Number: PTK640
Warranty Description: 2 years USA and Canada
Connectivity Technology: USB
Pressure Sensitivity: 2048 levels
Operating System: Windows, macOS
Additional Features: Pen
Specific Uses For Product: personal
Compatible Devices: Personal Computer
Native Resolution: 1920x1080
Screen Size: 13 inches
Item Weight: 2.2 pounds
Active Surface Area: 5.5x8.8
Color: Black
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Size: Medium
Style: Wired
After spending 3 weeks with my Wacom Intuos4 tablet, I feel ready to write about my experiences using it. The Intuos4 is the 4th tablet I've owned from Wacom: My first being the ArtZ model, followed by an Intuos, then Intuos3. I upgraded to the Intuos3 shortly after it was announced, and made a similar move with the Intuos4. The Intuos4 comes in small, medium, large and x-large sizes. Being that I don't work on overly large canvases or draw with broad strokes, I ruled out the larger two models. For me, the medium size is the right fit. Included in the box are a stylus, a USB cable, the tablet itself, a stylus holder (with 10 pen tips), a mouse, and a CD. I didn't take any unboxing photos, but there are enough of those found on the web already. But I will say this, the unboxing experience was very Apple-esque. If you've ever opened a box for a Mac, you'll know what I mean. Installation was straight-forward: First, simply plug one end of the USB cable to the tablet and attach the other end to the computer. Then, install the driver software. I had problems installing the driver software from the supplied disc, so I wound up downloading them from Wacom's site. This was about the only "niggle" I had with the out-of-box experience. The best thing about the Intuos4 is the feel of the surface and its pressure-sensitivity. The Intuos3 boasted 1024 levels of pressure sensitivity, while the Intuos4 has double that amount. Also new with the Intuos4 are the LED buttons on the tablet and a scroll wheel, reminiscent of the iPod. The LED buttons display the appropriate keyboard button (Shift, Cmd, Option, etc.), which can also be reassigned as the user sees fit. When using the Intuos3 tablet, I found myself disabling the buttons on the right-hand side because they got in the way. Thankfully, with Intuos4 can be used with the buttons on the left or right hand side, depending upon whether you are right or left-handed. For me, a righty, the buttons are oriented on the left, out of harm's way. The tablet itself works very, very well. Gone is the plastic shield overlay from the previous Intuos models. The plastic overlay was mildly annoying because if your hand perspires, the surface can quickly become sticky. The Intuos4 model's surface has more `tooth' to it, while similarly allowing for fluid movement. The tablet is VERY sensitive (in a good way). I did not need to bear down on the stylus as much as I would have had to with the previous tablet. Not that I press the stylus down very hard to begin with, but the sensitivity of the Intuos4 makes it to where I don't need to press down on it as much as I did before. The stylus itself is slightly smaller, but fits very well in my hands. On the top of the stylus is an eraser, and on the side of the barrel is a click-button, which you can assign to a specific function. Drawing with the Intuos4 is a true pleasure. I'm very happy with my purchase. The obvious question I've been asked is: why not get a Wacom Cintiq instead? The Cintiq still holds a place in my artistic heart, but I'm not ready for the added expense. (Cintiq's start at $999, and the Intuos4 model I purchase clocks in at roughly $340.) At some point I will own a Cintiq as well, when the form factor is improved. What I like about the Intuos vs the Cintiq (even the 12' model) is the portability factor. I can take this tablet with me anywhere, with minimal fuss. Using a tablet takes some getting used to, especially if you've never drawn on one before. If you're new to drawing on a tablet, or are especially budget conscious, my recommendation would be to purchase a Wacom Graphire Bamboo tablet instead. If you have an Intuos3, do you NEED an Intuos4? If you use one on a regular basis, and appreciate the nuances of the Intuos line, then I would say YES. There is a substantial difference between the two model lines. You will notice it when you draw on the tablet's surface. If you have a Graphire Bamboo and are considering an upgrade, the Intuos4 is an excellent step-up. Just like the Intuos3, I know I will be using this for a very long time. Highly Recommended.
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Reviewed in the United States on May 18, 2009 by Krishna Draws!
Size: Medium
Style: Wired
I've had this tablet for just over 2 years now, and I consider it the most important thing I purchased in helping me to learn to draw. I started teaching myself how to draw in early 2010 and was very timid of drawing back then..... well, and incredibly lazy too. Getting myself to sit down and DRAW on paper at my table was almost impossible. The books I had didn't make any sense to me, figures made from boxes, spheres, and cylinders? I can't even draw those shapes, what is this madness? I spent maybe 10 minutes a day drawing, and the rest of my day feeling horrible about the experience, yet obsessing over it. I purchased this tablet in the hopes that maybe if I was drawing more in my comfort zone, which is at my computer, in my recliner lazy-boy chair, it might take some of the edge off of my fears of drawing. I was right, and I immediately started to draw much more per day with my trusty tablet in my lap, and the non intimidating and simple Open Canvas drawing application, which I much preferred to the including bonus drawing apps that came with the tablet. Fast forward 2 years later, and a lot .... a LOT of drawing books and dvd's later.... I can now enjoy drawing from life with paper too. I have burned away 90% of the felt on the drawing surface, only at the edges does it still have that paper like feel, the rest feels like drawing on glass, which I actually don't mind. Despite concerns that this tablet eats nibs, I have only gone through a couple in that time *though I don't press very hard, since most of what I do is loose sketchy practice* The usb connection on the tablet seems to be the only soft spot, I have to be careful not to bump it or the tablet may flicker on and off. I also don't like the wheel, it's odd behavior is a bit unreliable, being too sensitive to bumps, and somehow not sensitive enough when I want to use it, as though it is trolling me. The buttons on the side are useful though I wish those too felt a little different. They should each be a different shape, so you can easily feel out which button your finger is on, and not be sunk into the tablet so deep perhaps. I should also note that after about 1 year of use, the included pen started to break on me. It springs apart if I press too hard on the tip, and I can't quite get it back together just right to super glue it. I ended up buying the Classic Pen, which I actually like more as it's much lighter, so it all worked out for the best. It's been a lot of fun to use, and kept me inspired to practice them pesky box forms for 2 years now. My biggest complaint would actually be that there is no pen you can buy that is designed to be used in an artist like grip, where hold the tip sideways flat to the surface and draw with your arm, which gives beautiful smooth flowing lines on pencil\paper. I am glad I got this instead of the much more expensive cintiq, because I couldn't get away with being as lazy with that. The intous can be held in your lap as you recline back, while your head is up looking on the screen. It feels odd at first to not be looking at the actual surface you are drawing on, but it didn't take long to build the hand and eye coordination to feel comfortable. I feel a little silly to share this story, I know how friggin lazy I was about learning to draw that I had to do something like this. I certainly would not want to compare my progress to people who do use paper\pencil and life drawing in the same amount of time I used with this tablet. But there you go, that's my story and review. I love my Intuos 4, and based on what I seen, it looks like it's better then the buggy new Intuos 5 Touch that just came out. *why'd they put rubber around the drawing surface?* Intuos 4 is fantastic. and I give it a 5 out of 5.
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Reviewed in the United States on June 10, 2012 by Mike
Size: Medium
Style: Wired
My first tablet and the one I used before buying this one was a Graphire 3, which served me well but eventually became unusable due to the cable connection becoming loose/severed - entirely my fault because I would wrap the cable around the tablet and lug it around with me places, and I guess I just wrapped it a bit too tight. So you can imagine the first and most obvious benefit of the Intuos4 for me, in light of that fact, would be that the cable is now a completely detachable USB cable that can be replaced separately (except on the largest sized tablet, but I bought the medium). Some of the other things I have found: - It's obviously MUCH more pressure sensitive than my old Graphire. I can't compare this to the previous Intuos model, but it is currently very good for my needs as an artist and feels close to natural. I cannot say the same of my old Graphire - I found myself wrestling at times to get the level of stroke I wanted. - The touch ring makes painting a much quicker process, now that I can change my brush size in a very swift and intuitive manner. It's better than having to hit hot keys or even expresskeys a bunch of times. - And speaking of expresskeys, those are certainly useful too. Some of the reviews complain that they feel too much alike because of their identical sizes and shapes - I haven't had this issue, however. The two inner keys on each set of expresskeys slant inward slightly, which can be felt as you brush your fingers across them. This makes it easy for me to know exactly which key my finger is over without ever having to look down. Since the small sized version of the Intuos4 has fewer keys, this may not be the case for that one - I have the medium. Maybe the older Intuos was better in this regard, but having never used it, I cannot judge. - The labels on the expresskeys help in remembering which is which, especially if you use multiple programs that have different functions programmed to the keys for each. My only minor gripe in this area would be the touch ring - the only indicator of what you currently have selected for the touch ring is a light that shifts position as you cycle through, and sometimes I can't tell the difference between the positions. It might've been more effective to have a very small, differently shaped icon for each or something like that. Only very minor though - I rarely have to change it so it doesn't get in the way overall. - It's also very stylish. :) The shiny black area with the keys DOES show fingerprints and smudges clear as day though. I got it for what it does though, not how it looks. - The actual drawing surface has some friction to it, whereas with my Graphire I was drawing on slick plastic and it just didn't have a good feel to it at all. - I honestly liked the side switch on my Graphire 3 pen better, the buttons resisted more making it less likely that you'd hit it by accident. The shape also felt a bit better to me, it made it easier to push the buttons and be certain you were pushing the right one or were pushing it at all. The raised bumps that it had on the buttons might've also helped somewhat, but they don't have any on the pen for this Intuos. - It comes with several replacement nibs for the pen which are housed inside the pen holder/rest (you have to unscrew the bottom of it to get to them). Some of these nibs are also specialty ones made out of different materials and have different textures to simulate different traditional art tools, like pencils, brushes, or markers. The one with the spring on it I find especially interesting and useful for getting the pen to feel more like paint brushes, which I'm used to. The pen rest itself is nice because it is weighted - the clear, cheap plastic one I got with my Graphire was absolutely useless as a rest because the pen was just too heavy and would tip it over on a whim. Overall for most people, this is probably the only tablet you'll ever need for a LONG while - it's a solid investment and I love it.
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Reviewed in the United States on May 25, 2009 by Julia Grammer
This review is written from the POV of a studio and digital artist. I won't touch on photography as I'm a middling amateur and required the tablet to help increase my workflow and productivity. That being said, this was almost an impulse purchase. I've been drawing on and off (far too much off) for over 16 years and have found myself severely out of practice. I primarily work on A2 so when I saw the Intuos4 XL I knew it was the right one for me. I draw primarily from the shoulder and elbow so it gives me the surface area to make large sweeping movements and involve more of my body. Any failings at this point are solely due to my being out of practice with any sort of drawing. That's the reason the learning curve is so much higher for me right now. My accuracy is returning quickly and I'm sure that people who draw regularly will get the hang of this in a few hours if not minutes. Playing around with the various features in Wacom's software suite I customized the express keys and touch ring to photoshop rather easily. Without doing any scripting I was able to easily switch from tool to tool and manipulate the canvas on the fly. I also experimented with the various nibs but I think after a week or so of use I'll seriously switch to another to feel the difference. The same goes for the various pressure sensitivity settings. The tablet is ridiculously accurate when it comes to mapping and pressure sensitivity. The only shortcoming is on the system-end, my system is too old and slow to effectively run Photoshop CC and lags behind often. The tablet doesn't cause lag during other operations and I've confirmed with the mouse that the lag still exists, but since the CPU doesn't have to worry about pressure sensitivity with the mouse it does lag a bit less. We're talking milliseconds here but you can see the difference. Accuracy is good all the way to the edge of the active area. The tablet is very responsive under regular conditions. The UI for the Wacom properties page is serviceable. You can easily select the item you want to change and customize a given tool for a specific app. More advanced features require actual scripting knowledge and I'm more focused on getting back into drawing and painting then I am trying to further streamline the process. If you want to set the Express keys to allow you to easily switch between specific keys and set another key as the shift modifier to scroll through sub-tools you can easily do that without going under the hood. The OLED screen next to each button is rather useful. You always know what each button is set to for a given app. It updates instantly when you switch to another app as well. I wish the touch ring had a screen so I would always know which setting I'm currently on. I have no used the packaged software as I have an Adobe subscription and spend most of my time in Photoshop CC proper. Just get the thing and play with it, but since we're unable to find demo products to try first, I'd try to tailor the size for your given desk and drawing style. I work on A2 almost exclusively and draw using more than just my wrist and fingers so the XL was the natural choice for me.
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Reviewed in the United States on August 14, 2013 by Ramon Acosta
Size: Large
Style: Wired
I bought this tablet in 2010. It is 2018, and I have been finally having problems with it. Because it requires a cord to plug in to the usb port of your computer, the contacts eventually wore out. Lucky this tablet comes with 2 outputs, but in time they will wear out, making the contacts loose, so it may occasionally disconnect and reconnect, interfering with your work. PRO: has to 2 outputs on tablet CON: contacts become loose overtime after excessive usage. This tablet is also the LARGE. so the drawing space is a little larger than drawing on a sheet of regular white copy paper. Personally I only used about 6" x 3" of the pressure pad, so the rest was of the surface was completely a waste of space. If you don't have much table space, save the money and get the MEDIUM. (PICTURE PROVIDED: I have included a picture of what my tablet looks like after 8 years. You can see on the image where my heavy usage was on the surface. The center has obviously the most scratches, but they did not really affect my drawing as they were not that deep. The outer area of the surface looks smooth, shiny and untouched from the nib. Never had to make big strokes, but that could just be my drawing style.) PRO: ton of drawing space and never have to replace to cover, does not scratch easily if you replace the nib often as recommended by manufacturer. CON: Very large and heavy tablet. If you do not have the table space, may not be worth it. The pen on the other hand, I must add to be very careful with. It is very fragile, DO NOT DROP. I have dropped it a few times and it fell apart. The hardware built inside broke and I had to buy a new one from Wacom. It was about $50USD to replace. So please be careful with it. Nibs, they wear down very fast if you are actively using this on a daily to weekly basis. It comes with replacements and a tool inside the stand. If you notice you are not running your stylus smoothly as normally on the surface, replace it immediately. (PICTURE PROVIDED: I have included a picture showing the tool and how easy it is to take the nib out.) One last thing I want to add is that this was a very DURABLE tablet here. I have dropped this table countless times, spilled water, juice, soup, etc... and it always worked. If you are a very clumsy person like me, this tablet is perfect for surviving multiple accidents. ;)
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Reviewed in the United States on February 12, 2018 by Tifa
Size: Large
Style: Wired
I've updated my review as of 26 December, as I began having a ridiculous issue and Wacom is taking forever to resolve it. One day my mouse just began double-clicking. I can honestly say, it's one of the most maddening things I've ever encountered dealing with computers. Normally on a mouse you would open it up, clean it out and poof issue corrected. The intuos mouse is not meant to be opened...can you open, possibly, I've viewed several videos where others have Macgyvered their own mouse open because of the SAME ISSUE. Further research showed this is an issue that not only I have but hundreds of others who purchased it have as well. So two weeks ago I contacted Wacom tech support and I get an answer about every three days, with some very standard tech support, i.e. uninstall/reinstall. Three days later, clear cache. Three days later canned air into mouse. Personally I work as network administrator for 15 years, after the third email I explained this politely to kinda hint can we progress a little bit quicker? Nope. So perhaps it's only the person who is responding to my trouble ticket, but to have a piece of equipment that cost the price that it did and the mouse is now not working is not excusable. I would imagine the majority working on this scale of a tablet have some pretty darn good knowledge of troubleshooting and can imagine how utterly frustrating it is to have tech support bouncing my ticket around. So two stars lost for a mouse going rouge and Wacom not handling it. A quick Google search shows this is a known issue therefor they need to ramp up their tech support on it and have some type of assistance or backup plan in place for when a customer complains about it. I am without the mouse for over three weeks now, while the pen is still fine there are times I prefer the mouse. Unfortunately it's hard to say next time I'll just buy a "blahblah" tablet because Wacom has a nice monopoly on the market. I will update the review once again, if I ever make it through tech support's gauntlet. ~~~~~~~~~ I knew it was time to upgrade my Wacom Bamboo and did a lot of research into the Intuos5 before deciding on the Intuos4, which has better reviews due to a few kinks in the five. Here's my thoughts.... I purchased it used here on Amazon, it was a Prime item and I thought if it sucks no worries I can return it quickly and for free. The item was listed as complete, everything included and I was able to score the large size for a great price. I picked the wired one. I don't need a wireless tablet and working in IT has taught me that wireless items can get funky. The Amazon box arrived yesterday. When I opened it the tablet was inside in it's original box, everything INCLUDING the nibs were in there, perfectly packed. The screen was in top notch condition , just a slight wear showing in the center of the screen, perfect otherwise as were all the contents. I'm running it first on an Alienware desktop with a Windows 7 64 bit OS. Plugged it in and in under 10 seconds the driver was installed and it was up and running. It is SMOOTH. A tremendous upgrade from the Bamboo. Next I installed on a laptop, also running Windows 7 32 bit (which I use when I don't feel like being tied to the desk and I want to draw on my couch). Again plug and play worked great and I also updated the driver from the Wacom and set up the hot keys for the desktop, Chrome, PS CS5 and Painter X3. Not one hitch, everything went exactly as it should. I then proceeded to draw for 7 hours straight. Ok maybe I took a break for some cookies and a quick run to the john. The large size screen is super impressive. I am glad I went this route, I like the freedom to not have to constantly drag around to the areas I want. I would've went xl but, that couch thing I mentioned...I don't think it would have worked as sweetly with that setup. The hot keys and wheel are lovely shortcuts and if set up properly a sweet time saver. Since you can program them for each individual program (personally I work very differently in CS5 then I do in Painter) it's nice to have them all customized. The mouse feels great. Mine has a scroll wheel, I've heard others say theirs did not. I'm sorry for their loss. The pen is lovely. No jittering whatsoever and I did not need to adjust the jitter settings in PS or Painter as I did (tremendously) with the Bamboo. I'm definitely going to look into the other Wacom pens that work with the Intuos4 since some of them are highly rated. If this pen feels this good they must feel heavenly. The tilt is delightful, works awesome in CS5 and really changes the feel and allowed me to work more proficiently and quickly without having to switch up the brush or it's settings. I love the screen, I hated the Bamboo screen, it was like drawing on an oil slick. I know there have been complaints about the nibs wearing down and the price of them. Here's my thoughts on it. 1) If you buy a tablet worth this much you're probably a good artist. Sell some of those lovely scribbles and pay for new nibs. If they're two bucks a pop and you get, say twenty hours out of each one, do the math. It's a lot cheaper habit then smoking. 2) I worked on it for seven hours. No nib wear AT ALL. Maybe my screen was already worn to the point where it no longer happens, I have heard of this happening, if so I'm happy.Maybe I just hold the pen differently or my pressure is different. We're all snowflakes people, everyone is an original. 3) I ordered three extra packs of nibs when I purchased it, in worry that I would need backup. I am now prepared to doodle to my hearts content during the zombie apocalypse. If you are an artist and have a Bamboo and you are pondering upgrading, I see no comparison, the Intuos4, in my very, very humble opinion blows it out of the water. It's like switching from a Dodge Neon to a Mercedes Benz. My only wish is I had upgraded much, much sooner as I would have saved a lot of time I spent fine tuning the settings on the Bamboo doing what I love....creating art.
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Reviewed in the United States on August 22, 2013 by cashmereanscombatboots
Size: Large
Style: Wired
I bought this INVESTMENT for work I was starting on a Graphic Novel. I needed a tablet that was going to be as close to a size of real paper as possible so I could work at 100% and as fast as I do with paper. The size, response and feel of this tablet is all those things and more. The short cut wheel and completely customizable set of keys on the side is a HUGE time saver. I rarely have to touch my keyboard when I'm madly working on an idea from my head. The feel of the pen is just perfection. Incredible design and beauty. I only have one issue with the tablet and that's how fast the nibs get worn down. They're designed to feel like a pencil running across paper- well that part works very, very well. But it means that this small plastic heads get worn down surprisingly fast. I don't mean to say "you're working SO MUCH that you go through nibs like candy!" I mean- "You'll notice them wearing down in only a few pages of content!" and that's going to be expensive to keep replacing. But that's my only complaint- so 5 stars across the board. Easy to install- easy to use... and I'm working on a two monitor set up, still NO issues with either.
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Reviewed in the United States on March 19, 2010 by Chad E. Munn
Size: Large
Style: Wired
I have been a WACOM user for quite sometime... Recently WACOM announced the Intuos5, so I checked the Intuos4 and found a good price drop and I decided to order one.. Other WACOM I have around the house includes a Intuos3 Large, Bamboo Pen+Touch 2nd Gen, Intuos2 Medium, and my Toshiba Portege M750 TabletPC. The first Intuos4 Large I received from Amazon is DOA... The Tablet was brand new all sealed, but probably due to ground shipping, the tablet did not lit up after plugging it into my computer.. Also the tablet plastic housing seems to be loose and would make cracking noise from just lightly resting my wrist on the tablet.. At first I thought the Intuos4 has cheap built quality when compared to my beast brick Intuos3 The SECOND replacement Intuos4 Large came in last week, and plugging it in to my computer worked no problem. This replacement came via 1-day air UPS shipping rather than the defective ground shipping... (So maybe the ground shipping bump damaged the tablet?? I honestly do not know).. ALSO, the cracking and build quality issues were gone. The replacement tablet is solid, and no annoying creaking noises when resting my wrist on the tablet... (I feel the build is still not on-par with my Intuos3 though) First things first, I checked the serial number and realized that the Intuos4 Large I received was manufactured on October of 2011, so it is one of the last few batches before the new Intuos5 came out, and the Intuos4 as of now is discontinued and out of production. I unboxed the tablet, and the accessories.. First thing I liked was the pen holder being able to hold nibs, this is really nice as the pen holder now has dual functions rather than just holding your pen in two different positions. The included pen nibs are different types like the previous generation of the Intuos. It give the pen a different "feel" when drawing on the tablet. Some nibs give more rough, smooth, springy or rubbery feel. Just like the Bamboo, WACOM included the nib ejector tool in the box. I remember when I got my Intuos2 and Intuos3, you have to purchase the nib ejector tool separately in a accessory kit. Included in the box are also color coded pen identification rings. It is many for those who have multiple pens with different pen settings within the WACOM driver software. The other thing I noticed is that the pen of the Intuos4 is shorter than the rip pen from Intuos3. But also the Intuos4 pen is slightly fatter, and the ergonomics is just as good, if not better than the Intuos3 grip pen. Since I mentioned my tablet was manufactured in October of 2011, the surface sheet issue should be addressed.. I felt the surface sheet of the Intuos4, and it is slightly smoother than my Bamboo Pen+Touch 2nd Gen, but not nearly as smooth as my Intuos3. But the slight texture feels better when drawing compared to Intuos3. At this point, I was excited and wanted to plug it into the computer and try out my new tablet. I took out the mini-USB cable that came with the tablet and plugged it in. (NOTE: If you are going to use your own USB cable, make sure the mini USB end plastic part is smaller than the recessed port on the Intuos4. This is because the Intuos4's mini-USB ports are deeply recessed into the molded plastic housing. TAKE NOTE) Since I was using an Intuos3 on this computer before, there was no need to install the driver since the driver used here is the same. After plugging it in, the LED Express Keys labels lit up and the ring status LED lit up and the tablet was functioning. I really wished WACOM could update the driver software with an option to turn off these LED Express Key labels. When I work in the dark late at night, the LEDs sometimes disturbs me... During the daytime/lit room, it is no problem. I took the pen and start to use the tablet. I was firstly astonished by this pen of the Intuos4. That near 1g activation force is no joke, the pen register strokes even at EXTREMELY LIGHT pressures.... When compared to my Intuos3 (which took quite some force to activate the strokes, which makes lightly sketching almost impossible without change the brush size constantly), Intuos4's pen was amazing. Also the 2048 levels of pressure is bonus, but I think I am good with 1024 pressure levels. The drawback with the increase pressure levels for me at least is that since I have been so used to 1024 pressure levels, the extra sensitivity made me to change some of my program settings. In some cases, using the same forces from my hand with the pen, the pressure level of 80% on the Intuos3 will be only around 40-50% with the Intuos4. Which means some of the brush sizes I am so used to have to be adjusted..... These above factors goes the same with the eraser side of the pen on the Intuos4. Now with the mouse, it is a slight step backward. The sensor in the mouse is the same with the Intuos3 since mouse do not have pressure sensitivity. Both Intuos3 and Intuos4 mouse are 5080 lpi (Lines per Inch resolution) The main problem with mouse is the ergonomics. The size is more miniature when compared to the older model. Other than that, the mouse works great.. It is much more accurate than even a high dpi laser Gaming Mouse (I have G700)... The mouse works in mouse mode, rather than the pen's absolute mode (tablet surface corresponds with your screen edge to edge)... Gamers would probably not use this mouse since the only area it will be active is the tablet's active area. Some people might feel it is not portable, and some people might think the size of the track-able area is equal to the size of your tablet's active area... The bundled software is nothing to awe over. They are just a bunch of trials and lite version of popular software (Photoshop Elements, SketchBook Express etc.) Not to mention, it is a pain in the butt to register with WACOM to "Redeem" your FREE SOFTWARE BUNDLE... You have to get the product s/n of your tablet, AND you have to get your bundled software code which is on the CD sleeve of the in box outdated drivers disc... Overall, the positives outweighs the negatives.. The Intuos4 Large was a great purchase for me... Just the pen's 1g activation force (finally I can sketch lightly ^_^) was the main reason I upgraded from my Intuos3 Large.
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Reviewed in the United States on June 30, 2012 by Tiramisuuu~