Accept : No Limits!
Thoughts : Imagine using your hand and a pen as a computer input medium. With results showing directly on the display just like using pen and paper Cintiq from WACOM makes the impossible possible and speeds up the possible. It puts the fun back into work. Your creativity is no longer slowed by mousing around. Because it s natural intuitive, hands-on and allows perfect eye-hand coordination. In a word: ergonomic. And it s efficient to a degree you can only achieve when work is really fun! Just like pen and paper but digital Efficiency comes naturally Switch on and get started... and feel a sense of achievement within moments. That s Cintiq. Because your Cintiq works just as well with standard software, industry-specific or in-house software. And whatever you put on paper you can put on your Cintiq. And directly into your computer. Regardless of what you use your Cintiq for you re always working totally naturally. A relaxed and comfortable position that s highly ergonomic and fatigue-free. And because you don t have to learn anything new, your personal output increases straight away making Cintiq a real efficiency tool. High-output input Your Cintiq works like a touch screen except that it is much more accurate and the display is brighter. And unlike a touch screen you can rest your hand on the display without causing input errors. So the display replaces paper. You can turn it any way you wish and your eye follows your hand with the pen, which you guide across the digital paper. It's natural. Intuitive. And efficient.
Free These Interactive Pen Displays are the future. I should know I have one! (...) You draw straight on the screen! That really is a quantum leap in ergonomics. Digital paper! I m just getting started but one thing is clear: This is revolutionary! Jamiri (Jan-Michael Richter) Cartoonist
Work : Computer, monitor, mouse, sketchpad and scanner and already your desktop is cluttered. Not so with Cintiq, because the display is monitor, mouse and sketchpad in one. You can lay it on your lap or stand it on the table, pick up the pen and get going. How much space do you need? About A3 a bit bigger than the sketchpad you used to have on your desk. The benefit of my Cintiq? I can draw initial sketches freehand and make intuitive changes to plans or photos, communicating directly with employees and owners in a very impressive manner. And by the way we already have three Cintiqs. Karsten Winkels Head Designer, Bauwerkstadt Dortmund
Fun Size is more than a question of dimensions Cintiq gives you the choice between two models, and both models give you the ergonomics and outstanding reliability of WACOM the market and technology leader. The Cintiq 15X shows its power, for example, when used for architectural sketches or for graphics design scribbles. Or for presentations in the office. You don t only develop the presentations on the Cintiq 15X, but you can also run them as on an electronic flipchart elegantly making changes and additions with your pen. As good as it gets Cintiq 18SX This is the top of the WACOM range. Superb for complex applications which require a large working area and high precision as well as ergonomic workflow. Users of programs with highly complex menus that require accurate navigation value the 18.1" screen and SXGA resolution of the Cintiq 18SX. They also love the dynamically adjustable tilt & rotate stand that comes as standard. This allows you to tilt the screen from 13 to 70 degrees and to rotate it either way through 180 degrees at any time while you are working. And if you want to use your Cintiq like a sketchpad, you can detach the stand and rest the display on your knee or a table edge or lay it on the lap. A great little tool Cintiq 15X Compact dimensions make the Cintiq 15X the ideal board for the small desk. Its sturdy stand allows tilting in the range from 18 to 73 degrees to accommodate the way you work and your preferred posture. Smart pen Your Cintiq comes with a 16g or 12g cordless batteryless pen. You use the pressure sensitive pen directly on the display as a pencil, brush, marker or airbrush, depending on the current program and tool setting. Simply by changing the pressure, you access up to 512 pressure levels to determine line thickness, saturation, etc. The double-side switch of the pen can be programmed and is designed to be equally accessible to left- and right-handers. Another outstanding feature is the eraser. If you want to undo something, you simply turn the pen around and rub it out right there on the display. And by the way, the ergonomic styling of the cushioned pen reduces gripping force by up to 40%. So you can work much longer than with a mouse without stress or fatigue. The benefits of intuitive pen input are available with leading software houses: An increasing number of tool functions are being optimised for pen input. These include programs from Adobe, Alias Wavefront, Autodesk, Discreet and many more.
Design : Pen and paper have stood the test of time. But look what we ve done with them we ve created a tool that s intuitive and efficient as well. The Cintiq Interactive Pen Display. Accept no limits! Cintiq works with just about any program and nearly all major operating systems. Whether architectural design, development, CAD, industrial and graphics design, presentation, or audio and video editing, your Cintiq shows you the meaning of freedom of thought for your daily work. Simply brilliant or brilliantly simple? Drawing with a pen on digital paper sounds really simple but it's pure high tech. Allowing you all the freedom you need. You can also rotate the Cintiq 18SX to whatever position you want. Or remove it from the stand and lay it on your lap. Up to 512 pressure levels or line thicknesses give your work a personal touch. And because you can more precisely define the effect filters of your program with the pen, the Cintiq makes it really easy to display your personal style. And once you have tried using the Cintiq Interactive Pen Display in complex menu systems such as those used in audio and video editing you won t want to be without it. The stable stand means that your Cintiq works like an easel. And even better you can set the tilt to the angle that suits you best.
Flexibility Without Cintiq Interactive Pen Displays, IT-based transmission of lectures with annotations would suffer a big loss of quality and acceptance. The use of the Cintiq displays with their high reproduction quality allows us to broadcast lectures directly within the campus, reaching far more students than otherwise possible. Dipl.-Math. Klaus Scheibenberger Head of the Technical Infrastructure Department, Karlsruhe Technical University
Application : Industrial design See the briefing as an opportunity to give your thoughts a free hand and to use all the interactive possibilities of the design software in 2D and 3D. The programmable pen relieves you of routine work and the dynamic tilt & rotate stand lets you adjust the position of the Cintiq 18SX display to suit the way you work. Graphics design Scribbles, layouts and artwork. You use different programs to give your creativity maximum freedom. All these work perfectly with your Cintiq and with full freedom of design. And at last you can work as you did at the beginning of your graphics design studies with pen on paper, following the flow of your ideas.
Diversity Audio & video editing Architectural design Animations, surfaces and textures your Cintiq supports your creativity and the functionality of your software. From a single point in a halftone to animated shading and light effects. But your Cintiq 18SX also plays a lead role in post production and compositing programs: Not only can you navigate through complex functions and menus swiftly and surely, you can also rearrange video and audio sequences just as quickly and easily as you can move, crop, rotate or color-enhance individual layers in a composite image. From the first sketch to the finished plan working with your Cintiq is always intuitive and precise. The pen technology not only allows a high degree of accuracy, but automatically prevents parallax errors. The natural pen-on-paper approach guarantees perfect control and absolutely precise positioning. And if you want to shade a sketch no problem with the pressure sensitive pen. Illustration and animation Presentation The Cintiq gives you a real competitive edge in presentations. In combination with a beamer, you can project your slides and add notes on the fly, writing directly on the bright, high-color-fidelity Cintiq display. Try that with a mouse! This is direct communication and interaction: You can respond to questions from the audience and present answers on-screen in an instant. And your presentation becomes smoother, too. Instead of mousing around, you can use your pen to quickly and precisely navigate through your presentation. Getting straight to the point. Cartoons, comics, animations, 2D and 3D drawings and airbrush work anything your hand, eye and software can do, your Cintiq can do, too. Gone are the days of time-consuming processes such as drafting on paper, scanning and editing with the mouse. With Cintiq you can do it naturally, drawing directly on the display in real time.
Bottom line : A natural approach to input and navigation. An intuitive, fatigue-free ergonomic interface. All enhancing efficiency. That's what the Cintiq series was developed for. WACOM is the main supplier of pen technology for the new Tablet PCs based on the Microsoft Windows XP Tablet PC Edition operating system. Customers include Viewsonic, Toshiba, Fujitsu-Siemens, and Acer. Special acrylic surface TFT display Sensor board
High Tech Cintiq at home in your world From head to pen to digital paper Your Cintiq safeguards your investment in software and hardware. Because whether you use Windows, Mac OS, Linux, HP-UX, Sun, or SGI Cintiq works with almost any operating system. And because it is suitable for nearly all applications, you can use it with all the programs you use in your daily work. Digital paper or the Cintiq input surface consists of a sensor field with a horizontal and vertical conductor grid and a high-resolution, high-contrast TFT display. The Cintiq pen is used on a specially coated acrylic with paper-like feel. You can rest your hand on the surface just like on a sketchpad without causing input errors. In contrast to a touch screen, the Cintiq display loses neither color brilliance nor contrast as the result of a touch-sensitive surface because the sensors are located behind the display. And color fidelity is ensured by the possibility of color calibration and accurate reproduction in the ICC profile supplied. WACOM s patented induction technology ( penabled technology ) transmits signals from the computer to the pen and back using magnetic resonance. You work in real time. The pen is powered by induction, so it needs no batteries, cords or magnets. You work with an ergonomic pen that s light as a feather, letting you forget what fatigue is. The double-side switch of the pressure sensitive Cintiq pen can be programmed with frequently used functions, and you can customise your programs with application-specific settings. Line thickness is determined by pressure on the pen with up to 512 pressure levels. The integrated eraser tip is activated by simply turning the pen around.
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