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(More customer reviews)I read others reviews about the Jumpiness of the pen on the monitor. In my experience, this is related to the batteries in the pen either being not installed straight, and making good contact in the pen, or the fact that the batteries in the pen are of poor quality or just too dead to work properly. Once I changed the batteries to a new fresh battery, it went back to working perfectly. I don't think it is fair for others to leave a review like the one stating the pen is poor quality and hard to use, is fair, without attempting to fix it first. Cleaning the screen, will not fix an issue of the pen jumping. I have also noticed sometimes an issue, if you have a mouse hooked to the computer, at the same time, as you should be using the pen on the screen. *NOTE* this problem was rarely experienced though, and most often noticed when the pen batteries were low enough, to allow the main mouse of the computer to cause issues overriding the pen / drivers. I have had NOTHING but great experiences with this product. I have used it for Modeling 3D Models, including Prefabs, and painting using several different paint programs, such as [...], Smooth Draw 3, Corel Painter Essentials 4, Adobe Photoshop, and PSP. I have used 3D modeling apps such as: 3DS Max 7, Maya, Lightwave 3D, Fragmotion3D, Milkshape3D, Caligari GameSpace, TrueSpace 7.6, CB Modeling Pro Beta, I also make regular use of it inside 3D Model Painting Applications such as: 3D Coat 3.3 beta 09, BlackSmith 3D, Tattoo, I also use it inside various Game Engines Such as: 3D Game Studio A6, A7, A8, First Person Shooter Creator 9, X10, Torque Game Engine Advanced, 3 Impact, 3D Rad Pro 6.49 Donators Edition, Blitz3D, GLBasic, Dark Basic Pro, Dark GDK, Construct, Game Maker 8.0, Unity3D, Game Editor, older Torque Game Engine 1.5.2, Cartography Shop, Character Shop for character 3D Animation, Quark, 3D World Studio, Level Creation, along with Several Special In-House Created Tools.
While Using all of these, I have noticed very few errors, and most of them, were related to having the application settings, setup improperly. Once, either the drivers or application was updated, or I found where to change the correct settings, such as levels of pressure, and tablet sensitivity, it worked perfectly. I have put in 100's of hours of use, with this piece of hardware, and overall, I can tell you that it is WELL WORTH the money. I would NEVER go back to Modeling / Painting the old fashion way, with either a mouse, or even my Wacom ET Steel Blue Tablet. It works, but is no where near, as easy to use, as drawing straight on the screen, and what you see is what you get.
BTW: if you have issues while trying to calibrate this unit, read the manual, you don't calibrate it with the built in windows tools, but instead there is a tool for it, that comes with the driver / software you install for it, and can be accessed via the task tray icon. So, yea, if your a newbie, who doesn't read manuals, or doesn't want to work to learn how to use something advanced like this, then yes, maybe you should maybe NOT purchase a tablet monitor at all, this includes a wacom cintiq, trust me, I had more problems with my wacom then I ever had with this unit, and that should tell you something.
Thanks for listening, hopes this helps some of you graphic artists out there, make up your mind, as I would hate for you to read someone else's uninformed review about the pen jumping, and not get something, that you will truly enjoy and make your work much easier.. You can thank me later. Enjoy.
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XPC1910, from P-Active Corp. is a powerful LCD graphics tablet for professionals. The 19 inch color monitor displays 16.7 million colors at high resolution, 1024×1280 (SXGA). and provides a large workspace with an active area of 14.82(W) x 11.85(H) inches. The XP pen recognizes 1024 levels of sensitivity and simulates a real pen/paint brush/pencil/marker. A rear stand allows the display to be adjusted between 15° to 85° or folded down for comfortable lap use. The freedom to adjust means XPC1910A is a pen and canvas for every artist.XPC1910A offers the ability to draw directly on the screen. This uses natural hand to eye coordination like you would use if you were working directly on paper. This natural comfort allows you to express your own technique with precision and comfort. The P-Active tablet works great with many of the popular illustration/design software on the market today, such as Corel Painter 11, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, AutoCad, Maya, Zbrush, and any other 3D animation and Game Design Software. Tablet system is also compatible with Apple MAC/OS and Windows 7, Vista XP, 2000, 98. Even personalize emails and documents in Microsoft Office or MSN.
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