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5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic design and performance.
I've been using my Artist 16 Pro for a month now and it's been a joy to use. It's been a hassle free well functioning device during this time.I'll cover the main functional items in this review, and finish with several technical pictures that analyse the device in ways you wont see elsewhere.Screen:XP-Pen describe the screen as "fully laminated". In the world of drawing tablets this means the outer glass, the sensor layer and the LCD panel are all physically bonded leaving no space between them. This prevents the pen from "hovering" over the drawing that would leave a visible gap between the nib and the display. It makes lining up pen strokes for precise technical drawing that much easier.The drawing tablet as you've seen is very thin, which I was a bit worried about at first. But after a month of using it on my knee, and swapping it back to the desk many times, I've discovered that the high build quality and strengthened all metal back make the tablet very sturdy. Regarding the excellent build quality - check my comments about the USB plug, and pen later on too.The tablet can be used with the controls on the left or right - as the USB-C plug can connect either way around to prevent tangling, and Windows can flip the display for you. One downside I found was if the USB-C plug cable is pointing towards the middle of the tablet, the cable covers the power button! I have to push it out of the way to get my finger to it. It's not a big issue, but a grumble I wanted to share.There's three control buttons down the sides.One is the power button - hold it to turn the tablet on/off. A nice touch with the power button when the device is turned off is that it still "exists" to Windows. This prevents Windows from jumping all your windows to the main display, leaving your drawing program set up properly without having to close it too.The other two buttons are for controlling the brightness. The tablet is very bright so I've used it mostly on a low 20/100 brightness. At 100/100 I imagine it would work well with direct sun shining into your work room. The on-screen-display shows the current brightness you've set for a second or two after you've pressed the brightness buttons.The tablet comes with a pre-applied matt screen protector that doesn't have a single bubble. I'm glad - I make lots of bubbles putting protectors on my phone, and doing the same on a much larger tablet would be impossible for me!The back of the tablet is a textured metal black surface. It hasn't slipped off my knee when I've been sketching on my couch. But it doesn't have rubber feet, so if you want to use the tablet on a glass desk you will want to buy some rubber feet, or better yet - rubber strips. There's also a stand available.The control wheel on the front is solid metal and rotates smoothly without wiggling. There's also another "wheel" inside this one built into the plastic centre piece. It's touch sensitive and doesn't physically rotate which is a bit odd to get used to. I imagine it's easier if you've used an iPod.Something that's been missing on every tablet I've had is a recess to slide in a "legend" to see what my buttons do, sadly this tablet is no different. If like me you confuse your buttons, we'll have to buy some masking tape and write them on.The USB C plug is recessed. A big part of the plastic plug gets inserted into the tablet which prevents the thin metal USB-C connector from getting bent off. While this is great, a small grumble I have I mentioned before - the cable covers the power button if the plugs plugged in towards the centre of the tablet and you have to move the cable a centimetre out of the way to reach it. It's not a deal bracker at all though. I mention it for completeness.X3 Powered stylus:The stylus, just like the tablet is very well made. It's chunky and long for a good grip. The two buttons on the side stand proud of the pen body - so they can be pressed by feel. You'll find some tablets they're flush which causes them to slip away from under the fingers.Note though - the tablet is pen input only - NOT finger touchable. You can't do finger painting!I've tested it with my tablet testing software - it's very accurate in the X and Y directions, and it has very accurate pressure sensitivity requiring the lightest feather touch to the tablet to initiate drawing. The pen's tilt is good, it has about 5 degrees of travel which is good for this price range.The pen updates at 200 times a second. Which is just 5 milliseconds between position updates to the PC! A standard mouse is usually around 100 to 130 times a second, so you'll find even your fastest strokes will be captured accurately.The pen has no consumables apart from very cheap P06 nibs. It doesn't need a battery, nor does it need any springs replacing. The nibs can be bought on Bolo and are the same design as the Artist 12's... you can get 50 for ten pounds. I've not needed to replace my first one yet, and the case has a further 9!The eraser is good. It has a better pressure sensitivity and accuracy than older model tablets. Though many artists prefer to map a button on the screen or on the pen to use the high precision nib for better erasing control. Still, having an eraser end is a nice addition.The pen comes in a premium textured metal black "click to open/close" case, with nine spare nibs (and one in the pen). There's a little metal disc with a hole in it built into the inside of the case to pull out old nibs.Cable/Power:The supplied cable is long enough to have my laptop on the floor, and the tablet on my knee with cable left over so I can sketch on the couch!It has two USB-A male connectors. The black one is for power and to send the PC the pen position, while the red one is extra power if needed.I've checked the power consumption of the tablet and it consumes 5 volts, at 0.55 amps (2.75 Watts) - about 1/3 of a USB hard disks power, or similar to external USB "Solid state disk" storage power requirements. So unless you have an under powered USB plug, you'll be fine just using the one.On the other hand, you've got choice if your USB socket is underpowered - you can use an adjacent USB plug on your computer for the red power plug, or if you don't have a spare, you can use the supplied power adapter. At 2 amps the adapter is highly over-speced for its intended use. This is good, as it means it runs cold, runs efficiently, and will last you the life of your equipment.Windows software drivers (the software that lets Windows know the pen is connected):It's easy to setup..... I just visited the XP-Pen website, downloaded them from the clearly marked page, and after the install my PC didn't need to restart, though it's recommended.This past month the drivers have been stable, and haven't crash.The drivers support Microsoft's "Windows Ink" feature - so if you're running it on a laptop, closing the screen lets the laptop be used as a tablet, with the screen keyboard popping up to type when you touch a text box! It's kinda fun, though not as fast as the real keyboard. But if you're working on your lap with the laptop on the floor, the on screen keyboard is a way of naming your files without having to pick up your laptop each time.The drivers and tablet work on all the software I've tested it on - Krita 5, Photoshop CC 2021, Art Rage 6, and openCanvas. The last two are available for free download after buying the tablet!A nice feature of the driver is that it's universal - if you've kept it up-to-date then support for the Artist 16 pro is already built in as all the driver links on the website download the same driver despite being linked from different model pages. This might change in the future, but knowing it saved me time downloading what is the same driver again. You can confirm it works by opening the system-tray icon for the tablet (coloured triangles). The currently plugged in tablet model shows on the driver's title screen at the top left.Technical support:Email support is very fast (usually 1 business day) with a competent staff that can help without forwarding you all over the company.My thoughts:It's seldom that I'm as happy with a new device as I am with my Artist 16 pro. It's stylish, well made, and becomes "invisible". When I'm drawing I forget I'm using the tablet. This is the sign of a great tool - one that gets out of the way of the task, and becomes an extension of yourself.The improvements XP-Pen have made to the stylus - increased polling speed, new tilt sensor and more sensitive nib are all welcome improvements over older models.The lamination works well - it looks like the display is touching the pen nib without the big gap non-laminated screens have. (It cuts out the parallax effect)It's easy to move between the computer and laptop too - as simple as plugging in a screen.Technical Images:Red/Green/Blue Spectroscope chart: This shows the frequency(colour) of light as if it's been split through a prism. The wide colour gamut can clearly be seen by the deeper blue used (from the old 453nm to a deeper 435nm), a wider overall gamut used for the green (from 536nm centre, to a new 520nm), and a deeper red from previous screen versions. From the old 609nm, now a deeper 624nm. Together these changes produce deeper blues, and punchier cherry reds. The higher colour gamut is real!Black table scan image: This has grey lines marked on the image. The pen and a ruler are used to draw lines between the white dots. This shows clearly any deviation away from straight. As you can see this has a quality linear sensing system.Thermal image (FLIR): This black/orange/yellow image shows my tablet on the left, and my laptop on the right after an hours use. The "hottest" area is the exhaust vent on my laptop at a cool to the touch 32.7 degrees. As you can see - the tablet drawing surface is ice cold. It's entirely black - a cool 24 degrees! The only area that's not ice cold (but still cold) is just under the buttons, where the USB-C cable plugs in. This is no doubt where the tablets "brain" is and is expected. The slight warm bar along the base of the tablet (running along the side of the laptop in the image) is where the LED drivers are for the displays lights. Overall this is an incredibly cold running device, as demonstrated by this thermal image, and the tablet having no need for active/fan cooling.Power usage gadget: This plugs in to the USB connector and reads out the displays power usage. Here you can see it's 5 volts at 0.55 amps(2.75 Watts) - about 1/3 of a USB hard disks power, or similar to external USB "Solid state disk" storage power requirements. So unless you have an under powered USB plug, you'll be fine just using the one.
5.0 out of 5 stars Much better than expected
The product came with reasonable protective delivery packaging. I had visions of cracked screens as i monitored the delivery vans arrival. I worried unnecessarily....The tablet comes in very attractive box with all the relevant cables to connect to my laptop. Once plugged in you follow the simple set up instructions to download the drivers and your good to go.The screen works well, albeit i would prefer more brightness than it provides at maximum, but that's just me. The screen does provide a pleasant experience creating and viewing your work. i find the pen very comfortable to use and was able to manage the pressure sensitivity of the pen quite well.i have never used a tablet for drawing, however i downloaded KRITA and it's been a match in heaven and i've managed to create some reasonable portraits and even a few simple cartoons.I've given five stars as it definitely worth the price, a solid piece of kit well constructed.
4.0 out of 5 stars Just brilliant!
Before anything else is said, please beware that the necessary cable for an HDMI connection does not ship with this! You do need the 3in1 cable, not a regular HDMI for it to work as you need the data transfer/power as well as visuals. At this price I was disappointed not to find that included - this information was available on the listing but it was not easily found!With thay said, once the cable arrived and it got connected, it has been nothing short of wonderful. I've been drawing digitally for a number of years now via various different means. This is my first pen display (I previously used a regular tablet) and it's blown that out of the water. Works beautifully, the pen is excellent. So glad I got this!Knocked off a star only for the cable not shipping with it, otherwise it would have been an easy 5
1.0 out of 5 stars Does not work properly on new Macs
Did not work on my Mac Studio. Tried all the drivers but to no avail. It worked as expected with Windows 11 but the software drivers for the Mac are so frustrating and hit and miss. I returned the XPPEN 15.6 pro which did the same thinking it may be too old to work with new tech but sadly not. The new Pro 16 gen 2 was just as bad. The tech support were absolutely awful and no matter how many times I emailed to tell them I had already uninstalled restarted and re installed the only advice they gave was to uninstall and reinstall. There is no phone support for UK just the main customer support email address in Shenzhen in China. You may be lucky but it was a frustrating and slow process for me which still isn’t resolved. In the end I bought the Wacom Cintiq. Flawless installation and amazing tablet that’s very well made.
5.0 out of 5 stars Very well built - Excellent functionality
Well engineered product - I have been using this tablet / pen to edit many digital images over the past few months and the functionality is simply brilliant. Very pleased and highly recommended. 👍
5.0 out of 5 stars Best of it's kind.
Great product! make sure your USB-C is linked to the GPU otherwise get a USB-C to HDMI + 2 USB cable from their website directly (about £15)If your USB-C is linked to the GPU (all laptops do, but older PC don't) then all you need is the USB-C connector, no pover cable which is great.This size is pretty big, anything bigger like the 20 inch you would struggle to use it efficiently
3.0 out of 5 stars Dull display and no stand
The display is no way as bright as you'd expect and does make it difficult when you're editing images in photoshop. The images of the tablet show the unit having a stand to support it at an angle but this is neither included or built in, which does mean you will need order one (false advertising).
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Parfaite, j'ai mis longtemps à choisir une tablette écran, mais je ne regrette pas!
Gutes Grafiktablett mit kleinen Herausforderungen
Das XP-PEN Artist Pro 14 Gen 2 wurde mir im Rahmen des Bolo Vine-Programms zur Verfügung gestellt, und nach etwa einem Monat intensiver Nutzung bin ich bereit, meine Eindrücke zu teilen. Insgesamt bin ich sehr zufrieden mit diesem Grafiktablett, obwohl es ein paar Punkte gibt, die ich für erwähnenswert halte.Zunächst einmal fällt sofort die hochwertige Verarbeitung auf. Das Gerät liegt gut in der Hand und das schlanke, elegante Design macht es zu einem echten Hingucker auf dem Schreibtisch. Das 14-Zoll-Display ist absolut überzeugend – die Farben sind lebendig, die Details gestochen scharf, und die Oberfläche fühlt sich angenehm an, fast wie Papier. Das voll laminierte Display minimiert die Parallaxe und sorgt dafür, dass der Stift genau dort zeichnet, wo man ihn ansetzt, was ein besonders natürliches Gefühl beim Zeichnen vermittelt.Der X3 Pro Stift, der mit dem Tablet geliefert wird, ist eine weitere Stärke dieses Produkts. Mit seinen 16.384 Druckstufen reagiert er äußerst präzise auf jede Bewegung und Druckänderung. Ob feine Linien oder kräftige Striche – alles wird zuverlässig und ohne Verzögerung umgesetzt. Besonders gut gefällt mir, dass der Stift weder Batterien benötigt noch aufgeladen werden muss, was eine ständige Einsatzbereitschaft gewährleistet.Die integrierten Klappstützen sind ein nettes Feature, das es ermöglicht, das Tablet in einem angenehmen Winkel zu nutzen, was sich gerade bei längeren Arbeitssitzungen als sehr praktisch erweist. Ein weiterer Pluspunkt ist die drahtlose Tastatur, die mit anpassbaren Schnellzugriffstasten ausgestattet ist – eine wirklich hilfreiche Ergänzung, um den Workflow zu optimieren.Dennoch gab es einige Herausforderungen. Zum Beispiel musste ich feststellen, dass mein älterer Computer den erforderlichen USB-C-Anschluss nicht unterstützt, um das Grafiktablett direkt zu verbinden. Nach einigem Hin und Her musste ich schließlich einen zusätzlichen Adapter kaufen, was etwas ärgerlich war. Es wäre hilfreich gewesen, wenn das im Vorfeld klarer kommuniziert worden wäre. Zudem finde ich es schade, dass das 3-in-1-Kabel, das für manche Verbindungen erforderlich ist, separat erworben werden muss.In der Anwendung selbst zeigt das XP-PEN Artist Pro 14 Gen 2 seine Stärken. Es ist mit einer Vielzahl von Programmen kompatibel, darunter Photoshop, Illustrator und Clip Studio Paint. Das Zeichnen und Bearbeiten von Fotos geht flüssig von der Hand, und die Anpassungsmöglichkeiten des Stifts sowie die präzise Steuerung machen es zu einem zuverlässigen Werkzeug für kreative Arbeiten.Trotz der anfänglichen Schwierigkeiten überzeugt mich das Tablet in seiner Gesamtleistung. Es bietet eine beeindruckende Kombination aus Funktionalität, Design und Bedienkomfort, die für diesen Preis wirklich stark ist. Wer ein zuverlässiges und präzises Grafiktablett sucht, das auch bei professionellen Anforderungen mithalten kann, wird hier sicherlich fündig. Es ist jedoch wichtig, sich vorher genau über die Anforderungen an den Computer zu informieren, um mögliche Frustrationen zu vermeiden. Insgesamt würde ich es aber definitiv empfehlen.
Horrible onboarding experience
After TWO WEEKS fiddling with this setup, a random person on reddit managed to solve my problem with the 3-in-1 cable. Apparently (and that is explained NOWHERE), all you have to do is... plug the cable to the RIGHT HAND port, not the LEFT HAND port like the manual shows.Changing to 3 stars for absolutely terrible user experience. A 600 euro product should not be like this. Original review below.----First, I had to buy an extra cable because the device is made for Apple users and it doesn't come with the absolutely necessary cable. Then, it still didn't work. Spent another 4 hours trying everything to make Windows recognize the tablet as a display, and still getting "No signal". Do not buy this.
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Preis-Leistung super! Leicht zu installieren und zu bedienen. Benutze es für Fotobearbeitung, Retusche etc. War sehr positiv überrascht von der Handhabung und Qualität.
Magnífica tableta gráfica. Insuperable relación precio/calidad
Tengo la tableta solo unos días pero por ahora estoy supercontento con ella.Mis impresiones:1.- Calidad general: todos los componentes se ven de muy buena calidad. El empaquetado y materiales no tienen nada que envidiar a otras marcas infinitamente más caras. Incluye: tableta, estuche con lápiz y puntas de dos tipos, cables y mando.2.- Pantalla: la pantalla es impresionante, muy buena resolución 2k, mate y excelente buena calidad de colores. Otra cosa muy importante es que está laminada(efecto parallax cero) y no lleva como otras protector de esos que se rayan o desgastan. Si no me equivoco la pantalla es cristal con un acabado perfecto para que friccione bien la punta del lápiz. Por ahora cero rayones aunque siempre viene bien tener bien limpia la punta del lápiz para prevenirlos. La proporción 16:10 me gusta más que las habituales de 16:9.3.- Lápiz: muy buen lápiz, ergonómico y sólido. Todavía he de acostumbrarme a ajustar bien la curva de presión.4.- Cables: la estoy utilizando en un MacBook y conecto la tableta solo con el cable usb C que transporta tanto corriente como video. Es genial poder trabajar solo con un cable conectado. Podrían haber incluido el cable 3 en 1 para equipos de sobremesa o portátiles antiguos. De todas formas es bastante barato pero no lo encontraba en Bolo y he tenido que comprarlo en la tienda oficial. Es el cable AD41 cable 3 en 1 (ha de ser ese exactamente porque hay otros similares pero no valen para esta tableta)5.- Driver: perfecto, no me ha dado casi ningún problema. Solo a veces no se queda registrado algunos perfiles individualizados por programa. Lo he resuelto exportando el perfil y volviendo a cargarlo.6.- Tamaño: está en el punto justo, 16 pulgadas, para no ser ni muy grande ni muy pequeña. Por otra parte, tiene un tamaño adecuado para que pueda ser portable, si necesitas protegerla para transporte hay que adquirir una funda de portátil de 17", y si es dura mejor por posibles golpes. La tableta no pesa poco pero tampoco demasiado, similar a un portátil de 14-16.7.- Mando: el mando incluido funciona bien. Hubiera preferido no obstante que tuviera algún tipo de medio de agarre con la tableta. Se puede conectar por bluetooth o con un adaptador usb que también se incluye. Todas sus opciones se configuran con el driver.Conclusión: una tableta gráfica magnífica y más por el precio que tiene. Recomendable al 100%
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5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic design and performance.
I've been using my Artist 16 Pro for a month now and it's been a joy to use. It's been a hassle free well functioning device during this time.I'll cover the main functional items in this review, and finish with several technical pictures that analyse the device in ways you wont see elsewhere.Screen:XP-Pen describe the screen as "fully laminated". In the world of drawing tablets this means the outer glass, the sensor layer and the LCD panel are all physically bonded leaving no space between them. This prevents the pen from "hovering" over the drawing that would leave a visible gap between the nib and the display. It makes lining up pen strokes for precise technical drawing that much easier.The drawing tablet as you've seen is very thin, which I was a bit worried about at first. But after a month of using it on my knee, and swapping it back to the desk many times, I've discovered that the high build quality and strengthened all metal back make the tablet very sturdy. Regarding the excellent build quality - check my comments about the USB plug, and pen later on too.The tablet can be used with the controls on the left or right - as the USB-C plug can connect either way around to prevent tangling, and Windows can flip the display for you. One downside I found was if the USB-C plug cable is pointing towards the middle of the tablet, the cable covers the power button! I have to push it out of the way to get my finger to it. It's not a big issue, but a grumble I wanted to share.There's three control buttons down the sides.One is the power button - hold it to turn the tablet on/off. A nice touch with the power button when the device is turned off is that it still "exists" to Windows. This prevents Windows from jumping all your windows to the main display, leaving your drawing program set up properly without having to close it too.The other two buttons are for controlling the brightness. The tablet is very bright so I've used it mostly on a low 20/100 brightness. At 100/100 I imagine it would work well with direct sun shining into your work room. The on-screen-display shows the current brightness you've set for a second or two after you've pressed the brightness buttons.The tablet comes with a pre-applied matt screen protector that doesn't have a single bubble. I'm glad - I make lots of bubbles putting protectors on my phone, and doing the same on a much larger tablet would be impossible for me!The back of the tablet is a textured metal black surface. It hasn't slipped off my knee when I've been sketching on my couch. But it doesn't have rubber feet, so if you want to use the tablet on a glass desk you will want to buy some rubber feet, or better yet - rubber strips. There's also a stand available.The control wheel on the front is solid metal and rotates smoothly without wiggling. There's also another "wheel" inside this one built into the plastic centre piece. It's touch sensitive and doesn't physically rotate which is a bit odd to get used to. I imagine it's easier if you've used an iPod.Something that's been missing on every tablet I've had is a recess to slide in a "legend" to see what my buttons do, sadly this tablet is no different. If like me you confuse your buttons, we'll have to buy some masking tape and write them on.The USB C plug is recessed. A big part of the plastic plug gets inserted into the tablet which prevents the thin metal USB-C connector from getting bent off. While this is great, a small grumble I have I mentioned before - the cable covers the power button if the plugs plugged in towards the centre of the tablet and you have to move the cable a centimetre out of the way to reach it. It's not a deal bracker at all though. I mention it for completeness.X3 Powered stylus:The stylus, just like the tablet is very well made. It's chunky and long for a good grip. The two buttons on the side stand proud of the pen body - so they can be pressed by feel. You'll find some tablets they're flush which causes them to slip away from under the fingers.Note though - the tablet is pen input only - NOT finger touchable. You can't do finger painting!I've tested it with my tablet testing software - it's very accurate in the X and Y directions, and it has very accurate pressure sensitivity requiring the lightest feather touch to the tablet to initiate drawing. The pen's tilt is good, it has about 5 degrees of travel which is good for this price range.The pen updates at 200 times a second. Which is just 5 milliseconds between position updates to the PC! A standard mouse is usually around 100 to 130 times a second, so you'll find even your fastest strokes will be captured accurately.The pen has no consumables apart from very cheap P06 nibs. It doesn't need a battery, nor does it need any springs replacing. The nibs can be bought on Bolo and are the same design as the Artist 12's... you can get 50 for ten pounds. I've not needed to replace my first one yet, and the case has a further 9!The eraser is good. It has a better pressure sensitivity and accuracy than older model tablets. Though many artists prefer to map a button on the screen or on the pen to use the high precision nib for better erasing control. Still, having an eraser end is a nice addition.The pen comes in a premium textured metal black "click to open/close" case, with nine spare nibs (and one in the pen). There's a little metal disc with a hole in it built into the inside of the case to pull out old nibs.Cable/Power:The supplied cable is long enough to have my laptop on the floor, and the tablet on my knee with cable left over so I can sketch on the couch!It has two USB-A male connectors. The black one is for power and to send the PC the pen position, while the red one is extra power if needed.I've checked the power consumption of the tablet and it consumes 5 volts, at 0.55 amps (2.75 Watts) - about 1/3 of a USB hard disks power, or similar to external USB "Solid state disk" storage power requirements. So unless you have an under powered USB plug, you'll be fine just using the one.On the other hand, you've got choice if your USB socket is underpowered - you can use an adjacent USB plug on your computer for the red power plug, or if you don't have a spare, you can use the supplied power adapter. At 2 amps the adapter is highly over-speced for its intended use. This is good, as it means it runs cold, runs efficiently, and will last you the life of your equipment.Windows software drivers (the software that lets Windows know the pen is connected):It's easy to setup..... I just visited the XP-Pen website, downloaded them from the clearly marked page, and after the install my PC didn't need to restart, though it's recommended.This past month the drivers have been stable, and haven't crash.The drivers support Microsoft's "Windows Ink" feature - so if you're running it on a laptop, closing the screen lets the laptop be used as a tablet, with the screen keyboard popping up to type when you touch a text box! It's kinda fun, though not as fast as the real keyboard. But if you're working on your lap with the laptop on the floor, the on screen keyboard is a way of naming your files without having to pick up your laptop each time.The drivers and tablet work on all the software I've tested it on - Krita 5, Photoshop CC 2021, Art Rage 6, and openCanvas. The last two are available for free download after buying the tablet!A nice feature of the driver is that it's universal - if you've kept it up-to-date then support for the Artist 16 pro is already built in as all the driver links on the website download the same driver despite being linked from different model pages. This might change in the future, but knowing it saved me time downloading what is the same driver again. You can confirm it works by opening the system-tray icon for the tablet (coloured triangles). The currently plugged in tablet model shows on the driver's title screen at the top left.Technical support:Email support is very fast (usually 1 business day) with a competent staff that can help without forwarding you all over the company.My thoughts:It's seldom that I'm as happy with a new device as I am with my Artist 16 pro. It's stylish, well made, and becomes "invisible". When I'm drawing I forget I'm using the tablet. This is the sign of a great tool - one that gets out of the way of the task, and becomes an extension of yourself.The improvements XP-Pen have made to the stylus - increased polling speed, new tilt sensor and more sensitive nib are all welcome improvements over older models.The lamination works well - it looks like the display is touching the pen nib without the big gap non-laminated screens have. (It cuts out the parallax effect)It's easy to move between the computer and laptop too - as simple as plugging in a screen.Technical Images:Red/Green/Blue Spectroscope chart: This shows the frequency(colour) of light as if it's been split through a prism. The wide colour gamut can clearly be seen by the deeper blue used (from the old 453nm to a deeper 435nm), a wider overall gamut used for the green (from 536nm centre, to a new 520nm), and a deeper red from previous screen versions. From the old 609nm, now a deeper 624nm. Together these changes produce deeper blues, and punchier cherry reds. The higher colour gamut is real!Black table scan image: This has grey lines marked on the image. The pen and a ruler are used to draw lines between the white dots. This shows clearly any deviation away from straight. As you can see this has a quality linear sensing system.Thermal image (FLIR): This black/orange/yellow image shows my tablet on the left, and my laptop on the right after an hours use. The "hottest" area is the exhaust vent on my laptop at a cool to the touch 32.7 degrees. As you can see - the tablet drawing surface is ice cold. It's entirely black - a cool 24 degrees! The only area that's not ice cold (but still cold) is just under the buttons, where the USB-C cable plugs in. This is no doubt where the tablets "brain" is and is expected. The slight warm bar along the base of the tablet (running along the side of the laptop in the image) is where the LED drivers are for the displays lights. Overall this is an incredibly cold running device, as demonstrated by this thermal image, and the tablet having no need for active/fan cooling.Power usage gadget: This plugs in to the USB connector and reads out the displays power usage. Here you can see it's 5 volts at 0.55 amps(2.75 Watts) - about 1/3 of a USB hard disks power, or similar to external USB "Solid state disk" storage power requirements. So unless you have an under powered USB plug, you'll be fine just using the one.
5.0 out of 5 stars Much better than expected
The product came with reasonable protective delivery packaging. I had visions of cracked screens as i monitored the delivery vans arrival. I worried unnecessarily....The tablet comes in very attractive box with all the relevant cables to connect to my laptop. Once plugged in you follow the simple set up instructions to download the drivers and your good to go.The screen works well, albeit i would prefer more brightness than it provides at maximum, but that's just me. The screen does provide a pleasant experience creating and viewing your work. i find the pen very comfortable to use and was able to manage the pressure sensitivity of the pen quite well.i have never used a tablet for drawing, however i downloaded KRITA and it's been a match in heaven and i've managed to create some reasonable portraits and even a few simple cartoons.I've given five stars as it definitely worth the price, a solid piece of kit well constructed.
4.0 out of 5 stars Just brilliant!
Before anything else is said, please beware that the necessary cable for an HDMI connection does not ship with this! You do need the 3in1 cable, not a regular HDMI for it to work as you need the data transfer/power as well as visuals. At this price I was disappointed not to find that included - this information was available on the listing but it was not easily found!With thay said, once the cable arrived and it got connected, it has been nothing short of wonderful. I've been drawing digitally for a number of years now via various different means. This is my first pen display (I previously used a regular tablet) and it's blown that out of the water. Works beautifully, the pen is excellent. So glad I got this!Knocked off a star only for the cable not shipping with it, otherwise it would have been an easy 5
1.0 out of 5 stars Does not work properly on new Macs
Did not work on my Mac Studio. Tried all the drivers but to no avail. It worked as expected with Windows 11 but the software drivers for the Mac are so frustrating and hit and miss. I returned the XPPEN 15.6 pro which did the same thinking it may be too old to work with new tech but sadly not. The new Pro 16 gen 2 was just as bad. The tech support were absolutely awful and no matter how many times I emailed to tell them I had already uninstalled restarted and re installed the only advice they gave was to uninstall and reinstall. There is no phone support for UK just the main customer support email address in Shenzhen in China. You may be lucky but it was a frustrating and slow process for me which still isn’t resolved. In the end I bought the Wacom Cintiq. Flawless installation and amazing tablet that’s very well made.
5.0 out of 5 stars Very well built - Excellent functionality
Well engineered product - I have been using this tablet / pen to edit many digital images over the past few months and the functionality is simply brilliant. Very pleased and highly recommended. 👍
5.0 out of 5 stars Best of it's kind.
Great product! make sure your USB-C is linked to the GPU otherwise get a USB-C to HDMI + 2 USB cable from their website directly (about £15)If your USB-C is linked to the GPU (all laptops do, but older PC don't) then all you need is the USB-C connector, no pover cable which is great.This size is pretty big, anything bigger like the 20 inch you would struggle to use it efficiently
3.0 out of 5 stars Dull display and no stand
The display is no way as bright as you'd expect and does make it difficult when you're editing images in photoshop. The images of the tablet show the unit having a stand to support it at an angle but this is neither included or built in, which does mean you will need order one (false advertising).
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Parfaite, j'ai mis longtemps à choisir une tablette écran, mais je ne regrette pas!
Gutes Grafiktablett mit kleinen Herausforderungen
Das XP-PEN Artist Pro 14 Gen 2 wurde mir im Rahmen des Bolo Vine-Programms zur Verfügung gestellt, und nach etwa einem Monat intensiver Nutzung bin ich bereit, meine Eindrücke zu teilen. Insgesamt bin ich sehr zufrieden mit diesem Grafiktablett, obwohl es ein paar Punkte gibt, die ich für erwähnenswert halte.Zunächst einmal fällt sofort die hochwertige Verarbeitung auf. Das Gerät liegt gut in der Hand und das schlanke, elegante Design macht es zu einem echten Hingucker auf dem Schreibtisch. Das 14-Zoll-Display ist absolut überzeugend – die Farben sind lebendig, die Details gestochen scharf, und die Oberfläche fühlt sich angenehm an, fast wie Papier. Das voll laminierte Display minimiert die Parallaxe und sorgt dafür, dass der Stift genau dort zeichnet, wo man ihn ansetzt, was ein besonders natürliches Gefühl beim Zeichnen vermittelt.Der X3 Pro Stift, der mit dem Tablet geliefert wird, ist eine weitere Stärke dieses Produkts. Mit seinen 16.384 Druckstufen reagiert er äußerst präzise auf jede Bewegung und Druckänderung. Ob feine Linien oder kräftige Striche – alles wird zuverlässig und ohne Verzögerung umgesetzt. Besonders gut gefällt mir, dass der Stift weder Batterien benötigt noch aufgeladen werden muss, was eine ständige Einsatzbereitschaft gewährleistet.Die integrierten Klappstützen sind ein nettes Feature, das es ermöglicht, das Tablet in einem angenehmen Winkel zu nutzen, was sich gerade bei längeren Arbeitssitzungen als sehr praktisch erweist. Ein weiterer Pluspunkt ist die drahtlose Tastatur, die mit anpassbaren Schnellzugriffstasten ausgestattet ist – eine wirklich hilfreiche Ergänzung, um den Workflow zu optimieren.Dennoch gab es einige Herausforderungen. Zum Beispiel musste ich feststellen, dass mein älterer Computer den erforderlichen USB-C-Anschluss nicht unterstützt, um das Grafiktablett direkt zu verbinden. Nach einigem Hin und Her musste ich schließlich einen zusätzlichen Adapter kaufen, was etwas ärgerlich war. Es wäre hilfreich gewesen, wenn das im Vorfeld klarer kommuniziert worden wäre. Zudem finde ich es schade, dass das 3-in-1-Kabel, das für manche Verbindungen erforderlich ist, separat erworben werden muss.In der Anwendung selbst zeigt das XP-PEN Artist Pro 14 Gen 2 seine Stärken. Es ist mit einer Vielzahl von Programmen kompatibel, darunter Photoshop, Illustrator und Clip Studio Paint. Das Zeichnen und Bearbeiten von Fotos geht flüssig von der Hand, und die Anpassungsmöglichkeiten des Stifts sowie die präzise Steuerung machen es zu einem zuverlässigen Werkzeug für kreative Arbeiten.Trotz der anfänglichen Schwierigkeiten überzeugt mich das Tablet in seiner Gesamtleistung. Es bietet eine beeindruckende Kombination aus Funktionalität, Design und Bedienkomfort, die für diesen Preis wirklich stark ist. Wer ein zuverlässiges und präzises Grafiktablett sucht, das auch bei professionellen Anforderungen mithalten kann, wird hier sicherlich fündig. Es ist jedoch wichtig, sich vorher genau über die Anforderungen an den Computer zu informieren, um mögliche Frustrationen zu vermeiden. Insgesamt würde ich es aber definitiv empfehlen.
Horrible onboarding experience
After TWO WEEKS fiddling with this setup, a random person on reddit managed to solve my problem with the 3-in-1 cable. Apparently (and that is explained NOWHERE), all you have to do is... plug the cable to the RIGHT HAND port, not the LEFT HAND port like the manual shows.Changing to 3 stars for absolutely terrible user experience. A 600 euro product should not be like this. Original review below.----First, I had to buy an extra cable because the device is made for Apple users and it doesn't come with the absolutely necessary cable. Then, it still didn't work. Spent another 4 hours trying everything to make Windows recognize the tablet as a display, and still getting "No signal". Do not buy this.
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Preis-Leistung super! Leicht zu installieren und zu bedienen. Benutze es für Fotobearbeitung, Retusche etc. War sehr positiv überrascht von der Handhabung und Qualität.
Magnífica tableta gráfica. Insuperable relación precio/calidad
Tengo la tableta solo unos días pero por ahora estoy supercontento con ella.Mis impresiones:1.- Calidad general: todos los componentes se ven de muy buena calidad. El empaquetado y materiales no tienen nada que envidiar a otras marcas infinitamente más caras. Incluye: tableta, estuche con lápiz y puntas de dos tipos, cables y mando.2.- Pantalla: la pantalla es impresionante, muy buena resolución 2k, mate y excelente buena calidad de colores. Otra cosa muy importante es que está laminada(efecto parallax cero) y no lleva como otras protector de esos que se rayan o desgastan. Si no me equivoco la pantalla es cristal con un acabado perfecto para que friccione bien la punta del lápiz. Por ahora cero rayones aunque siempre viene bien tener bien limpia la punta del lápiz para prevenirlos. La proporción 16:10 me gusta más que las habituales de 16:9.3.- Lápiz: muy buen lápiz, ergonómico y sólido. Todavía he de acostumbrarme a ajustar bien la curva de presión.4.- Cables: la estoy utilizando en un MacBook y conecto la tableta solo con el cable usb C que transporta tanto corriente como video. Es genial poder trabajar solo con un cable conectado. Podrían haber incluido el cable 3 en 1 para equipos de sobremesa o portátiles antiguos. De todas formas es bastante barato pero no lo encontraba en Bolo y he tenido que comprarlo en la tienda oficial. Es el cable AD41 cable 3 en 1 (ha de ser ese exactamente porque hay otros similares pero no valen para esta tableta)5.- Driver: perfecto, no me ha dado casi ningún problema. Solo a veces no se queda registrado algunos perfiles individualizados por programa. Lo he resuelto exportando el perfil y volviendo a cargarlo.6.- Tamaño: está en el punto justo, 16 pulgadas, para no ser ni muy grande ni muy pequeña. Por otra parte, tiene un tamaño adecuado para que pueda ser portable, si necesitas protegerla para transporte hay que adquirir una funda de portátil de 17", y si es dura mejor por posibles golpes. La tableta no pesa poco pero tampoco demasiado, similar a un portátil de 14-16.7.- Mando: el mando incluido funciona bien. Hubiera preferido no obstante que tuviera algún tipo de medio de agarre con la tableta. Se puede conectar por bluetooth o con un adaptador usb que también se incluye. Todas sus opciones se configuran con el driver.Conclusión: una tableta gráfica magnífica y más por el precio que tiene. Recomendable al 100%
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