Tag: Wacom

News (6 entry/entries)

Oct 2, 2018

Wacom savings coming our way - save £200 on a Wacom Cintiq Pro 13 graphics tablet right now!

In the next couple of months Wacom is celebrating, and the reason is none other than the company is 35 years old! To sweeten the occasion, the Japanese company is offering some really nice deals when you purchase some of their best hardware through their online store.

Krisztián Vértes

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Nov 14, 2018

Wacom Cintiq Pro 32, the ultimate pen-on-screen experience for digital artists, is now available worldwide

Wacom pen displays are widely popular among digital artists all over the world, but they are not exactly known for their versatility and portability. The model the Epigraphic Survey’s artists use is primarily meant for heavy-duty studio work...

Krisztián Vértes

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Jan 7, 2019

Wacom's new 649$ Cintiq 16 could be the ideal drawing display for the rest of us

This bit of news comes hot from CES, the world's gathering place for those who has an interest in consumer technologies, where Wacom has announced its most affordable pen display ever, the $649/ €599.90 Cintiq 16.

Krisztián Vértes

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Feb 17, 2019

New Pro Pen slim digital stylus introduced by Wacom to reduce hand cramps

The last time Wacom updated its Pro Pen series was a long time ago. Now, in response to users who have requested a more ergonomic stylus, the company is introducing the Pro Pen slim.

Krisztián Vértes

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Apr 20, 2019

Apple might render Luna and Duet Display obsolete with enabling native support to use a connected iPad as an external Mac display

Whether you’d like to use your iPad as a drawing display or merely as an extension of your Mac’s screen real estate, you will find numerous third-party solutions in the App Store.

Krisztián Vértes

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Jul 19, 2019

Cintiq 22 with Pro Pen 2 is a larger budget pen display from Wacom aimed for beginners

After launching the $649 Cintiq 16 earlier this year, Wacom just announced a larger version of its entry-level tablet called Wacom Cintiq 22 aimed for creatives on a budget.

Krisztián Vértes

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Reviews (3 entry/entries)

Nov 24, 2018

The most portable 4K drawing display one can have – Wacom Cintiq Pro 16 review

I’ve used a few different drawing displays in the past years and one aspect of their design stayed consistent: they had large, spacious screens, at least 20 Inches in diameter. I loved my first Cintiq 21UX just as much as the Cintiq 22HD I used in Egypt.

Krisztián Vértes

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May 11, 2019

The drawing display that wanted to be a tablet - Wacom Cintiq Pro 13 review

When it comes to finding the ideal drawing tablet for one’s everyday documentation duties, we all have our different preferences. Some of us want portability over everything else and would like to take our devices wherever we go.

Krisztián Vértes

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Jan 20, 2022

Grand Aspirations in a Slim Package – Huion Kamvas Pro 24 (4K) Pen Display Review

When transferring the Epigraphic Survey’s documentation procedure from traditional ink drawings to digitally “inked” pixel art, one aspect seemed to be of high priority from the get-go: owning the largest possible screen for studio work. Each epigraphic assignment has preferences regarding the applied method and the workflow utilized to get the desired results.

Krisztián Vértes

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Tools (4 entry/entries)

Sep 13, 2018

Wacom Express Key Remote

An accessory that should be considered for anybody using Wacom’s solutions, whether in the field or in the studio. This little wireless device provides a set of seventeen customizable buttons and a touch ring to allow the artist achieving instant one-touch access to timesaving shortcuts.

Krisztián Vértes

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Nov 22, 2018

SmudgeGuard drawing gloves and their alternatives – a digital artists’ everyday essential

A lot of digital artists have the problem that after a while of using a Wacom tablet, the surface warms up and their hands start "sticking" to the drawing display, making the glass surface less than ideal for that smooth brushstroke they were about to draw.

Krisztián Vértes

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Feb 23, 2019

Wacom Ergo Stand and Desk Arm for Cintiq Pro 24 and 32

Wacom’s new Cintiq Pro tablets are great drawing displays, but they don’t provide a tremendous amount of flexibility when it comes to finding the right drawing position.

Krisztián Vértes

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Mar 23, 2020

The new One is the cheapest among Wacom's budget-conscious drawing displays

With the just released Wacom One, digitalEPIGRAPHY revisits and compares Wacom's budget options to see if the new Cintiqs can be competitive enough in the well-established low-cost drawing display market.

Krisztián Vértes

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Project (2 entry/entries)

Jan 15, 2020

Taharqa Meets Wacom — A Case Study for Taharqa Gate and A Wacom Intuos Pro review

Within the Medinet Habu Temple complex in Thebes, just north of the Small Temple and near the Sacred Lake, is an unassuming monument standing alone among the remaining rubble of an ancient mudbrick wall.

Dominique Navarro

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Feb 17, 2021

Using Digital Epigraphy Methods for the Recording of Erased Text on Papyri

The Museo Egizio in Turin is home to many famous pieces of ancient Egyptian art. Less known is that the collection also contains roughly 9000 fragments and approximately 230 larger ensembles of New Kingdom hieratic papyri from Deir el-Medina, many of them unpublished.

Elena Luise Hertel

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Publication (1 entry/entries)

May 13, 2020

Digital Epigraphy (Second Edition)

The chapter by chapter web version of the book, Digital Epigraphy, written by Krisztián Vértes in 2014, explaining the basic procedures of the Survey’s ever-changing digital documentation method, is now extended with digital fieldwork and an exciting new case study.

By Krisztián Vértes and the Epigraphic Survey

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