Pressure Sensitivity & Tilt
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Intuos2 features Wacom's unique patented battery-free, cordless (pen)
technology. With 1,024 levels of pen tip and eraser pressure sensitivity,
nothing unlocks the power of Photoshop, Painter, Paint Shop Pro, Flash
and other professional graphics applications like Intuos2. All Intuos2
pens also support pen tilt and bearing for completely natural feel and
control.
Photo
Retouching
Quickly
and easily retouch photos using the the full power of pressure-sensitive
control in Adobe Photoshop, Jasc Paintshop Pro, Ulead PhotoImpact, and
other photo-editing software. Modify exposure, sharpness, color, and many
other image characteristics with Intuos's unique pressure-sensitive control.
Design
& Illustration
Use
the intuitive control of your Intuos2 Grip Pen to create natural-media
images in Corel Painter, precise artwork in Adobe Illustrator, and fluid
animations in Macromedia FlashTM. More than 100 software applications
are specifically designed to be used with a Wacom pen.
Office
Productivity
The
Intuos2 Grip Pen makes it easy to annotate presentations in Microsoft
PowerPoint; mark-up documents in Adobe Acrobat; write sketches, notes
and text in Microsoft Office XP and with Apple Inkwell; and digitally
sign your name.
Comfort
and Ease of Use
Intuos2
comes in 5 sizes for every work style from 4"x5" to 12"x18".
The tablet connects to your computer's USB (or Serial) port with an 8
foot cable so you have room to kick back and work comfortably. It's easy
to use a pen tablet because every point on the tablet has a matching point
on the screen. When you move your pen over the tablet, the cursor moves
in precisely the same way on the screen. Where you touch your pen tip
to the tablet is where you click.
Quick
Access to Shortcuts
Each
Intuos2 tablet features menu strip buttons above the active area of the
tablet for easy access to your favorite shortcuts. The menu strip buttons
have default shortcuts and they are fully customizable through Intuos2's
software control panel. Pen side-switches can also be customized to generate
mouse button clicks, keystrokes, modifier keys, or even to generate a
pop-up menu selection of shortcuts.
Tracing
Intuos2
pen tablets feature a thick, durable overlay so that you can easily trace
photos and art. Because the Intuos2 pen works up to about a quarter inch
above the tablet surface, many customers also tape paper and art directly
to the tablet surface to change the feel of the working surface and for
convenience. Larger tablets offer more working space to simplify this
type of functionality with larger art and copy work.
The
Tablet
Transparent
overlay for easy tracing
Programmable menu strip for easy shortcuts
Convenient pen stand to keep your pen handy
Built to last—comes with Limited Lifetime Warranty
Intuos2 Grip
Pen
1024 levels of pressure-sensitivity for control and a cushioned, contoured
"grip" for ergonomic comfort
Patented, battery-free, cordless technology for a natural feel and superior
performance
Programmable DuoSwitchTM for greater productivity
Pressure-sensitive eraser for easy fixes
A
Better Mouse
No
ball to gum up, so you always have smooth, accurate tracking
Patented battery-free, cordless technology means it's completely hassle-free
Scrolling fingerwheel is also a third programmable button
Bundled
Software
Nothing
makes a pen tablet come alive like great pressure-sensitive software--
and all Wacom pen tablets come bundled with software from companies like
Adobe, Corel, and nik multimedia, some of the greatest software companies
in the business.
Intuos2
Accessories
The
most notable Intuos2 accessory is the Airbrush. This unique input solution
provides all of the same capabilities as a real airbrush when used in
conjunction with Adobe Photoshop 7 or procreate Painter 7 by Corel, including
pressure (height), tilt angle and bearing, and ink flow control. The Airbrush
fingerwheel can also be used to control brush size independent of opacity.
This is a very handy benefit when working with tools in Photoshop. An
Intuos2 brushed metal Designer Grip Pen is also available.