![]() Just like on its larger sibling, its high-end glass finish extends beyond the boundaries of the vibrant 13-inch display to create a sleek black border. It’s more than can be said of any of its larger siblings as even the Pro 16 won’t really fit in slots where a 15-inch MacBook Pro would. At just a little over 1 kg (2.5 lbs) the Cintiq Pro 13 is something you could pack in a bag and move around with. ![]() Its dimensions are 14.2 inches x 9.3 inches x 0.55 inches making it a portable and a slim tablet. We’d like to start with practicality: if you like to work on a small surface because it is very handy and compact, than you will love the Pro 13. No matter how you look at it, inking on the Cintiq Pro 13 with its beautiful matte etched glass certainly gives you the feeling of owning a premium device.Īn USB-C port and an SD card reader shown on the left side of the tablet With the wse specs one might even consider using the Cintiq Pro 13 in the field, eliminating the need to invest into yet another device, but more on that later. Additionally, screen brightness is more than enough at 250 nits, and that’s even better than what you get on the 13 inch MobileStudio Pro which has only 150 nits, and it also has a better contrast ratio at 930:1. On the other hand, an important Pro feature that is appreciated on such a small device is the near complete elimination of parallax, the odd gap between the pen’s nib and the digital brushstroke that effects some of the cheaper devices. Most of the time this doesn’t get in the way of inking in greyscale, as we mostly work with black ink, however, it is noticeable in comparison to the 16-inch version.Ĭolor rendition issues and pixelation becomes slightly noticeable with closer inspection Although the smaller display is easy to live with and looks great but there is some loss in sheer smoothness of gradients and a little sacrifice in color rendition. However, the reality isn’t quite as convincing. On paper this makes a lot of sense at first glance, as the smaller display will still look sharp and crisp, seeing as the pixels are smaller. Incidentally, the 16-incher comes with a 4K (3840 x 2160 pixels) screen, while both are capable of displaying 87% of the Adobe RGB spectrum, which is the minimum one would expect for a tablet of this caliber. Measuring 13.3 inches diagonally (11,6-inch by 6,5-inch), the screen here has only HD resolution (1,920 x 1,080 pixels). With the object of our review costing only $799.95 at the moment, these two Cintiq Pros follow the same design cues, materials and pen properties as one another, they vary only in screen specifications. But for now, we’d like to go back to the smallest Wacom tablet, the Cintiq Pro 13, which was released back in 2016 in the first crop of Wacom’s renewed Cintiq devices.Ĭintiq Pro 13 connected to a Macbook Pro 15 by using a single-cable USB-C setupįor someone who’s used to its larger sibling, the Cintiq Pro 16, what strikes us right out of the box is how slick this little device is. Very soon, we’ll put the Cintiq Pro 24 into the test to see if the high asking price brings that much value to digital inking. Obviously, Wacom has other, more elaborate choices in their current line-up, providing more screen real estate for your studio work. Or for that matter, by picking up Wacom’s latest drawing display, the Wacom 16, which cuts a few corners to achieve a very competitive price-point. ![]() If these rather pricy options are beyond your reach, you may find your ideal tablet offered by Wacom’s budget-friendly competitors, such as Huion and XP-Pen. In the past months we provided reviews for two fundamentally different but excellent portable drawing devices, the Wacom Cintiq Pro 16 and the iPad Pro 12.9. ![]() Keeping all these factors in mind, digital EPIGRAPHY has been trying – and will keep doing so – to give our readers as many choices as possible concerning their specific digital documentation needs and abilities. Last but not least, we must mention price as one of the biggest driving forces behind making our decision about the drawing device (or devices) we settle with at the end. Being first and foremost artists and/or Egyptologists ourselves, we don’t need to overly emphasize the importance of ease of use regarding both the hardware and the software of our choice. Screen size and resolution can also be a major factor, especially concerning studio work. ![]() Some of us want portability over everything else and would like to take our devices wherever we go. When it comes to finding the ideal drawing tablet for one’s everyday documentation duties, we all have our different preferences. ![]()
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