01-22-2014, 06:16 AM
Well, I think it depends... I mean, I've been drawing on intuos 3, 4, those genius stuff for like $30, some genius tablet for like $100, a bamboo etc. and yes, you can feel the difference.
However, I think it all boils down to priorities. If you have the money and you don't really need it for something else (in a sense that the intuos would be the next logical upgrade to your work gear, which means you already have a decent amount of ram and stuff like that), then I would say yes, definitely go for it. It is better, the quality is better overall, it flows more fluidly. The buttons are handy, at least for me etc. And of course, if you actually feel the lack of points of pressure or dpi, then it's a clear sign:) I think it's more or less an individual thing... I mean, once I was working with intuos 3 and then I had to use a $30 genius for some time, while painting the same thing, and I was shocked at the lack of sensitivity and stuff like that for the first 10 minutes and after that it had no impact on my painting whatsoever.
So, I don't really know if this was helpful lol:) but essentially, I think that pretty much surrounding factors affect whether you should upgrade to a next level tablet and not the tablet itself, if that makes any sense:)
I think that by far the best solution would be if you had a friend or something who has intuos, so you could test it for a couple of hours and see for yourself.
But generally, if you do have the money and want to buy an intuos and there really isn't any reason not to, you should buy it, it's a very good tablet and it has bunch of cool little things that add up and make one's life easier. I had my intuos 4 for four (or is it five?) years and it's as good as ever, it hasn't behaved funny or anything and I've yet to spend a single nib.
However, I think it all boils down to priorities. If you have the money and you don't really need it for something else (in a sense that the intuos would be the next logical upgrade to your work gear, which means you already have a decent amount of ram and stuff like that), then I would say yes, definitely go for it. It is better, the quality is better overall, it flows more fluidly. The buttons are handy, at least for me etc. And of course, if you actually feel the lack of points of pressure or dpi, then it's a clear sign:) I think it's more or less an individual thing... I mean, once I was working with intuos 3 and then I had to use a $30 genius for some time, while painting the same thing, and I was shocked at the lack of sensitivity and stuff like that for the first 10 minutes and after that it had no impact on my painting whatsoever.
So, I don't really know if this was helpful lol:) but essentially, I think that pretty much surrounding factors affect whether you should upgrade to a next level tablet and not the tablet itself, if that makes any sense:)
I think that by far the best solution would be if you had a friend or something who has intuos, so you could test it for a couple of hours and see for yourself.
But generally, if you do have the money and want to buy an intuos and there really isn't any reason not to, you should buy it, it's a very good tablet and it has bunch of cool little things that add up and make one's life easier. I had my intuos 4 for four (or is it five?) years and it's as good as ever, it hasn't behaved funny or anything and I've yet to spend a single nib.