What is the difference between a touch screen and a graphics tablet

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Followers 2. Reply to this topic Start new topic. Recommended Posts. MartinFahrer Posted July 24, Posted July 24, edited. Edited July 24, by MartinFahrer Adding tags. Link to comment. Second, from my experience, less pen input accuracy needs lower screen resolution, that means for the pixel amount needed, a Pen Display Monotor has to be large in size.

So if my eyes would still be as good as in my teens, I would go for the new 16" Cintiq. And, as Steve Jobs stated, there is no meaning in any pen touch input on a vertical! Older Wacom devices like my 27" Cintiq had a paralaxe effect. That is problematic if you look at your pen nib from an angle. This ins't a problem anymore with current Wacoms, Surface, Canvas, Apple, Don't forget that pen input means to hide part of the screen content, especially if you are right handed.

Edited July 24, by zoomer. Posted July 24, High ppi would mean that you have to target your pen nib even more precise to click something. Which doesn't work for me as the nib has some play and moves inward when clicking.

With minimum pixel resolution I meant that you will need a certain amount of pixels for a CAD App to have some drawing screen left beside the tool palets.

Normally high ppi means that text and everthing gets smaller which will impact readability for old eyes. If you can scale the App on a 8k monitor and it will just get sharper it is ok for me. I like working on my 27" Cintiq, hand screen connection and I like to move my arms and upper body on a horizontal display like I did when drawing plans by hand.

Although there is no more space for an ergonomic keyboard placement. But there is absolutely no need to switch for someone that never had questioned or had problems with a vertical screen and or mouse input. Getting used to tablet input takes weeks or months. Going back to mouse not more than 2 days and is faster and less tedious.

Tested that recently. But went back to pen display usage because it is cool Edited July 24, by zoomer. The 27" Cintig is the perfect screen size for my arm movement. But it has large bezels around. If you put a keyboard in front the screen is too far away. At the sides even worse. I built a stand an mounted my keyboard over the top border. Vertical Monitor : back and neck aches no body, just wrist movement hand screen disconnetion missing muscle memory Horizontal Pen Display : back and neck aches not for me content occlusion by hand and arm cursor coordinate fields, RMB option menus, quad menu Bricscad potential hand drag on screen without glove or screen foil screen pollution low nib drag, depending on nib type or foil hard to double click accidental double clicks.

I tried dual monitor at the beginning. So if I prefer horizontal, I even don't want tointerrupt and look at the other monitor. If I could prevent the cursor on second screen, maybe. And I have no idea how you would switch monitors when using pen in a linear tablet mode.

But I'm sure there is a way by Wacom. Providing a general introduction and overview into the subject, and life as a student and professional. Study aid for both students and young architects, offering tutorials, tips, guides and resources. Stop looking for CAD blocks! Save time trying to find that perfect CAD block, and have confidence in knowing that you already have it…. Skip to content. Studio Tools. Drawing Tablets vs. Touchscreen Laptops. Pros and cons Before we get into the pros and cons of each of these devices proper, we should get some working definitions in place.

So what are the pros and cons of these different devices? Let us look at each of them in turn. Graphics tablet pros Graphics tablets are very affordable. They are the most affordable of the bunch, having been made for the sole purpose of drawing and therefore lacking most of the extra features the others have. With a decent computer, a graphics tablet should enable you to get started in digital art right away.

And, in fact, most beginners start here before they upgrade to more feature-rich and expensive devices later. Graphics tablets are also the most accurate of all 3. Due to being purpose built for digital art, all the strokes and brushes you place on the tablet surface will be transferred accurately to the screen in front of you.

Of all 3, graphics tablets are the most durable. They have fewer fragile parts and are less prone to obsolescence. Graphics tablet cons Graphics tablets are harder to learn to use than the others.

The hand-eye coordination issue is something a lot of artists struggle with at first. Some get the hang of it in days, some months, some still find it a little weird years later.

The only solution is plenty of practice. Graphics tablets are generally larger and less portable than the other devices. Many drawing tablets can be used without a computer or laptop, and have batteries, making them more portable than graphics tablets.

Graphics tablets often have a lot more features built into them than graphics tablets. Drawing tablet cons Drawing tablets are expensive, with many of them costing several hundred dollars. This hefty investment might be out of the reach of many beginning digital artists. Drawing tablets may not feel nearly as natural as graphics tablets to draw on, depending on the design of the screen.

Some of them feel strange and far-removed from that familiar feel of canvas or paper. Drawing tablets are more fragile than graphics tablets and therefore need more care as they can more easily be damaged.

Touchscreen laptop and tablet pros They are multipurpose mini-computers, and can therefore be used for far more than just drawing. They are often more powerful and can do demanding work, depending on the model you buy. They are portable and can be used without a connection to a power supply. Touchscreen laptop and tablet cons They are very expensive. While drawing tablets cost hundreds of dollars, a decent laptop or tablet that you can use to draw on costs thousands of dollars.

They are not specially built for drawing, and so they might not feel as natural. Many users complain of a lag between drawing something and seeing it on the screen.

Note that the surface on which you draw on a touchscreen laptop is above the actual screen underneath in most laptops, and so this creates a lag and displacement in your drawing.

This is done to have an atmosphere as similar to painting on paper as practicable. The most significant distinction between these two is that one has a computer on which you can view your job while you work, and the other does not.

Graphics tablets must be wired to a device in order to be utilised. Another distinction is the expense. Because of the superior technology, drawing tablets are more expensive than graphics tablets.

This is often a deciding factor for beginning and amateur artists who may like a drawing tablet but have a budget that only allows for a graphics tablet. Of course, tablet PCs that can be used as drawing tablets exist. There are more akin to full-fledged machines that you happen to use for painting. They are not designed solely for drawing and often necessitate the usage of additional applications. They are frequently more costly than graphics tablets and painting tablets since they are general purpose devices.

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