Anyone who knows about graphic tablets, please come in and consult. I want to know the difference between graphic tablet and four generations of ink bamboo. Which one is better?

It depends on what you want to do with it. I use it for painting, so I think it's all painting.

The prices mentioned below are all seen in Taobao. Generally, physical stores are more expensive.

Personal advice can go to the physical store to experience and buy online. In order to avoid the suspicion of advertising, you should not put the address. On Taobao, some people with high credit and good evaluation are generally ok. Don't be greedy and cheap, so you won't be fooled.

1. Xindi: It's a digital screen. Just like an oversized iPad, it can draw directly on the screen, which is generally used to meet the requirements of more CG users for high definition. For example, video and digital entertainment companies, art academy teaching, paperless animation, personal use is relatively small, because ordinary individual users do not have such high requirements, and the price is relatively expensive, 24 inches, 34,800.

2. Four generations of Yingtuo: Basically, this is the choice of most CG manufacturers in China and Japan, with 2048-level pressure sensing and 60-degree tilt sensing. But the price is basically different according to the size and model, ranging from 1900 to 6000. According to the official recommendation, PKT-440 is used for post-art and photography; PKT-640,540,840 is used in illustration, animation, games and advertising industries, 840 is biased towards lines and 640 is biased towards colors; PKT-840, 1240 are mostly used in later film and television, industrial design, fashion design and other industries. Although there is such a recommendation, in fact, the data of these models are the same in pressure sensitivity, coordinate resolution and accuracy, but the active areas are different. As for the size, you don't have to listen to the official recommendation, it depends on which one you use is more comfortable and your own economic situation. For example, Taiwanese cartoonist You Sulan likes small ones, while many Japanese illustrators use larger ones.

3. Bamboo: There are many different models. Bamboopen can be seen from the name, this series is basically a stylus, used for handwriting input. Although the pressure sensitivity is 1024, I personally think this series is not suitable for painting. There are three models, large, medium and small, and the price is around 600-800.

The third generation bamboo has fashionable appearance, multi-finger touch, wireless use and other functions. Personally, I think this series is very fashionable and has many functions. It can be regarded as an entry-level sketchpad, and the data such as pressure sensitivity 1024, coordinate resolution and accuracy can be said to be directly reduced by half compared with INTO IV. However, from the actual feel, these differences are difficult to explain clearly, probably because the fourth generation of INTO is more sensitive, and this difference can be ignored for those who just started to use the graphics card tablet, and even many people can't find this difference when they compare it for the first time. If you are just a beginner in CG painting, I personally recommend using bamboo. First, for beginners, there is little difference between the two models, but the price difference is 1 times; Second, when you can tell the difference between the two models, and this difference has an impact on your creation, you have used this graphic tablet for at least several years, which is similar to just getting a new one. In fact, many illustrators and cartoonists start with poor boards. What really determines whether your painting is good or not is your skill, your perception of beauty, not your tools. The third generation can also be divided into wireless, the size is 2 minutes, and the price is about 850- 1500. Off-topic, I personally prefer the original bamboo fun white style, which is very beautiful in appearance. In use, it is no different from the current three generations except that there is no wireless, multi-finger touch function and no eraser on the pen body, but these functions look fancy and actually useless. But now it has stopped production and has not been sold.

Finally, let's talk about the fifth generation of INTO. The numerical value is basically the same as that of the fourth generation, with wireless and multi-finger touch function. The reading speed is generally the same as the previous standard 133 points per second, but there is a fastest mode that can reach about 200 points per second. The shape of the pen is optimized and the grip is better. The size is 540,640,840. The first two models can choose whether to have wireless touch function or not, and the price is 6544. However, these subtle differences are difficult for beginners to feel.

One more thing, wacom also has auxiliary nib, such as spring, felt and so on. And different pens such as spray guns. Personally, I think these are all flashy things and it is not recommended to buy them. The effects they achieve can basically be made with brushes in PS and SAI or other methods. As mentioned above, the most important thing in painting is by no means your tools.