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Wacom Intuos 4 - part 2 of 1 2 3

by Mike McNamee Published 01/10/2009

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Different features will catch the eye of different users but we loved the new Speed Ring. With a gesture of your spare hand/finger you can zoom your image, change brush size, rotate your art board (in CS4), or scroll. The ability to change brush size so readily is the real gem of this feature.

The Express Keys provide additional functionality so that you can toggle between multiple displays and, most usefully, drop the pen into 'precision mode' for doing really fine and fiddly bits of masking. The bottom set of Express Keys operates the modifier keys (Ctrl, Alt, Shift and the Grabber Hand). In addition there are masses of opportunities to customise the settings, one reason why the manual extends to just over 100 pages.

The Intuos 4 in use. The left-hand finger is changing the size of the brush according to the area that is about to be masked. Sliding the finger around the wheel is far faster and easier than using the traditional shortcut of the bracket [ or ] to change the size and the Wacom pen never needs to leave its position on the image.

In use, the Intuos 4 does not disappoint, we found it better to use than all previous models and adapted to it instantly, using just the default settings.

Noting that Wacom mentions using Microsoft Journal we set about

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