Kamuva nje besibona izingxoxo ezimbalwa ezitolo zezokuxhumana zeSolidSmack ezidingida amathuluzi okudweba wedijithali aphathekayo. Impela, abantu abaningi bazodonsela ku-iPad kanye ne-Microsoft Surface ngokusekelwe ezindlekweni nezinhlelo zokusebenza kwezinye izinto. Kodwa-ke, uma uzibheka njengomklami ochwepheshe onesidingo sokuba namandla okusebenza agcwele ngokugcwele, i-Wacom Cintiq Companion ngokusobala iyimbangi ephezulu ekwazi ukukhipha i-iPad ne-Surface emanzini. Sichithe isikhathi neyodwa ukuze sikunikeze isifinyezo ngokombono womklami wezimboni. Ake sibheke.

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Iyini i-Cintiq Companion?

Uma ujwayelene nohlu olukhona lwe-Wacom's Izibonisi ze-Cintiq, bese ucabangela le nguqulo ephathekayo ye-'Sony Walkman-esque' yezibonisi ze-behemoth ozibona abaklami abahlukahlukene bezingela phakathi nosuku. Uma isetshenziswa ne-stylus pen/eraser combo efaka amaleveli angu-2048 okuzwela ingcindezi, izikrini zivumela abasebenzisi ukuthi babe nolwazi oluseduze kakhulu lwemidiya yendabuko kuphakheji yedijithali. Nakuba imibukiso ye-Cintiq evamile idinga indawo yokusebenza ehlukile, i-Cintiq Companion yethula isigaba esisha somkhiqizo we-Wacom ehlinzeka ngohlelo lwayo oluzimele lwe-Windows 8...okubalulekile olukhulula umsebenzisi ekuxabaneni kwezintambo ezidingekayo ukuze kunikwe amandla nokuxhuma isibonisi sedeskithophu i-Cintiq kwesinye isikhungo sokusebenza. Lokhu kukhululwa kuza ngendlela yephrosesa ye-Intel Core i7 evaliwe, i-8GB ye-RAM, kanye nephrosesa yezithombe ze-Intel HD Graphics 4000—konke okuyizimbangi ezibonakala kumamodeli wakamuva we-Macbook Pro. Ngezinketho zokugcina ezingu-256 noma ezingu-512 GB kanye nesikhala sekhadi le-microSD elifakiwe, kunenqwaba yegumbi lokugcina ebhodini—ikakhulukazi uma kucatshangelwa ukuthi bangaki abantu abasebenzisa isitoreji samafu kulezi zinsuku. Oh yebo, futhi kuyithebhulethi yesikrini esithintwayo sokuzulazula kokuqukethwe njenge-iPad noma i-Surface.

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I-Cintiq Companion iwuhlobo lwe-hybrid phakathi kwe-Wacom's I-Intuos Pro umugqa wezindawo ezicebile ezimnyama ngaphambili, kanye nendlu yangemuva ye-aluminiyamu exutshwe ne-Apple-esque ngemuva. Ku-375 x 248 x 14 mm enosayizi wesikrini ongu-13.3, kukude nokuphatheka njenge-iPad noma i-Surface, nokho ngalelo gumbi elengeziwe liza nesikhala sokuphefumula esengeziwe sabaklami ababalulekile. Njengoba i-Cintiq Companion ihloselwe umklami osendleleni, senze ukuhlolwa kosayizi/ukuphatheka ngamasaka ojosaka amaningi futhi singaqinisekisa ukuthi idivayisi izolingana kahle kumaphakethe aphathekayo ajwayelekile kumadizayini ezikhwama esimanje. Ilandela isu elinogqozi lwefomu le-Intuos Pro, uhlangothi lwesobunxele lwedivayisi lufaka ama-ExpressKeys enziwe ngokwezifiso e-Wacom ambozwe ngensimbi ebambelelayo yokubamba ngenkathi udweba. Uhlangothi olungakwesokudla lwedivayisi lunamachweba amabili e-USB 3.0, i-DisplayPort encane, i-headphone jack, ne-microSD slot.

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I-Comanion iphinde ihlanganise nezinsiza ezimbili ezihlanganisa isistimu yonke: I-Grip Pen stylus kanye nesitendi esinezigaba ezintathu. I-stylus ye-Grip Pen ihambisana namanye amadizayini e-Wacom futhi ihlanganisa ikesi eliqinile, eliqinile elinendawo enkulu yokugcina ama-nibs engeziwe—akukho lutho ongalushayela ucingo ekhaya kodwa lizwakala lisindwa kahle esandleni futhi linebhalansi enhle. ukwenza lawo mapeni ajabulisayo angama-180-degree ukuze asule ngokushesha.

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Ngakolunye uhlangothi, isiteji esisusekayo esinezigaba ezintathu, okungenzeka ukuthi singaba isici esingathandeki kakhulu kulo lonke uhlelo. Okokuqala, isitendi ngokwaso sibukeka, sizizwa, futhi senza njengepulasitiki. Ukusuka kwelinye izinga ukuya kwelinye kuthatha umzamo owengeziwe ngokumangazayo ukuze ungasuki usuka esigabeni esilandelayo futhi yonke le nqubo ivele izwakale njengokubi. Ukwengeza, isitendi ngokwaso sizwa sengathi singawa noma nini uma ungahlolanga kabili ukuze uqiniseke ukuthi siqondaniswe kahle ezindaweni ezikhala zomzimba oyinhloko. Nokho, uma sikhuluma iqiniso, lokhu akumele kube ukwephula isivumelwano uma ucabangela umkhiqizo. Ngemuva kokusetshenziswa okumbalwa, ama-tiers aba bushelelezi ukusebenza nawo futhi umzimba oyinhloko ubonakala wamukela ukuthi unamathisele okunye okuthile kuwo… naphezu kobunzima obuncane. Mina ngokwami anginankinga uma idivayisi ibinogqinsi ngo-1/4″-1/2″ futhi ama-tiers ahlanganiswe ekwakhiweni kwendlu yangemuva ngokwayo enezicabha ezintathu ezikhiyayo zama-engeli amathathu ahlukene okusebenza. Naphezu kwalokhu kushiyeka komklamo, akuzange kufike nakanye engqondweni yami ukuthi kungaba yisinqumo sokuthenga noma cha...Amakhava ahlakaniphile we-Apple akwa-Apple nawo awamahle kodwa awanginqumeli ukuthi ngithenge idivayisi enamandla ngenye indlela.

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Kusetshenziswa

Ukuze ngihlole kahle i-Cintiq Companion egxile ekuphathekeni njengomklami wezimboni, ngakhetha ukuya ezitolo zekhofi ezimbalwa e-Brooklyn nase-Manhattan ngenhloso yokuhlola izigaba ezihlukahlukene zenqubo yokuklama ngisebenzisa amathuluzi ahlukahlukene kusukela ku-Sketchbook Pro kuya ku-Adobe Illustrator kanye I-Autodesk Fusion 360 iya kuMcneel Rhino.

Ngemva kokuzinza ne-Americano yami eshisa kakhulu endaweni yokuqala yesitolo sekhofi, ngokwemvelo ngavula i-Sketchbook Pro njengendawo yokuqala. Into yokuqala eyangishaya kwaba ukuthi: “Hhawu, ngihlezi etafuleni elincane esitolo sekhofi esimaphakathi nedolobha eliphithizelayo eline-Wacom Cintiq!”

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Njengomuntu owake wasebenzisa izibonisi ezinkulu ze-Cintiq futhi wayevalelwe endaweni eyodwa etafuleni lami, konke lokhu okuhlangenwe nakho kwazizwa kufana ne-surreal. Kuthe uma kungicacela ukuthi empeleni 'ngingancika emuva' futhi ngigcine ulwazi lwami lwe-Cintiq, ngakwenza lokho nje...kwadlula ihora njengoba ngishintsha kalula ngisuka ekubhekeni izithombe eziphefumulelwe ku-Chrome ngijike ngibuyele ku-Sketchbook Pro... ukuthinta okukodwa okusheshayo kokuslayida phakathi kwezinhlelo zokusebenza. Endleleni, abantu abambalwa bama eduze kwetafula lami ukuze bangibuze ukuthi ngisebenzisani futhi bahlabeka umxhwele ngaso leso sikhathi ngemva kokuba ngibabonise ukuzwela kokucindezela komugqa oqondile khona lapho ku-Sketchbook Pro. Umhlaba ongaphandle ubonakale 'uyithuluzi' lohlobo oluthile ekusizeni ugqozi lwami futhi wasiza ukususa lowo muzwa 'ongolunye usuku etafuleni'. Lapho ngiqeda i-Americano yami, ngafika endaweni yesibili yesitolo sekhofi.

Ngemva koku-oda inombolo yesibili ye-Americano esitolo sekhofi inombolo yesibili, into yokuqala engiyenzile kwakuwukukhipha i-Adobe Photoshop CC ne-Adobe Illustrator CC. Zombili izinhlelo zokusebenza ziqale ukukhanyisa ngokushesha ngenxa ye-SSD (ngokushesha kuneMacbook Pro yami, empeleni). Ngikopishe isithombe serobhothi kusuka ku-Chrome, ngisinamathisele ku-Photoshop, ngenza izinguquko ezimbalwa, ngase ngiletha isithombe esibuyekeziwe ku-Illustrator. Esinye sezithuthukisi-sivinini esikhulukazi ekugelezeni komsebenzi wami siqu lapho ngisebenzisa i-Cintiq (I-Display noma Companion) kube ngenkathi ngisebenzisa ithuluzi Lepeni ku-Illustrator. Akukho okuningi okushintshile lapha, kodwa isipiliyoni sokujabulela i-Americano yami esitolo sekhofi nokudala umfanekiso we-vector ku-Cintiq ngenkathi iqhwa liwa ngaphandle e-Tribeca kwaba okuthile. Kulapha lapho ngabona khona amandla eqiniso anikezwa i-Cintiq Companion: inkululeko yokusungula izinto ezintsha ngamathuluzi esesijwayele ukuwasebenzisa ngenkathi sinamathisele kumadeski ethu… .

Kubalulekile ukuqaphela ukuthi ngenkathi udlula ku-Sketchbook Pro ngaphandle kwekhibhodi 'kwakungenzeka', ukusetshenziswa kwekhibhodi ye-Wacom's ultra-slim futhi ephathekayo kwakuyisidingo esiphelele uma ngijuba kuzinhlelo zokusebenza ze-Adobe. Eqinisweni, ngeke ngincome ukusebenzisa i-Cintiq nhlobo ngaphandle kwekhibhodi uma ungumuntu othatha ama-hotkeys ngokungathi sína. Ngenkathi ikhibhodi ye-pop-up esebhodini 'iyasebenziseka', kungaba inkathazo ebulalayo uma isikhathi besingekho ngasohlangothini lwakho (futhi masikhulume iqiniso, akukaze kube njalo). Njengoba sekushiwo lokho, ikhibhodi engenantambo ibonakale iyithuluzi elibalulekile uma ngiqala ukungena ezinhlelweni zokusebenza ezibucayi ezidinga ukushintshwa kwamathuluzi okwengeziwe. Ikhibhodi ibhekwa njengesisetshenziswa esengeziwe sama-$50.

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Njengomklami wezimboni, ukuhlola ukuhamba komsebenzi kwe-CAD ku-Comanion bekufanele kuzo zombili izizathu zokusebenza kanye nolwazi lomsebenzisi. Ngokwesiko ngisebenzisa igundane le-3D lapho ngizulazula kumamodeli ami, ngakho-ke ngangazi ukuthi ukungena kulokhu nge-stylus kungaba ijika lokufunda ngokwako. Ngemuva kokulahla izimo ezimbalwa zokuqala, ngithole inhlanganisela yokuba nekhibhodi ephathekayo kanye ne-Wacom stylus enezinkinobho ezimbili kube yisixazululo esilawuleka kakhulu. Phakathi kokusebenzisa i-Rhino ne-Autodesk Fusion 360, ngikwazile ukumodela imiklamo embalwa elula cishe ngesikhathi esifanayo ebekungangibuyisela ngaso ehhovisi ngokusetha kwami okungokwesiko. Lona umqondo onamandla impela uma umuntu ebheka phakathi kwemigqa: Ngiyakwazi ukwenza ukuqoqwa kwezithombe eziphefumulelwe ngaphakathi kwe-Chrome, ngihlakaze imiqondo ethile ku-Sketchbook Pro noma i-Adobe Illustrator, ngikhiqize imodeli ye-CAD ku-Fusion 360, bese ngithumela. iya ephrinta ye-3D emuva ehhovisi…konke kusuka ezindaweni ezithokomele zesitolo sekhofi sase-Tribeca. Zama ukwenza lokho ku-iPad yakho noma ku-Surface.

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Isiphetho

Nakuba ngingeke ngingqongqoze ukunethezeka nobulula bokudweba ebhukwini elingasephaketheni elinepeni le-Bic elibolekwe ku-barista, ngesinye isikhathi ngingathanda ukudweba ngedijithali ngaphandle kokusebenzisa i-iPad yami…engisayithola iyisipiliyoni esinzima noma ngaphandle a 'umklami' istylus.

Ukwengeza, noma ngabe angikaze ngifune ukuphuma ngaphandle 'nekhithi yamathuluzi' enamandla aphezulu, i-Cintiq Companion isebenza kahle njengethuluzi ledeskithophu elimile. Eqinisweni, ngikhetha ngisho usayizi wayo kumayunithi wokubonisa amakhulu futhi amandla ayo okusebenza azimele asho ukuthi ngingasebenzisa uhlelo lokwabelana ngesistimu njenge I-Synergy ukusuka kumdwebo ku-Cintiq Companion ukuya kumodeli endaweni yokusebenza ehlukile ngaphandle kokudela ukusebenza noma isandla sami segundane. Ngokuphambene nalokho, i-Cintiq Companion ingakwazi futhi ukunika amandla i-monitor yangaphandle uma ukhetha ukuyisebenzisa njengendawo yakho yokusebenza eyinhloko.

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Ku-$2500 (ye-516 GB, i-$2000 ye-218 GB), i-Cintiq Companion nakanjani isezingeni lentengo elingase lixoshe abambalwa abangaba abathengi futhi lidale izingxoxo ezigxile kulokho okunye okukhona okungakufanisa. Eqinisweni, akukho okunye ngaphandle okungakufanisa endaweni ephathekayo ye-digital sketching uma ucabangela ukuthi ungaqala izinhlelo zokusebenza eziningi ezidela ukusebenza ngamasekhondi futhi usebenze kumafayela e-Photoshop anezendlalelo ezinzima kalula. Uma uzama ukwenza umsebenzi womklamo ongathi sína, kunzima ukungaphikisani ngokuthi i-Cintiq Companion iyisixazululo esingcono kakhulu somklami wanamuhla olokhu ekhula njalo, ofuna ngamandla, futhi ohambahambayo.

Uma abakwa-Sony Walkman bekhulula abalaleli bomculo emagumbini abo okuhlala, khona-ke i-Cintiq Companion iyithuluzi elizokhulula abaklami ezindaweni ezivalelwe amahhovisi abo. Kwabaningi abaklami engibaziyo, ayikho ithegi yentengo kulokho.

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