Is stylus pressure-sensitive? Is the stylus truly pressure-sensitive, and how many levels does it support?
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From what engadget wrote in their article here: http://www.engadget.com/2011/01/04/asus-eee-slate-ep121-officially-unveiled-ips-display-core-i5-a/ The pen is from wacom and since it also describes that the pen can sense how far away from the screen is (slightly though i would assume), it should be pressure sensitive. But to what levels? There is currently no information on that.
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Yes. You have to push little more than your figure. I have yet found a stylus that you do not have to push a little. I use them on my iPad.
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Nope... not at this time. Since it has a N-Trig stylus, you won't get pressure sensitivity in Photoshop (or, Painter, SAI, etc etc) because the pen API is not Wintab. I've been told twice by N-Trig tech support that Wintab is coming this year, but their track record is lousy and it's any body's guess if it will happen. You can run Photoshop etc just fine but the stylus just acts like a very accurate mouse pointer. Artrage and Sketchbook Pro 6 work very well on the Sony, as well as all of the Microsoft products (esp OneNote).
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This stylus would be great for taking notes, however there are cheaper options that would work just as well. The main feature of this one is that it has multiple levels of pressure sensitivity. This is great for drawing, but if you're only taking notes you might not need that feature. You could go with the Jot Flip, Jot Pro, & Jot Script.
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The capacitive touch supports 2 fingers and the Wacom EM digitizer supports 256 levels of pressure.Detailed specs can be found here: http://ep121.wordpress.com
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This tablet has 512 levels of touch sensitivity. I regularly use the wacom digitizer pen that came with it. When I need a longer pen for a more natural feel I use a Grip pen I actually bought for my Cintiq 15x. That digitizer pen also registers 512 levels of pressure sensitivity. It's an excellent drawing tablet.
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I don't know. I googled it, but it didn't really make sense. I like the stylus, though.
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I honestly don't know. They switched stylus models but I am not sure if it was when they went to 4 or 5.
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From what engadget wrote in their article here: http://www.engadget.com/2011/01/04/asus-eee-slate-ep121-officially-unveiled-ips-display-core-i5-a/The pen is from wacom and since it also describes that the pen can sense how far away from the screen is (slightly though i would assume), it should be pressure sensitive. But to what levels? There is currently no information on that.
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Hi Mary Ann, in my opinion I found this stylus a great replacement for any stylus on the market, I love it and would not accept nothing less. I hope that answers your question.
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I have four of these, they all work just fine. Not sure about pressure sensitive though.
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I picked up an ep121 at fry's in concord last week, I have a CINTIQ 21UX, and I'm employed as a character artist. The cintiq pen and intuos pens won't work on it as people have already said. The pressure sensitivity is not working in photoshop, i think there's a driver fix for this but i haven't bothered with it. Photoshop works best with a keyboard/keypad anyways. Alias sketchbook pro will be your friend. The brushes work great and the program is stroke based. 256 levels of pressure sensitivity, it depends on the artist. It's fine for me, I don't know that my arm has 256 levels of pressure. The line quality is good and it's responsive while drawing. Awesome device for drawing on the go, or sitting on the couch. Any serious work you'll probably want to use a standard computer, but no reason you shouldn't be able to do great things on the ep121. Battery life i get around 3-4.5 hours depending on use. I hope they start shipping these things out to you all soon, I'm loving mine! ps. This thing also runs zbrush pretty well. although it's pointless to try to use zbrush with a resolution os 1200x800, the menu's are too filling. But, it CAN handle a million polygons without much problem. I didn't try maya on it yet. If anyone's interested i can give it a shot.
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The pen is pressure sensitive but it is very sensitive. Essentially there is a very fine point before the pen reaches the pad that divides 'hovering on screen' and 'writing on screen'. This is truly the only negative that I have for this product. It takes some balance and practice before adjusting to this difference between the two actions.
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Yes, it seems pretty responsive to a stylus. I use mine occasionally and have no problems.
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Our customer has been content using fingers only. As an elderly person who has a hard time holding a writing instrument for any length of time, the stylus would indeed challenge her as well. Sorry I couldn't answer your question about the use of the stylus.
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my experience with stylus is not good. It works perfectly with finger but not with my stylus (I have used both rubber end and apex fine point).
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Yes, however this is just a generic touch stylus and not compatible with the S-pen extra features like pressure sensitivity.