This is my first display tablet and really debated on whether to even splurge on one since I have grown well adept to using my trusty Wacom Intuous 5 Touch Medium non-display tablet. Needless, to say, I am glad I did, though. The transition went as well as I could hope for in that I like the pen, I like the screen and drawing/painting on it seems to be working very well. I, initially, did have an "Oh-No-Moment" when I fired up Clip Studio Paint Pro and the pen wouldn't register my strokes. I searched online and found a solution. I had to go to File > Preference > Tablet… and change the "Using Tablet Service" from "Wintab" to "Tablet PC." My computer is a desktop and not a "Tablet PC" but this seems to have done the trick.
Anyway, after using a non-display tablet for so many years and getting over the hand-eye-coordination thing, the transition to the display tablet was a bit jarring at first. But, I think, the transition will be much easier this time around because having a screen does make drawing more intuitive and fun. I even like the posture of hunching over the drawing, now, with the display tablet and harkens back to drawing on actual paper. Even, if it's not necessarily good for posture, it makes one feel more "focused." LOL! Speaking of hunching over, the new drawing position of the display tablet does introduce something I didn't encounter with a non-display tablet and that is my hand and pen does get in the way of what I am drawing a little bit. But, I think, my brain is just not used to this, yet.
Also, the pen does squeak when pressed hard. And, pressing hard on the screen does create those "ripple effects" from the pen pressure, which gave me pause at first. But, I think that is just inherent of LCD tech….
Other thoughts are… and not in any order… build quality is nice; feels solid since the front and back are made of aluminum; the default/out-of-the-box color of the display did not look out of whack and looked "normal" to my naked eye; I did tweak the colors a little bit to make it look closer to my reference monitor, which is an Asus PA238Q ProArt Monitor and supposedly "factory-calibrated;" so, just by eyeing it, I was able to get the Huion's screen to "match" my Asus monitor, which is possible due to the display's array of OSD settings, allowing one to adjust Gamma, Temperature, Color, etc…
More, thoughts… Installing the driver was semi-painless; the UI of the driver is at least easy to navigate and clearly labeled; I like that one can bind the 6 keys on the side of the tablet to whatever one wants; I wish the buttons did have an LED of some kind, though, because it is hard to see when drawing at night (but, that would probably add to the cost); the touch slider-strip thingy is cool and works and I use it to zoom-in-out of my canvas; but, it is very "touchy" and "sensitive" and gets activated, unintentionally, when sliding fingers to and fro from the other side buttons; my Wacom Intuous 5 pen and the Kamvas 16 Pro Pen are very similar in feeling to me, which is great; I do wish Huion supplied different nibs as Wacom does; and, not the same hard plastic nib times 8 or what-have-you (My Wacom Intuous 5 came with different style/material nibs; so, my preferred nib on my Wacom is actually made of some rubbery substance, so it's kinda soft when drawing)….
What else… that is all, for now… I have only had this for a day, but, wanted to post my initial impression in the hope that it can be of use to ppl out there making the same decision that I did. Thank you!
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