Wacom is again changing the face of digital drawing – meet the Wacom Inkling pen.
Rather than working on the surface of a slick digital tablet, the Inkling allows you to sketch on any paper surface you have lying around. Through continuous communication with a USB receiver and with 1,024 levels of pressure sensitivity, the Inkling makes a digital recording of your sketch on the included Wacom Sketch Manager software. At the press of a button on the receiver you can even add multiple layers to your sketch. (See video below)
The Sketch Manager software then stores your sketch as a vector-based image that can be imported into Adobe Photoshop or Illustrator, Autodesk Sketchbook Pro, or Sketchbook Designer, for your next steps. Or, if you don’t need to do any editing, you can upload and save flattened files straight from Sketch Manager in several common image formats.
The freedom of sketching with pen on paper and watching sketches develop in front of you is unrivalled, and so are the editing capabilities of the design software. So we’re excited to see that Wacom has taken us another step closer to having the best of both worlds. The Inkling is available now (if not out of stock) for $199.95 on Amazon.com.
That looks awesome. Better than drawing on paper, for sure! :)
George Z.
OMG!
this is so great and will be the best thing adding to my equipment (sketch book & pen).
I am forever ‘scanning’ my works into the computer.
Can’t wait till I get my hands on this!!!
This looks very useful and tons of fun, but I have to say – this was possible years ago with the Adesso Cyberpad, though you had to place the paper on the tablet.
Woo-HOO! This is a dream come true… I bought a Wacom tablet & pen some years ago, and never could get used to it because of the texture… or lack of it. Now, drawing straight onto the paper – any paper – this just might work!
Hmmm, looks like an exciting tool. Love the idea of using your own paper, digital recording, plus no more printer scanning artwork. Would love to hear user opinion’s. Anyone?
That looks really cool, ahh to be back onto paper. but I don’t like the fact you have to draw with their pen, how much are replacement cartridges ? can you get replacement batteries?
Wow! really awesome tech, it really very useful for designer who usually work with the digital devices.