(I’ll explore its brightness and color fidelity more closely in my upcoming review.) The 3-in-1 adapter cable, which plugs into the power port on the back of the Cintiq 16 after you remove a protective door, has both HDMI and USB plugs. The screen seems bright, and the colors reasonably true. The screen has an anti-glare film coating that effectively minimizes reflection.
#Pen display for mac full#
The 15.6-inch display has full HD (1,920-by-1,080) resolution, and offers a 72 percent NTSC color palette. It also is bundled with the Cintiq, while Apple sells its Pencil as a $99 accessory. Unlike the Pencil, the Wacom pen has an eraser. It doesn’t require charging, as it draws power from the Cintiq through Wacom’s EMR (electro-magnetic resonance) technology, which eliminates the need for a pen battery, which on the Apple Pencil is charged over a Lightning connection. The Wacom pen has several advantages over the Apple Pencil, though. The pen feels comfortable, and is at least as easy to use as the slightly longer Apple Pencil, which I use with my iPad Pro.
Graphic arts professionals and students-the primary market for this product-can use it to draw, navigate menus, and click buttons onscreen using the included Wacom Pro Pen 2.
The Cintiq 16, which Wacom refers to as a creative pen display, acts as a second monitor for your computer, rather than running its own resident programs as a traditional tablet would.