Wacom Cintiq 24HD Launch

 

Flagship promotional illustration developed for Wacom Cintiq 24HD  

 

here is a live hands on review by product manager Guido Moeller





Cintiq 24HD Product Reviews


Here are various links to Cintiq 24HD reviews

At £1,999 inc. VAT, it’s a pricey piece of kit, but for matte painters, texture artists or digital sculptors who have to use these systems for hours on end, it’s probably a small price to pay for improved accuracy and comfort.

• MacWorld Review
• 3D World
• Unedited Press Release
• PC Mag
• CGW

Wacom - Cintiq24HD

For all those asking about the Cintiq, here is some breaking news.

Officially announced on September 13 2011, this news story was already released from sources in Asia (china to be specific) of the next gen Cintiq 24HD.

Key Points

• Improved graphical display
• Improved gamut display 
• Cintiq 24HD 700:1 contrast ratio with 180cd/m2 luminance (vs Cintiq 21UX | 500:1 contrast ratio with 220 cd/m2) i.e more black/white discernment in a completely dark room which translates to better graphical discernment with ambient lighting.
• 2048 levels + Tip-sensor technology + 13ms response time
• Cintiq 21UX and Cintiq 24HD will co exist within the Cintiq range.

Pricing

• SRP: EUR 2.299,90 (incl. VAT)
  GBP 1.999,99 (incl. VAT,)
  US $ 2.299,95 (excl. VAT)

Cintiq 24HD Technical Details

-DVI-I with HDCP + DisplayPort, Analog RGB
-a-Si TFT active matrix LCD (h-IPS)
-Brightness: 190cd/m2
-Contrast: 550: 1
-Reaction time:13 ms
-Viewing Angle: 89/89/89/89
-Parallax: 2.6mm
-Native Resolution: 1920x1200
-Aspect Ratio: 16:10
-Supported Resolution: 1920x1200, 1600x1200, 1280x1024, 1024x768, 800x600, 640x480
-Pixel Pitch: 0.270x0.270mm
-Up to 92% Adobe RGB color saturation
-2048 levels of pressure sensors with 60 degree tilt sensor (Intuos4)
-Wireless passive pen technology
-Product Dimensions: 30.28 x 18.26 x 2.52 inches (769.3 x 463.7 x 64 mm) (without stand)
-Screen Size: 24.1 inches, 20.41 x 12.76 inches (518.4 x 324.0 mm)
-Weight: Digital display: 30.2 pounds (13.7Kg), with stand: 32.85 pounds (14.9Kg)
-Power: 71W (maximum), 2W (sleep mode)
-MTBF (mean time between failure): 20,000 hours

Wacom Inkling - Initial preview

Now that the new Wacom Inkling is officially launched,
here are some initial images of the new device.

This will be subsequently followed by a field test report from various artist friends and colleagues.

For consumers, here is the initial information about availability and purchasing of Inklings.

• Availability of Inkling: Available in the shops end of September/early October
• Pricing: USD $199 / 169.90 Euro or GBP £149,99 
• NB: Wacom Europe only serves the EMEA markets

inFamous2: Production Design & Concepts

Hi All,

Here is a mini drop of some of the works, production design and concepts produced for Suckerpunch's inFamous 2.

In addition, Kotaku has greatly honoured us with a double mention pertaining to the recent drop.
Thank you!

this-video-game-art-packs-twice-the-infamy

Opus Artists: Bjorn Hurri & Theo Stylianides

Hi Folks,

We've been extremely fortunate to have our Opus Art artists get a double mention on various news sites and kotaku this past week.

So for those who missed it, here are the respective links

• Bjorn Hurri - Lead Artist: Kotaku:The Brutal, Beautiful Video Game Art of Bjorn Hurri

 

• Theo Stylianides - Artist: Kotaku: Commander Sheppard Redesign

Pre-Order: The Art of inFamous 2

Ballistic & Suckerpunch are producing a art of book for the inFamous2 franchise
for release in September 2011

The Art of Infamous 2
out September 2011

ISBN 978-1-921002-95-3 RRP: A$70 Ballistic Publishing has partnered with Sony Computer Entertainment America and Sucker Punch Productions to produce the next book in its The Art of the Game series with The Art of InFamous 2. The 272-page art book showcases the amazing work of the Sucker Punch Productions’ creative team, with hundreds of drawings, paintings, and sculpts created for the sequel of the critically-acclaimed InFamous PS3 game. Nowhere else will you get a better appreciation of the talent and skills that go into a major game production or the personalities of the artists working on these amazing projects.

Pre orders can be had at your local

• Amazon UK
• Amazon
• Waterstones UK

inFamous2 - Hero Edition unpackaging

Well folks,

InFamous2 is finally out in the wild and released.

Here is a look at the normal European disc boxart

Whereas, the Hero edition comes in a Lenticular slipcase with the game disc unfolding out in a horizontal 3 piece layered unfolding.

Additional merchandise include a Messenger tote bag with Sly Cooper logo on it, with a nice figurine of Cole.

The Unpackaging Experience

The only, one singular flaw of the European Sony box unpackaging experience is that it feels that all the seperate merchandise from the game disc, the comic and such are great in itself individually. Even the external box art is great with a good cole/bad cole on either side of a large cardboard box.

However, upon opening the box, one will quickly realise the whole unpackaging experience fell short. Either due to soem foresight, time issues or monetary, it just feels like - lets shove all these separate items in a cardboard box. make sure its secure, and....thats it. Stick a nice external box cover, and we're ready to rock.

BUT....has anyone asked, if you receive this as a special collectors item, and you've paid some significant funding for this, how would the recipient feel.

With the difficulties in producing limited edition box sets for fans and consumerist who want to EXPERIENCE the whole merchandise, saga and lore of a game or IP, this basic fact seems to have escaped the designers responsible for packaging, and liason with the manufacturers and sourcing the merchandising.

Perhaps the budget was stretched BUT, being able to source a suitable box or container, for all these lovely merchandise is NOT impossible. Its what every good design firm will do, every single day. Alas...

Anyways, onwards towards the game!

NB: And did I mention, the tote bag is really really useful and nice.
Fits a macboopro and intuos 4 and all sorts of smaller accessories in a external slim pocket.

Update:

inFamous2: End Credits - Contractors
We get a nice mention within the End credits, under Contractors