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Wacom Intuos4 PTK-640 Medium A5 Graphics Tablet | 
| Brand: Wacom
Category: Personal Computer
List Price: £329.99
Buy New: £295.80
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Sales Rank: 977
Media: Electronics
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.2
Dimensions (in): 18.5 x 13.6 x 3.6
MPN: PTK-640-EN
Model: PTK-640
EAN: 5051964680581
ASIN: B0021AEEIQ
Release Date: March 25, 2009
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| Features:
| • | Wacom Intuos4 Medium Pen Tablet | | • | The Intuos4 Medium has an active area of 223x140 | | • | Tools: Grip Pen | | • | Max. distance: 10 mm | | • | Max. pen tilt: 60 |
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| Customer Reviews:
 Worth the premium price, assuming you know what to do with it July 12, 2009
Senior Consultant (London)
25 out of 26 found this review helpful
Sleek, stylish, very smooth and easy to use. Premium digital graphics tablet with a premium price, but well worth it, assuming you know what you're doing with.
Now, if you just want to use a tablet as a mouse replacement, you might want to consider buying some of wacoms cheaper models, like the Bamboo MTE450KEN, which costs about the sixth of the price of this. Now I've never used that one and can't tell you if it's good or not, but just something to keep in mind. If you're just using tablet as a mouse replacement, the 2048 different pressure levels this thing can measure, won't do you much good. But if you are looking for something a bit more serious, well then this might just be the thing for you.
I do have to admit, I quite like using my computer with this. It is very intuitive to use a pen to control the computer; I don't much use my mouse anymore these days. The tablet is more accurate, more natural, and I'll probably also avoid wrist injuries. It has a few tricks up its sleeve also (besides the customizable touch wheel and menus). The pen can also do what they call 'pen flicks', where you do a quick move on the pen to emulate a page up, or back or forward actions for example. These work really well when browsing for example.
I did have doubts about if I should get the bigger model, the A5 sounds so small, but actually the drawing area is slightly bigger than A5. If you put a A5 paper on the tablet vertically, the touch surface is the height of the A5, but much wider, as it is a wide screen tablet. I did however read a lot of comments before buying, saying that bigger isn't necessary better when it comes to graphics tablets, and this seems indeed to be true. It is very accurate, and if it was bigger you would be doing much bigger movements, and possibly tiring yourself while doing it. Yes for a very serious artist, painter or CAD professional the L or the XL model might make sense, but all in all the M size is pretty good.
The installation of the tablet is very easy. Just install the software from the bundled CD, attach the tablet via USB and you're all set. The installation software works like a charm. You can then configure the tablet to work differently with different applications, e.g. pressure sensitivity, double click delay etc. You can also customize the buttons, the wheel and the custom menus to be different for different applications. The configuration application does do it's job, but it took me a few extra minutes to figure out how it works. For the price I would've expected a little more effort put into that. The configuration software looks and feels like something from ten years ago, it doesn't have the cutting edge feeling to it which the tablet has otherwise. Well maybe that is a bit unfair, as the configuration is easy after you figure out the application.
You can also download one software from Wacoms site for free, there are three options (including Adobe photoshop elements), but you can only select one, and once you've made your choice, that is it. But yes, you do want a drawing software to get the full benefit from this, this is meant for drawing (sketching, drawing, inking, coloring etc). So that's what I'm learning currently (previously I've only drawn with pens and ink), so we'll see how that goes. I mean, how hard can it be.
The pen itself is very comfortable, sturdy, but not heavy. It slides effortlessly on the tablet without scratching. And did I mention how stylish the damn thing is? I need to upgrade my work space to suit around it better. It does feel like the premium product it should be. I can understand why this tablet is on every digital artists table.
Highly recommneded, assuming you know what to do with it.
Lovely! June 9, 2009
Super Drumkit Dominator (Yorkshire)
9 out of 10 found this review helpful
I've never used a tablet before, but I thought I'd get one because I'll be doing a lot of video editing on a laptop (using final cut pro) over the next year, and the thought of using the laptop touchpad for large amounts of involved editing isn't particularly appealing. So I bought the Medium Intuos4 tablet on a bit of a whim really, but I'm very glad I did. It's perfect for video editing, just lovely. Even simple actions like moving files around and using itunes brings a smile to my face. I've started using photoshop a lot more. I not particularly a draughtsman, but I've taken to drawing swooping circles and squiggly lines. Colouring the canvas entirely one colour with the different brush shapes, and then another. It's pathetic behaviour I suppose, but so much fun.
I wondered weather the pad would be too small for my 24 inch screen, but it doesn't feel wrong at all. I think I'd have very tired arms using the A3 version.
Try this for 10 minutes - You'll want one of these, guaranteed.
A forced upgrade, lucky it's excellent May 20, 2009
S. Duncan (UK)
9 out of 10 found this review helpful
Wacom don't really have competition in the market of pen tablets, so you would expect some room for complacency. While their customer support is very suspect, the latest version of Intuos proves that Wacom are totally focused on producing excellent quality products.
The Intuos 4 is a big step up from previous versions, with increased sensitivity and added interactivity via the new shortcut buttons and a 'sensor wheel'. The shortcuts are Alt, Shift, Pan (spacebar) and Capslock while the sensor wheel has different functionality settings including a page scroll, zoom and brush-tip scale.
While these additions work and can prove handy from time to time, most intermediate to advanced users of Photoshop and other applications will stick with using their keyboard for shortcuts.
There has been a shift in the overall presentation of the tablet with a combination of black gloss and matte surfaces, which looks very slick and superior to the previous Intuos. I get the distinct impression that they've paid very close attention to Razer with their (once) unique style and (still) impeccable standards.
However, a big and only complaint isn't about the product at all, it's Wacom and the support they provide for their products. The only reason I actually bought my Intuos 4 is because Wacom refuse to support the Intuos 3 (serial) for Vista. So when I bought a new computer with Vista 64, I discovered my fit and healthy Intuos 3 had effectively become defunct. There are rumoured ways round the problem by messing with registry files and whatnot, but I wasn't prepared to do that with a new computer. So I was very apprehensive and somewhat reluctant about giving Wacom anymore of my custom.
Thankfully, the Intuos 4 is a high standard device and a very worthy purchase making my sour grapes less bitter. I only hope that should I need to upgrade to Windows 7 for whatever reason, Wacom will actually support it's customers this time.
High Quality and High Accuracy (and it looks great too) December 10, 2009
Alison (Derbyshire, UK)
6 out of 7 found this review helpful
I bought the Intuos 4 as a replacement for a broken (and well used) Intuos 3. I am a photographer and need a pen tablet for accurate retouching work. I still prefer to use a mouse for general control of the computer and purchased an additional Intuos 4 mouse (not included with the tablet) to complete the item.
The quality of the Intuos 4 tablet is excellent and the new black finish is very smart indeed. It looks great next to my entirely black PC and monitor equipment. Looks are not what you would buy this kit for though, this is a professional quality tablet with pressure sensitivity and multiple application customisation. There are OLEDs that clearly indicate what the current functions of each of the eight shortcut buttons are: a massive improvement from the Intuos 3 where there were shortcut buttons and the same customisation options, but you had to remember what you had set as the shortcuts.
The accuracy of the pen (and the mouse if you buy one separately) are excellent and while I was waiting for my Intuos 4 to arrive after my Intuos 3 had broken I had to use an optical mouse and was surprised by the reduced control and accuracy compared to using a tablet mouse.
My first tablet was a Wacom Graphire 3 A6 which I thought was good and then I moved to the Intuos 3 A5 which was better again. I was happy with the A5 size (note that the A5 size refers to the active area of the tablet and the actual size of the entire item is closer to A4) so stuck with that for the Intuos 4. The Intuos 4 is a step better again.
Highly recommended for photographers who need control for retouching and other photograph editing work.
expensive, high end, excellent April 3, 2009
CJ Crichton (UK)
15 out of 18 found this review helpful
Very sleek and slender.
All the features intergrate nicely.
I'm enjoying using it more than I did a friends intuos3 but if i owned one i'm not sure i'd feel the need to upgrade, despite the doubled sensitivity (for my usage/needs at least)
The tablet's general performance and build quality are as high as you would expect from wacom's intuos line (and as high as you would demand at this price point!)
The new shortcut key OLED displays are brilliant for keeping track of multi app custom settings. Toggling scroll wheel also works fantasticly well.
In short if you need it, it lives up to reputation and expectation.
If you're new to graphics tablets, just remember it wont offer much more than a cheaper model if you dont know what to do with it!
..It is damn shiny though ;)
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