Tablets for artists N O T L O N G A G O , A N A LY S T S W E R E W R I T I N G O F F TA B L E T C O M P U T E R S A S A P A S S I N G F A D , B U T T H E Y H AV E S U R G E D B A C K I N T O P O P U L A R F AV O U R W I T H A N E W G E N E R AT I O N O F B I G - S C R E E N S L AT E S W I T H S T Y L U S E S T H AT C A N R E C R E AT E T H E E F F E C T S O F A P E N , C R AY O N O R B R U S H W I T H U N C A N N Y A C C U R A C Y. A R T I S T S L O V E T H E M
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ALKING TABLETS, Samsung Galaxy Tab Ultra. Its 14.6in screen is as big as many laptops, but with half the weight. Its stylus, the S-pen, responds to pressure and tilt that can, in a suitable app, create an endless variety of types of stroke. And for people who find writing on the glossy screen of a tablet a bit too slippy, Samsung produces a plastic overlay that aims to reproduce the feel of real paper. If that is not enough, an artist’s edition of the S-pen with a greater range of tilt and pressure is also available. Obviously, Samsung takes the artist market seriously. And Lenovo has also launched a mega-tablet with the Tab Extreme, which comes with the widely-admired Precision Pen 3, although this seems not to have arrived in Europe or the UK just yet. Check FNAC and Worten for expected delivery dates. And Apple maintains its presence with the iPad Pro, and though the screen is not quite so big, the huge variety of art apps available on the App Store makes this a popular choice.
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