[asahiart]

Here is one huge new device from Wacom , it should be release next month .



And not that expensive with that around 170 Euro .

I'm waiting more info about battery durability , quality of the digital version , but wow that's crazy cool !!

It's already in preorder on wacom website

[Kfu]

Is like a dream coming true! a portable analog-to-digital sketching device...

Coming from Wacom, it must be awesome, but I have my doubts about precision and battery durability... but who knows? maybe the next step on digital sketching!

will it also function as a tablet? i mean real time both digital and analog sketching? or is just a storing device? that would be cool too

[asahiart]

I'm not sure :/

here are information a bout the product:

Tracking Technology Inkling uses ultrasonic and infrared technologies.
Supported Paper Sizes Maximum paper size: A4 paper (210 x 297 mm, 8.27” x 11.69”) Inkling can be used on larger paper sizes but will only record a drawing area of this size. Inkling will not record strokes made within 2CM of the receiver.
Paper Inkling does not require any specialized paper. It is intended to be uses with standard paper or Sketchbooks on flat, rigid drawing surfaces.
Charging Charging: USB (powered port). Pen and receiver charge inside Inkling case.


Pen Specifications
Dimensions 154 +/- 0.4mm (L), 17 +/- 0.4mm (W), 15.6 +/- 0.4mm (D max) 6.1 in. (L) x 0.67 in. (D) x 0.614 in. (H)
Weight 19 +/- 3 [g] (0.67 oz)
Ink Refill Standard Mini Ballpoint ink refill (1 mm ball size), black ink
Battery Type - Rechargeable battery, Ni-MH
Charging time <3 hours
Ballpoint Pen Pressure levels 1024 levels
Accuracy (précision) Main drawing area of A4 paper : +/- 2.5 mm
Margins of A4 paper: +/- 5.0 mm.


Receiver Specifications
Dimensions 71 +/-0.7 mm (L) , 32 +/-0.7 mm (W) , 17 +/- 0.4mm (H)2.8 in. (L) x 1.26 in. (D) x 0.67 in. (H)
Weight 39 +/- 3 [g] (1.37 oz)
Working time >8 hours
Charging time <3 hours
Battery Type: Rechargeable Li-Polymer battery


Sketch Manager Application
System requirements Windows 7, Vista or XP (SP3, 32 or 64 bit versions), Mac OS 10.4.0 (or later)
Supported file formats
Layered File Export: Adobe® Photoshop® or Adobe® Illustrator® CS3 or later and Autodesk® SketchBook® Pro or SketchBook Designer (2011 or later). File Saving Formats: JPG, BMP, TIFF, PNG, SVG and PDF.


What is scary is the accuracy: Accuracy ,Main drawing area of A4 paper : +/- 2.5 mm

As i'm not sure how it works i don't want to sound negative yet ...but 2.5 mm it's a lot .

Well better wait for a real test to have any opinion.

[gmbhneo]

Cant wait to see this tested!!! would be soooo amazing if this would work even on fine drawings ^-^

Lets all hope this will be one big step for us drawing newcomers ^-^

[asahiart]

This vid shows the digitalized drawings.
It looks kind of accurate somehow , the hatching looks good from here , as the sketch too , i mean no weird lines not connecting with each other etc.... it may be quite accurate ! i do hope so !

[asahiart]

A demo of the Inkling , and this time a REAL one not an animation.

The dude talk in french sorry , but basically he says the same thing as the video .

[asahiart]

Last week end i had the opportunity to try the Inkling myself .
I wasn't able to bring back the sketch + digitalized version but i can explain what are to me the weakest points if anyone interested ^^

1st the precision : It's ok when you're sketching it does the job and is quite accurate most of the time . The problem i've seen is when you start making regular stroke like (fig 1) it doesn't appear very precise once digitalized (fig 2)

2nd the handling : The emitter/receptor is located in the very end of the stylus ( or very beginning depending what is the end what is the beginning) and if you hide it even a little bit (fig3) you may end up like me on my first try with nothing recorded :/
You really need to hold it on the grip and not below , even a bit .

My conclusion is that , it's a good tool but maybe more made for quick ideas sketching ,and not really for nice precise drawing , plus for people who do not hold the stylus on the very end of it ( you know the kind who have fingers stained with ink after a draw )

It's nonetheless an impressive piece of technology.
This is just my own opinion on the inklinkg , and my experience , it may differ from ppl to ppl ^^ .