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Wacom Cintiq 16 Creative Pen Display for On Screen Sketching, Illustrating and Drawing with 1920 x 1080 Full HD Display, Vibrant Color and Unbelievable Pen Precision, Compatible with Windows and Mac

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As I discovered, after plugging the USB connector into the computer that PC Labs uses to test monitors and getting a "No Signal" message, it is necessary to plug both the HDMI and USB cables into the computer; the former carries the signal to be displayed, and the pen functions are controlled through the latter. As for InDesign, well, fuhgeddaboutit—we're not counting on seeing it as an iPad app anytime soon. But the aforementioned "light" versions of Adobe apps, as well as non-Adobe offerings like Procreate, are capable in their own right and boost the iPad Pro's cred as an artist's tool. One can import their creations made on an iPad Pro into Adobe's Creative Cloud (CC) programs running on a Mac or Windows computer. I enjoyed working with the Cintiq 16 and for the most part found it a pleasure to use. I did find there was a bit of a learning curve in using it with Photoshop and Lightroom, and it would take some adjustment in integrating the tablet and pen into my setup. (At times, I found myself using my mouse to perform actions that I could have done with the pen.) That said, I could see myself investing in the likes of the Cintiq 16 if I ever have reason to up my game. I made the chromaticity chart shown here for the Cintiq 16. The area within the triangle represents the colors that can be produced by mixing the primary colors red, green, and blue, while the area bounded by the curve approximates the range of colors that can be discerned with the human eye. The circles represent my color measurements, which are fairly evenly spaced and mostly just outside the triangle, indicating good color accuracy and a color gamut closely approaching the sRGB space.

A step above the Cintiq Pro 16 (in capabilities and price) is the Wacom MobileStudio Pro 16, a 15.6-inch tablet with a 4K screen, running Windows 10, a Core i7 processor, 16GB of memory, and a 512GB SSD. It's reasonably portable and runs full versions of graphics programs, as well as other software. I took the Cintiq 16 through our standard luminance and color-fidelity testing for monitors, using a Klein K10-A colorimeter and SpectraCal CalMAN 5 software. The luminance (brightness per unit area) registered at 260.7 nits (candelas per meter squared), exceeding its rated brightness of 210 nits. I calculated the contrast ratio at 867:1, a bit under its 1000:1 rating. In testing with a Leo Bodnar Lag Tester, the Cintiq 16 showed an input lag of 9.5ms, one of the better scores we have seen and well within the range in which input lag should show no visible artifacts. In my own testing on Windows machines, I did not encounter such a lag between taking action and it being rendered onscreen.

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