**** Installation:
- The tablet is not Plug & Play in Windows 7 and to get the LAST 6.3.8-4 driver, you need to download the Wacom website. I have also downloaded the complete manual.
- CAUTION: On the packaging it says well "PEN AND CREATIVE TOUCH" and "Full version included, MANGA STUDIO DEBUT 4" "via software download" (also in German and Dutch, thank you).
But if like me you save your tablet from Wacom under "Creative Intuos Pen & Touch S", he enrolled in the face "No software available."
So Creative Creative or not? Think Wacom offer an option or an explanation? Nay.
===> Solution: To download Manga Studio Debut 4 (MSD4, 269 MB) in Wacom tablet record his "Intuos MANGA". Then enter the code which appears on the black board ("Your software download Code") included in the box.
After discovering this strange procedure Wacom's forum, I recorded a second product "Manga Intuos" on page Wacom personal website. Phew! The same serial number, the back of the tablet, was accepted again in the Dashboard, and appeared Software Available Downloads (singular would have been enough) with the download link.
Phew.
After installing MSD4 (I had to start the autorun manually MSDB405 found in the file, and it requires 1GB of free space), launch the application and copy the activation key received by email. Read the instructions and do not forget to manually install what Smith Micro calls "Materials".
CAUTION again: watch the arrival of the mail and check especially your spam box because this dactivation key is valid for FEW HOURS after downloading the software. After this time, can we download it again and / or get a new key?
- Ah, if it tries to install additional software, it also receives an email with a voucher (voucher) with myphotobook worth 25 euros, "gift for the summer" valid until 31.12. 2014. I do not know if it is valid on the French site.
**** Use (trials with Krita, GIMP 2 and Manga Studio Debut 4):
- The pen operates without batteries, which was a requirement for me. So, it is almost too light in hand.
- Getting to the tablet in my opinion not so complicated (this is my first tablet), but better customize various functions in the Control Panel under "Wacom Tablet Properties" (Windows).
Responsive and precise tablet that needs getting used to, for example, to touch options.
The gum and pressure do not respond in the same way as all software; configure too?
- I do not know for other users and this is perhaps due to my way of holding pens in general, but the two functions BUTTON SIDE stylus is under my fingers when I draw (I'm the turn), and as it is very sensitive, it fires unintentionally. I preferred to turn it off and use it for now parallel pen and mouse.
- Disadvantage already mentioned: the USB connector cable is SHORT and the micro-USB connector is so close and pressed into the tablet we can not see how to replace it with a commercial cable (about 1 m.). Rather than buying the wireless kit, a good old-USB USB extension 2 meters did the trick.
- Non-woven bag pretty ridiculous, which offers little protection.
- No stylus to lay on his desk. There is a loop strip, very narrow, on the upper edge of the tablet. The replacement (black, called "customization") is just as tight. Contrary to what the manual says, it seems that we can only replace this pen stand, not add another.
Wacom says that the stylus must be laid flat, not on the tip or eraser.
- Color code rings personalize the stylus? One is blue, the other black.
- MSD4 As for software, it will appeal to some, but apparently can not drag and drop your photos in jpg format you wish edit. We need to import and switch to 32-bit color. The size Phew it would to its name? ;)
Create "stories" manga, very little for me. One can certainly create all graphics and exported his work, but I should have made the economy of the 13 euro and opt for the single version, not Creative, the Intuos Pen & Touch CTH-480. Note: MSD4 is sold at less than 12 euros on Amazon.com.
Also Reminder: MSD4 software is available only in English, which might deter some buyers to pay extra for Creative release.
**** Summary:
The tablet itself has already proven.
The experts who use Adobe Photoshop certainly have a good reason to have chosen this version with Creative MSD4 and not be disappointed like me Nont both the procedure with Wacom by the software itself.
Entry certainly, but curiously, no one speaks.
PS: On the received tablet, 3 replacement tips are included in the cover on the back of the shelf as shown in the small startup manual included in the box.
Those who did not find them there must verify that the carton was not open, and require them.