Intuos Pen&Touch Small graphics tablet. Making the life of a photographer easier. Wacom Intuos tablets Actually, the work and its results

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So, a lyrical introduction, or decl theory.

A graphics tablet is an input device intended primarily for citizens with no technical education in creative professions related to creating or editing images. That is, to a wide variety of designers, artists, photographers and others like them. Secondly, the device can be used by ordinary civilians in solving any everyday problems of national importance, a la Words-Excel-kerchiefs. In short, a donkey is a horse, only small, like a donkey© Count. A tablet is like a mouse, only it is not a mouse, but a tablet. Any questions? Well done, since everyone understands everything, let’s continue the conversation.

Here I believe many will have an irresistible desire to find out what the hell is going on here. Why the hell invent something at all, since the aforementioned mouse was invented in vain a long time ago? It seems like everyone is happy with everything, otherwise it’s just a bourgeois marketing scam again?? So, if you try hard and shorten the tale, I think everyone knows what drawing with a mouse is. This activity is for those who are strong in spirit and have comprehended Zen. Especially if this activity earns butter for bread. To facilitate the Creator's overwhelming daily routine, a new type of manipulator was invented - a tablet, because using a pencil, which is familiar to any person from birth, is much more convenient than using a mouse. Yes, yes, and don’t argue!

What is the advantage of the planet over such a familiar mouse? Well, firstly, a feather is simply physiologically more convenient for humans. The hand is positioned naturally when working, there is almost no weight in the feather - +50 to the skill of long-term work without much strain. Secondly, the mouse is fundamentally incapable of emulating pressing force. For normal work and typing frags it is not needed at all, but for drawing and retouching it is an essential thing. Well, or maybe not the first – but you won’t get used to it yet. Advanced models are also able to track and emulate in the appropriate software (Photoshop, Corel, etc.) the angle of inclination of the pen and even the angle of its axis of rotation, which achieves the full sensation of working with a real brush. Well, or with a pencil. Or whatever you want. Up to an airbrush with an adjustable line width wheel. I’m not an artist at all, but the attached picture very primitively illustrates a stroke in Photoshop with a mouse and the same with a pen. Where is which - guess for yourself.

The main problem on the way to the happiness of such virtuoso control of the cursor is the hellish torment of reorienting muscle reflexes when changing the usual mouse to God knows what, most of all similar to an ordinary notebook touchpad, bitten by wild bees and, due to this sad circumstance, swollen ten times over. Depending, it turns out, on the model. I’ll describe the sensations of switching from a mouse to a tablet later, but in general, for some it’s easier to quit smoking)

To summarize the previous stream of consciousness, the tablet is designed to completely replace the mouse, primarily in software where careful control of the cursor trajectory is required.

Let's move on to the features of specific tablet representatives. Leaving professional models out of the scope of the review, and focusing on the “just try” price category. The main difference between the models from each other is their working surface size, and the technical specifications indicate exactly this size, and this is not the size of the entire tablet, which is always larger. In practice, this is convenient, by the way, because the thickness of the device is not zero, and poking the edges with a stylus is a dubious pleasure. Actually, the remaining parameters play a smaller role, and these include the number of pressure levels tracked by the piece of hardware (in general, the more the better), the presence/absence of the ability to enter not with a pen, but with a simple touch of a finger (which turns the tablet into that same swollen touchpad), wired/wireless connection method, number of buttons/wheels/other related crap.

Smoothly moving from theory to personal practice.
Answering the logical question - why did I personally decide to put the burden of getting used to a completely unusual device on my broad shoulders? I am not an artist, as I have already had the honor to say and even prove with a picture, but to some extent I am a photographer, so the task of retouching, when you have to click on one picture, with precise aim, three billion times, is a completely ordinary way of brightening up rare moments of leisure . Plus drawing masks, plus other stuff. The tablet, according to rumors, simplifies this task very directly. It took me a long time to gather my courage, and, having finally decided to give a certain amount of hard-earned money, I began searching.

Let's move on to the question of choosing a specific model. Firstly, the company. There were no questions here at all, because if you sleep with the queen, if you steal, then a million, if you have a tablet, then it’s a waste of money. Why? It's simple. There are only three companies that make tablets (well, maybe four, but that doesn’t change the situation) - Wacom, Trust and Genius. I, excuse me, don’t consider the last company to be a company at all, I’ve never seen a single decent device with their logo, plus after talking with a Genius tablet rented from friends, I decided that I’d rather switch to Nikon and shoot myself than work with such hardware. Because really there are herds of glitches and hell and Israel in general. Trust is a kind of intermediate link, but since I was not completely sure of my tenacity of character and that I could overcome myself and throw away my beloved Marathonmouse from Logitech one fine day, I decided that if I couldn’t get used to it, then I wouldn’t be able to get used to it for the better. Because the process is already quite painful to be burdened with possible iron defects. So, in any case, it is intended.

Tablets come in three sizes (again, options are possible, but I’m looking at them at a glance, without delving into the insignificant subtleties in this case) - a6, a5, a4. Half of those whose reviews I read advised taking only a4 and no less, the other half confidently reported that a5 is quite a good option. What both of them agreed on was that a6 is utter crap, not comme il faut, and in general it is not clear why it exists in nature. And here I experienced a severe cognitive dissonance, because the genius that I had the good fortune to use at that time had the size of a5, but at the same time my feelings were quite definite - it was big for me, and very much so. I don’t know what’s wrong, perhaps it’s that the sensor on my mouse has always been pretty decent, and despite two monitors, I worked with the mouse only by moving my hand. An a5-sized tablet required constant, noticeable (for me) movements of the forearm, while the pointing accuracy was sufficient to potentially reduce it. By the way, I remembered another feature of the tablet - it allows you to work not with relative, like a mouse, but with absolute positioning of the cursor, that is, a specific point on the tablet corresponds to a specific point on the monitor, which is also a very convenient thing.

So here it is. After playing with this genius of yours and reading the reviews, I came to the following conclusion - the A4 tablet is needed only by artists. For everyday work and retouching, it is completely redundant; your hand will travel extra kilometers and get tired more than necessary. A5 seems to be the golden mean, but in my opinion it’s still more for designers. The specifics are not mine, I won’t go into details. For myself, against all advice, I ordered the smallest model - a6, or S, as its manufacturer designates it. As practice has shown, I was not mistaken.

Well, the last thing is the choice of a specific model. Thoughts about any used tablets disappeared quite quickly, because progress does not stand still, and so on. In addition, it is the latest generation of the Vakoma budget line that combines a very reasonable price with a complete absence of compromises in functional terms. Previous bamboo in this regard were a slightly less advantageous option, but now even junior tablets proudly wear the traditional professional one. model name is Intuos. Here again, two options arose - either Intuos Pen with only pen input, or Intuos Pen&Touch with support plus multi-touch. The difference in price is noticeable; in local currency – 4700 and 3300 at the time of purchase, respectively. I bought it using a 15% discount coupon, so I decided to take it with the touchpad - so be it. At this point, the torment of choice ended and turned into the torment of waiting... which in turn turned into the torment of addiction. Well, he knew what he was getting into.
Well, hurray – the device is received, connected, and used to.

The box is cute, hinting at the creative inclinations of the potential buyer.

The kit is modest, but not actually a phone - there seems to be nothing to add.



The second photo shows the purpose of the blue label on top of the tablet - it’s a portable pen holder. There is a second one in the box, black. There is also a replaceable black ring for the feather - in case you have two or more of them - you can put a ring of a different color on each one. The driver remembers each pen individually, that is, you can have several pens with their own settings. By the way, the pen cannot be stored standing on either end - it is harmful to the pressure sensor. Either lying down, or in special. stand, but it is provided with more expensive models. Well, let's make do, let it lie like that.

I won’t go into technical specifications, I’ll list the main ones - the working area is 150*95 mm, the overall size is 180*210, the thickness is from about 5 to about 12 mm in the front and back, respectively. The kit includes a tablet, a pen, three replaceable pen nibs (yes, they are plastic, they wear off over time, they need to be replaced), a micro-USB cord, and waste paper disks. Optionally, you can purchase a wireless module, but it costs about two thousand, plus the battery is charged about once a week. My favorite Logitech Marathonmouse rudely corrupted me by working on one battery for a year and a half, and weekly dances with cords stuck here and there somehow do not attract me. Moreover, in my case the device is completely stationary.

In the photo there are two outer compartments under the covers - for optional batteries and a wireless module, and a central compartment - for changing the cloth label and pen tips - the ground one is inserted into the hole on the tablet and thus pulled out, three spare ones can be seen on the lid. You can also see the design of the included micro-USB cord, which is angled, and angled in the wrong direction. The cord was replaced with a normal one, with a straight plug.

There is no battery in the pen, it weighs 13 grams, and looks and feels like a regular pen. The Genius pen had an AAA battery, also located in the non-working tail - you can estimate the weight distribution. Everything is easy and relaxed here. Two indicators on the tablet indicate that it is turned on - the left one, white, and that either a pen or fingers are in the sensitive area - the right one, blue. If the tablet sees a pen, it does not respond to fingers. Switching from pen to touch works automatically, without delays, without glitches.

The sensation of touch is similar to that of a good felt-tip pen on good paper, only the creaking is much weaker. If someone doesn’t like the word creaking, I don’t mean anything negative, the sensations are pleasant. The pen begins to control the cursor from approximately a 15 mm distance above the surface of the tablet, the touch acts as a click, plus there is a two-button rocker for the thumb or index finger (I haven’t developed a habit, it’s convenient for both), by default the bottom button is configured on scroll, top - right click. All 4 buttons on the tablet (two on the top right, two on the left, above and below the LED indicators) and both pen buttons are reconfigured in any way. As in the driver of any modern mouse, launching applications, keyboard shortcuts, in general, everything is familiar.






The keys on my pen are left as default, I think this is the best use for them. Scrolling is performed by holding down the key and fidgeting the pen up and down anywhere on the page (sorry for the vocabulary, I hope the essence is clear), the right click can be configured in two ways - either by hovering the cursor and pressing the key without touching the tablet, or by simply clicking while holding the key. Due to the large sensitivity of the pen, the second option is more convenient for me. Pressure sensitivity, cursor positioning – absolute/relative, and multi-touch functions can also be adjusted. The cursor can be controlled by both ends of the pen; the back (or top) part traditionally acts as an eraser in Photoshop, but can also be reassigned. The driver also automatically detects software that supports advanced tablet functions (pressure force, etc.), and creates a separate profile for each such program, in which you can completely change all the settings. By the way, here lies the first small disadvantage of the device - the creation of these profiles cannot be disabled, they are stubbornly created every time you start Photoshop (or Lightroom, or Corel..), and the settings in them correspond not to the general profile edited for yourself, but to the default parameters. That is, for example, I don’t need a separate profile for each software, but I have to endure them and, moreover, configure each of them separately. Why there is no way to disable this is unclear.

And finally, I turn to my own feelings. The tablet arrived a couple of weeks ago, on the same day the power button on the mouse was solemnly moved to the OFF position, and a solemn oath was taken that I would not get used to the tablet until I got used to the mouse - no, no. The first days I really wanted to kill everyone who caught my eye, kill the creators of the tablets in general and the creators of my Vacom in particular, then hit the tablet itself with a hammer and shoot myself. But I was mentally prepared for this, and therefore I endured it. What do we have after two weeks? You can live, gentlemen! I can’t say that I’m wildly delighted with the sensations; the work in general is still a little slower than before, plus I couldn’t find a way to drag something with the right button. That is, just dragging, or dragging with the right-click button held down performs only the copy function, without offering a context menu to move/copy/whatever. Plus, traces of grinding are already noticeable on the rod, which in my opinion is a little early. But in general, there are no longer any unpleasant sensations, the most important thing is that there is no feeling that something has changed, that is, all efforts are already directed specifically at work, and not at working with a pen. Well, what the tablet was bought for in the first place - that is, Photoshop - is going with a bang, because the very first outlined outline made it clear that the money was not in vain and it is really much more convenient than a mouse. I think that in another couple of weeks I’ll start looking at mice like Apple does at Samsung.

A few words about multitouch. The driver supports up to 4 fingers, but the settings are quite modest. Actually, I believe that everything is clear from the screenshot, that is, basically one or two fingers work, the rest is symbolically present. In general, everything is quite convenient; those who have worked on Apple laptops can imagine what a comfortable touchpad is and how different it is from the usual average touchpad on laptops. Here, due to the size, it’s still more convenient, the response is good, after a little getting used to it, you also forget that you’re not holding a mouse in your hands, and just work.

Well, just a little about the identified shortcomings. Firstly, the aforementioned grinding of the pen tip. Two weeks of lightly active use - and there are quite noticeable traces of reduction. The tip is a consumable, but still. Second, and again about the tip. It is 30 millimeters long, and is attached somewhere inside the pen, simply due to friction. So its tip dangles slightly in the feather. Much like in cheap pens, the tip of the refill has a little play, and every time you touch the paper you feel it. Some people won’t notice this, but for others, as they say, it’s a perfectionist’s nightmare. Personally, I pulled out the tip and wrapped it in a layer of tape. Got better. The situation is complicated by the fact that you can’t do it very tightly, because pressure sensitivity stops working. Dilemma. Third, the most unpleasant thing is that sometimes the touchscreen randomly stops working. That is, the tablet responds to the pen, but not to the hands. The tablet has a separate touch switch, that is, you can leave the tablet in pen-only mode, after twitching it everything starts to work. And this is how you have to live - shuddering every three days. Hussars, keep quiet. Not to say it’s fatal, but it’s kind of unexpected for a vacoma. And the fourth, also software. I have the simplest combination ctrl+w attached to one of the keys, or closing a page in the browser/shop, and so it also periodically does not work randomly. I haven’t identified what it’s connected with, but nonetheless. Actually, the shortcomings end there, none of them are significant for me, but some are a little... surprising for a manufacturer of this level.

Well, the overall result is that the tablet personally suited me one hundred percent, this is true both taking into account its price (when I bought it it was a little cheaper + discount, it came out to about 4000), and without. That is, there is no desire at all to change it for more or better. The only negative that reminds us of itself is that the touchscreen sometimes glitches, perhaps it will be fixed in a driver update. The device greatly simplifies any work in graphic editors, plus it is very cheap (everything is individual here, of course, but I think that for people who really need it, it is very inexpensive), it completely replaces a mouse, and besides, I personally can call it without stretching beautiful. Unlike, for example, the previous generation of younger Wacom tablets. And even more so in comparison with devices from alternative manufacturers.

General view of the installation, how it is heated - in the interior.

I recommend it to anyone who wanted a tablet but had doubts!
To everyone who read at least halfway through - respect and respect!
Hurray, comrades!
ps - the review was written using the tablet under review :)

  • Internet access to download software.
  • PC: Windows® 8/7 or Vista;
  • Macintosh®: Mac OS X 10.6 or higher, Intel® processor;
  • USB port.

Contents of delivery

  • Intuos tablet with USB cable and pen holder;
  • Pen for Intuos;
  • Set of tips;
  • “Tweezers” for replacing the tip;
  • Quick Start Guide;
  • Installation CD (with driver and online user manual).

We offer demo samples that were tested at a stand in an offline store.

The Intuos tablet provides a natural, simple and fun way for beginners and hobbyists to bring their creative ideas to life. Intuos takes pen and paper drawing to the next level, allowing users to bring ideas to life on the computer. You can sketch or caricature, draw pictures, edit photos, or design cards.

The new streamlined, tapered pen feels easy in the hand, and the soft tip gives artists the same feel as traditional pens and brushes, allowing them to add even the finest detail to their designs. Multi-touch allows you to move the cursor, zoom in, zoom and rotate drawings with light finger movements. Like other pen tablets, Intuos has four ExpressKeys that can now be customized for frequently used commands individually for each popular creative software.

The new Intuos's ergonomic and slim design and metal frame are eye-catching. The color of the pen tip holder can be changed depending on the user's mood, and the wireless set will make the tablet portable and work with it while away from the computer. The set can be purchased for an additional fee.


Intuos Pen Small (CTL-480S) Intuos Pen&Touch Small (CTH-480S) Intuos Pen&Touch Medium (CTH-680S)
Dimensions: 210 × 178 × 10 mm;
Weight: ≈ 310 g;
Interface: USB;

Pressure levels: 1024.
Dimensions: 210 × 178 × 10 mm;
Working area: 152 × 95 mm;
Multi-touch;
Eraser;
Weight: ≈ 310 g;
Interface: USB;
Pen recognition height: 16mm;
Number of ExpressKeys: 4;
Pressure levels: 1024.
Dimensions: 275 × 222 × 10 mm;
Working area: 216 × 135 mm;
Multi-touch;
Eraser;
Weight: ≈ 520 g;
Interface: USB;
Pen recognition height: 16mm;
Number of ExpressKeys: 4;
Pressure levels: 1024.

Switching from a digitizer to a mouse is as difficult as learning to type with your toes. I know professionals who wonderfully retouch photos even on a laptop touchpad, and the mouse has long been considered a standard tool for retouching, but it is much better, more accurate and more convenient to do all this on a graphics tablet (digitizer), with a touch pen, the main thing here is to get used to it.

Wacom is not formally a monopolist in the digitizer market, but it is a trendsetter and the only serious player for many years. I tried out a compact, mobile and convenient graphics tablet with a stylus. More details under the cut.

Until recently, Wacom graphics tablets were divided into Intuos for professionals and Bamboo for less demanding ones (calling them “amateurs” is not entirely correct); children who studied drawing on the computer also took Bamboo and just had fun. I have it on THG.

Recently, the older line has been called Intuos Pro, and the younger one has become simply Intuos. I didn’t find out what this was connected with, but I can guess that Intuos was perceived among the target audience as a serious tool, and Bamboo as a “toy,” which is not true.

I won’t talk about Cintiq monitor-digitizers, Cintiq Companion tablets on Android and Windows 8, as well as special Wacom solutions in this review; they belong to a completely different category of products and the price tag in that segment is completely different.


Today I’ll tell you what you can buy for 3-5 thousand rubles, about almost the youngest model in the line of Intuos Pen & Touch graphics tablets, with the index CTH-480. In my opinion, in many scenarios, the model is most optimal for those who do photography and retouching, including on the road.

Wacom Intuos Pen & Touch Review | Who is this model for?

In terms of functionality, the Intuos series differs significantly from the Intuos Pro, but the circle of those for whom these differences are really important is not so wide.

The regular Intuos pen doesn't track tilt, the tablet itself doesn't have a touch ring, and there are fewer buttons. Also, you cannot buy exotic pens for Intuos, such as a cordless airbrush or an Art Pen, which also tracks rotation. The Intuos nibs themselves are simpler; there are no replaceable covers for them, for a more comfortable grip, that is, there is noticeably less customization.


In my opinion, Intuos Pro is more suitable for demanding digital artists who need to work in editors with complex software brushes and effects, while simple Intuos are optimal for retouching and editing images in Photoshop, Lightroom and other editors, when you need to work with regular brushes, and the device has enough track levels of pressure and movement of the hand, and other functions are redundant.

Likewise, in CAD/CAM applications, designers do not require the capabilities that are important to artists. There will also be enough regular Intuos.

Wacom Intuos Pen & Touch Review | Connection, features, appearance

The appearance of the Intuos Pen & Touch is in harmony with the MacBook in both design and color scheme. It's a pity that the case is not aluminum, everything here is made of plastic. The activity of the digitizer is indicated by the LEDs - the left one lights up when the tablet is connected, the right one lights up when you feel the stylus or touch the sensor part with your fingers.

What I like most about this model is its compactness - the tablet easily fits into the pocket of a shoulder bag, even a fairly compact one. It is not too thick, quite light, and all the elements are assembled into a case, there is even space inside for a USB receiver.

Intuos Pen & Touch combines the capabilities of a digitizer and a touchpad. There is a version without a wheelbarrow, it costs one and a half thousand rubles cheaper. I’ll tell you below how good and necessary the touch is.

In the basic version, Intuos connects to the computer via USB, with a not very long cord, and with the help of the additional Wireless Accessory Kit you can make the graphics tablet wireless.

I decided to immediately take the wireless module, it gives more freedom. Everything is connected simply, you don’t even need instructions, and the battery, which needs to be installed inside the Intuos, will be charged via a USB cable. No one bothers you to work in wired mode while the battery is charging.

A wired connection, in my opinion, is intended more for laptops. To connect the digitizer to a desktop, especially if it is under a desk, you will need to purchase an extension cord. Of course, you can connect via the USB hub of your monitor or keyboard, if you have one, and it will be convenient on the iMac. It just struck me that my old Bamboo Pen & Touch had a much longer cable.

Intuos is equipped with 4 buttons, the functions of which can be changed widely - assign a corresponding button or even a keyboard shortcut. By default, buttons in Photoshop function as Ctrl, Alt, Cmd, and Space, which is convenient. Each application can have its own functions. The design remains symmetrical, but if previously all the buttons were on the end, now they are on top. Decide for yourself whether this is more convenient.

The pen is ordinary, the body is made of plastic, on top there is a colored ring for personalization and a digital eraser. In the settings, you can separately adjust the sensitivity for the pen and eraser.

The colored tag on the back isn't decoration, but rather a stylus loop that will come in handy when you pack your Intuos for travel.

The kit includes the same black loop, and under the cover inside the tablet there are replaceable tips. Over time, they wear out, but how intensely depends on the owner - some people use one for years, while others change it every month because they put a lot of pressure on the surface when drawing.

In any case, compared to previous Bamboo, there are a number of changes in ergonomics, most of which are beneficial.

Why, when choosing the Intuos model for myself, did I choose the youngest and most compact? The reason is simple - the Pen & Touch S fits easily even into a small shoulder bag and weighs as much as two iPhones - only 310 grams.

Carrying such a digitizer with you is comfortable, and the battery can be recharged on the road either from a laptop or from any universal battery with a USB output. However, you won’t have to do this often; Intuos holds its charge for quite a long time.

The CTH-480S kit includes a CD with drivers, but none of my systems have had an optical drive for a long time, so I downloaded the driver from the site wacom.ru, it’s not difficult to find it there.


First installed on Mac. After installation, an additional settings applet appeared, in which you can customize everything for yourself, both in the general scenario and for individual applications.

Then I connected the Intuos Pen & Touch to a Windows 8 PC. Same story, very similar settings app.

Wacom Intuos Pen & Touch Review | Test

The Intuos Pen & Touch supports multi-touch. I didn’t expect innovations from the digitizer; I’ve known Wacom for a long time, and what I was most interested in was how similar the sensations when working with the new model with your fingers are to the standard MacBook Pro touchpad and Magic Trackpad, which I consider the reference. ph: podakuni

helped film Intuos in Dolcabar

I’ll say right away that the feeling is very different - the Intuos surface is much rougher, your fingers don’t glide over it as well, you can use it in touch mode without difficulty, but it’s not as pleasant as native Apple touchpads.

You can use the Intuos Pen & Touch as a touchpad, but in general the responsiveness is not as good as that of a Mac touchpad, and to practice a click you need to hit the surface with your finger instead of pressing it, like on a beech tree. Intuos does not process gestures as accurately, including pinch scaling and rotation, which are useful in Photoshop. I would prefer to use the standard MacBook touchpad or the additional Magic Trackpad to work with my fingers, but Intuos can be bought without a touchpad.

While drawing, when you have a pen in your hands, it is inconvenient to make gestures with the same hand; over time, you get into the habit of making gestures with your left hand and drawing with a pen with your right hand.

There are no complaints about the sensitivity when working with the pen, because this is Wacom, everything here has been polished generations and generations ago. The Intuos Pen & Touch tracks 1,024 pressure levels and has a panel resolution of 2,440 lpi (lines per inch), unchanged from its predecessor in the Bamboo line.

I tried drawing on two different systems - a MacBook Pro 13 (Retina, late 2013) and a desktop PC with a 27-inch screen at 2560x1440 resolution. In the latter case, I was afraid that a small digitizer would not be enough to comfortably draw on a large display.

The fears were not justified, as I was once advised, it is quite possible to stop at a more compact digitizer without buying an older and larger version, on which you will have to make longer gestures.

Wacom Intuos Pen & Touch Review | conclusions

Let me sum it up. Wacom Intuos Pen & Touch CTH-480S is a good digitizer for photographers and retouchers, for working in CAD applications, modeling, and other tasks that do not require special pens, tilt tracking and many additional keys, that is, the Intuos Pro function. The price is very tasty - from 3200 rubles for the model without a touchscreen, up to 4800 for the Pen & Touch version. A kit to turn the digitizer into a wireless one will cost about 2 thousand rubles.

With a MacBook and if you have a Mac with Magic Trackpad there is no point in buying the version with the touchpad. For a PC, there is a clear meaning; working in Photoshop becomes even more convenient due to zooming, scrolling and rotating with gestures.

What I liked most is that the model is extremely compact and convenient for working on the road. It takes up minimal space in your bag, doesn’t weigh on your shoulder, and is an ideal travel companion.

Take your skills to the next level. With your Intuos pen, you can easily switch between tones, brush shapes, and photo editing tools. Controlling the tablet is as easy and simple as possible. With touch technology, you can use the same panning, zooming, and dragging gestures you're used to on your smartphone.

Great software for creativity

Whether you're drawing, painting, photography, or comics, every Intuos graphics tablet comes with the leading software* for any creative endeavor. Just plug in your tablet, download the software, and start creating.

*Register to use free software and receive other offers.

Designed to get started quickly

The first steps will not cause you any difficulties. Just plug the USB into your Mac or PC. Install the driver and get started. Thanks to electronic textbooks, you can get creative without any delay.

The Intuos tablet provides a natural, simple and fun way for beginners and hobbyists to bring their creative ideas to life. Intuos takes pen and paper drawing to the next level, allowing users to bring ideas to life on the computer. You can sketch or caricature, draw pictures, edit photos, or design cards.

The new streamlined, tapered pen feels easy in the hand, and the soft tip gives artists the same feel as traditional pens and brushes, allowing them to add even the finest detail to their designs. Multi-touch allows you to move the cursor, zoom in, zoom and rotate drawings with light finger movements. Like other pen tablets, Intuos has four ExpressKeys that can now be customized for frequently used commands individually for each popular creative software.

The new Intuos's ergonomic and slim design and metal frame are eye-catching. The color of the pen tip holder can be changed depending on the user's mood, and the wireless set will make the tablet portable and work with it while away from the computer. The set is possible.


Intuos Pen Small (CTL-480S) Intuos Pen&Touch Small (CTH-480S) Intuos Pen&Touch Medium (CTH-680S)
Dimensions: 210 × 178 × 10 mm;
Weight: ≈ 310 g;
Interface: USB;

Pressure levels: 1024.
Dimensions: 210 × 178 × 10 mm;
Working area: 152 × 95 mm;
Multi-touch;
Eraser;
Weight: ≈ 310 g;
Interface: USB;
Pen recognition height: 16mm;
Number of ExpressKeys: 4;
Pressure levels: 1024.
Dimensions: 275 × 222 × 10 mm;
Working area: 216 × 135 mm;
Multi-touch;
Eraser;
Weight: ≈ 520 g;
Interface: USB;
Pen recognition height: 16mm;
Number of ExpressKeys: 4;
Pressure levels: 1024.

Contents of delivery

  • Intuos tablet with USB cable and pen holder;
  • Pen for Intuos;
  • Set of tips;
  • “Tweezers” for replacing the tip;
  • Quick Start Guide;
  • Installation CD (with driver and interactive user manual);

System requirements

  • Internet access to download software.
  • PC: Windows® 8/7 or Vista;
  • Macintosh®: Mac OS X 10.6 or higher, Intel® processor;
  • USB port;
  • Color display;
  • CD-ROM drive.