I keep a small clip-on fan aimed at the surface of the Cintiq to keep the air circulating and I think it keeps it cooler.
Again, I haven't found that to be an issue with the Cintiq 21 UX. I have heard complaints that older models of the Cintiq had more of a gap between the point of the stylus and the virtual paper surface because the glass was thicker on the older Cintiqs, which might be what you're referring to as "inaccurate". What version of the Cintiq did you try ? I don't know if maybe the older versions of the Cintiq ran hotter than the current one? The only version I'm experienced with is the latest model Cintiq 21 UX. For me the Cintiq allows me to keep working in hand-drawn, traditional 2-D animation style, but with the advantages of not having to shoot pencil tests with a video camera or use a scanner to capture my drawings, and my drawings can be instantly transmitted via FTP to a client or a co-worker who is at a long-distance from my physical location.Īs for the heat issue, I have found that the Cintiq gets a bit warm after several hours of continuous use, but I wouldn't describe it as "hot like hell". my company is moving to a paperless production pipeline and so are a lot of other animation companies, so I need to keep up with that trend and learn to use the new tools. This has nothing to do with "showing off" with a new toy. But given the trend towards all digital production, "paperless" animation, I haven't found a better tool than the Cintiq. My hand connected to the surface of paper via a 2B pencil IS MUCH more sensitive/accurate than drawing on the surface of the Cintiq tablet(or any other Wacom tablet) with a digital stylus. Believe me, if I had my way I'd prefer to keep working on a good ol' animation disc with pencil and paper. When you say that "the Cintiq screen is inaccurate" my response would be : Inaccurate compared to what ? If you're comparing it to pencil and paper, then yes, I would have to admit the Cintiq is not as accurate. Sorry to hear about your bad experience with Cintiq.
Buy it ! The other book there in the photo (besides Dick William's 'The Animator's Survival Kit" which I hope everyone who reads this blog already owns) is Tom Bancroft's new book "Creating Character's with Personality". They are the authors of a really good book, "Thinking Animation: Bridging the Gap Between 2-D and CG", which they were signing (and I hope selling lots of ) at Siggraph. Angie and Jamie blogged their experience at Siggraph and posted lots of great photos. I noticed that Jamie Oliff and Angie Jones are new "converts" to the Cintiq after they got to use one at Siggraph. I love mine, but I had to put a peg bar on it just to make it feel right (the peg bar serves absolutely no practical purpose) and an old style pencil holder, even though the Cintiq has a perfectly good holder for the Wacom pen. Sits flush with the surface of the desk, held securely and turns smoothlyīy a mechanism mounted in the hole where the backlight unit used to be: It turns to any desired angle, just like a traditional animation disc : I know I'm getting one (for whenever I can afford to buy a Cintiq for home-ha-ha- hopefully someday soon) Here are a few pictures I snapped. Both Steven and Ronnie have woodworking setups at home, so I think they'll be making a bunch of these to have them avaiable for sale soon. Everyone at work wanted to sit down and take it for a whirl. This thing turns smoother than any animation disc I've ever used, and of course the angle of the drawing table is adjustable up and down as with a traditional animation desk. Yowsa! Boys and girls we are now living in the future of 2-D Animation and it's beautiful. Working from a design by layout artist Steven Geer, Steven and animator Ronnie Williford retro-fitted the Cintiq into a traditional animation desk. Today at the studio where I work a couple of the guys finally did what we had all been talking about doing for the last couple of months since we got these cool Cintiq tablets :
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