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2005/03/10
Press Release Wacom Cintiq 21UX (Australia)
 

EMBARGO: FOR RELEASE ON MARCH 10, 2005

Wacom’s New Cintiq 21UX is World’s First Interactive Pen Display with a Seamless Surface, Rotation Stand, ExpressKeys and Zoom/Scroll Touch Strips.
Other Key Features Important to Digital Artists, Animators, Compositors, Photographers and Designers include 1,024 Levels of Pressure Sensitivity, Pen Tilt Sensitivity, and High-end LCD Colour Accuracy
Wacom Co., Ltd today announced its eagerly anticipated Cintiq 21UX interactive pen display that allows users to work with a pen directly on a 21.3" colour-accurate LCD. The Cintiq 21UX offers "more" of everything that makes using a Wacom Cintiq such a natural way to work: more screen area, more pressure sensitivity, more pen control, more resolution, more comfort and more productivity.

Leading photographers, designers, and artists have enthusiastically transitioned to working on Cintiq interactive pen displays for some of the following reasons:
"Using a Cintiq has dramatically increased the speed at which I can retouch images and for me that translates into money. With more screen area, higher resolution, more pressure sensitivity, and reliable color accuracy the new Cintiq 21UX is going to make an even bigger contribution to my overall productivity."


- Vincent Versace, award-winning Hollywood photographer

"As an industrial designer I rely on my Cintiq for exceptional control and comfort. The new seamless surface of the Cintiq 21UX is an important advance that will give me a barrier-free digital work area with no bezel edge to bump into. This innovation also gives the Cintiq a streamlined, modern look that appeals to the artist in me."


- Steven Linder, Senior Industrial Designer, Anthro Corporation

"My Cintiq is an essential ingredient in my recipe for creating compelling 3D art. Working in applications like Photoshop, Maya, and BodyPaint with the Cintiq 21UX's ExpressKeys and Touch Strips will be amazingly efficient. I know from experimenting with these tools on Wacom's Intuos3 tablets what a difference this will make. It's going to be awesome!"


- Dan Casey, Director of Digital Productions, Vinton Studios

The Cintiq 21UX combines the advantages of a professional quality LCD display with the control, comfort, and productivity of Wacom's patented cordless, battery-free tablet technology. The 21.3" display features UXGA (1600x1200) resolution, a 170 degree viewing angle, 24-bit color with ICC color profile, a 400:1 contrast ratio, and 250 cd/m2 brightness. Key to the Cintiq 21UX is the integration of Intuos3 functionality, including express keys and duo strips. This tablet technology provides 1,024 levels of pressure sensitivity, 5,080 lines-per-inch resolution, and pen tilt sensitivity. The unique Cintiq 21UX stand allows it to be rotated 180 degrees in either direction and tilted +/- 60 degrees. The Cintiq 21UX works on operating systems from Microsoft and Apple. In addition, the Cintiq 21UX includes a “glare-reduction film” for users where glare from overhead lighting can be a problem.
Many professional graphics software applications are specifically designed to be used with a Wacom pen. These applications include Adobe® Photoshop® and Illustrator®, Macromedia® Flash®, Corel® Painter, Discreet® Combustion, Apple® Motion, Alias® Maya®, SketchBook・Pro®, and StudioTools®.
Numerous creative professionals have said that using a Cintiq has doubled their productivity. Recognizing the hourly value of creative professionals, it’s easy to see how a Cintiq can pay for itself in a very short time. Perhaps even more importantly, time saved by using a Cintiq can let busy professionals get their lives back, which is priceless.

 

● PRICING & AVAILABILITY

The Cintiq21UX has a recommended retail price, including GST, of $4,299.00(Australia). Product will be in available through Wacom dealers from late March.

 

● About Wacom

Wacom introduced the SD series tablet with the world’s first cordless, battery-free, pressure-sensitive pen in 1987. The company is the leading manufacturer of pen tablets, interactive pen displays and pen input technology for mobile devices. More than 2,000,000 customers worldwide use Wacom tablets, pens, and mice.

For more information, contact David Spencer, Wacom Australia, Level 9, 123 Epping Road, North Ryde NSW 2113. Website: www.wacom.com.au

 

All registered® names and trademarks™ are the property of their respective owners.
High-resolution colour images and other Cintiq 21UX press information is available from: David Spencer - david.spencer@wacom.co.jp or call on (02) 8875 7755
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