YukkiGarage Posted July 11, 2020 Share Posted July 11, 2020 Hey guys, I'm looking at getting a drawing tab, and there's a lot more reasonably priced options that I had kinda expected. I'm looking at the XP-Pen 11 and Huion Pro 13. Something small but effective particularly with brushes on very large canvas' that get vinyl printed. (I do car wrap designs) Obviously I want the most compatibility for the buck, but you start reading the good and the bad and you just like... FML So yeah I'd love to hear feedback from actual AD users. Thank in advance Attached pic is what I do, Itasha wrap design as well as photography. Designed on AD and Photo edited with AP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niall123492 Posted July 11, 2020 Share Posted July 11, 2020 I have a very basic XP - Pen Deco 03. I think it's great! Im sure their higher end ones are even more impressive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firstdefence Posted July 11, 2020 Share Posted July 11, 2020 I had the Deco-03 and the Artist-12 both very competent products. Quote iMac 27" 2019 Somona 14.3.1, iMac 27" Affinity Designer, Photo & Publisher V1 & V2, Adobe, Inkscape, Vectorstyler, Blender, C4D, Sketchup + more... XP-Pen Artist-22E, - iPad Pro 12.9 (Please refrain from licking the screen while using this forum) Affinity Help - Affinity Desktop Tutorials - Feedback - FAQ - most asked questions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfred Posted July 11, 2020 Share Posted July 11, 2020 Another vote for the Deco 03! Quote Alfred Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for Windows • Windows 10 Home/Pro Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for iPad • iPadOS 17.4.1 (iPad 7th gen) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Markio Posted July 11, 2020 Share Posted July 11, 2020 It's quite remarkable that I would have recommended a Wacom tablet for a couple of years ago without a second thought. And at the moment there are actually very good alternatives for Wacom tablet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YukkiGarage Posted July 11, 2020 Author Share Posted July 11, 2020 Thank you guys for the recommendations. Looks like XPP is the Affinity as the Wacoms is Adobe XD I bought the Artist12 Pro this morning, Prime says i'll have it tomorrow So hopefully it goes well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eftaliotis Posted March 29, 2021 Share Posted March 29, 2021 Are there any compatibility problems with non-Wacom tablets or do they now all use the same API? I looked up tablets in Affinity support and documentation and ran across a dire warning that suggested that non-Wacom tablets might not be compatible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Dan C Posted March 29, 2021 Staff Share Posted March 29, 2021 Hi @Eftaliotis, I can confirm that we work directly with Wacom to test their new driver versions within Affinity to ensure that the Wacom tablets remain compatible with Affinity, as this is the only manufacturer we work directly with, we can only offer a guaranteed compatibility with Wacom. However many of our staff members and users alike use different brands of drawing tablets - in our tech support/qa teams alone we use Wacom, Huion & XP Pen tablets, all of which work as expected. As far as I'm aware, almost all Wacom, Huion and XP Pen tablets should be compatible within Affinity, should you have any queries regarding a specific model/brand then please do let us know and I can look into compatibility for this model for you Eftaliotis 1 Quote Please note - I am currently out of the office for a short while whilst recovering from surgery (nothing serious!), therefore will not be available on the Forums during this time. Should you require a response from the team in a thread I have previously replied in - please Create a New Thread and our team will be sure to reply as soon as possible. Many thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YukkiGarage Posted March 29, 2021 Author Share Posted March 29, 2021 10 hours ago, Eftaliotis said: Are there any compatibility problems with non-Wacom tablets or do they now all use the same API? I looked up tablets in Affinity support and documentation and ran across a dire warning that suggested that non-Wacom tablets might not be compatible. My XP-Artist 12 Works amazing with AD. All the unique brushes work perfectly, the curve pen tool adds a few too many nodes when drawing with it but Its probably just a setting I haven't bothered to look at lol Eftaliotis and Dan C 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eftaliotis Posted April 10, 2021 Share Posted April 10, 2021 On 3/29/2021 at 6:57 PM, YukkiGarage said: My XP-Artist 12 Works amazing with AD. All the unique brushes work perfectly, the curve pen tool adds a few too many nodes when drawing with it but Its probably just a setting I haven't bothered to look at lol Thanks for the confirmation! If I'm not doing any real drawing and instead just using the tablet for mask editing, accurate selection and things like that, would the Small version of the XP-Pen tablet be sufficient? The Medium looks huge and I'd rather not have it on my desk if possible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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