Opinions On The E Pen

[Robert Lambie]

i have two good wacom tablets and have never produced anything on them.
however, i really like the idea of the e-pen, seems that there is allot less restrictions.

if it does what it says on the tin, i think its well worth the £70 price tag

[Harry Cleary]

you selling Rob?….Seriously, if anyone has a Wacom I would be interested.
How much for one of those pens? They look interesting

[James Martin]

I’ve got a wacom and never use it as well.

doesn’t zoom in and out in illustrator like it does in photoshop.

[Martin Pearson]

I’ve got a wacom tablet as well but it doesn’t get as much use as it could do. Be interesting to know what software the "E" pen works with and what sort of limitations it has.

[Glenn Sharp]

quote Robert Lambie:

i have two good wacom tablets and have never produced anything on them.
however, i really like the idea of the e-pen, seems that there is allot less restrictions.

if it does what it says on the tin, i think its well worth the £70 price tag

I got a second hand tablet and pen to see if I liked the idea of them but I couldn’t get away with the feel of it.

I’m still not sure I’ve got a use for it but I wouldn’t mind having a play with one of those

[Martin Oxenham]

Have you ever watched the designer on American Chopper on TV, he uses some kind of pen thing to move things and change things on the screen….What is it ?

[Graeme Harrold]

I want the CSI thing, they just wave their hands……………

Ive used tablets, but always loose it on the tools features so got binned quickly. I also had one of those capture pens that used a position sensor matrix in the supplied clip board and also used a camera pen that used special microdot paper to capture movement and position (mainly for forms). I do however like the look of this and may be looking at it a little more esp if it can be used as a stand alone product, then plugged in…………..more light reading me thinks……………

Think a lot hinges on the complete interface between the hand to paper to capture to upload and final use in the software………………

[George Zerbino]

The one used on American Chopper is a Wacom Cintiq 21", very good and very expensive.

[Glenn Sharp]

Did you ever bother with one of these Rob?

[David-Foster-]

Well I got one for my wife, the only time she has requested a gadget 🙂
I was very impressed. Not used for graphics, just note taking. She goes to a meeting, you clip the little base unit to the top of a normal A4 pad. You write all your notes and come back into the office.
Plug it in and it downloads the handwritten notes, just as if you had scanned them really. The software then ocr’s them and puts the text in word. Very reliable, you have to do some correcting but quicker than typing from scratch. You can get it to learn your handwriting but my wife hasn’t done that yet.
I thought you could use it for drawing but not very good. It is a maximum A4 size with slight borders so smaller area. You may as well sketch normally and scan it in.
You can use the pen as a mouse but may as well use a tablet.
I have a Wacom, and I don’t know how you can edit photos without one.
The iPad maybe get an App were it acts like a Cintiq tablet.

[Andrew Bennett]

quote Robert Lambie:

i have two good wacom tablets and have never produced anything on them.
however, i really like the idea of the e-pen, seems that there is allot less restrictions.

if it does what it says on the tin, i think its well worth the £70 price tag

I see the create is £55, has anyone used one please…as opposed to the mobile notes e-pen that is?

[David-Foster-]

Andrew, the products are the same when it comes to writing / drawing on paper. The create unit is wired to the PC, usb, whereas the mobile notes can travel with you. The names of the products are confusing. They have just had a makeover and those are the new names. I bought the un-re-branded one off ebay for £25 and it is identical to the mobile noted one it’s just called digiscribble.

[Andrew Bennett]

Thanks for that David, Whilst I can see the pens limitations I can also see it’s potential.
All those requests we see to ID a particular font,maybe this pen could just trace them.
Certainly unique fonts using your own printing or handwriting could be created perhaps. which means handing the pen to another would give another unique font.

I am interested in it’s potential to trace outlines of artwork. Have you had any experience or anecdotes on this please?

I look forward to additional reading feedback if anyone else buys one.

[David-Foster-]

I might ‘borrow’ it and try that :D, however I think just scanning a sketch would be better. You can make a font of your handwriting using a scanner to input it. I have scanned an A3 pen and ink sketch before and auto traced it on PC, outputted it on my plotter and it was identical.

[John Wilson]

my laptop is a tablet laptop, only problem with it is that it’s a PC :lol1:

Want to buy a Wacom Bamboo fun…. only 90 pounds so worth a try

http://www.wacom.eu/index2.asp?pid=294&lang=en&spid=4

Only downside to that e-pen is that it’s pc only 😉

[David-Foster-]

John, the e-pen works on mac to download the sketches / notes, it just hasn’t got the software to convert to text.

[Glenn Sharp]

thanks very much for your views David

no benefits over just scanning an image in then?