Huion’s new Kamvas Professional drawing tablets tackle Wacom’s Cintiq Professional vary

Huion has showcased the 2 newest additions to its Kamvas Professional vary of show drawing tablets at CES, focusing on budget-conscious creatives with skilled options like excessive coloration accuracy and touchscreen assist. 

The Huion Kamvas Professional 27 and Kamvas Professional 19 at the moment are that can be purchased within the US for $1,999 and $1,099, respectively, following their preliminary launch in China on December fifteenth, and share some similarities with Wacom’s a lot pricier Cintiq Professional lineup. The product vary from each firms encompasses a 4K decision and paper-like anti-glare glass show, which has been specifically bonded to scale back parallax (that hole between the stylus nib and the cursor), for instance.

Colour accuracy can be a standout characteristic for each product lineups, with the Kamvas Professional 27’s Delta E <1.5 (a worth that measures potential coloration distortion) being a smidge higher than the $3,500 Wacom Cintiq Professional 27’s Delta E <2. Something under a Delta E of two tends to be fairly tough for almost all of individuals to differentiate variations in.

The Kamvas Professional 27 additionally helps 98 p.c Adobe RGB, 97 p.c DCI-P3, and 99 p.c sRGB coloration gamut protection, in comparison with the Cintiq Professional 27’s 99 p.c Adobe RGB and 98 p.c DCI-P3 protection. Which means it seemingly received’t nail a couple of shades of inexperienced distinctive to Adobe RGB fairly in addition to the Cintiq, nevertheless it ought to nonetheless be completely nice for the overwhelming majority of labor.

The Kamvas Professional 27 options an HDMI, DisplayPort, DC, USB-C, 3.5mm audio, and two USB-A ports. The show has a peak brightness of 300 nits. A few of the promotional movies Huion posted to Bilibili additionally showcase equipment like a mounted shelf for resting iPads and different equipment on, although there’s presently no phrase if these can be found to buy exterior of China.

The smaller Kamvas Professional 19 options an 18.4-inch show with a peak brightness of 220 nits. Colour gamut protection is available in at 96 p.c Adobe RGB, 98 p.c DCI-P3, and 99 p.c sRGB. This compact mannequin needs to be higher suited to creatives searching for extra transportable choices, sporting two USB-C ports for charging and connectivity alongside assist for reverse charging for linked units at as much as 40W.

Each the Kamvas Professional 27 and Kamvas Professional 19 have a claimed 1000:1 distinction ratio and touchscreen assist that enables customers to zoom, rotate, and manipulate tasks utilizing their fingers as a substitute of the 2 battery-free pens included alongside the tablets. Each pens — the three-button PW600 and the slimmer two-button PW600S — characteristic an extra digital “eraser” button on the tip and supply 16,000 ranges of stress sensitivity.

There aren’t any buttons constructed into both of those Kamvas Professional tablets for assigning keyboard shortcuts. As a substitute, they each ship with Huion’s Keydial Mini K20 — a Bluetooth-supported macro pad value $69.99, akin to Wacom’s $99 ExpressKey Distant. On the again of the tablets, you’ll discover a collapsable stand that can be utilized to higher angle the drawing place like an artist’s easel. Alternatively, Huion can be releasing an adjustable stand that may be bought individually (for an unspecified sum), and each fashions assist VESA mounts.

Many creatives received’t care that the specs for these Kamvas Professional tablets fall slightly in need of Wacom’s coveted Cintiq Professional lineup. For some, the huge distinction in pricing will not be well worth the slight variations in options, particularly contemplating Wacom’s 27-inch $3,500 flagship doesn’t even include a stand. That is likely to be nice for these keen to pay the premium for Wacom’s respected construct high quality, however Huion’s new Kamvas Professional merchandise certain appear like a tempting different for anybody on a tighter price range.