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kain_kusanagi on 05 February 2013
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Marucha said:
kain_kusanagi said:
Marucha said:

Was thinking of a future piece and sketched this on my Galaxy Note 10.1 within S-note. Stuff like this usually ends up being one of my more personal works. You can still see some of my manga influence in them... lol


Very nice sketch. How do you like your Galaxy Note 10.1. I have a regular Galaxy Note and I love it, but I can't say it's great for Sketching because it's it only has a 5 inch screen. The S-Pen is amazing.

I bought Sketchpad for my Galaxy Note, it's pretty cool. You might find it has more options than S-Note.

I have the full version of SketchBook Pro and Layerpaint, paid apps... it's OK. I can barely tell there are 1024 levels of pressure tbh... seems like it does not attenuate very well in the lower levels. It's fine for sketching, but it's a pain for rendering so I don't usually do any serious works with it. I used S-note in this case because I like to keep track of my ideas...

There's a some dials underneath the S-pen button. You can pull the button off and that makes it possible to adjust the sensitivity, but it doesn't fix this situation, just effects when pressure starts registering. What they need to do is add a software option to control the pressure... there's no customization for painting/rendering, but it works perfectly for sketching and note-taking... I'm guessing that's why it's designed that way. I'm still trying to figure out how I feel about it... the apps out there that work with the pressure sensitivity could get better, but not by much.

Other people have mentioned TV Paint as being a wonderful app for not only drawing, but also animation. I don't think you can download it from the app market. You probably have to install it manually, but it's worth checking out. I think a lot of people compare it to drawing in Flash.

The tablet hardware/software itself is marvelous, perfect even... can't really suggest much can improve there. It's definitely a powerful note-taker.

I think your Galaxy Note 10.1 inch has some more features than my Galaxy Note 5 inch. It's ok for sketching. I did just find out that it has two Note apps. One is for memos and the other is for more stuff like sketching. It doesn't have an pressure options, but it has a lot more color and brush options. It's actualy better than Sketchbook Mobile from what I've noticed.

I whipped this witch sketch up to test it and I think it works pretty good. Not my best work, but I'm happen with it as a test. It's a tiny screen for sketching, but it's good enough to capture a though or mental image before you lose  a good idea looking for a piece of paper and a pencil.

 

I'll definitly check out TV Paint when I have a chance. The above witch sketch is actualy my first semi-serious experience with a tablet-like device. I had played around with the S-Pen before, but mostly just for notes. It definitly makes me excited to play around with my display tablet when it arives. I still have to wait untill Thursday to put in an order because it's been backordered for so long. It's become a popular alternative to the more expensive ones out that ever since it got upgraded.