Cube iwork10 Stylus options and functions

[Andrew Birch]

I also use the hipen on my iwork10 ultimate. it works but can jump around a bit. As it comes and goes and screen area seems to change the effect i had assumed its the screen not the pen. regarding palm rejection, get the anniversary update for w10, it adds a tickbox in settings to disable touch screen while pen is in use.

Edit: Also this reminds me of an earlier post i made, a program to toggle the touch screen : http://techtablets.com/forum/topic/tip-for-stylus-usage/

[Luís Santos]

Well, I actually remember your post regarding several programs to fine tune the behavior in Win10, but I actually don’t use Windows. I’m trying to go full Android (or maybe Remix) on this tablet. Just too bad the pen isn’t a hassle-free solution. I’ve used a few apps in Android to inhibit touch input and some note taking apps that emulate palm rejection, but the pen is just way too imprecise even in those conditions. I’ve ordered a new pen. Let’s see how that goes.

[Anonymous]

hi,

I have a Trekstor active stylus and it works pretty well with my Cube iwork 10 flagship tablet. Yesterday I installed a Brotect Airglass screen protector for cube iwork 10. Tempered glass is must, as I noticed scratches on my cube tablet. I have not noticed a drop in pen sensitivity and I am happy drawing on it now. I am sorry but I really don’t understand why this active stylus is looked down on and so poorly reviewed. I think it takes some time to adjust, and also one has to bear in mind that many of art-oriented software are designed for Wacom based stylus (almost a standard). For learning to draw etc, and drawing for fun or a hobby, I feel that 256 pressure levels is sufficient, and I have been impressed comparing it with the passive wacom pens.  I absolutely have no connection with Trekstor, I am simply stating my experience here.

I hope that this post will be of interest as I can also compare the performance of the Trekstor active stylus with both cube iwork 10 and Trekstor Surftab Duo W1. In addtion, I can compare the performance with two other devices which are wacom-based, HP Elitbook 2760p and Samsung Galaxy Note 2. I dont have Photoshop (I just dont like it personally). Compared to the S-pen and the wacom passive pen, I prefer the feel and balance of the Trekstor active stylus.

The Trekstor Active Stylus has almost identical performance on both Trekstor surftab duo w1 (for which this stylus was designed for) and Cube iwork 10. The only difference is that Trekstor tablet has a coating or lamination that does not scratch the tablet. I bought my Trekstor tablet in July and have drawn on it most days for at least 3 hours a day. Please be careful that Cube iwork 10 tablet is soft and easily etched with the use of stylus (even gentle pressure leaves marks).

I use Artrage, Autodesk Sketchbook (tried Desktop and Windows 10), and recently installed Leonardo (pretty impressed with it) as well.  I have the Autodesk Sketchbook Pro version and unfortunately the pencil tool is the most problematic you really have to push hard to draw with it. Also if I add additional brushes from their website, some of them work and the others dont. This is the case for both tablets. I do have palm rejection, as long as the stylus touches the cube screen first.  I also have the Windows 10 anniversary updates. Leonardo is worth trying out as you can change the stylus responsiveness to a greater degree than with Autodesk Sketchbook. The performance of the active stylus in Leonardo is really good. Graphiter 1.70 used to work really well, and the new version is good but they have changed the blend tool which I personally dont like. But it has comparable performance on my wacom tablet-pc (HP Elitebook 2760p). Artrage works as well on cube iwork10 and Trekstor active stylus as it does on my Samsung Galaxy Note 2 and Elitebook 2760p with a wacom pen (exception is the pencil tool as you have to apply more force otherwise all the other brushes etc I barely notice any difference).

Buttons work in OneNote 2016 (selection, eraser).

What didnt work: Mypaint (stylus pressure not detected and it was slow and crashed a lot). In some programmes/apps the buttons are not recognisable.

In my opinion, it doesn’t have to always be WACOM and PHOTOSHOP.  I am sorry if I upset anyone, but as far as I know I  have a good enough pressure-sensitive pen (yes the tablet has a Goodix driver and the pen is the poorly reviewed Trekstor Active Stylus on Amazon).  I am glad I bought the pen, I really enjoy drawing with it, and I have not worried about changing the nib after over 3 months of extensive use.  I would recommend this pen to those who are willing to experiment and allow some adjusting time.

[brainvision]

hi guys…

I would ask for a question, if you please: I have a standard capacitive stylus tht I bought for other devices and I’m using it into my Cube too.. I noticed it works on Widows 10 too, but it is somehow limited.. No issue for UWP apps, but when interacting into standard desktop programs it acts weird: for example it does not recognize scrolling into a list but it tried to move and copy items..

My question: do the wacom/bluetooth/original cube stylus are able to work also on desktop apps? Is this the biggest difference between a cheap capacitive stylus and a wacom-like one (apart from palm rejection, pressure levels etc)?

thanks a lot!

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