Wacom Inkling digital pen sketch system

Inkling by Wacom is a system consisting of a special ballpoint pen and a wireless receiver capable of capturing sketches, stroke by stroke, and to store and transfer them to the computer for further editing or refining.

Inkiling will be available at $199.00 from mid-September and will run on Mac OS 10.4.0 (or later) or Windows 7, Vista or XP (SP3, 32 or 64 bit versions).

The ballpoint pen uses Wacom pressure-sensing technology to detect how hard the pen is being pressed to the paper while sketching.

The receiver can be clipped to the edge of standard paper or sketchbooks and the position can be adjusted for left or right handed users to provide the receiver with an uninterrupted line of sight with the pen tip.

When sketching is complete, the receiver is connected to the user’s computer via USB to transfer the digital files.

Files are opened with the included Inkling Sketch Manager software to manage layers or change file formats before transferring them for adjustment and editing in other creative software applications.

The system can store thousands of sketches and can export layered files from the Sketch Manager software directly to Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator (CS3 or newer), as well as Autodesk Sketchbook Pro (2011 or newer).

Alternatively, files can be saved in JPG, BMP, TIFF, PNG, SVG and PDF formats for use with other applications.

The pen and receiver store and recharge in a compact case making it easy to transport Inkling between, home, office or any typical workspace.

For more information you can refer to a series of Getting Started videos at Wacom’s website.