CLIP STUDIO TABMATE

I am a professional freelance illustrator. I bought this for my Surface Pro 4 Tablet and my Clip Studio EX program I installed on it. Was skeptical but was tired of trying to touch tiny icons on my screen.It comes with 4 different "modes" which you can extensively customize.You can:- Assign select keystroke modifiers (alt, shift, ctrl, etc.),- Assign tools and their subsets (so you can select the mapping pen with one and the g pen with another or use the same button to cycle through the subsets)- Change between modes with the press of one button- Use the wheel to either scroll through layers, adjust your brush size, or even scroll through colors.- Assign buttons to navigate color palettes efficientlyI was using a Large Wacom Intuos Pro tablet (no screen) on my desktop pc. It has a wheel and like 6 buttons. The buttons reset like once a week for some reason. I never have this problem with the Tabmate. The Intuous Pro also has a noticable delay. The Tabmate does not.I find the sheer quantity of options to be the greatest asset. It's also really nice being able to rest my hand wherever I want when I draw. I no longer have to keep it poised on my tablet.I have yet to try this on my PC because I'm actually no longer working on my Intuos tablet since the Surface Pro 4 and the Tabmate are just too great not to use them. Finding ways to set it up so I can connect my Surface Pro 4 to the PC for streaming.Biggest drawback is that it runs on batteries. I recommend turning it off if you're stepping away for like 2-5 minutes. If you don't, it is still technically "on" and uses the batteries. When I wasn't turning it off for bathroom breaks or to get a drink, I went through the batteries in 2 weeks. Since I started turning it off, it's been nearly a month and I haven't had to replace them.This is perfect for hobbyists, professionals, and students. I honestly cannot work in Clip Studio without it anymore. It has greatly reduced the amount of time I spend on each piece of art and has made working so much easier. Highly recommend!

Be careful. Product came used. Battery installed already. Fingerprints on device. Open box and code for 12-month free clip studio debut already activated.

If you have Clip Studio of any form and wish to have a little more freedom than the gremlin crab claw posture over a keyboard and tablet then this thing is for you.As you can see its *very* small. Perfect for all ages, and if you're familiar with a Wii remote then you'll get along just fine.It has a wheel that acts as a button, buttons all over in comfortable range of the thumb, a trigger, and two "bumper" buttons- all mapped and changeable through the program which was rather simple to work out and set up. Holding down the button on the bottom of the remote turns it on, and it has four different loadout settings you can have for each press- red light, blue light, flashing red, or flashing blue.After five minutes of putting it down it will go into a sleep mode. After twenty it turns off completely, and turns back on again to re-link effortlessly.Honestly, I bought it thinking it wouldnt be all that handy, but after a few months of use I'm all about this little thing and how much help it actually offers. Cannot reccomend enough.My only complaint is that it is sometimes a little buggy. Since it's a bluetooth device that runs on one AA battery, you cant expect it to work perfectly all the time. Very rarely it will bug out, lock onto a button, and "hold it down" until you switch loadouts. It might have something to do with my tablet or interferenace... I'm not entirely sure.Nevertheless it's a good buy for serious artist types.

I use Photoshop and Clip Studio equal amounts, so buying this was a gamble as it only works with Clip and it's not cheap. However, I loved it so much that I started using Clip more - the multiple modes allowed me to have separate shortcuts for when I'm animating or illustrating, and I found it very comfortable to hold and use for extended periods. I would have given it a perfect rating... except for the fact that it broke after just a year! The wheel appears to have snapped off and doesn't work; while the other buttons do still work, not having the wheel is enough of a hinderance that it's easier to just not use it at all. I found other users having the same issue with the wheel breaking. I'm sad to part with it, but I'm opting to buy a different controller to use with my art programs - one that won't break as quickly, I hope.

Set up was super easy, setting the controls is pretty easy, and it works like a charm. My only issue with it is even though i have pretty average sized hands, almost immediately i was get that pre-cramp ache in my fingers trying to contort them in the right way to get at all the close together buttons. If the control was a little bigger and more spread out, where i didn't have to reach "in" to get them it'd be perfect

This works brilliantly with CSP. As one would hope - it's ergonomic, feels nice to hold, has 4 setups you can switch between while using it, and doesn't devour batteries quickly. It works with the mobile variant as well which is where I find it the most useful - and many of the shortcuts are in places that feel natural by default. You can tweak every single button and shortcut operation though so if it isn't great for you out of the box you can set it just how you like it.Now here comes the best part - it recognizes just like any other standard controller device. You can set this up using software such as JoyToKey and use it with any software you please. I found this out while poking around to see if I could also use this with Krita. Amazing product and I would recommend!