HUION 2022 Kamvas Pro 16 2.5K QHD Graphics Drawing Tablet
HUION 2022 Kamvas Pro 16 2.5K QHD Graphics Drawing Tablet with Screen, 145% sRGB and Full Lamination Pen Display with Battery-Free Pen, Compatible with Windows, Mac & Android
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| Dimensions: | 43.6 x 24.7 x 1 cm; 3.4 Kilograms |
| Manufacture: | HUION |
| Dimensions: | 43.6 x 24.7 x 1 cm; 3.4 Kilograms |
| Origin: | China |
For context, I have only used this product with Clip Studio Paint and Krita so if you’re using other software your mileage may vary. I had originally bought this product as I had finished doing a renovation project and needed a new hobby, so I thought why not dive in to digital drawing. Even for a total novice like myself, the set up and installation was easy to do and after some playing around with the settings of the software above, I was able to set myself away following drawing tutorials.
The product itself has a great build quality with a reassuring weight behind it despite it’s slimness. it also curved edges and well designed and meaty buttons that have a satisfying click to them when pressed fully. Initially, I did have an issue where none of the onscreen movements of the tablet matched where I was clicking with the pen this turned out to be because I was extending displays with my 4K monitor, setting the display settings to duplicate or setting the resolution of my monitor down to 2K fixed this. With that workaround in place, the tablet itself always felt responsive when I used it with either of the software mentioned above and matched my movements with the pen without any noticeable lag. The pen feels OK in the hand, but I did have a habit of knocking one of the buttons on the pen and accidentally switching to the eraser by mistake. I think this is more down to me having never used a graphics tablet before rather than it being down to a poorly designed pen.
It does come with a stand that does feel a bit cheap and flimsy by comparison but I never experienced any issues with it, just feels off by comparison.
The tablet has decent customisation options in terms of contrast, colour and brightness but after having a bit of a play around I reverted to the default settings as it looked fine out of the box with my set up anyway. Colour accuracy also looked spot on to me, and actually caused me to realise that my PC monitor actually needed calibrating.
Overall, this was a really great product for someone totally new to graphics tablets and digital art!
Compact and colourful display, this tablet has been a pleasure to use for personal and professional use !
While i did have some issues, customer support was very helpful in fixing my problems.
Happy with my purchase 🙂
I really pushed the boat out buying this, which replaces a much much cheaper non-display tablet. Quality construction and very accurate, I’ve been missing out all these years!
Highly recommend.
For the quality/price i simply think is the best graphic table on the market at moment!
I’m tight with my money so that is the only reason I did not rate it great value for money; but it is if you compare it to similar products. Items like these however are all still way over priced. This product in all aspects is top notch and even better than my expectations, absolutely amazing. Thank you.
I just did this sketch in about and hour and half enjoying freedom. If there is any con, is that there is no limit and you can easily lose hours painting over and over.
Only con is you need to be aware of your computer performance limitations and that is not a given considering artists aren’t automatically computer savvy.
For example, I had some lag issues only yesterday where the cursor would get stuck during drawing leading me to think it is the huion problem. I thought maybe there is a limit on the memory. (ctrl alt delete on windows) shows the task monitor and on thar how much vmem (virtual memory) is used. 1700gb. My ram is 16g and only 7g used, and my cpu 2ghz i7 and only 40% used yet it was stuck. So I thought to close all other software and then look to change my ‘undo’ limit in krita. The default was 200. I changed it to 50, restarted krita and then I did not have any more freezing.
Only problem going forward will be that A3 size canvas on this device using a large brush on an already existing 3hr painting with many airbrush shades of colours may work with this laptop setup, it will likely be problamanetic again if it were 4 times this size: A1. For this I’d need 4ghz desktop, with probably 64g ram or more and maybe limit my undo to 20.
I do need to point out two things which may not be obvious to drawing tablet newbies like myself; I have a Mac, and although it doesn’t seem to be mentioned anywhere in the quick start guide etc. that comes with the tablet, you need to switch on screen mirroring in your System Preferences, or it simply won’t work. Secondly, I had a slightly frustrating time assigning the smart keys until I realised that you need to keep the same ‘Keyboard Key’ button clicked as you assign each function. Felt pretty silly when I realised, but there you go!
Overall, a great product, better than the competition and well worth the money.
My partner is an artist and a technological genius, the complete opposite of me so I handed him over and watched as the eyes glazed over and nirvana was reached.
You get everything you need to be up and running quickly in the box with stand, pen and spare nibs, and all the correct leads, we connected the tablet up and I went off to read a book.
So far we are very impressed, the screen quality is amazing and because it is not a touch screen per se working only with the pen there can be no accidental touches ruining everything or at least setting it back.
Just as you would expect there is a huge range of customization with colour/brightness/contrast etc so you really can set it up to whatever your comfort level is.
Everything feels really well made and designed to be intuitive, there has been no issue with any of the graphic software used so far and the pen literally glides across the screen making it both enjoyable and far less stressful.
Both the pen and the buttons on the tablet have a satisfyingly chunky feel to them making them feel solid durable and built to last, if we have a minor complaint then it is the stand which feels a little cheap in comparison so we are looking to alternatives there as we do not want to risk damaging the tablet at all.
This is not a brand we know and the price is quite high at just under 530 but everything about it is carefully and thoughtfully designed, my partner is having the time of their life and enjoying this so much that the price seems completely worth it, for beginners it may be a bit much but for those for whom this is a passion or a pursuit I do think this could turn out to be extremely good value.
I have so far tried it with my phone and a windows PC and both worked well. I connected it to my Android phone via the USB C out and it worked really well, please note for this you phone needs to support video via the USB C out. On Android it worked smoothly, my phone saw the external tablet and connected without issue.
It was a similar story on PC, no issues at all. However I did install the driver software which enables you to control the custom buttons on the tablet and the buttons on the pen. It also enables you to text and change sensitivity, a simple app but works well.
The screen has a matt finish which is great as it is not too reflective. Colours are vibrant and bright. If you hold down the power button you bring up a menu where you can alter the screen modes, for example change the contrast, brightness and even the colour space, a handy feature. The tablet also doubles up as a second screen. You can really see the benefit of a 2.5k display, especially for drawing, one thing to note is the display does not work on touch just when using the pen.
The pen feels good with a nice weight to it, it glides nicely across the screen and works well with all the paint/ drawing programs I have used it with. There are two buttons on the pen and it is nice to hold. My only issue with it is the pen is chunky just above the nib so sometimes it can be tricky to see the nib on the screen but it’s a very minor gripe. It would just have been nice for the end of the pen to be thinner while still retaining the nice grip. I do like the texture around the bottom of the pen though it makes gripping easy.
The buttons on the tablet all feel nice, they are clicky and feel high quality, as do the buttons on the pen.
The build quality is excellent with a laminated display so there are no gaps (the display is right under your pen). The back is metal and gives a nice and rigid base, four little pads also sit on the back so enable you to lay the tablet down flat and draw without the metal hitting a surface below or the tablet slipping and these work well.
The supplied stand is again metal and it is fine, you flip the stand and push it into one of the notches on the base to set the tilt level and just pull down the bottom to act as a little cradle to hold the tablet, it definitely does a job. Personally I feel the stand does not quite match the quality of the tablet but it is is decent enough, the metal could have been a bit thicker though,
This is an excellent tablet if you are looking for a drawing tablet with a screen that is of a high quality build, good display and easy to use. The high price tag of 529 as of June 2022 means this is a premium product and it succeeds, if your an artist and need something like this then it is highly recommended.
Been using it for over a year now for drawing and photo editing, don’t want to ever go back to a normal tablet, I’d recommend it to both artists and photographers
For the price you pay its very good. Make sure to check your monitor to see the colours as they do differ slightly from the huion display, I’ve been able to see past this and still create nicely.
Bought drawing monitor for my daughter as she’s doing art at uni. After weeks of of comparing all the Huion’s vs the Wacom’s we decided the Kamvas Pro20 offered all the things she would need at a reasonable price. Unfortunately when she connected it to laptop there was what seemed to be a crack or mark on the left lower area, It was not on surface but behind the screen. We have returned it to Amazon but have ordered a replacement, hopefully this will be ok.
I bought this item on 6 July having just got back into art after a 40 year hiatus. I had seen a product review on youtube which reviewed the tablet postively. It was very easy to attach the stand and install the necessary drivers in Windows 10. The product came with 1 pen, 10 extra nibs and 2 gloves. I profiled the moniter for color accuracy using an i-one display profiler and it made only minor adjustments to the out of box settings. The tablet was recognised in both Photoshop and Clip Studio Paint which i both use. Very intuitive to use and very responsive (no visible lag( and a great step up from the wacom tablet i was using previously for photoshop which was one without a screen. Very happy with my purchase and would recommend
Before buying this tablet I was used to work with other more known professional brands like wacoms and ipads, and when I saw this tablet from huion I was a bit afraid of getting it. For me this was a brand that I have never heard about. But I still decided to give it a chance.
I have been using this tablet for over a year now and this are my thoughts and opinions about this product.
The first thing that catch my eye was how good the colours are, they are definitely on point. the calibration is good and the system to adjusted it is simple to use. the other thing is that this tablet looks very professional and the build in material feels very good too. The size of the screen for me is perfect, I use to work on a 22 inches and it tends to be to big to move around but this is a nice size. also the stand that comes with this tablet its really good and comfortable and the funny thing is that other big tablet brands are now using the same stand.
I never had any issues with the drivers and they also have options that lets you customize all the buttons on the screen and an option that I praise a lot that allows the user to deactivate windows ink, for those who have some experience know that in some painting programs it is better to have this option available. otherwise you have to do it manually, but huion help us by making this option more available and simple.
Now in relation to the pen, when I first tried it I was really happy. For someone that is used to using expensive tablets this can give you the same good experience and in same cases even better. The 8192 levels of pressure are impressive and super responsive which gives you a really good control over your lines. This pens is super comfortable to use and after a day of work I never had any pain on my hand but obviously this also depends on the way you grab it. Maybe the only negative aspect of this pen is that it doesn’t feel has sturdy as other brands but I think it’s just because it feels a bit lighter than other pens, but after a few minutes of usage you get super use to it.
Another awesome feature in this tablet is the unnoticeable texture on the screen and the reason to why this is important is because it helps you to have a better control over your brush strokes, for example imagine drawing with a pen on paper and now imagine drawing on a glass surface, the control on paper is far superior making it easier for an artist to draw intentional lines.
Now to make you even more reassured, when I had a minor issue with my pen, Huion solved it within a few days, and they are really helpful, not even a week past and my problem got solved.
Hope this review help everyone that felt like me before getting this tablet.
Cheers.
Honestly this is the best value tablet on the market.
I used the old GT-190 for years, without any error, but this new one is a massive improvement and totally solved all my minor beefs with the older one. (Glass thickness, low resolution, and having to charge the pen)
if it ever breaks I’ll come back and amend my review