Wacom Bamboo Splash Pen Tablet (CTL471)

From the Manufacturer

Express your creativity with the Wacom Bamboo Splash pen tablet. Bamboo Splash gives you all the right tools to get off and running with digital art and drawing. To enhance your creations, it comes with Autodesk SketchBook Express and ArtRage Studio software applications. Bamboo Splash is compatible with both PCs and Macs. Sketch, draw, and paint--all on your computer. View larger. Transform your computer into a blank canvas ready for your latest visual creations. View Larger. Enjoy the freedom and familiar feel of pen on paper. View Larger.

Express Your Creativity
The Bamboo Splash creative pen tablet lets you transform your computer into a blank canvas ready for your latest visual creations. Doodle, draw, paint, sketch--explore your creativity. With a Bamboo pen in your hand, you'll work both digitally and naturally. Just let your imagination run wild. Simplicity and Freedom in Pen Input
Thanks to Bamboo Splash's ergonomic, battery-free pen and textured work surface, you'll enjoy the freedom and familiar feel of pen on paper. Bamboo's pen input is the more natural way to create. It's time to drop the mouse and trackball and go with pen input for creativity's sake. Powerful Suite of Creative Software
Bamboo Splash gets beginning digital artists going with all the right tools for creative exploration: a creative pen tablet plus a suite of powerful software included in-carton. ArtRage Studio Offers Natural Painting and Drawing Tools
ArtRage Studio simulates real-world artistic tools, oil paints, watercolors, chalks, and pens, plus utilities to make painting easier such as layers and tracing images. ArtRage's intuitive interface and range of features make it ideal for getting off and running in digital art without the need to learn complex technical controls. SketchBook Express--the Ultimate Digital Sketchbook
SketchBook Express provides the best in digital sketching capability with its simple-to-use menus and array of creative tools. You'll be off sketching and drawing in minutes with your new digital canvas. Versatile, Compact Tablet Design
The reversible tablet works equally well for right- or left-handed users and has an attached pen holder. The tablet measures 0.4 by 10.9 by 6.9 inches (H x W x D). Compatibility and Warranty Information
Requiring a standard USB port for PCs and Macs, Bamboo Splash is compatible with Windows 7, Windows Vista SP2, Windows XP SP3, and Mac OSX 10.5 and above.
Bamboo Splash is backed by a one-year warranty. What's in the Box

Splash (CTL471) is a revision of Connect (CTL470). Hence it includes tablet CTL470 along with ArtRage 3 Studio, and Autodesk Sketchbook Express. Bamboo tablet and pen; quick-start guide; Bamboo installation CD, which when run takes users to Wacom's website to download the driver and software (containing Autodesk SketchBook Express and ArtRage).
At a Glance:

Get started with digital art and drawing

Paint, sketch, doodle, and draw

Pen input for that familiar pen-on-paper feel

Includes Autodesk SketchBook Express and ArtRage software
ArtRage Studio simulates real-world artistic tools, oil paints, watercolors, chalks, and pens. (Click each to enlarge) Bamboo Tablets Name SPLASH CAPTURE CREATE Intuos5 Sketching/Drawing/Painting Fun with Photos Art/Creative Projects Photography/Art/Design Ideal Use Get started with art Turn ordinary photos into extraordinary ones
Advanced creative expression: draw, paint, retouch, and sketch Designed to meet the high performance demands of creative professionals Size Compact size Compact size Twice the work surface Small, medium, and large Pen Input Pressure sensitivity
(1024 levels) Pressure sensitivity
(1024 levels) Pressure sensitivity
(1024 levels) Pressure sensitivity
(2048 levels)
Tilt sensitivity
( 60 degrees) Multi-Touch Input N/A Scroll, zoom, rotate, and swipe Scroll, zoom, rotate, and swipe Scroll, zoom, rotate, and swipe
Interactive touch ring Included Software ArtRage 3 Studio Autodesk SketchBook Express Ad