My New Portable Animation Setup? First Impressions of the Surface Book 3
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- Microsoft Surface Book 3: geni.us/6lchM
XP-Pen quick access keys remote: geni.us/iHpg
Wacom Cintiq Companion 2 / Mobile Studio (what I compared it to): geni.us/7mqdLgs
In summary:
Surface book 3 - great for every day use, video editing, typing, browsing
Wacom Cintiq Companion 2 / mobile studio - the best choice for serious animators and digital artists.
For artists on a budget: Both of these computers discussed are not cheap. For something portable and affordable, I would recommend the combination of a laptop and pen tablet kept together in a bag.
Pen tablet: geni.us/iKTND
Affordable powerful laptop: geni.us/hhSgT
A bag to hold them in: geni.us/iFx0O
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Always love when animators talk about tech. If this is what is capable right now imagine just in 5 years...
Oh man
We will see in a very long time
I'm glad for you man. It feels so good to receive something dope in the mail. And what a surprise it was! Nice work on this video (videography and thumbnail wise). Its cool to see an animator doing what you do on TH-cam.
Hey NobleFrugal Studio
Dang!! Animating looks so fun. It’s even better that you can do this and make a living off of animating.
It is! I'd recommend trying it yourself. Worst case scenario you hate it and now you respect the medium even more.
For starting try pencil 2d or flipaclip
Can you talk about your journey in the animation industry ? Like how did you start ? How did you learn animating ? How much money you spent and earned ? Your first commission and how did you gain customers ?. I'm not native but i hope you understand what i mean
Love the effort they put for your unboxing, Damn I'm jealous dude. Nice setup
My broke self bought a tablet 7 years ago.. still the best thing lmao I'm too comfortable with that tiny tablet...
Microsoft Surface Book 3: geni.us/6lchM
XP-Pen quick access keys remote: geni.us/iHpg
Wacom Cintiq Companion 2 / Mobile Studio (what I compared it to): geni.us/7mqdLgs
Thank you Microsoft!
Yo howard on avg how long does one frame take you (like a regular and one epic dynamic frame)
And how long does a 1 minute animation take you
That thumbnail so clean wut
I am a newbie in this field, just started to learn animation, its just so beautiful, i am binging yr vids!
Big fan of you man❤❤❤ and I love your animation style
Awesome upload as always man!
thanks, this just confirmed my choice of getting a Surface Book 3 for 3D CAD use as well as doing ideas and concepts sketching and some video/audio editing
Would it be good for Blender?
I have a Surface Pro 7 and I love it since I got it--- it has served me very well with all my creative work the only thing that was a bit lacking is the way the pen behaves with drawing software. So I actually bought a Wacom tablet for that but till I got the tablet I was still able to do most of the work. I wish Microsoft could send me a gift like this too! haha
thanks for representing us as artists to the tech world - I hope they can improve these issues!
Congrats💐 bro for getting new awesome lappi and hearing your words about having this great pen tablets is really lucky you are👍🤞
Started to watch ur vids weeks ago and ive improved 👍thank you for the advice
I really liked this video and I'm actually in the market for a new laptop too!
The H mug looked so cool ☕
Dang dude, congrats on the Microsoft deal, that's freakin' awesome!
Howard flexing with his new gear!
Your a star young man. Great channel Always great video's. ✌🏼
I've never been more envious of anyone.
I'm just using my Mac for animating in TVPaint. I also have a Wacom tablet without a screen and it's perfect for me. 100% portable and comfortable to use. Though i don't know how well it would handle large music videos, but so far it's worked like a charm
Thx for uploading I love the videos
Man the thing I hate about animating is that at first it’s so hard to figure out how to do things but after a day or 2 you get a hang of it
Wow amazing
Thanks a lot! Your videos are very helpful. And this is too 💣💫
Completely agree with your closing. I bought the SB2 when starting my animation degree, I only felt comfortable using it for rough drawing. Anything that was going to be a real product would not be done on the laptop. If you need a laptop you can get a decent laptop and a cintiq for the same price, it just won't be as portable or convenient.
Hell yeah been using a surface for a few years now, since i'm always traveling. Keep it going Howard
Imma be straight forward here: Any giveaways soon?
working on it 😉
@@HowardWimshurst sweet I'll try my best to participate when it comes, continue what youre doing bro, artists makes tha world move
I've had the same pressure issue on older Surface devices (not all apps supported pressure out of the box). It just required finding and installing the right driver to fix. :) Try looking for Ntrig / Wintab surface drivers.
Also: hell yeah TVPaint!
The surface pro with the kickstand is much more comfortable for drawing imo. But after getting an iPad Pro I have to say the Apple pencil feels better than any drawing display I've used.
I’m surprised you had that TVpaint issue. I had a surface pro 3 at my old job, and I had no issues with it running tvpaint 10 and 11.
My only issue was the general pen stuff that is across all software, and that’s just drawing linework tightly.
If you want to have TVpaint on a budget on the go, the Samsung Tab S6 lite is performing way beyond expectations. Getting it animate anything clean beyond 3 minutes is asking too much, but a 10 minute clean animatic is within limits, and then you just wrap it up on your more powerful device at home.
The Wacom pen on is fantastic too
Damn! 60 fps feels like another dimension!! Bruh youre so underated...!!!
That is very hard that's almost the fps of anime
@@idontcarethatyoudonthaveam1262 its usually 24 for anime i think
@@sweeyanreddy1738 No I am talking about Resolution fps like the is one fps that controls the speed and one that make it more smooth
@@idontcarethatyoudonthaveam1262 oh
Awesome!
Good Stuff!
Ahh reminds me of the old camping animating vibes :)
Hey man love the videos but I have a question, does the 15inch surface book 3 feel really big? I’m getting one but not sure if the 13 or 15 I should get.
the xp pen ac19 device your holding is great, the only flaw it has you cant get canvas rotation in photoshop to work by just going in the setup.
it needs the F13 and F14 funcion keys pressed wich no one has on their keyboard.
fortunately by editing the xml setup file manually you can get it to work. its a bit of work but then you can also rotate canvas with the dial.
love that little device
I got one of those. Its pretty nice. But I still prefer the Cintiq any day!
I believe the TV issues is caused by something with Windows Ink, I think there was a setting I had to enable for it to work, but I returned my surface the next day
Man I’ve been trying to refind your video. Needing the keypad haha
5:45 sorry i'm confused here. You detached it , flip it then reattach it. Why don't you just detach it and use it as tablet? any problem with that ?
Any further thoughts on the XP Pen express key pad ? I bought a second hand cintiq pro 24 that didnt included the express key remote, and im considering getting either the xp pen one or clip studio tabmate because the cost of wacom's is absolutely ridiculous in my country.
What do you think of Acer Conceptd7 Ezel? I’ve been holding off on buying anything until it’s readily available because I’m trying to get mobile workspace exactly as your video talks about.
Thanks so much for making this! Very thorough with the different options
You can detach it and fold it, then stand it like a tent so that its like a wacom, then u can just get a $20 Bluetooth keyboard and mouse
Question:
Have you heard about the acer conceptd 3, 7 and 9 laptops?
I wish toonboom was for ipad, the android version isn't optimal for mobile, at least the file menu could be prepped. but Rough Animator is very good at least for basic line work.
EDIT: I meant to say "TVpaint", not "ToonBoom"
Did you do any animation series ?.love to watch it.
there should just be a kick stand on the tablet for the wobble
I have a SP4. While I liked the device a lot for its convenience I always found everything about the N-TRIG pen to be really unresponsive compared to wacom or the ipad. I played with the newer surfaces pros in stores and its felt almost the same unfortunately. Haven't had a chance to try the SB3 yet. If they added a kickstand and upgraded the pen it would be the obvious choice for any artist IMO.
Car horns do be honking tho
9:01
respect
If anyone wants to get a laptop like this but it is too expensive try checking out the xp envy x360. It comes with a stylus and it is pretty good
Yes all good points. I am more of a huion guy but I need a desktop pc because my laptop just is not strong enough for my huion tablet. What pc would be a good starter
Does anyone know the brushes howard uses?
And would you get the new Surface Studio laptop over the surface pro 8 ?
How does the internet set up look like. Does it look like a tablets or a laptops
Can you use your keypad when you are in discard display screen mode?
I had the surface gifted to me can I what pen are you using is it the one you got with the surface
Hai .love your work
Seeing all those goods u got...yeah, the voice comes from within "Howard you earned it"...u knw wht else comes from within? "I wanna be like you"
you can always put some support stand behind the laptop so it does not move and have the keyboard available, while working on a table.
Bro you find yiff animators everywhere, their animation is great. But Howard's animation style is strong and clean
Please i want to buy a new laptop and i choose Microsoft surface book 3 is good laptop for artists like a graphic designer or not
Hi, I have yet to finish watching the video, I just wanted to give a couple of advice as a former 15" Surface Book 2 owner (plus several other Microsoft and non tablet pc's).
For TvPaint: being an old software it probably uses Wacom's Wintab, so you might wanna try downloading and installing the Surface Pro (4 if I remember correctly) Wintab driver from Microsoft. I always used it in Clip Studio.
Note that the wintab driver doesn't detect tilt.
Photoshop.
In my experience brushstrokes tended to be smoother if you set the gpu option in Photoshop to basic instead of advanced.
It also somewhat runs generally better with the integrated graphics.
Pressure sensitivity has never been good in Photoshop with a Surface Device. Or any other Windows Ink device for what it's worth.
You can overcome this installing a great utility called Lazy Nezumi which between other features allows you to vary the pressure curve in Photoshop.
It'll be night and day then.
Hoping the developer managed to solve the bugs that afflicted it on the SB, but for the pressure curve control it'll work properly.
thank you so much for the help!
Great advice.
Also, a small Bluetooth keyboard next to the screen solves the issue with hotkeys.
Has anyone tried to make 3D animation in Surface Book 3? If so, how does it work for 3D animation?
Is it possible to connect the surface book 3 tablet part (without keyboard) to some USB device (like USB drive)?
no i don't think so
howard mentioned some hp laptops under $600 which has 14 inch screen are they really enough to make good 2d short films
why not huion or any other brand or ipad or android tabs etc and why this laptop? cheers.
Amazing video as usual! By the way what sort of book are you writing?
Thanks Lionlake! I'm writing a book about the business of 2d animation. It will be a book and an online video course.
@@HowardWimshurst Awesome!
How latency on the pen is their jitter?
I have question do we need both of this laptop ans the tab??
Apple would never do something like this today :)
Love for Microsoft, I'm Happy with my SP7
What about people just starting out in drawling you think sb3 okay..I mean trying to get into digital drawling and really love editing videos and all that..so..hoping it's a good choice for just starting drawling..
When you do another reaction video could you react to Osro's animation called afternoon class and (oo)
Yo howard on avg how long does one frame take you (like a regular and one epic dynamic frame)
And how long does a 1 minute animation take you
Pretty sure it depends on how detailed it is.
Though if you combine everything that goes into a it(storyboard, animatic, cleanup, post), then even one frame takes a much longer time than one would normally think.
Don't know what a good answer to your question would be, hopefully he replies.
How is you surface holding up a year later? I’ve had my surface book 2 for 3 years and am wanting to upgrade! Should I get this or just stick with what I got?
i'm still using it for every day tasks - not so much for animation
@@HowardWimshurst gotcha, if anyone else is curious the battery life off the charger lasts 30min…does fine when plugged! But decided to upgrade!
Bro, I watch your video . I lived in india and I started animation studio in my country and my quation how to start it
I’m only just now getting into digital art. I’m 19 so I’m starting pretty late but I am completely committed to it.
I don’t have a PC or even a laptop and am wondering what the best laptop for digital art would be. I’m also not sure if I need to get a laptop (a desk PC is out of the question for me) as well as a drawing tablet to connect it to my Laptop.
I’m also unsure of the programs to download as well as what programs would be best.
I’m currently thinking of getting a Lenovo Yoga C940. Do I also need an animation tablet or a better digital pen?
If anyone could help me out that would be beyond amazing, I really am completely unsure of what equipment to get especially as a beginner.
Could this run Adobe character animator ?
*checks price*
wow i saw it today the day and hour he relized
Is this good for clip studio paint?
Howard sorry but I'm trying to say your vid is cool to u on discord but It keeps saying 'not able to send message' why it do dat.
what are the full specs?
Sadly i dont have a graphics tablet. I really want to animate. I just use my mouse.
How was it in XPPEN
What is that tablet name please 🙏🙏 tell me bro
interesting the video but it didn't help me much I don't know if this combination helps me, like these programs give less problems?
I can't stand having problems to open animation files anymore, every free program I used had this, I think because the programs the video guy uses are paid for they don't generate headaches so I'm not sure.
Who can help me I thank,
I did not find the answer on google.
it can be tough when you're not able / willing to pay the price of entry.
My conclusions of the surface book are... unsure. I was sent the computer, but if I had to buy a computer, I'm not sure if I would buy one or get something more affordable.
However, one thing I can say is that i'm a BIG fan of TVPaint. I back that program for hand drawn animation a lot. And I also rely on the Adobe creative suite for my job as a pro animator.
@@HowardWimshurst thanks for your help.
what about the gauntlet have you a reference ? ;)
So overall, wacom mobile pro vs surface book 3? Which is better ?
for drawing? Wacom.
For every day tasks? Surface book 3
@@HowardWimshurst thank you!!! Im Getting the new wacom mobile studio pro then🤙🔥🙏🙏🙏
Wish they considered artists more since we’re probably the bulk of consumers that buy tabtops.
Thanks. What do you use for animating in the surface book 3?
no i currently use an XP-Pen 24 pro
@@HowardWimshurst thanks, though software i mean , or is that the same?
@Microsoft please please please please fix the issues with your pen, this could be a much better device if you all fixed it and it would be so much of an easier purchase
Yayy
iPad pro?
I have a surface device and I dont know if you have this problem but EVERYTHING is so tiny. Im not sure how to expand them if its possible.
Nice review by the way! Glad to see that a surface can be used as an option to animate on the go
Plz just do a review on kimi no na wa..(your name) it would be so awsome i just wanna hear ur opinions .Just found ur channel couple days ago man where were u all my life..😂 love ur videos , u could be a teacher ❤👍
Thanks! 😄
I talked about it a little bit in my video lecture about light. i think the title of the video is "how to add light to your animations"
What about ipad pro 12.9
Cries in an old iPad and procreate for animating 😢
SAME! 😭
Try Callipeg for animation on iPad ;)
I LOVE U