Wacom sponsors Sclipo online video challenge
Skills-based clips to be judged by the Web community
Cintiq 21UX is first prize
Wacom, the leading manufacturer of pen tablets and interactive pen displays today announces that it is sponsoring an online video challenge at www.sclipo.com, a leading online skills network. Open to worldwide entries, the competition starts on the 25 June and will last until 25 August 2007. During this time, visitors to the social networking site will be able to submit video tutorials that demonstrate how to use a Wacom pen tablet to achieve impressive and creative results. Judged by the Web community, the video clip that receives the most viewers, together with the best user rating, will win a Cintiq 21UX interactive pen display. There will also be 5 runners-up, each winning a recently launched Bamboo pen tablet.
The competition offers a platform for both professionals and enthusiasts to showcase their skills and provide innovative and original tips and tricks to a large audience, particularly when using a Wacom pen tablet in different applications and with other tools.
Sclipo is a leading online social network that enables people to view, share and rate skills-related video clips online. Unlike other generic video-sharing websites, Sclipo aims to provide a platform for ‘masters’ or users with certain skills to share tips across the community. Sclipo was recently awarded the prize for best European web 2.0 start-up and comes in three languages: English, German and Spanish.
Information and guidelines can be found on the Sclipo website at www.sclipo.com/challenge/wacom as well as the Wacom website at www.wacom.eu.
Cintiq 21UX
The Cintiq 21UX enables users to navigate, edit or animate directly on a screen with the pressure sensitive pen, which provides 1,024 pressure levels. The Cintiq 21UX combines an impressive 21.3” flat screen and high UXGA resolution, a stylish and ergonomic design, ideal for rotoscoping and special editing effects as strokes are not limited while editing across the surface. The graphic capabilities of the screen have been improved to offer a UXGA resolution of 1,600 x 1,200 pixels with 24-bit colour depth. It is priced at £1,899 excluding VAT.
Bamboo
Bamboo is a new consumer pen tablet for annotating and navigating in computer applications. Bamboo is flexible and can be used for an almost infinite number of uses; from simple things like making notes on documents, to the most sophisticated applications like retouching photos. Bamboo is priced at £69.99 including VAT.
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