Ugee U1200 / U1600 Evaluation:- A small, cute & inexpensive pen show to take wherever |

I acquired Ugee U1200 from Ugee to evaluate it & give my opinion on it, and general, I ended up fairly liking it. The small display screen together with the 3-in-1 cable makes it very handy to maneuver round whereas drawing. It’s sufficiently small that I can place it in my laptop computer bag if I wanted to. The small measurement could also be small for some, however for that purpose, there’s a 15.6 choice that’s equivalent to it, however has an even bigger display screen, known as Ugee U1600.

I didn’t encounter many issues throughout set up. Not less than not one thing I wouldn’t anticipate whereas putting in related units. I discovered the drawing floor to be nice. The IAF is sort of first rate, however I don’t declare it’s the most effective ever. It gained’t cease you from creating good artworks like among the different graphics tablets I reviewed prior to now.

Having two choices to attach Ugee U1200 to your pc is a giant plus. You may both use the 3-in-1 cable that comes with it, or purchase a separate USB-C to USB-C to attach it to your pc, however remember that your USB-C port & cable have to help that.

Ugee U1200 has no lack of help for the assorted working programs, it helps Home windows, Mac, Linux, Android, in addition to ChromeOS. The one widespread & open working system they didn’t record is the Raspberry Pi OS, however I gained’t be stunned if it labored with it, because it’s basically an ARM model of Linux.

Ugee U1200 comes with the PH12 pen, which is battery-free that requires no charging. It has an eraser on the again, in addition to two buttons on the facet. Each the eraser & the buttons will be programmed within the driver program, and they’re the one type of sizzling keys you’re going to get out of the field.

• Supplies drawing expertise for the value.
• The drawing floor is nice to attract on.
• Having extra choices to attach it to your computer systems is a plus.

• The IAF is taken into account good, nevertheless it may have been higher.
• Not all USB-C cables will be connecting simply to it.

• Display screen Shade Gamut:- 90% NTSC (sRGB127%)
• Display screen measurement:- 11.9 Inch
• Display screen drawing angle:- 178°
• Lively drawing space:- 263.2 X 148.1mm
• Could be linked through the 3-in-1 cable that comes with it, or through USB-C to USB-C cable (This requires USB-C port & cable that help exterior shows).
• Helps Home windows 7 or later, Mac 10.10 or later, Chrome OS 88 or later, as effectively Android units with USB 3.1 port that helps DisplayPort 1.2. It additionally works on many Linux distros:- Ubuntu, Centos, Fedora, Pink Hat, Manjaro, Arch, Debian, OpenSUSE, elementary OS, Mint, ezgo Linux, Pop!_OS, Mageia, In keeping with Ugee’s web site ( There’s likelihood it is going to work on different distros).
• Comes with the PH12 passive pen, a battery-free pen with eraser on the again
• The pen comes with 10 substitute pen nibs
• Stress sensitivity:- 8192 ranges
• Tilt Sensitivity:- ±60 levels
• Has no programmable sizzling keys

As soon as I acquired Ugee U1200 I unboxed it. It got here with the next stuff out of the field:-

• • Ugee U1200 itself
  • The drawing pen.
  • 11 spare nibs + nibs elimination instruments (It’s supposed to come back with 10, I assume I used to be fortunate).
  • The three-in-1 cable
  • USB-A extension cable.
  • Display screen cleansing material
  • Drawing glove

It doesn’t include an AC adapter in case you’re questioning about that. You’re going to apply it to PC, you’ll much less possible want it.

You join Ugee U1200 to your pc utilizing the 3-in-1 cable that comes with it. The cable has USB-C on one finish (to attach it to the pen show itself), whereas the opposite finish has HDMI, USB for knowledge, in addition to one other USB for energy. Ugee U1200 takes energy out of your pc itself, eliminating the necessity for an influence adapter. This makes it much more appropriate as an choice for touring. The cable is skinny, and makes it simple to maneuver Ugee U1200 round, like inserting it apart if you’re not utilizing it, or rotating the entire system as a substitute on rotating the canvas in your drawing program. The cable is lengthy sufficient for that, however I all the time discover myself considering of the way to extending it in order that I may use it to attract in a couple of place in my room, which is one thing I truly did.

Apart from the 3-in-1 cable, you possibly can join Ugee U1200 to your pc through a USB-C to USB-C cable (offered individually). For that to work, each the USB-C port & cable must help connecting exterior show, not all of the USB-C ports help that, however I anticipate that to develop into extra widespread sooner or later. You additionally want to attach the cable to the devoted port for that on the U1200 (The one to the left when you face the display screen). I attempted to attach the show utilizing my very own USB-C to USB-C cables, however that didn’t work. I attempted that a number of occasions, utilizing a couple of cable. Each the 2 computer systems I used for testing (Lenovo E580 & Mac Mini 2018), had USB-C ports that help exterior shows, and I managed to attach them to related units prior to now utilizing these cables. Ugee consultant assured me that it truly works, and that you simply don’t want Ugee’s personal USB-C cable. So I ordered a Telephone Planet cable that helps 10 GB/S, solely to find that the USB-C port on the Ugee U1200 solely helps skinny USB-C cable ends (as a result of the USB-C ports are inside an alcove). I used to be like “What a ache!!!”. For the sake of testing the cable, I truly disassembled the show & linked the cable, and it labored! It will be higher if the cable truly plugged in with out the necessity to disassembly. I’ll personally attempt to discover a technique to get round this later.

Bear in mind once I talked about extending the 3-in-1 cable? I confronted the identical downside I did with the USB-C cable, however since I already disassembled the show, I examined extending it utilizing a ten GB/S extension cable (Not the Telephone Planet one), and it didn’t work. One other technique to lengthen the 3-in-1 cable through the HDMI & USB-A ports, and it’ll possible work, since I did it with different pen shows, however that’s not as a clear & elegant approach as extending the USB-C half, a port I actually got here to understand relating to drawing pen show. One of many causes I care about USB-C cable connectivity is that it may give you low cost various in case the 3-in-1 cable broke, and also you it saves you from having to purchase a proprietary cable.

To make this evaluate complete, I attempted to attach a USB-C drive to the second port, and it didn’t work.

From what I can see, Ugee U1200 helps Android, and to make it work, you will want a separate energy adapter for the U1200 to get energy from (utilizing the opposite USB-C port on the U1200), in addition to a USB 3.1 port on the telephone that helps DisplayPort 1.2. Sadly, I didn’t have a contemporary Android system with an acceptable USB-C, so I couldn’t get to check that alone. It will be fascinating to see if it’s potential to energy Ugee U1200 up utilizing an influence financial institution or one thing. If that labored, it could instantaneously flip it into a conveyable drawing system.

Now I had linked Ugee U1200 to my pc & bought it going. It was time to put in the motive force. You probably have one other graphics pill or pen show driver put in in your pc, it’s advisable you uninstall it to keep away from moving into issues with Ugee’s drivers. I downloaded the newest driver from Ugee’s web site (It’s the one model obtainable if you happen to’re interested in that). After set up, I needed to tweak just a few widespread issues to get it to work correctly. The primary was to disable Home windows Ink, since that often will get in the way in which & causes points in lots of drawing applications. Additionally, I made positive that each the motive force & the drawing program are on the identical elevation degree (each are run as administrator or as regular consumer), I’m throwing this one right here in case you encountered some bizarre points, like getting straight traces whereas drawing or the pill cease responding intermittingly. I additionally disabled the messages that seem each time you press any of the recent keys on the pen, since I personally discover them annoying. When you regulate your settings, don’t overlook to click on on the OK button to make sure the settings are saved. When you didn’t try this, every thing will work, however the subsequent time you reboot or begin the motive force once more, you’ll have to readjust the settings once more.

When you’re a Photoshop consumer, you might have to restart this system for stress sensitivity to work (in case you had it open whereas disabling Home windows Ink or altering different settings).

Ugee U1200 has a 11.9 inch show, making it a small pen show. The sort I might suggest if you’d like a pen show to take round you, or in case you need an inexpensive pen show to attract instantly on the display screen, however can’t purchase among the costlier ones. In case you suppose the display screen is just too small to your liking, there’s a 15.6 model of it known as Ugee U1600. It has equivalent specs to the U1200, apart from the bigger display screen measurement. I included a hyperlink to it within the affiliate shopping for hyperlinks of this evaluate if you happen to’re serious about it.

The display screen has anti-glare coating, so it doesn’t mirror mild just like the glassy screens do. This makes it higher suited to outside use. I personally want this type of screens general. The display screen has some seen texture on it. At first, this texture will provide you with the impression that the display screen is blurry, however that’s not likely the case. You might wish to calibrate the colours to make it match your predominant display screen (The colour gamut of the display screen is 90% NTSC (sRGB127%).

Now’s the time to evaluate Ugee U1200 as a drawing pen show. For a starter, let’s begin by speaking in regards to the drawing floor. Due to the feel on it, you’re feeling some friction if you drag the pen on it whereas drawing, nevertheless it nonetheless feels easy to a level. That is the type of friction I name easy friction. It’s a time period I exploit to explain drawing on surfaces which can be easy, but has some friction to make drawing simpler & extra correct. If I’m to attempt to describe it precisely, I’ll say I really feel 60% friction 40% smoothness every time I drag the pen on it.

To shortly undergo the principle specs, Ugee U1200 helps 8192 ranges of stress sensitivity. It additionally helps ±60 ranges of tilt sensitivity. Stress sensitivity tends to be one of many issues drawing units do effectively, so I used to be anticipating it to be good right here. It’s the opposite facet of the drawing expertise, and significantly the IAF that I have a tendency to fret about. IAF stands for “Preliminary Activation Pressure”, or the quantity of stress you must apply for strokes to seem, which might make or break a graphics pill for my part. The IAF within the U1200 is taken into account good. You have to to press barely for the strokes to seem. You may’t calmly drag the pen over the show & anticipate strokes to seem simply from the load of the pen. When you used related pen shows from corporations like Huion, XP-Pen or the others, then you’ll know what I imply. Some artists could not like this, and would reasonably have the strokes seem from the slightest quantity of stress. Apart from that, you get used to it after round 10 minutes of drawing, because the IAF is low sufficient for that. The one time I discovered it problematic is once I drew in fast strokes. The strokes appeared superb, however I discovered it tougher to regulate the place they begin, which may trigger the traces to seem disconnected typically. Drawing the flicks a bit slower made issues a bit simpler.

Right here is how the short strokes appeared like:-

I shortly examined the lean sensitivity utilizing a Photoshop brush that helps it, and it labored too.

Ugee U1200 helps pill mode, which makes it work identical to an everyday graphics pill. To enter that mode, merely press & maintain the facility button for 3 seconds, and the display screen will flip black, whereas energy led will alternate between blue & yellow, indicating that the pill mode is on. After that, merely draw with it identical to an everyday graphics pill. To exit from the pill mode, simply press & maintain the facility button once more for 3 seconds, and you’ll return to the pen show mode.

For an inexpensive pen show, I discover Ugee U1200 to be nice to attract with. It is probably not the most suitable choice ever, nevertheless it’s fairly first rate for the value. I say so long as you don’t require low IAF & don’t thoughts drawing on a small display screen, then it may be choice for you.

I hope you appreciated my Ugee U1200 evaluate, and see you once more in one other evaluate.