Not dramatic, but I find it enough for me. If you’d rather have your work surface at a bit of an angle, then place the hemispheres under the top corners of the pad (below right). If you prefer to work on a flat surface then the feet aren’t required.

Huion’s documentation calls this part a “puck”. It took a bit of fiddling before I discovered that you had to squeeze the ball along the “equator” to pull them apart (below left). The rubber “feet” (below right) are two hemispheres that interlock together, forming a single sphere.Īt first, I wondered why they would put a rubber ball into the box. When I tap off, it will take about 3 seconds to power down. At the highest setting, if I tap once, it will take about 3 seconds to reach that level. I can never remember which way the intensity level is going, so I just get used to fiddling with it until I get it to where I want it.Ī single tap of the button will turn the pad on or off, and will remember the intensity setting. You simply lift your finger off the switch when you’ve reached your desired intensity level. I would consider this a niggle, and not a major problem.Įach separate press will alternate the intensity level up or down. I’ve been meaning to take an x-acto knife and trim away some of the rubber at the base of the plug. I suspect the plug does not fully seat into the port (you can see a bit of a gap in the photo). Bumping the plug or cord will make the display flicker. I do find the power port to be sensitive to movement. Just plug in the adapter to an AC outlet, plug in the adapter to the top left of the pad and press the power button (below left). I wanted something with a bit more protection, so my GF made me a custom felt case (below right). It looked to me like it was an off the shelf item and they just threw it in the box.

It’s oversized for the pad, and really doesn’t offer much protection aside from scratch resistance. The carrying bag (below left) barely qualifies, in my opinion. I’ve been using this pad for two years now, so any pics will not show a brand new, out of the box product. Here are the specs off the amazon.ca page: After hyperventilating over their prices, I checked out reviews on Amazon and came across the Huion A3. At first, I checked out my local art supply store. Tracing paper works fine, but a light table is a huge step up. When I started getting into lettering, I knew I would have to get a light “table” at some point. Our classroom only had one, so there was always a line-up for it. Over time, as tubes want to do, they would start to flicker and fluctuate. They were big, metal beasts, filled with fluorescent tubes. Back in college, light tables were as high tech as we got.

Huion light table