• a new cordless, pressure-sensitive Grip Pen
• a new 2D Mouse for 4x5 and 6x8 active area tablets
• a new 4D Mouse with fingerwheel for larger tablets
• a new digital oversampling technology
• a new menu strip with web navigation short cuts.

Larger tablets, those with 9" x 12", 12" x 12", and 12" x 18" active areas, are bundled with a new and improved 5-button 4D Mouse. 4D stands for the four dimensions of information it provides: high-resolution x and y coordinate data, analog data from an auto-centering fingerwheel, and compass-like rotation data
when the mouse is turned.

The new 4D Mouse has been redesigned for better ergonomics and to more closely emulate a traditional scrolling mouse. Its high-resolution scroll wheel is no longer a side thumbwheel but a self-centering fingerwheel on top of the mouse which provides ± 1024 levels of data. It continues to provide specialized capabilities in those applications that support its unique 4D features.

• A number of original Intuos accessories and innovative input technologies are carried forward into the Intuos2 product line:
  
  
• The Intuos2 Airbrush, a unique digital airbrush equipped with not only a pressure-sensitive pen tip for controlling height but a pressure-sensitive fingerwheel for simultaneously controlling ink flow. The Intuos2 Airbrush offers simultaneous control over all six degrees of freedom (x location, y location, z height [pressure], tilt angle, tilt direction and ink flow [fingerwheel]) to provide a true digital airbrush, one
  that works like a real airbrush with height and ink flow variables independently controllable at the same time. The Intuos2 Airbrush is ergonomically designed to be held between a user’s thumb and middle finger. This allows the forefinger to roll a fingerwheel on top of the airbrush to control ink flow or another variable such as brush size or opacity. Rolling the fingerwheel backwards increases ink flow and forward reduces it.
  
  
• The Intuos2 Lens Cursor, with a unique rotating crosshair lens for easier viewing in CAD. The Lens Cursor’s crosshair lens rotates left or right by up to 50 degrees for easier viewing in CAD and in technical graphics applications where precise coordinate position information is needed.
  
  
• Tool ID™. By means of a unique identifying digital code embedded in all Intuos2 tools, Tool ID allows a pen or other Intuos tool to be attached to a software tool. For example, one pen can be personalized for use as an oil brush, and a second pen can be a pencil, both with user-set preferences. Accordingly, computer artists can work as they do in a traditional art environment, selecting different pens to function as a pencil or chalk or oilbrush. Another benefit of Tool ID is that multiple users who share a single workstation can customize their own input tools, and the workstation and application will switch automatically to each user’s preferences without the need to change Control Panel settings.
  
  
• DualTrack™. This feature enables two input tools to be used at once: a 4D Mouse can be held in one hand to orient an object in 3D space while the other sculpts it with the Intuos2 Pen. The DualTrack feature is supported by all Intuos2 tablets and all Intuos2 tools except the 2D Mouse. It is used with supporting software such as Electric Image Amorphium and Synthetik Studio Artist.
  
  
• QuickPoint™. This feature, available on 9" x 12" and larger tablets, allows for two independent areas on the tablet, a large one for drawing and a small area for quick menu navigation. QuickPoint Mode is selected using a screen Pop-up Menu or a menu strip function key.

Intuos2 will be bundled with Corel Painter Classic and Wacom’s PenTools 3.0.2. In addition, Adobe® Photoshop® Elements will be bundled with Intuos2 4" x 5" and 6" x 8" sizes to enhance their value to digital photography enthusiasts.
Painter Classic provides a simplified interface to a powerful program that mimics traditional art media such as chalk, pens, crayons, oils and airbrush with numerous paper textures and variations.

PenTools’ suite of Photoshop plug-ins include pressure-, tilt- and eraser-aware brushes such as a Brush-on Noise tool, selective Despeckler and Pen Duster tools, a 3D Chisel tool, a Metal Leafer tool, and Bit Blaster to brush on textures with freehand control and penpoint accuracy.

Photoshop Elements is a new product designed specifically for amateur photographers, hobbyists, and business users who want access to many of the same advanced tools used by graphics professionals to enhance images for both print and the Web.