I like the buttons layout, very balanced, driving my finger in an easy-to-access and easy-to-memorize way in short time you can get used to it, and don’t feel the constant need to look at the controller. Let’s face it, joysticks are good for gaming but a pain for our hands. The new wireless TABMATE is a game changer, at least for those looking for a comfortable tool with many shortcuts in Clip Studio designed for both right and left handed artists, wireless, cool black, grip with optimal ergonomic, and without that awful joystick the old Tab-mate controller had before –a relief for my thumb.

Not to forget the intricate menus, a nightmare to memorize it was faster to rely on the old-school keyboard!Īfter years of testing and finally listening to many artists, to their needs and workflow, Celsys made the Clip Studio TABMATE (yeah, same name. Nothing else but a corded gadget that keep rolling up on my arm, or get stucked to my coffee cup. The problem? Was staggered, unpractical and easy to break –mine got broken after few months. There was the time when Celsys (developer of Clip Studio Paint and RETAS STUDIO) felt sorry for our tired wrists, therefore the first Tab-mate Controller was born.

Clip studio tabmate