Precise Editing Mouse

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hopkins802

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Hey all,

What are people using for the editing mouse? I have an older Logitech MX Master, and especially after moving to 2 4K monitors, I find the precision to be iffy. It's possible I just need to scale my monitors up a little more than the recommended (175%), but either way, my poorly designed Apple Magic Mouse at work seems to be much more precise.

Thanks for your suggestions.

-Dan
 
Greg_E said:
I would suggest an edit controller:
https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/buy/Event-Controllers/ci/4018/N/3865117742

Mice are clumsy. Trackballs can be worse. Keyboard commands are exact so a device that can be mapped to keystrokes and macros can be nice. The dedicated control surfaces can offer a much better user experience.
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Yeah, they recently released a much more affordable version of that too.. I've thought about it, but it would definitely take some getting used to. Maybe when I've wrapped up my last 4 projects and have time to experiment. I'm talking about simple mouse movements, like moving keyframes, adjusting track heights, navigating project panels. You can't do all that with an edit controller can you?
 
hopkins802 said:
Whoa! That thing looks like an alien. How is the curser precision? I'm assuming pretty good since it's not wireless?
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I've always found it pretty good in my use, but never done any real comparison testing.

The 3rd and 4th buttons are a bit weird with the stock mapping, but there are utilities available to change them.
 
I got a Logitech Trackball M570. Pretty cool so far, however I'd like to somehow tilt it so it's more of a vertical grip... Any ideas?
 
This has sped up my editing workflow significantly:
https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/298670-REG/Contour_SPROV2_ShuttlePRO_v2.html

Instead of a mouse, I use a small Wacom trackpad on my left of the keyboard and the shuttle controller to the right.

The way I edit may be a little unconventional, but everyone could use the shuttle controller in a different way. My method of editing is to have clips on the timeline and wittle them down, rather than a lot of 3 point edits. Because Premiere Pro has a fast response time, with the Shuttle Pro buttons mapped mostly to navigation, selection and cutting/pasting sorts of functions, I can do these sorts of edits using muscle memory instead of keyboard shortcuts, and it's faster.

I've started trying to edit in Resolve too, but the interface is slower and certain functions don't seem to be available as they are with PP, so I will have to use a different editing style to make it work in that program. Still, it makes everything more tactile and enjoyable and works in just about any application you can think of.
 
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