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11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Awesome Shuttle Pro, November 9, 2006
If you are a Photoshop "power user" and thinking about buying the Shuttle Pro, don't even think twice about it. This is an awesome addition to a graphics tablet. The two center wheels are worth the price of admission alone. Don't use their PS defaults, though. I set the inner wheel to adjust my brush size. Being able to do this on the fly is wonderful. Set the outer incremental ring to zoom in and out. Remember, in PS you should be viewing at 100% or even increments thereof. The built-in stops on the ring really facilitate this. I set the four bottom keys up as my modifier keys with the fourth one being space bar with hold down activated so I can move around in my zoomed photo. If you're a PS professional you'll find that this device really speeds up a digital workflow and will easily pay for itself in a short amount of time.
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11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Great Interface Device Even If Construction Quality isn't Perfect, April 6, 2006
Easy to set up, and intuitive to use, the Contour Design ShuttlePRO V.2 is a must have for video editors, digital music composers, or others who need to do a lot of shuttle and jog work. The driver software provides application-sensitive control that switches input functions depending on the program in use (Photoshop, Excel, etc.) as well as allowing global control settings. Reconfiguring the buttons and dials is both straightforward and simple to do: launch the configuration program, and click or move the control that you want to reassign; the ShuttlePRO configuration program automatically selects the right input, and you enter the keystroke and modifiers (shift, control, alt).
The hardware is generally well-designed, having a low profile that fits comfortably under an average sized hand. With a jog dial constructed of aluminum, the action feels smooth and certain. Several of the button-tops snap off and on easily for adding custom labels.
On the negative side, and the one reason I couldn't give the product 5 stars, is the construction of the housing. For a device needs to lie solidly on the desktop, my unit had a slight convex warp (about 1/16" over the length of the footprint). It may not sound like much, but this was enough to cause an annoying rockiness under my hand. The problem was easy enough to solve by peeling off the middle two rubber foot-pads and sticking them to the bottom of the front two pads (see my customer-submitted picture above).
Final verdict: A nice unit with software that performs well even if the hardware construction quality isn't perfect. I'd buy another if I needed one.
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15 of 19 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Perfect companion to Final Cut Pro and Avid, January 24, 2005
At first, I balked at the price of this thing ---- $100??? for an editing wheel???
However, through an Apple promotion, I managed to get one for a discounted price, and now I'm kicking myself for not purchasing one earlier
If you're a Final Cut Pro, Avid, or iMovie editor, then you're really gonna love this device! Its especially useful for cataloguing a footage ---- on mine, I have set the buttons to mark 'ins' and 'outs', as well as 'markers'
Most importantly, I have found this wheel to make my editing much more productive and time efficient, as so many controls are now at finger tips, instead of having to have my mouse be dragged over everywhere
For serious FCP/Avid editors, I really recommend this device! After using it, the price just can't be beat!
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