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This has little to do with Photoshop, but I'm just so chuffed about my new mouse I wanted to share.
This mouse, the Logitech MX Master mouse, I bought for its ability to mouse on any surface, even a mirror (no, I don't mouse on a mirror, I mouse on my Wacom tablet, which stopped supporting its own mouse for some reason).
But the wheel on this thing caught me totally by surprise. It has the normal clicky stops that many do, and a button to release it for freewheeling. But it also has a little servo in it that will automatically release it if you move it fast and far enough.
This was totally unexpected, but in just a few days it has completely changed the way I navigate, even the way I edit videos. Move it slowly and it clicks carefully and slowly, flick it and it suddenly starts spinning like a gyroscope. We have some long pages here, and the longest of them can be travelled top to bottom faster than it takes to think about it.
And I edited a small video just a few hours ago. Normally I have to do macro moves along the timeline by dragging, then switch to the mousewheel when I'm only a few seconds away. Now I can do it all without taking my finger off the mousewheel. It was actually fun. I went through and edited out some stray frames that I'd normally leave, just because I could.
Expensive, and definitely not for gaming. But for any sort of serious production work, I highly recommend it.
This mouse, the Logitech MX Master mouse, I bought for its ability to mouse on any surface, even a mirror (no, I don't mouse on a mirror, I mouse on my Wacom tablet, which stopped supporting its own mouse for some reason).
But the wheel on this thing caught me totally by surprise. It has the normal clicky stops that many do, and a button to release it for freewheeling. But it also has a little servo in it that will automatically release it if you move it fast and far enough.
This was totally unexpected, but in just a few days it has completely changed the way I navigate, even the way I edit videos. Move it slowly and it clicks carefully and slowly, flick it and it suddenly starts spinning like a gyroscope. We have some long pages here, and the longest of them can be travelled top to bottom faster than it takes to think about it.
And I edited a small video just a few hours ago. Normally I have to do macro moves along the timeline by dragging, then switch to the mousewheel when I'm only a few seconds away. Now I can do it all without taking my finger off the mousewheel. It was actually fun. I went through and edited out some stray frames that I'd normally leave, just because I could.
Expensive, and definitely not for gaming. But for any sort of serious production work, I highly recommend it.
They just sit there. But I love the metal scroll wheel and how you can just let it go all the way down the text and all the way up just by letting it roll. I also love the weight of the mouse itself.
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