Thanks Jan
I'm reluctant to work with older stuff, even though my old wacom might have
been my best solution. Unfortunately, in my push to get rid of stuff when
moving from MA to AZ, I got rid of my Wacom. I never really used it back then,
now I see where the hoarder instinct in me comes from. Thanks for the offer,
but the geek in me is looking for what people use today. Given how quickly
Windows is making older stuff obsolete, I'm reluctant to go backward.
Hence I am appreciative of other's experience. I'm not sure I need a
tablet/pad, but I know the mouse for me is not working well.
I am currently a Windoze PC with PS guy. Perfectly OK working on Linux, which I
do for work developing web socket server to devices. But probably re-intrenched
into Photoshop ecosystem, for now.
Anything Apple, due to my 1990s experience, is not going to be in my future.
WayneS
At 5/14/2019 07:45 AM, Jan wrote:
>> From: Wayne Shumaker <om3ti@xxxxxxxx>
>>
>> I was wondering if anyone here uses a pen + pad for editing in PS? If so,
>> any suggestions?
>
>I've always been fascinated with input devices, and have tried most of them.
>
>I keep coming back to my trusty, decade-old Kensington Expert Mouse, which,
>despite it's name, is a large 5cm (2") trackball. It has four large buttons
>that I map to click, CMD-click, OPT-click, and CTRL-click. It's my "daily
>driver" for all sorts of cursor motion. I can draw fairly well with it, after
>some practice.
>
>I also have an Apple Trackpad, that I sometimes use for fine motion. I don't
>do well with wireless devices, because I hate changing batteries. The trackpad
>is sitting on a corner of my desk at the moment, with dead batteries.
>
>I also have a 3DConexion Space Traveller 3. The concept has so much potential,
>marred by poor Mac support by the vendor. About the only time I use it is with
>applications that specifically support it well, like SketchUp. It *could* be
>very useful in Photoshop, but it barely manages to move the cursor in an
>intuitive way. It is kinda cool, though, even covered with a thick coating of
>dust. :-)
>
>Finally, I have a Griffin PowerMate 1. I don't think they make these any more,
>but they seem to be supported with recent driver updates. This is only a 1-d
>controller that I keep mapped to audio volume most of the time, so I don't
>have to go through a mouse cursor to change what I'm listening to. You can
>also push it, which I have mapped to mute. It could be mapped to control any
>1-d aspect of Photoshop, such as sliders and such.
>
>I have a Wacom 9x12 that you can have for the cost of shipping. I had a couple
>other Wacoms, but got fed up with their "version churn," and lack of
>inter-operability with their various pens. Last I checked, they no longer
>support the one I have. It does nothing when I plug it into a Mac running
>10.13.6, but if you're running something years older, it might still work with
>legacy drivers.
>
>Jan
>
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