Photo editing: Keyboard and Mouse, Loupedeck, Walcom tablet?

[Dean Wilson]

I have been frustrated in editing using a wireless mouse (and keyboard). It is difficult to be as precise as I would like.
I have only used a Mouse for editing and I don't think in my advanced age that learning something new would be detrimental. I am thinking of the Walcom Intuos Pro (Medium). NOTE: I have a small 24" monitor for editing....perhaps it's time to get a larger monitor as well.

What is your opinion of your photo editing device?

The photo is of my Gray Market EOS Rebel R5 Mk2 with f/3.5-5.6 IS II L

 

[ACEkin]

I tried tablets from Wacom, small, medium, wired, and wireless. I just couldn't get used to it. A few years ago, I was starting a large scanning project and wanted to have something better than a mouse although I am reasonably comfortable with it. I wanted t tablet that had a screen, so I would touch the actual area I wanted to affect. I looked at Wacom screen tablets, they were too expensive for me. Eventually, I settled on a Huion tablet screen and I am very satisfied with it. It is worth a try at a fraction of comparable Wacom units. If you buy it on Amazon, you can easily return it if you don't like it. This is the one I got, the link is probably for a newer version:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07BGZ81N3/

When I need to use the tablet screen for editing, I drag the Photoshop window to that screen and do the work there.

 

[Brucey]

Hi,

I largely upload to my iPad and use a pen sometimes, I’m a tad lazy and the first gadget to hand is probably what I’ll use.

That said, small increases in monitor size can make a significant difference in the area available to edit. Just a small jump from a 24” to a 27” is about a 25% increase in physical area.
With mice too, the sensitivity and dots per inch settings can affect the experience; more expensive mice allow you to switch the mice setting to a slower speed and allow you to be more precise with your actions.

 

[Only RF]

If I had of known all I needed to do is put an R5 label on my DLSR's, I would have saved a lot of money.

 

[YangMills]

If I had of known all I needed to do is put an R5 label on my DLSR's, I would have saved a lot of money.

Yeah - you need an R5 strap as well...

 

[dgphoto8]

I've had a Wacom tablet for years (~15). I primarily used it with Photoshop when I was manually selecting the sky (remember those days?) of scanned 35 mm negatives so I could reduce the noise with a blur filter and also to clone over spots. But I really never used it for anything else than that and never got used to using it as the primary input and control device. I don't think I have used it for over 5 years. Now for digital photos I use a Loupedeck+ with Lightroom Classic and really like it. I have it customized and even bought little white on black labeling tape to label the custom knobs (yes, I'm well aware I'm a geek)