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CONTOUR DESIGN ShuttlePRO V.2 | List Price: $109.95
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Brand: Contour Design
Binding: Electronics
Warranty: 2 years warranty
Features: - 9 of the programmable buttons have removable keycaps for easy labeling
- Inner Ring (jog) - rotates through 360 degrees and provides frame by frame control
- Outer Ring (shuttle) - rubberized and spring-loaded for fast forward & rewind functions
- Jog & Shuttle can also be used for scrolling, volume control, sequencing & more!
- Macintosh Requirements - PowerBook, iBook, iMac, G3, G4, or G5 running Mac OS 8.6 through 9.x or OS 10.1 or later, available USB port, and 10MB of free hard disk space
Sweet-o Shuttle-o [Posted on 2007-03-08]
I haven't yet been able to tap into the full functionality of this baby, but I love it. I have been using it on Final Cut Pro Studio for the past few months. It feels sturdy, the buttons have a nice 'spring and pop' feel. The wheel is precise (and is my favorite feature).
Settings selected and stored for individual applications (a list of programs a page long) makes it very dynamic and versitile.
Super easy setup. It has basic default settings already assigned to button & wheel functions, so you can use it out of the box (after do a simple software install of the ShuttlePro).
This baby has greatly increased my productivity, and I've been getting a kick out of the mechanics of editing video. It's been a lot of fun. I use it with my left hand, while I still do a few things with my mouse.
It is more than worth the money- just get it.
great little tool [Posted on 2008-03-20]
Great little tool for video editing and a suite of other programs. Works great under Vista 32, no trouble with installation. Configuration is very easy and flexible. I use it for Premiere pro. Lightroom so far and it can really be used for just about any program you choose. The build quality is good, the metal wheel feels solid and smooth. The shuffle ring has a good spring action. It really makes video editing more precise and just more fun! Over all highly recommended.
Good - but problem with IMovie 8 [Posted on 2008-04-26]
Great Jog/Shuttle. Firm under the hand. Very responsive controls. One current (and hopefully they resolve this soon) limitation is that the Shuttle Pro does not automatically recognize IMovie 8.
Manual says: "The software automatically detects the program you are using and automatically switches to the correct application settings associated with the application."
Well not on my system (brand new iMac) which came with iMovie 8 installed. There is an iMovie setting in the Shuttle Pro Application settings - but it must be for an earlier version of iMovie as it's not recognized. I had to add the settings myself. That's not a big deal - but I'd expect that something as popular as iMovie 8 would be supported out of the box. I did go to the Contour web site to look for config files/drivers that would support iMovie 8 -- I'm still waiting for my registration e-mail to give me download access...
Not just for video and sound [Posted on 2008-06-08]
The ShuttlePRO has made a great improvement in my productivity using Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign. Although not specifically designed for this, the programmable buttons make it perfect for dispensing with most non-typing keyboard work while designing images and pages, allowing me to keep one hand on the mouse, and one on the ShuttlePRO. Since each button can be programmed individually for different applications or globally, it allows for excellent flexibility.
The ShuttlePRO comes preprogrammed for many video and sound editing programs, as well as Illustrator 10 and Photoshop 7, necessitating individual programming if you use Adobe's Creative Suite 3. I haven't been using it long, but I can already tell I'll be using it for a long time to come.
My reason for not giving it 5 stars was that, unlike my Wacom pen tablet, it doesn't automatically sense my open programs for programming the buttons. Otherwise, I enjoy it a lot, and I'm glad I bought it.
Not just for video editing [Posted on 2008-10-12]
I've owned one of these for years and recently bought another one (to use with a laptop). While the "shuttle" part of the unit is definitely useful, to me the best aspect of these is the ability to assign functionality to any of the 15 keys on the unit.
There's hardly a program out there that won't benefit from the assignment of hot keys. Often a program will have hotkeys that require you to use your right hand and thus you need to take your hand off the mouse (assuming you're right-handed -- reverse this for you lefties). With the Shuttle Pro you can move all hot keys so that your left hand can stay on the Pro and your right hand can stay on the mouse. This alone can make you so much more productive it's incredible.
I use it for animation (2D as well as 3D) and am able to create about 300% faster this way. It's also great for sound editing (it comes with a great keyset for Sony's Sound Forge) and, of course, video editing. Unless the program you are using requires a lot of typing (like Word) I can't think of anything that wouldn't benefit from the use of the Shuttle Pro.
(And as for the gentleman who got two "bad" units -- I can only say that mine are practically indestructable. I've banged around one of my units for over a decade now and aside from losing one keytop it still works perfectly -- and even *that* key works).
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