![]() (I know, I could probably get one at Walmart really cheap.) I finally plugged it in and was ready to go! A few people I spoke with suggested getting an USB extension cable, however: I am not the kind who enjoys purchasing accessory products to enable me to use something I have just purchased. ( I don't have the original keyboard that shipped with my Mac but if my memory serves me that keyboard has two USB ports on either side as well and will work perfectly.) The cable may be a problem for some who don't have a large keyboard tray or who don't have their keyboards on their actual desktop. ShuttlePro conveniently plugged into the USB port on my keyboard and is now sitting alongside it to the right. On the first look I thought aloud, "Wow, that cable sure is short", and I quickly assessed that I would have to put it on my keyboard tray next to my keyboard and not on my actual desktop. The jog/shuttle wheel is perhaps the best feature of this controller altogether and certainly my favorite. You can also spin the jog with your finger at a faster pace to enable you to view a sort of fast forward frame by frame and still view with your eye precisely where you are. There is a dimple in which to put a finger to give you this precise control and actually the makers of the product have put frame by frame "indents", so you know exactly where each frame is! Pretty clever on their part. A jog controller is the internal portion of the knob that allows access to footage frame by frame. Scrubbing along in the scrubber will not replace the accuracy of this wheel, although it attempts to mirror this same function. It is extremely convenient and pleasing to the human eye. You can still decipher the footage, allowing you to watch as it zips along, thus allowing you to stop when you get to a place convenient for you. You can determine how fast or not so fast you wish your footage to speed by. A shuttle knob is the outer ring that allows us to fast forward or rewind footage at various speeds depending on how much you actually turn the wheel. For those new to editing, or who have only used their own non linear systems, a jog/shuttle wheel is something that many editors who are familiar with linear machines are very used too.īasically it is a circular ring which turns clockwise or counterclockwise depending on how you wish to manipulate your footage. ![]() Not bad, I thought and was anxious to figure out how to use the thing. That being said, as soon as I pulled the odd looking, (some people have called it sleek and shiny.whatever) controller out of the box, the first thing I did was check out that jog/ shuttle wheel. I love editing with Final Cut, and have become fond of the "edit by mouse and keyboard" means that I have become so accustomed to over the past year but quite frankly, I really miss " the feel of the wheel". Having worked in television and with professional editing equipment for years, I was eager to get my new Shuttle Pro out of the box and see if it would perform like the pros. I reviewed the Contour ShuttlePro with Final Cut Pro on a Mac G4/ 9.04. ![]() Why: Application Specific settings for these popular programs Apple's Final Cut Pro®, Photoshop®, After Effects®, and Premiere® from Adobe, and Macromedia's Director® (Jog shuttle multimedia controller for Final Cut Pro)
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