"This is slow, it's inaccurate, and it cripples you. Apart from that,
it's a good idea."
Wow that's exactly how I describe my sister in law and I don't put her in the "Smart Tool" category. Seems like Avid is a metaphor for life. ;-)
--- In Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com, Shirley Gutierrez <guanacaa@...> wrote:
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> Precisely, Tim. And "bigger pain" isn't just a metaphor. Lots of mousing can take years off a career. I avoid clicking whenever possible, though I will use the mouse when it gets a lot done at once, as with lasso selections which use big, loose motions of the wrist. I also avoid operations that make me slow down and tense up, which is what happens when you have to aim at a tiny icon or button.
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> Back when I was an Avid instructor, I would pick up the mouse and say to my classes: "This is slow, it's inaccurate, and it cripples you. Apart from that, it's a good idea."
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> Shirley
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tim Selander <selander@...>
> To: Avid-L2 <Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Tue, Oct 9, 2012 9:54 am
> Subject: Re: [Avid-L2] Applying an effect to more than one clip in a timeline
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> I'm generally with you on the smart tools and turn them all off.
> However, way back in some multi track audio app I used years ago
> (might have been pro tools, can't remember) the tools were
> 'smart,' changing depending on the pointer position in the track.
> Once you got the hang of it, it was really handy for a
> mouse-based app. Muscle memory got trained and it was really,
> really quick. I thought it was pure genius compared to a previous
> app I'd used where you had keep clicking buttons to change tools.
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> If you came from that background to MC, then you can keep working
> the way you know. I can see the value in that.
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> But for me on MC, I've got so much mapped to the keyboard that my
> use of the mouse is minimal, so smart tools just get in the way.
> Also, with the picture montiors taking up real estate, the tracks
> are far smaller than the audio only apps, making hitting the
> target area a bigger pain.
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> Tim Selander
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> On 10/10/12 12:19 AM, Shirley Gutierrez wrote:
> > Oh Avid, why?
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> > Shirley
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