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.
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."
Shirley
-----Original Message-----
From: Tim Selander <selander@tkf.att.ne.jp>
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
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.
If you came from that background to MC, then you can keep working
the way you know. I can see the value in that.
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.
Tim Selander
On 10/10/12 12:19 AM, Shirley Gutierrez wrote:
> Oh Avid, why?
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> Shirley
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