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Editing with a MBP

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I have just bought the Mac book pro and struggling a bit trying to edit with LR using the magic touchpad . It doesn’t feel anything like a mouse in terms of using a brush etc. Do others have this problem or do you get used to it ? Should I buy a mouse and forget about using the touch pad ? Or something else ?
 
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No input device is the best at everything. Apple trackpads are excellent for general use and for high precision in positioning and movement (like sliders), but not great for brush-oriented photo editing. If I’m going to do a lot of brushing on my MacBook Pro I use a mouse or graphics tablet.

Also, it’s not necessarily an either/or situation, because many of us edit with two hands. If I have a graphics tablet stylus in my right hand, my left hand is either doing keyboard shortcuts or using the trackpad for some moves that need higher precision.

One thing I find myself doing a lot in Lightroom is using the pen or mouse in one hand to position the pointer, and the trackpad with the other hand for clicking and multi-touch gestures like fast grid scrolling — using multiple input devices that complement each other, doing a lot more than either input device could do alone.
 
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I have been using MBP’s for many years. Always with a mouse. I can’t get used to that trackpad.
 
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Conrad Chavez said:
No input device is the best at everything. Apple trackpads are excellent for general use and for high precision in positioning and movement (like sliders), but not great for brush-oriented photo editing. If I’m going to do a lot of brushing on my MacBook Pro I use a mouse or graphics tablet.

Also, it’s not necessarily an either/or situation, because many of us edit with two hands. If I have a graphics tablet stylus in my right hand, my left hand is either doing keyboard shortcuts or using the trackpad for some moves that need higher precision.

One thing I find myself doing a lot in Lightroom is using the pen or mouse in one hand to position the pointer, and the trackpad with the other hand for clicking and multi-touch gestures like fast grid scrolling — using multiple input devices that complement each other, doing a lot more than either input device could do alone.
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Thanks Conrad very helpful.
 
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Get a magic mouse, but don’t give up on the trackpad.
I use the trackpad exclusively on my iMac. It took a little getting used to but I was coming from a Microsoft world and two button mice. Apple changed all that because the user controls learned on Windows have to be unlearned.


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I travel with a mouse. I'll do light editing with the trackpad, but heavy stuff I want the mouse.
 
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