Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/04/19

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Subject: [Leica] Trackball
From: amr3 at uwm.edu (Alan Magayne-Roshak)
Date: Sat, 19 Apr 2014 23:33:47 -0500 (CDT)

On Sat, 19 Apr 2014 George Lottermoser <george.imagist at icloud.com> wrote:
Subject: Re: [Leica] IMGS: Making Rice Paper. II and III 

>haven't used or even thought about a "track ball" in decades. 
>Wacom knocked the track balls off my work stations. 
>The touch pads are also a step up from a track ball. 
>Also: make sure your "mouse" has been adjusted properly on the software end 
>of things. 

>A GOOD mouse can make a huge difference too. 

>My current work station has a wacom with wacom mouse for 85% of what I do. 
>The touch pad does the anything else with the wacom pen coming out when 
>serious retouching >needs doing. 

>a note off the iPad, George 
=========================================================================================================================================
I have a Wacom stylus and tablet, but just can't get the hang of it.  I do 
all my retouching with the trackball.

This isn't perfect, but here is a 2006 portrait before and after retouching 
with a trackball:
<http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/Lessons/Original.jpg.html>
<http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/Lessons/Retouched.jpg.html>

Alan

Alan Magayne-Roshak, Senior Photographer
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Photo Services
(Retired)
UPAA Photographer of the Year 1978
amr3 at uwm.edu
http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/

"All the technique in the world doesn't compensate
 for an inability to notice. " - Elliott Erwitt



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