I live about one mile away from a military airport and used to be unable to work during the airforce training weeks. When I bought my first pair of Bose QuietComfort, I couldn’t believe it. It kills the noise around you just as well, if not better than earplugs. Noise can be a distraction, especially if you are trying to concentrate and cannot switch off that noise. Well, you actually can turn down the volume of the noise around you. The solution? Noise-canceling headphones. These two accessories will take a bit of time to be perfectly set up and match your workflow fully, but once they are fine-tuned, you’ll be left wondering how you could ever work without them before. or just press a key that activates a macro doing the work for you? What is quicker to adjust exposure, create a new curve layer, or export a file: moving your mouse, click a button, click the next, etc. Still not clear? What’s faster between moving a cursor across two screens to click “ok” on a tiny window, or just press “enter” on the keyboard to have a similar result? Now, the same story in Lightroom, Photoshop, or Capture One. As long as you hit the correct key, you activate the corresponding feature. The simple reason being that a keystroke will not require any precision or movement from you. Look at any IT specialist they use the mouse only when needed. I’m sure some of you are wondering why I’m so crazy about shortcuts and customization. Just a quick word regarding the keypad and the mouse.
This is not a starship… but rather one of the most useful tool a retoucher could and should get! Here again, Razer is my brand of choice with the Razer Tartarus Chroma. It’s a tiny yet very comfortable piece of hardware that you can customize to match your needs. It might seem like a lot a first, but once you have set the star rating from 0 to 5 and your flag rating, including no flag, you are already using the 12 of them! This is where the gaming keypad comes in. While the mouse added 12 shortcuts, having a few more wouldn’t hurt. Sometimes, you might use your left hand to reach a key to change tool in Photoshop, but that’s about it. When retouching you are always left with one hand doing nothing. Unleash The Power of Shortcuts and Macros Cordless mice have a tendency to have a slight delay, can run out of battery, and connection issues are still common.
One bit of advice, if you are traveling a lot, I'd suggest a mouse with a USB cord and stay off the wireless options. The buttons layout require a bit of getting used to, but it quickly becomes second nature
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