Product Description

Sleek innovative design, pre-configured for many of today's popular applications, advanced programmability, and ease of use... in short, the perfect marriage of form and function.The ShuttlePRO V.2 is a powerful productivity enhancement tool for video and audio editors. The ShuttlePRO V.2 even comes pre-configured for many of the leading audio and video applications. You can also easily customize the ShuttlePRO V.2 for virtually any application.The ShuttlePRO V.2 is designed for ergonomic integrity and maximizing productivity, allowing one-hand access to the fully programmable buttons and jog/shuttle knob. Nine (9) of the buttons have removable keycaps for easy labeling and referencing. The inner ring or 'jog' rotates through 360 degrees and provides precision frame-by-frame control. The outer black ring or 'shuttle' is rubberized and spring-loaded. It facilitates fast forward and rewind. You can also use the jog and shuttle for many other purposes such as scrolling, volume control, and sequencing.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #4164 in Consumer Electronics
• Brand: Contour Design
• Model: ShuttlePRO 2
• Platform: Windows
• Format: CD
• Dimensions: 2.80" h x 8.60" w x 10.70" l, 2.13 pounds

Features

• 9 of the programmable buttons have removable keycaps for easy labeling
• Inner Ring (jog)rotates through 360 degrees and provides frame by frame control
• Outer Ring (shuttle)rubberized and spring-loaded for fast forward & rewind functions
• Jog & Shuttle can also be used for scrolling, volume control, sequencing & more!
• Macintosh Requirements PowerBook, iBook, iMac, G3, G4, or G5 running Mac OS 8.6 through 9.x or OS 10.1 or later
• Available USB port, and 10MB of free hard disk space

Customer Reviews

Awesome Shuttle Pro
If you are a Photoshop "power user" and thinking about buying the Shuttle Pro, don't even think twice about it. This is an awesome addition to a graphics tablet. The two center wheels are worth the price of admission alone. Don't use their PS defaults, though. I set the inner wheel to adjust my brush size. Being able to do this on the fly is wonderful. Set the outer incremental ring to zoom in and out. Remember, in PS you should be viewing at 100% or even increments thereof. The built-in stops on the ring really facilitate this. I set the four bottom keys up as my modifier keys with the fourth one being space bar with hold down activated so I can move around in my zoomed photo. If you're a PS professional you'll find that this device really speeds up a digital workflow and will easily pay for itself in a short amount of time.

Great Interface Device Even If Construction Quality isn't Perfect
Easy to set up, and intuitive to use, the Contour Design ShuttlePRO V.2 is a must have for video editors, digital music composers, or others who need to do a lot of shuttle and jog work. The driver software provides application-sensitive control that switches input functions depending on the program in use (Photoshop, Excel, etc.) as well as allowing global control settings. Reconfiguring the buttons and dials is both straightforward and simple to do: launch the configuration program, and click or move the control that you want to reassign; the ShuttlePRO configuration program automatically selects the right input, and you enter the keystroke and modifiers (shift, control, alt).

The hardware is generally well-designed, having a low profile that fits comfortably under an average sized hand. With a jog dial constructed of aluminum, the action feels smooth and certain. Several of the button-tops snap off and on easily for adding custom labels.

On the negative side, and the one reason I couldn't give the product 5 stars, is the construction of the housing. For a device needs to lie solidly on the desktop, my unit had a slight convex warp (about 1/16" over the length of the footprint). It may not sound like much, but this was enough to cause an annoying rockiness under my hand. The problem was easy enough to solve by peeling off the middle two rubber foot-pads and sticking them to the bottom of the front two pads (see my customer-submitted picture above).

Final verdict: A nice unit with software that performs well even if the hardware construction quality isn't perfect. I'd buy another if I needed one.

Perfect companion to Final Cut Pro and Avid
At first, I balked at the price of this thing ---- $100??? for an editing wheel???

However, through an Apple promotion, I managed to get one for a discounted price, and now I'm kicking myself for not purchasing one earlier

If you're a Final Cut Pro, Avid, or iMovie editor, then you're really gonna love this device! Its especially useful for cataloguing a footage ---- on mine, I have set the buttons to mark 'ins' and 'outs', as well as 'markers'

Most importantly, I have found this wheel to make my editing much more productive and time efficient, as so many controls are now at finger tips, instead of having to have my mouse be dragged over everywhere

For serious FCP/Avid editors, I really recommend this device! After using it, the price just can't be beat!