The Contour Shuttle Pro v2 application you install takes a little figuring out at first, but once you get the hang of it, it’s easy to set up your own shortcut keys, which you can assign to any button on the unit. It’s pretty straightforward getting the unit set up with the supplied URL and welcome page where you can easily find all the necessary drivers for installation. The buttons feel nice and big and protruding and the main jog wheel has a nice grippy rubber finish and offers a good amount of resistance. The unit looks great at first sight, with a lovely black matte finish, and a solid build on the first touch. You get the ShuttlePRO v2, a small instruction booklet and a page of perforated and printed buttons to place under the shuttle’s remove able plastic key covers. On arrival, the packaging looked great with some sleek photography and minimal design, the inner packaging was a little less impressive. I have a tiny apartment so need to be quite stingy with the size of my desk and my desk real estate, and the Shuttle fits perfectly next to my keyboard and Wacom Bamboo. I Say little cause it’s designed to take up the least amount of space on your desk. Ok, so with that now out of the way… This is an amazing little piece of kit. I definitely recommend spending at least 1-2 weeks re-training your brain and fingers to join the party, before trying to smash out edits at lightning speed. I often found myself during an edit, automatically going for the space bar and J, K & L keys, even when they were right there on the shuttle and much closer together. If like me, you have been editing with keyboard shortcuts for the last 14 years, you will find that it’s pretty hard going at first, getting your hand to stay on the shuttle. “Before I begin this post, I feel like I have to preface this by saying that this is not a quick fix option for editing faster.
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