Mackie Control Universal.. To mix Photos??

phildog33 · 21st June 2007

This is a strange question.. Does anybody in here.. with knowledge of both photoshop/midi controllers.. know anyway that I could 'mix' photos using the 9 faders on my MCU Pro... to control black, white levels, color, saturation, sharpness etc... and literally mix the photos using the control surface?

that would be very cool, different approach, if possible

-p

Franco · 21st June 2007

Hey, I've got a MCU & 1 ext. I also work a lot with Photoshop. To my knowledge, there's no way to make the control surface work in Photoshop (looked in the general, file handling, displays & cursors, transparency & gamut, units & rulers, guides grid & slices, plug-ins & scratch, memory & image cache menus and didn't see a thing that would allow me to use the control surface). There may be software out there that you could install that would allow you to use it though, a lot of things are possible and I've seen software that lets you use a qwerty keyboard as a piano keyboard, so hey, who knows?

On the flip side, I have completely removed the use of my mouse when working in Pro Tools though, I now use my control surfaces and my graphic tablet that's off to the side of the second set of faders, and it really helps my workflow (being able to grab multiple faders and at the same time tweak a plugin's parameter with a "pen" is super comfortable to me). I'm trying to find software that would allow me to "write in" things like comments and translate them to text (then I'll be able to get rid of my qwerty keyboard too).

Windtaken · 22nd June 2007

Franco,

You could use windows on screen keyboard and use your tablet to click that. I have a tablet pc and the windows writing recognition that it has is just annoying.

reidc · 23rd June 2007

Sony's Vegas video application lets you do what you want.

Reid C

Chuck Wool · 23rd June 2007

This is a good idea, & something I've spent some time thinking about. I use photoshop almost daily and cannot help but think a knob/slider box would drastically improve my workflow. Levels, curves, contrast, zoom, character settings like font size, leading.. Also, use knobs to set X, Y, & transform (resize, skew, etc). I don't think I really need the mouse for much, honestly, and would prefer finer control with some kind of surface.

There is the Logitech Nulooq, kind of semi-pro looking knobularish device http://www.logitech.com/index.cfm/mi...s/407&cl=us,en

and there is the Spaceball, and Navigator products by Logitech, which is mainly for 3D
3Dconnexion

These don't really fit the bill, though. You can control Gimp (linux photoshop type app) with MIDI (GIMP - Controlling GIMP with MIDI devices) but I'd really rather use something with more than 128 steps like OSC.

Best bet may be using PD+Gem, Max/MSP type stuff at the moment, but that's a whole different animal.

21st June 2007	#1
phildog33 Gear maniac Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 171 Thread Starter	Mackie Control Universal.. To mix Photos?? This is a strange question.. Does anybody in here.. with knowledge of both photoshop/midi controllers.. know anyway that I could 'mix' photos using the 9 faders on my MCU Pro... to control black, white levels, color, saturation, sharpness etc... and literally mix the photos using the control surface? that would be very cool, different approach, if possible -p

22nd June 2007	#3
Windtaken Gear maniac Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Toronto Posts: 263	Franco, You could use windows on screen keyboard and use your tablet to click that. I have a tablet pc and the windows writing recognition that it has is just annoying. __________________ Simon

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21st June 2007	#2
Franco Lives for gear Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Not working on music, which is were I SHOULD be. Posts: 1,159	Hey, I've got a MCU & 1 ext. I also work a lot with Photoshop. To my knowledge, there's no way to make the control surface work in Photoshop (looked in the general, file handling, displays & cursors, transparency & gamut, units & rulers, guides grid & slices, plug-ins & scratch, memory & image cache menus and didn't see a thing that would allow me to use the control surface). There may be software out there that you could install that would allow you to use it though, a lot of things are possible and I've seen software that lets you use a qwerty keyboard as a piano keyboard, so hey, who knows? On the flip side, I have completely removed the use of my mouse when working in Pro Tools though, I now use my control surfaces and my graphic tablet that's off to the side of the second set of faders, and it really helps my workflow (being able to grab multiple faders and at the same time tweak a plugin's parameter with a "pen" is super comfortable to me). I'm trying to find software that would allow me to "write in" things like comments and translate them to text (then I'll be able to get rid of my qwerty keyboard too).

23rd June 2007	#4
reidc Gear interested Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 22	Sony's Vegas video application lets you do what you want. Reid C

23rd June 2007	#5
Chuck Wool Gear nut Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Texas Posts: 76	This is a good idea, & something I've spent some time thinking about. I use photoshop almost daily and cannot help but think a knob/slider box would drastically improve my workflow. Levels, curves, contrast, zoom, character settings like font size, leading.. Also, use knobs to set X, Y, & transform (resize, skew, etc). I don't think I really need the mouse for much, honestly, and would prefer finer control with some kind of surface. There is the Logitech Nulooq, kind of semi-pro looking knobularish device http://www.logitech.com/index.cfm/mi...s/407&cl=us,en and there is the Spaceball, and Navigator products by Logitech, which is mainly for 3D 3Dconnexion These don't really fit the bill, though. You can control Gimp (linux photoshop type app) with MIDI (GIMP - Controlling GIMP with MIDI devices) but I'd really rather use something with more than 128 steps like OSC. Best bet may be using PD+Gem, Max/MSP type stuff at the moment, but that's a whole different animal.