Feature Requests: switching to specific presets and lists of keypresses
Posted: Mon Feb 08, 2021 3:02 pm
I've been using the TourBox for a few months now and I'm finding it to be really useful with both photo and video editing. But I have a couple of frustrations that I have feature requests for.
I mostly use the TourBox with Lightroom and Davinci Resolve, and I have multiple presets defined for both programs. For example, I have two different presets for Lightroom: one for the Library module and another for the Develop module. Similarly I have three different presets for Davinci Resolve depending on whether I am working in the Edit, Color or Fusion page.
The 'Switch Preset' built-in is really useful, but it is also quite limited. If I'm using Lightroom, I don't want to cycle through my Resolve presets; if I'm using Resolve, I don't want to cycle through my Lightroom presets. So, my suggestion:
It would be really useful to assign a button to send a keypress and load a specific preset. For example, in the Lightroom Library preset it would be great to assign the tour button to do a 'D' keypress (to switch to the Develop module) and then load my Lightroom Develop preset. My Develop preset could similarly assign the tour button to do a 'G' keypress (to switch to the Library grid view) and then load my Lightroom Library preset. In my Resolve presets I could perhaps configure Side-Left set to perform Shift-3 (to switch to the Edit page) and then load my Resolve Edit preset, Side-Up to switch to the Color page and load the Color preset, and Side-Right to switch to the Fusion page and load the Fusion preset.
Another useful feature would be the ability to assign a list of keypresses to a button. The first time you press the button it performs the first keypress; the next time you press the button it performs the second keypress, etc; when it reaches the end of the list it cycles back to the start.
This would be useful for cases where we always perform a certain sequence of actions. For example, in the Davinci Resolve Colour page, when I create a new node the first thing I always do is add a node label. It would be really convenient if I could setup a preset to: press C2, create a new serial node; press C2 again, set the node label; then when I press C2 again it will create another serial node. It would similarly allow a single button to toggle between states that require different key presses. So a Lightroom example might be: assign a button to the list {'G' and 'E'} so that pressing the button would toggle between grid view and loupe view in the Library module.
I hope that made sense and that you think them worth considering.
And thanks for a great product!
I mostly use the TourBox with Lightroom and Davinci Resolve, and I have multiple presets defined for both programs. For example, I have two different presets for Lightroom: one for the Library module and another for the Develop module. Similarly I have three different presets for Davinci Resolve depending on whether I am working in the Edit, Color or Fusion page.
The 'Switch Preset' built-in is really useful, but it is also quite limited. If I'm using Lightroom, I don't want to cycle through my Resolve presets; if I'm using Resolve, I don't want to cycle through my Lightroom presets. So, my suggestion:
It would be really useful to assign a button to send a keypress and load a specific preset. For example, in the Lightroom Library preset it would be great to assign the tour button to do a 'D' keypress (to switch to the Develop module) and then load my Lightroom Develop preset. My Develop preset could similarly assign the tour button to do a 'G' keypress (to switch to the Library grid view) and then load my Lightroom Library preset. In my Resolve presets I could perhaps configure Side-Left set to perform Shift-3 (to switch to the Edit page) and then load my Resolve Edit preset, Side-Up to switch to the Color page and load the Color preset, and Side-Right to switch to the Fusion page and load the Fusion preset.
Another useful feature would be the ability to assign a list of keypresses to a button. The first time you press the button it performs the first keypress; the next time you press the button it performs the second keypress, etc; when it reaches the end of the list it cycles back to the start.
This would be useful for cases where we always perform a certain sequence of actions. For example, in the Davinci Resolve Colour page, when I create a new node the first thing I always do is add a node label. It would be really convenient if I could setup a preset to: press C2, create a new serial node; press C2 again, set the node label; then when I press C2 again it will create another serial node. It would similarly allow a single button to toggle between states that require different key presses. So a Lightroom example might be: assign a button to the list {'G' and 'E'} so that pressing the button would toggle between grid view and loupe view in the Library module.
I hope that made sense and that you think them worth considering.
And thanks for a great product!