What input device do you use for editing?

I now use a Kensington trackball mouse and a normal keyboard, after using a conventional mouse and I far prefer the trackball as I can use it two handed for editing ( one hand to select and the other to scroll and move)
I did try a Wacom pen and tablet but I could not get used to it.
I often think with these various input devices its a pity you cannot get a months trial to see if you can get on with it.
 
I've used a Wacom tablet and nothing else for everything - for years now - I don't use a mouse at all (can't stand the little blighters). The working area of my current tablet is about 200 x 150mm, which suits me in relation to my 24" display. The pen also stays between my fingers with its tip pivoted out of the way whilst I use the keyboard - ie I don't have to put it down and pick it up, so achieve a flow of operation across different functions.

A pen is just so much more precise than a mouse, and I always found with a mouse that I soon get hand and wrist strain.
 
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Tried a pen/tablet and didn't get on with it. Used to use a Microsoft Trackball until its scroll wheel crapped out (:() and now have reverted to a mouse. Then again, I do as little editing as possible!
 
Tablet and pen. I know some people say they can't get on with them but if you think about sketching they're completely intuitive. Now I used to have a trackball and found that a complete pain for editing - especially when I switched to a larger monitor........................
 
Use a trackball, the Apple Trackpad and a Huion tablet and pen. Find the Trackpad very easy for scrolling and zooming and the tablet/pen for detailed editing, and setting the pressure settings correctly within the software package makes editing a great deal easier.
 
Mouse & keyboard is first choice, trackpad second.
 
Mostly a mouse, but a Wacom is much better for certain things. Mainly dodge/burn operations where it helps to build it up in multiple strokes and have pressure sensitivity.
 
Keyboard/Mouse for general day to day stuff, Wacom Intuos Pro for anything like Photo editing etc. Honestly once you've used a Pen/Tablet you'll never use a mouse again, so much more control, precision and ability to do so much more (you just have to get used to it).
 
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I use a mouse in Lightroom, but get my Wacom tablet out for PS. I don’t find the tablet works very well with LR for some reason. It can take a while to get used to a tablet, it does need practice and perseverance, at least it did for me. :)
 
Using a quality tablet there are things which you can do with it, which you simply CANNOT do with a mouse or a cheap tablet. People can argue about comfort, inaccuracies and other things in the endless mouse vs tablet debate but -

With a mouse you only have two parameters to input - X & Y direction.

Cheap tablets generally add pressure sensitivity, which means you can do something simple like set pressure to brush size, this way you can draw a fluid thin to thick line, you just can't do that with a mouse.
Dependant upon the quality of your cheap tablet, you'll have different quality of the detection of sensitivity.

Going to a quality pro tablet, then also adds tilt sensitivity, you can now not only draw that fluid size changing line, but also say link tilt to opacity and fluidly change that at the same time. Some pens also support rotational detection as well, meaning you can twist a brush at the same time.

IMO, this pressure / tilt combination is totally invaluable. It either allows me to do things I simply couldn't with a mouse and / or speeds up editing time by at least a factor of 10.
 
Tablet and pen for all selecting and painting motions, much much much easier than a mouse.

USB mixing desk and midi2LR for long lightroom sessions, saves so much time.
 
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