The default Adobe Lightroom Classic preset in the TourBox Console control panel provides access to all major sliders in Lightroom’s Develop panel. I reconfigured some buttons for more editable settings that are part of my creative workflow (eg, Clarity and Dehaze). It is so nice to work faster, stay in the flow, not constantly look up at the screen then down at the (full) keyboard for shortcut keys. I've successfully mapped my most used shortcuts sequences to buttons on the Tourbox in a way that makes sense to me and I can easily switch them around if I change my mind or expand my flow. The specific functions of knobs and buttons changes based on what software you're using and how you choose to configure the device. The TourBox is certainly built with Adobe apps in mind, and goes beyond keyboard shortcuts when it comes to mapping functions to Photoshop and Lightroom.

The real game-changer for me was inside of Premiere. Since I am a working online editor and colorist, I am constantly tweaking brightness, contrast, saturation, etc. With the ability to set my “editing” presets and “color” presets on the TourBox Neo, I am now able to speed up the jump between those two separate workflows with ease. I have had a love/hate relationship with the color correction tools inside of Premiere. The color correction controls feel like they were ported over from Photoshop and Lightroom. But with an external hardware panel, Premiere’s color correction tools work very well. The ability to access most of the primary correction functions, like tint, temperature, exposure, “Kit Selection” (a.k.a. the up-down-left-right keys) really lets me fly through color correction. You can even add vignette adjustments to the dial with its deep integration into Adobe Premiere Pro. There’s also a scroll wheel, a versatile knob, and a large “all-in-one” dial. The scroll wheel can perform a myriad of functions, such as screen zoom or scrolling through settings, while the knob can serve to adjust brush size or timeline adjustment. The dial can change parameters such as contrast or saturation — basically, these three controls can be customized to do pretty much anything you want. You can use up to 30 presets at a time and set up to 42 operations using the TourBox, which is made doable because some buttons can perform double duty — you can set a button to perform one function with a single press, double press, or even press two different buttons simultaneously. Please complete the form below for a quote - Please be as accurate as possible to help us give an accurate quote. Lastly, there’s the oddly named TOUR button to the bottom left of the KNOB that you’re supposed to hit with your middle or index finger. I won’t go into as much detail for my customization since everyone uses Photoshop differently, but having the three wheels and the combination of using the wheels with another button is nothing short of amazing.I want to especially applaud the quality of the online help screens and tutorials. These are easy to access, clearly written and extremely helpful. For video editors out there, you will love to hear that I used the original TourBox in all my video edits. Like in Lightroom and Photoshop, there’s a lot of customization that can be done to suit your individual editing needs. I don’t think this was what the designers envisioned, but it works and it works really well. With a few other shortcuts, I could select the photos I wanted to batch for settings synchronization and apply the changes without ever having to use my keyboard.

For example, in Lightroom, you can enter fullscreen mode by pressing the keyboard shortcut “F”. But there is no keyboard shortcut for increasing or decreasing the value of the currently selected editing slider such as contrast, exposure, highlights or clarity. To solve this, TourBox has several built-in functions that take care of these, but they are only available for Lightroom, Photoshop, Premiere, and a lesser-known-to-me application called Clip Studio Paint. There are plenty more assignable Photoshop functions I could explore and assign to the TourBox NEO, but for now I’m very happy with my setup. Final thoughts on the TourBox NEO

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This is one of the new features and I’m still trying to figure out how to get more out of it. Thus far, I’ve been content with being able to make shortcuts, but with their Macros capability, you can create a series of actions that uses both keystrokes and mouse movements. The overall build of the Elite and the Neo are predominantly the same, same size, same weight and same controller layout. The Neo tethers to your computer via a USB-C cable the Elite has Dual-Channel Bluetooth built-in, letting you throw the Tourbox Elite in your bag with your laptop or tablet for easy on-the-go editing. The software itself is very responsive and easy-to-use – I had no stability problems – and it only takes a couple of seconds to run and recognize a connected Tourbox. As mentioned, the Tourbox offers a number of different buttons and dials of varying sizes, shapes and feel that can be used on their own or in combination with one another. At time of publication it can be set up to have 38 user-defined functions, correlating to software keyboard shortcuts. These functions can be set up differently for each piece of software you'd like to use Tourbox with. The software comes pre-loaded with shortcuts for Lightroom and Photoshop, but it's easy to change these and to set up new ones As far as controls, it’s fitted with six separate buttons on top as well as up/down/left/right buttons, and another button adorns the left-hand side of the controller. One of my favorite design features is that almost all of the buttons are different sizes and shapes and aren’t placed in rows or columns, which makes it very easy to use without even glancing at it.