Digital content creation is a rewarding outlet for many artists and designers, whether professionals or hobbyists. Creating imagery and animation from imagination can be fulfilling and inspiring.
The perennial problem is that creating digital content requires many specialist apps, many of which need manipulation in a 3D space. The user needs to memorise complicated hotkeys using a keyboard or mouse, which can be unintuitive, or many use a drawing tablet that is made, well, for drawing, not moving 3D objects.
These issues are compounded by the fact that every 3D app seems to have its own way of doing things, making developing muscle memory challenging and therefore creating barriers to creativity.
However, there is an answer: a hardware device that makes navigating and switching between applications an intuitive joy. That answer is the SpaceMouse® range of products from 3Dconnexion.
A SpaceMouse in its purest form (either the Space Mouse Compact or the SpaceMouse Wireless) looks not unlike a tall, glowing hockey puck. Still, this simple exterior hides an incredibly sophisticated six-axis controller that, when manipulated by the artist, can take control of a 3D viewport and allow the manipulation of the scene, object or viewport with subtle movements of the wrist.
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