Logitech’s new wireless keyboard has a crafty trick for creative pros

By Darren Allan

At IFA 2017 Logitech’s latest premium wireless keyboard adds a dial allowing creatives to easily manipulate functions in apps like Photoshop.

In a way, you could say that Logitech’s Craft Advanced Keyboard bolts a Surface Dial onto the chassis, because the aluminum dial – or Crown as the company calls it – adds functionality similar to Microsoft’s standalone accessory and then some.

The Crown is touch-sensitive, so you can tap or turn it to access different functions. It intelligently adapts to the app you’re using, so for example while working in a paint program, you can use it to swiftly alter the size of the brush you’re using, or in a word processor it’ll change the font size and much more.

Logitech provides custom profiles for Adobe Photoshop CC, Adobe Illustrator CC, Adobe Premiere Pro CC, and Adobe InDesign CC, along with Microsoft Office apps (Word, Excel and PowerPoint from versions 2010 onwards but only on Windows).

You can assign one custom function to the Crown in supported apps, and the dial also offers global controls such as adjusting volume, or tabbing between programs or desktops.

There’s more to this keyboard than just the dial, though, as Logitech adds another …read more

Source:: techradar.com – Computing Components