Do you know that I’ve began making movies, too? In doing so, I realized that enhancing is extremely time-consuming. Generally, that video enhancing requires virtually as a lot time because the venture itself. In an effort to extend my effectivity in Davinci Resolve, I constructed this tradition controller referred to as the Bear Claw.
That is an enter gadget much like a macro pad, however formed extra like a mouse and with some unconventional controls. These controls are three metallic ball tactile buttons, a three-way toggle change, and an Adafruit ANO navigation wheel. Collectively, they supply entry to every kind of helpful shortcuts and instruments in Davinci Resolve. For instance, the toggle change modifications enhancing modes, one of many buttons performs a ripple delete, and the ANO wheel zooms out and in on the timeline. There’s additionally a standing gentle within the nook that modifications colour based mostly on the enhancing mode. It pulses and appears fairly.
An Adafruit KB2040 improvement board controls all of these capabilities. I programmed it utilizing Circuit Python and wrote the code in order that it’s very easy to configure the keypresses despatched by every button. So far as the pc is aware of, it’s receiving these key presses from a daily outdated keyboard and so compatibility isn’t a problem.
To design the case, I first sculpted the design in modeling clay to get an ergonomic form that match my hand. Then, I 3D-scanned that and introduced the mesh file into Autodesk Fusion 360. From there, I spent a number of days modeling the enclosure with meshes and surfaces based mostly on that scan, and 3D-printed a number of iterations to check their really feel in my hand.
Then, I threw all of that out and began over, as a result of the design was ugly and was all curved surfaces which can be troublesome to mount buttons onto. The brand new design was a extra typical stable mannequin very loosely impressed by the form I sculpted in clay. It seems to be just like the pastry to me, so I began calling this gadget the Bear Claw.
After constructing a prototype for testing, I assembled the ultimate gadget utilizing a PCB and resin-printed case from PCBWay. The PCB simply holds the three finger buttons in place. The parts all mount onto a base I 3D-printed on a Bambu Lab P1S in clear PLA, which I selected to let the standing LED shine by and so I may put in heat-set inserts.
I haven’t but used the Bear Claw sufficient to determine if it’ll truly pace up my video enhancing, however I’m feeling fairly good about it to date!