(10-10-2021, 09:10 PM)zeuspaul Wrote: What do the pros use?
I'll try to answer...
From a dirty cheap PS/2 mouse at $1 because the admin disabled USB ports for security purpose or that person is an Indie, to a special console depending the company and how that company is involved in "design" and their budget > but in all cases they got the job done
But gaming mouse not so... on the other hand pen tablets are used a lot.
You might want to look into a wacom tablet or a cheaper one as nowadays there are good tablets compatible with GIMP (I recommend to do some search before buying one)
The thing here, is you seem to not know very well GIMP and its short cuts or key modifiers... (am I wrong?)
You want to fine tune a selection?
zoom in quickly to pixel level using the mouse wheel, multiple options:
you can do it with Ctrl+ mouse wheel, you can also do it with Ctrl + Click on the mouse wheel and move the mouse, the tool magnifier is also an option (draw a rectangle and it will be zoomed in to that rectangle size, up to a whopping 25 600 %)
Also 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 on your keyboard (not the num pad) will also increase the zoom in/out respectively to 100%, 200%, 400%, 800%, 1600%...
You can make your own shortcut (If I recall correctly, GIMP recommend to start personal shortcut by Alt+Shift to not interfere with the one already in place, personally I start all my keyboard shortcut by Alt+Shift+Ctrl + "something" to be sure and when I see the list I know that all starting by those 3 modifiers Alt+Shift+Ctrl are mine)
> Edit > Keyboards shortcuts
or attribute any function to your mouse and mouse buttons
Edit > Preferences > Input controllers