Yes, for convincing results one needs to change the colours sensibly in small increments. As the local adjustments equalizer sliders path is comparatively short, DxO tried to circumvent the problem with “hold and drag for accurate value”.
Trouble is, one has to drag exactly horizontally to avoid changing the start value, which seldom works at first trial (experimenting with different mouse speed didn’t help btw). And after double click on the slider to quickly reset the value, one has to drag the pointer again … quite annoying and tiresome.
To improve the user experience I suggested
to add the < Crtl > key → to have finer / better control
and < Crtl > click on top/bottom of the relevant slider → to change in certain increments
Or change the (Colour)Sliders sensitiveness, like @geno proposed.
[ to emphasize, the problem is the too coarse responsiveness of the colour temperature ]
Yes, that business of pulling the mouse out to some nether region makes no sense at all and I can’t help wondering why it isn’t simply the other way around - that you drag it off into outer space for greater speed and have your lower gears to start off with.
As to the Ctrl+→ suggestion, I disagree in part. It must speak the same language that the side panel does, i.e. use the same conventions, and in the case of the side panel all you have to do is click on the Temperature slider and then it becomes responsive to the arrow keys. For that reason I say No to the Ctrl key. Just the arrow keys is enough.
As to the second suggestion of Ctrl at the top and bottom of sliders, YES! If they add little up and down arrows top and bottom then that will be consistent with the convention used in the side bar and the use will be obvious.
I’ve given myself a year to try and get used to that back-to-front thing and now I’m just getting pissed-off with it. Maybe if I had a touch screen I’d get used to it. But think of all the new users going through the same hassle when all you need is to have it the other way around: small increments accelerating to bigger ones as you move into the outer space. Like I’ve said before, this thing is like trying to start your car off in top gear. Even if you do get used to the jerking and the clutch burning, it’s silly.
It’s really jerky and I can absolutely understand your point of view and would prefer consistent look and feel, too.
For WB / Tint in local adjustments I hover over the slider, look up the current value and go from there using sideway and up/down motions. That way I can adjust in increments of 1. I cannot figure how one can try this for a year and still has problems using this…?
I would say that I got used to it. Every Software has it’s quirks.
I can do it - with great care - but it remains very irritating. Maybe it’s because I’ve experienced better in the use of Capture NX2, which I used for about 8 years.
I could not grab the circle to adjust the rotation without first grabbing the line to expand the size to bring it out from under the sliders. Mind you, as discussed elsewhere, I think those sliders need to move over into the palette sidebars.
On a related note, I would pay extra for AI fence wire removal.