Hey guys it's been a while since my last tech review which was for the Canon g7x II.
This right here is a modular device that will help you edit photos and videos much faster
than before!
Let's say you use Photoshop, Lightroom or Premiere.
This beautiful tech piece allows you to create links between your most used commands in these
softwares and assign them to any of these physical buttons, sliders or dials which can
be re-arranged at any point as you wish.
If you want to brighten up the photo, you can use one of the dials, if you want to change
the contrast, you can use one of the sliders.
It's so easy, I'm gonna tell you more details so stick with the video.
So, I need to mention that I was not payed for this review, but the amazing team from Palette
sent me this Expert Kit in exchange of an honest review on my YouTube channel.
So, first of all thanks Pallete Gear for reaching out to me and sending this product.
I am a person who enjoys music, technology, buttons, sliders.
Actually, some while ago , before I started photography, I was a DJ and a music producer
for a few years.
So I have to say that being able to use this tool with my favorite photo editing apps and
also having the option to change the volume of the music using a slider on my desk is
pretty awesome, because yes, you can link apps like Spotify for example to this device!
So, let's take a closer look at the product that is helping me to work faster in Lightroom,
Photoshop and Premiere.
The built quality of the product is very good, it really feels premium in the hands and the
modules are made from quality aluminium.
You can build up the kit as you wish, every module has some contacts and magnets so the
links are created in a safe and easy way.
The rubber at the bottom of each module makes the whole kit very stable and the fact that
you are in control when building your kit is really nice.
It's fully customizable.
This is the brain behind Palette, the core of the kit.
It has a display panel which shows you the logo of the software you are using in that moment.
The flickering that you see right now is not visible in real life, this is just the refresh
rate of the DSLR that I'm using to record this video, so don't worry about it.
Pallete is powered through a USB cable so make sure you have a free slot in your laptop
or PC.
The software that controls all the settings for your kit is called PalleteApp, it allows
you to create different profiles for each app that you use and it also allows you to
change the LED color for every single module that is connected.
The coolest thing is that you can set a color for each profile that you use so that you
will identify it more easily when working, just by looking at the color.
So here I am in Lightroom, with my best winter photo in 2018 until this point, I open the
Palette App, and right now it's showing me the configuration that I built on my desk.
If for example I disconnect one of the modules the app is updating in real time and it shows
me instantly if I linked the module in a different place.
So what you have on the desk, is reflected in the app as well.
Let's see, I have this slider connected to the Exposure, but the second slider is
connected to Tint.
I want to change this and replace it with the Contrast slider.
I click once on the module and as you can see I can choose any function that is present
in Lightroom and assign it to this slider.
So I choose Contrast, click done, and the slider just changed into Contrast.
Let's try this out now.
When I push the first slider to the right the exposure is increased, I drag it to the
left and the exposure will be decreased.
So let's find an optimum position for it, and then use the second slider to increase
the contrast.
Now, what happens is that when I push the slider all the way to the right or left side,
the same thing is gonna happen on the screen as well with the slider.
But maybe I want to have even more control over the contrast slider so I open up the
Palette App I click on the slider that I want to change, click on Advanced and here I can
enter -50 and +50 to limit the movement of the slider.
So now..
If I push the slider all the way to the left, the movement will be limited at -50.
Same thing happens when I move all the way to the right, the value stops at +50.
This helps if you want to have a better precision on the slider movement.
Ok, I want to set-up the links for all the dials, so I'm gonna put the Highlights on
the first one, the Shadows on the second one and the Clarity on the third slider.
Let's do a test, I can control the highlights with this dial, the shadows with this one
and I have the clarity on the third one.
Really easy to handle.
The dials have two different functions, they can adjust sliders and they can reset values.
Just as a quick tip, if I want to reset any of these knobs to their initial state, I will
press down each of them and they will return to zero.
So many cool things about this product..
And I'm not finished yet.
Let's go back to the app, I still have 2 free buttons that I can link to something.
Let's choose this one, using the keyboard mode here.
I will create a shortcut so that everytime I press this button I will open up the export dialog box.
I mean… this one: File - Export.
The shortcut for this is: CTRL + SHIFT + E. So I go back to the app, choose the keyboard
function for this button, hold down CTRL, SHIFT and E, click DONE and it should work now.
I switch back to Lightroom, I push the button..
And here comes the export panel.
Awesome, right?
So you will ask me now..
But Criss, what good is a device like this if I have just 3 dials, 2 buttons and 2 sliders?
I wanna be able to link some more functions.
Well… here comes the magic.
Open the app and you'll see a + sign here, it allows you to add another profile, you
just choose the app for it, Lightroom in my case.
I mapped some functions here that are related to color toning.
I have the split toning sliders here, highlights and shadows, and the corresponding saturation
sliders for each of them, here on these 2 dials.
I also added the Saturation from the basic panel.
And here on the left side, I added the Export function as well.
I go back to the first profile that I created and I click on the unassigned button.
Then I choose the Function Switching here, choose Next Profile and I make sure "Skip
profiles of other applications" is ticked.
I will also change the LED lights for all the modules to be Orange because this way
I will know that this is my Color Toning Profile and the blue one is for the Basic adjustments.
Notice that when you add the Next Profile function to one of the buttons, it's added
on both existing profiles.
Which is awesome, because right now if I press it, it will switch between them.
I can also switch back to Lightroom and the button will work just fine.
Notice how the colors are changing here and also the name of the profile appears on the
LCD right here.
The cropping angle is another important aspect when editing so I will create a new profile
very quick that cotains only the crop angle function and that will help me adjust the
photo for the straight horizon if I need it.
And for this profile I choose a general green for the LED colors.
If I want to rename any profile I just double click on top and write anything that I want
here.
So let's test all these functions now just to demonstrate how quickly I can edit a photo
without using the keyboard.
I will reset the photo, I switch to the basic profile using this button and let's start with the exposure.
I will add some contrast to the photo using the second slider, lower the highlights value,
raise up the shadows, and add just a bit of clarity to the photo.
Ok, switching to the toning profile here, I will choose a light blue for the highlights
and push the saturation up…..
And then choose an orange for the shadows and also raise the saturation for it.
I want to lower the main saturation slider to a negative 25, and when I am ready..
I just proudly hit the export button and from here I could really just choose one of the
presets and when I'm done I press Export and the file will be saved.
And all these just happened in under 1 minute.
Ok so that was the Lightroom setup, you can even access the Palette Community online where
you will find lots of other profiles created by users that are totally free to use.
Jumping into Photoshop now, with the same procedures you can customize things like the
brush size, hardness, brush flow, there are so many options to use that I cannot cover
them all in this video because everything can become so complex with Palette, but in
the same time so fun to play with.
By the way, if you want to see how I edited this photo in Lightroom check the tutorial
in the card right now.
An intereresting feature that I absolutely love is using the smart adjustments.
So let's say I choose Smart Brightness for the first slider and Smart Contrast for the
second slider.
When I hit Done, Photoshop creates a smart filter that contains the Brightness and Contrast
commands and I can control them separately using the sliders.
Let's say I create a new layer now, take the brush and demonstrate how these shortcuts
can help you.
First I can make my brush bigger or smaller with this dial.
Let me show you…
small brush...and… big brush…
Next, I can set the hardness, I dial it counter clockwise and the brush becomes smooth…
or I can turn it clockwise and the brush is much harder now.
When I usually set my hardness for the brush, I press ALT/OPTION, hold down the right click
of the mouse and move it upwards or downwards, and there's this red hot spot which becomes
very smooth or very hard at the edges.
And the thing is that you cannot have this option yet with Palette, but the team will
take this into consideration so they can implement it the future I guess.
Also, I mapped another nice function to one of the buttons on this profile, which toggles
the visibility of the selected layer In Photoshop.
Let's say for example that I add a hue saturation adjustment layer on top of the image.
I change the saturation, just to modify something.
And with my layer selected I can now press this button and the layer will be hidden.
I press once again and it will be visible.
And there are lots of other very nice features that you can add here in Photoshop.
I also use Premiere Pro, so I made a new profile and mapped some of the functions that I usually
use in my edits and I have an open project here, it's the intro that you saw in the
beginning, by the way, tell me in the comments if you enjoyed it or not.
So let me show you what I mapped here.
This is of course for the next profile, the second button is for the Razor Blade, the
sliders are used for Opacity and Exposure and then zoom, in or out on the timeline,
the jog wheel to navigate on the timeline more easily and the last dial is set on Go
to edit point.
On the timeline, if I select a clip I use this button to make a cut which is very handy.
I can use the first dial too zoom in or out, then I use the opacity slider to create a
point here at 100%, then I use the jog to move to the end of the clip and I lower the
opacity which of course creates a keyframe in the same time.
Now I have this clip ending softly with a fade out.
If I rotate this dial, the cursor will always jump to the first frame of the next clip.
As I said in th e beginning, you can also control apps like Spotify using Palette, so
for example I can use this button to start a track and then adjust the system volume
with this slider.
And I could also use this dial to navigate through the tracks in a playlist and if I
press down the dial, the highlighted track will start playing.
So here you go, you can be a DJ as well, just by using Palette.
Honestly speaking I don't have any negative points regarding the Pallette, it really is
a great product, it's fun and it's practical, I really wish to have the professional kit
oneday, which comes with more buttons, sliders and dials, but it's more expensive as well.
This is the Expert Kit, it costs $299, but you can check out all the prices, I will put
a link in the description if you're interested.
Well, I think that's all for now, thanks for watching this tech review, I'm Criss
and see you next time.
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