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Florence Photographer
Florence Photographer
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Nov 10, 2026 3:04 PM UTC
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Mouse Scroll Wheel Support for Color Controls in Premiere Pro 27

I really like the new Color Mode in Premiere Pro 27, but I'd love to suggest a small improvement that could make color grading much more intuitive and efficient.

Currently, when clicking on a color control, the pop-up interface allows adjustments by moving the mouse vertically or horizontally.

It would be great to have an option in Preferences to replace mouse movement with scroll-wheel input.

For example, using my Logitech MX Master 3S, which has two independent scroll wheels:

  • Vertical scroll wheel: Adjust the vertical parameter.

  • Horizontal thumb wheel: Adjust the horizontal parameter.

Ideally, both wheels could control the two axes simultaneously while the color control is active, without needing to move the mouse pointer.

This could provide a much more precise, tactile, and comfortable color-grading experience, especially for users with mice that support horizontal scrolling.

I believe this would be a valuable addition to the new Color Mode.

Thanks for considering it!

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      Alexis Van Hurkman
      Community Manager
      Alexis Van HurkmanCommunity Manager
      Community Manager
      Nov 12, 2026 5:17 AM UTC

      Great idea, and something that we’re exploring for the future alongside some other possible uses of the scroll wheels.

      FYI, there are some other ways of making color adjustments you might be interested in. While latched into any of the controls, you can also use the Up/Down/Left/Right arrow keys to nudge the vertical and horizontal values around, with Shift-Arrow keys either speeding or slowing the nudging. Both ways of nudging are customizable in the Color Control options available in the wrench menu of the Color Control panel.

      Additionally, if you happen to have an unused trackball, we’ve heard from a number of users that have discovered using the key shortcuts for latching into and out of Adjust operation color controls, with the trackball offering a really great 2D adjustment experience. Again, the sensitivity of these controls is adjustable in the Color Control Options.

      Customizing the color controls is described in this video…

      ps. We’re also supporting third-party control surfaces, starting with Tangent color panels.

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      R Neil Haugen
      R Neil Haugen
      Legend
      Nov 12, 2026 6:11 AM UTC

      My Kensington trackball is great in this mode though I’m hoping that the Tangent mapping gets more stuff added soon. I so love working from my full panel … 

      The arrow keys to adjust is something way too many users haven’t caught on to, and I keep forgetting to mention it, so thanks for popping in Alexis!

      Now, if Wacom could get the pens to working … Wacom mouse work just fine, but not the pens at this time. Sigh.

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      R Neil Haugen
      R Neil Haugen
      Legend
      Nov 10, 2026 6:05 PM UTC

      They are just getting to a point where third party hardware people can build the necessary toolsets to work with color mode. For instance, they’ve been working with the Tangent people for near a year or more to get the control surfaces usable in this, but we just got the first beta build of new mapping capabilities last week.

       

      And it’s been changing builds of that every couple days. So … maybe soon?

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