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Painter is very flexible in the way it lets you use whatever tools you want to, to input and make marks in the application. You can use a standard desktop mouse or trackball. And I'm going to talk about some of them in a second, or you can use a digital tablet and a stylus which I will talk about in another lesson. Now the expert mouse is what I currently use. And I use this mostly for 3-D work when I'm working in Maya or Lightwave or that kind of thing or any other application that is not Painter or Photoshop. That's because I really can't get that nice feel that I am painting. I really just can't mimic that by moving the trackball around and clicking the buttons. I don't have that pen in my hand or that brush in my hand, but you draw with it if you practice. I typically am very good using a mouse like this in a program like illustrator because I'm able to draw by laying down anchor points. And that's where trackball I think is better in my opinion, although I do use a digital tablet in Illustrator as well. You can also use a regular desktop mouse such as one of these and you may find it a little easier to paint using one of these because you actually move this around your desktop. And you can mimic the strokes by moving your hand back and forth and up and down to you know paint and draw, once again, not as intuitive. You won't have the full resolution that a digital pad will afford to you. You won't have the freedom to quickly vary the brush stroke from thin to thick based on how hard you push the mouse down on the desktop, as opposed to a stylus which is the pen on a digital tablet. You can push the nib down to get a thicker stroke and paint or draw a little bit more lightly to get a very nice thin line. So that's the down side to using a mouse as opposed to a digital tablet, but with practice you can be great with either device, a trackball, or a desktop mouse. I have had students who are able to draw wonderful illustrations with a regular mouse. Me I'm not born with that talent. I don't have the ability to use a mouse to draw anything as far as something that I can actually sell or show to somebody. So, if you want to use a mouse, by all means, feel free, if you practice I'm sure you can come up with some artwork, but I want to talk to you in a little while about the advantages to using a digital tablet.