A special edition of Logitech's MX Master 4 mouse has launched that includes on-board visual design aids. This new edition is helpful for all those creators and artists that need to do detailed layouts. This is great for their day-to-day tasks as a creator or artist. It's aimed at a very niche part of the market that needs visual aids, but doesn't want to have a separate application open to do so.
Special edition targets designers with physical layout aids
Logitech's new mouse is the MX Master 4 Creator Edition, which goes hand-in-hand with the normal edition. The mouse has the same physical footprint and button placements as the normal MX Master 4. Logitech is aiming the new Creator Edition towards professionals that want ergonomic mice, but also need a visual aid as well.
Specifications
- Design Elements: Layout grids, alignment crosshairs, Bezier curves, keyframe graphics, color correction bars
- Easter Egg: Timeline commemorating World Creativity and Innovation Day (April 21), World Design Day (April 27), World Photography Day (August 19), and World Audiovisual Heritage Day (October 27)
- Hardware Differences: None compared to standard MX Master 4
- Availability: Limited quantity
Logitech's new MX Master 4 Creator Edition has the same innards as the MX Master 4. There's no change to the hardware whatsoever. The sensors are the same, the battery is the same, the connectivity is the same. The only real difference is on the surface where you'll see printed layout grids, crosshairs for aligning things, Bezier curve guides, color correction bars, and keyframe graphics for your visual editing needs.
Apart from the visual design aids on the surface, the Creator Edition is the same as the standard Logitech MX Master 4. That's very important to note. While it might be a cool concept, you're getting the same mouse, sensors, and battery as the standard edition. It does include an Easter egg timeline that celebrates World Creativity and Innovation Day as well as World Design Day.
The Creator Edition of Logitech's MX Master 4 is going to be a limited offering. If you've read our coverage on Logitech in the past, we covered the Logitech MX Master 3S Bluetooth Edition. This new Creator Edition provides a nice tactile visual aid for designers that like physical visual aids on their input devices.
The Bezier curve guides on the palm rest look like a nightmare to clean. I use my mouse for color grading and I need a smooth surface, not a textured grid.
It is not a textured grid, just printed ink on the coating. The hardware specs remain identical to the standard MX Master 4.