2 monitor setup.

UlfLaursen wrote on 2/9/2006, 8:55 PM

Hi,

I'm still learning Vegas, and find it a bit difficult to get 100% use out of my second PC monitor. I have 21" sony trinitr. CRT's and a JVC mon. for ext. preview.

I would f.ex. like to drag the timeline only to both monitors, but I don't seem to get it over.
In Liquid Edition (Pinnacle) which I'm used to, there were different presets for dualmonitors, but I don't find any like this in Vegas.
What do others do? Are there any online rescourses that show something - have tried vasst but can not fin anything there.

Thanks.

/Ulf

Comments

Steve Mann wrote on 2/9/2006, 10:15 PM

I put the timeline on one monitor and everything else on the other. It can be spread across both monitors, but I would find a gap in the timeline extremey distracting. How the monitors work together is defined in the Windows Control Panel --> Display --> Settings. It's not a Vegas issue.

Steve

dhill wrote on 2/10/2006, 12:52 AM

I use 2 24" dell lcd's and it works great. When I have to edit on my laptop it drives me a little crazy after being used to 2 monitors now.

"I would f.ex. like to drag the timeline only to both monitors, but I don't seem to get it over."

I'm not sure I understand what you mean, but if you're saying you can't drag the time line across both monitors, that is controlled in control panel/display/setting/ as Steve said and select span across both monitors. I'm on my laptop right now so I can't look at the exact settings. I don't know why you'd want to do that (strectch timeline over both displays) though. I think most people have their timeline on one monitor and the preview window, etc. on the second display. Ideally you have a proper ntsc monitor for ext. preview too so you can color corect properly. I don't have that yet. Derek

Chienworks wrote on 2/10/2006, 4:23 AM

If you have Vegas' main window at maximized then you won't be able to drag it across. You have to click the "restore window" middle button in the upper right corner to make it a less-than-fullscreen window first, then you'll be able to resize it across multiple monitors.

UlfLaursen wrote on 2/10/2006, 9:25 AM

Thanks guys, I'll have a go with some of it uring the Weekend.

/Ulf