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This came up in another forum regarding weather Terragen is run maximised or not and I figured this may be down to how many monitors were used. So I thought I'd ask.
At work I'm lucky enough to use two monitors so I can have Terragen maximised on one and various floating windows (shader previews/nodes with "stay open" etc) in the other window. At home I'm stuck with just the one so Terragen is running a two thirds the screen and floating windows are off to one side.
How do you work?
Cheers
Richard

2 at work, 2 at home

2 @ Home  :)

2 at work giving me 4480 wide desktop, and two at home with 3320. I miss that extra 1160 pixels.  :'(

I like to use two node network windows open at work, and the render floater is always locked open, bottom far right. And have floaters open when tweaking a node chain.

**Just re-read that, and it doesn't sound right at all :D**

1 here, 22"....so that might explain some things ;)

1 x 25.5" here at home.

(I would love to say with a grinning emoticon that i use 1   25.5" monitor at home , but i am sure someone below will put a 30" or so below in a post here ;D)

I have two monitors but I don't use TG2 maximised. My main monitor is 1920 x 1200 so I don't usually feel the need to make it more than about 2/3 the size of that screen.

Regards,

Jo

Hi Hetzen,

Quote from: Hetzen on April 14, 2011, 07:40:52 AM
I like to use two node network windows open at work,

Cool, I'm glad someone uses the networks in a separate window :-).

Quoteand the render floater is always locked open, bottom far right.

Is that so you can start a render quickly, or because you're often making changes to the render size for tests? I'm just asking because if it's the former there is a shortcut key to start a rendering (ctrl-R on Windows I think).

Regards,

Jo

2 x 21" widescreen monitors at my job, (3360x1050)
i only have one monitor at home. (22" / 1920x1080)  but i want to get a second display for tg2 and other programs....

just 1, my trusty 24" mac!

Personally I use 2 32 Inch monitors, and my smaller 23 Inch 3D Acer monitor with my Nvision :P

I love my setup, my eyes have never gotten dry or tired cause everything is so clear.

I think it's 2x 21" here at work (they seem that size anyhoo) and I have 2 x24" at home.
Saw a documentary not so long ago about the author Terry Pratchett. They showed him at home. Had 6 monitors! Not content with creating Discworld, it seems he's planning on taking over the universe. Or maybe that should be multiverse! ;)

Thanks everyone. :)
I don't know how relevant it is but it dose seem to be more the norm now rather than the exception to have two or more displays. At some point I'll update my home rig with two 23in displays, probably when I next upgrade! :)
Cheers
Richard

Quote from: jo on April 14, 2011, 09:46:05 AM
Is that so you can start a render quickly, or because you're often making changes to the render size for tests? I'm just asking because if it's the former there is a shortcut key to start a rendering (ctrl-R on Windows I think).

I didn't know that Jo, I only found out about the 'D' shortcut a few weeks back. I guess I do jump into the render settings quite a bit, adjusting qualities to get general shape, then back in for cropped detail. I also drop the GI a lot, again for shape.

The second node layout is really useful for adjusting textures in a population, whilst still working on masks. Or having an internal network open, whilst adjusting lighting, or what-not.

Two at home.  I used to have them side-by-side, but due to space limitations, I had to place one above the other.  Talk about a tough learning curve; it took me the longest time to get used to moving a window on the upper display to the left to get it to the lower display (even though that's how it was done when they were side-by-side.)  My brain says "drag it straight down to the lower monitor!  :D

Just 1, 20" at 1600x1200 (square aspect, not widescreen). I've never really gone for the whole 2 monitor thing but I'm considering it more...

I tend to use TG maximized, as with most apps.

- Oshyan

Quote from: jo on April 14, 2011, 09:46:05 AM
Hi Hetzen,

Quote from: Hetzen on April 14, 2011, 07:40:52 AM
I like to use two node network windows open at work,

Cool, I'm glad someone uses the networks in a separate window :-).

Make that 2 "someones", Jo :)

1 x 24" here

Quote from: Oshyan on April 14, 2011, 12:59:31 PM
Just 1, 20" at 1600x1200 (square aspect, not widescreen). I've never really gone for the whole 2 monitor thing but I'm considering it more...

I tend to use TG maximized, as with most apps.

- Oshyan

What won me over was using Photoshop with two monitors.  Putting the layers/styles/etc. windows on the second monitor really makes editing easier.

Two monitors, but also two pc's, so 1 per pc. A 24" widescreen as main work (TG2 full out and only app while I'm working at something). I tend to render at the other (faster) pc with the smaller (19") screen. Wonderful to work on one thing, and see the render grow from the corner of your eye.

2 Monitors. I get phantom limb pain whenever I have to work in smaller resolutions or with one monitor...

Heck, I even use dual monitors for web browsing, but then, I regularly have more than fifty tabs up at once...

2 screens since ages, swapped my dual 19" to dual 24" few years ago. Currently running them so that I have main machine using  both displays natively and server on one window with remote desktop. Works surprisingly well, you can even copy paste nodes from other computers terragen to the other and so on. There's barely any delay and it allows me to maximize the usage of my i7 920 and Q9400 quite nicely. Best bit is that only 1 mouse and keyboard is required :P

Quote from: jaf on April 14, 2011, 12:32:40 PM
Two at home.  I used to have them side-by-side, but due to space limitations, I had to place one above the other.  Talk about a tough learning curve; it took me the longest time to get used to moving a window on the upper display to the left to get it to the lower display (even though that's how it was done when they were side-by-side.)  My brain says "drag it straight down to the lower monitor!  :D

If you're on windows I'm pretty certain you can choose to position your monitors above each other as you describe. I know you can set them to be different heights as I use that at home, but I seem to remember seeing the option to extend a desktop upwards. May be a dream of course :S

Yes you can do that. In windows 7 just drag the other screen on top of the other and click apply
I'm not sure about other OS but there are many applications that allow extra control for display management

I use a 23" widescreen, a 19" that came with the computer, and my TV. I voted 2 monitors because I seldom have he TV set to display from the computer.

Display Fusion is a great utility program for handling monitors, back grounds. It allows the taskbar to be on multiple monitors and makes window control much easier.

Quote from: ajcgi on April 15, 2011, 10:45:05 AM

If you're on windows I'm pretty certain you can choose to position your monitors above each other as you describe. I know you can set them to be different heights as I use that at home, but I seem to remember seeing the option to extend a desktop upwards. May be a dream of course :S

Yes, I believe you can, but I'm using a wide screen (1680 x 1050) and 4x3 monitor.  Not sure that combination would work very well.

Anyway, I'm used to it now -- just took a while.  It's like learning to use a mouse with the opposite hand.  I'm left-handed, but most of the work stations we had had the old wired mouse that took too long to switch if I moved to another work station, so I learned to use my right hand.

Should this be moved over to Open Discussion? BTW, I only use one monitor per computer.

I had two @ home once, but the eventually one of them died. I never replaced it because the workplace looked so stuffed with two monitors anyway. Now I've got just one wide screen, 1680 px wide screen. Which actually is enough, but boy, I've got to maximize TG2 obviously. No space for any floating windows.

I have floating windows on the second monitor. I usually use the Picassa viewer there also, if I am trying for something from a reference image.

Plus all the system monitoring stuff is on the second monitor.

Total of 4 17 " monitors / 4 PCs.   3 on my desk (one for Terragen, one for Blender and one for xFrog) and the 4th PC sits in a corner and  acts as a server where  I store all my working files, data and plans to take over the world.  (BTW, the xFrog box also holds my 5 year old grandson's games. To play it safe, the server can not access the internet

i ordered a 24" asus monitor for home, should be delivered tomorrow, cant wait....