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glaustin
glaustin
Inspiring
February 12, 2017
Question

Dual Monitor Layout

  • February 12, 2017
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Hi guys

I have two monitors running and set up my workspace. However the panels I undocked to the second screen are always floating. Is there a way I can lock them in position?

Also, in general, I'd be really interested to know how you others lay out their workspace across two screens to give me a better idea if I can lay things out better.

Regards,

Graham

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    R
    RBSPhotog
    Participant
    March 13, 2018

    I just set up a second monitor. Lightroom sets this up automatically so that all my controls are on the left monitor and just the image is on the right monitor.  In LR, the program just as it is always seen is on the left monitor and just a full screen image is on my right monitor. I cannot figure out how to do replicate this in Photoshop cc.  Using a Mac Pro.

    R Neil Haugen
    R Neil Haugen
    Legend
    March 14, 2018

    Lightroom & Photoshop are still-image processors ... this forum is for Premiere Pro, a heavy duty video processor.

    The Photoshop forum is here ...

    Photoshop

    Neil

    Everyone's mileage always varies ...
    glaustin
    glaustinAuthor
    Inspiring
    February 14, 2017

    If you get a few minutes after you've used it 'in anger', it would be good to hear how it goes.

    Jogen
    Jogen
    Inspiring
    February 12, 2017

    Hi Graham,

    save your favorite layout to a new workspace in your menu, after restart the windows should stay in position.

    I myself work with two monitors (plus video-out monitor on the right) - and I switch my configuration depending on the job I´m doing, e.g.:

    - for "normal" editing I have on the left monitor all my bins, effect control, effects, media browser, lumetri in tabs,

      on the right one I have source- and timeline-viewers on top of my timeline.

    - for detail-working in tl with a lot of tracks I use my right monitor only for timeline, viewers and bins on the left one.

    With shortcuts you can change quickly from one to another....

    Jo

      glaustin
      glaustinAuthor
      Inspiring
      February 12, 2017

      Thanks, Jo, for sharing that layout.

      R Neil Haugen
      R Neil Haugen
      Legend
      February 13, 2017

      For most of my work, my two monitors are used the same as shooternz, UI on one, the other using the Mercury Transmit option in the Edit/PreferencesPlayback tab is set for full-screen Program monitor.

      For shot-matching within Lumetri, I've got a custom workspace that I built then saved as a custom workspace and put onto the Workspace Bar for easy access. It has a the main UI but without Program monitor on it for the UI monitor, the the better one that I use for playback has a single "panel" with left to right, Source, Reference, and Program monitors on it.The Source is normally as smooshed to the left as I can go as I only use it for Stills reference shots (which I don't use much). The Reference and Program monitors are about the same size, and I'll use the screen controls of each to set them to the part of the screen most crucial to the work at hand, whether that's the entire image or say a face.

      Navigation for the Reference monitor is via the playback timeline controls in that monitor, and I use the main UI timeline area to set the Program monitor to where I'll be working using the Lumetri panel. Click in the Reference monitor tab, the scopes show the image in the Reference monitor; click in the program monitor or the timeline area, the scopes show the program monitor image.

      I've a keyboard shortcut set to toggle Mercury Transmit on/off with a Shift-C combination so if I'm in "normal" working mode the second monitor is clean full-screen Program monitor ... hit Shift-C and toggle for the Shotmatching workspace, I'm in the other working mode.

      Neil

      Everyone's mileage always varies ...
        shooternz
        shooternz
        Legend
        February 12, 2017

        I have my 2 Edit Monitors set up as:

        Monitor 1 - GUI Work Space  ( eg Edit , Color, Custom, Effects, etc...)

        Montor 2 - Full Screen Playback

        One does not need to Undock anything to achieve that... if that is what one wants.

          glaustin
          glaustinAuthor
          Inspiring
          February 12, 2017

          Thanks for that.

          FSlodysko7547253
          FSlodysko7547253
          Inspiring
          February 12, 2017

          I use dual monitors as well, but the only thing I have on my second monitor is the Program panel.  On my "work" monitor, I have the Project Panel in the upper left, connected to the Source and Effects Controls panels next to it.  Underneath, from left to right, are my Tools, Timeline and Audio Meters, respectively.

          If you want to have multiple panels locked in, try dragging the floating panel to the edge of another panel until you see a purple bar.  This bar represents where the selected panel will join with the other panel.  Then, you can adjust entire pane at will.

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