I am used to work on a twoscreen setup and like to use the second screen as dump place for floating toolwindows. Some tools of DxO could be improved in use by having a float - mount back to original place command and resizeable window. Or like Local Adjustments a possible move it out of the way, pop a floating window.
This is only usefull for those who are on multiple screens or a very big one where you can set it to the side. The 21-9 screens are a example of one screen acting as dual screen.
So a small poll,
1 multiple screens
2 big (4k) one’s
3 no i am on single screen laptop don’t have room for floating toolwindows.
I am on dual screen, old 4:3 17" and a newer 23". Everytime i buy a new pc i throw the oldes away and place the new screen as primary.
Eizo CG2420 main display which self-calibrates
Wacom Cintiq 16 touch screen as secondary display
Arranged so that the desktop extends to the secondary display
Windows 10
NVIDEA GeForce GTX 560 Ti graphics card
I have a single 24", 16:10 aspect ratio, monitor. I would love to attach a second monitor so I could float the palettes on to that. The problem is not hardware, it’s domestic
w.i.f.e.?
That’s why i have two different screens, i buy a new one every new pc. and as with TV’s bigger every time
DELL P2314H (1920x1080@60Hz)
DELL E178FP (1280x1024@60Hz)
i am thinking ahead for when i buy a new system, why would i need a 4k? and most are 27" or bigger at 400,- euro or higher. and a non 4k but 1440p (quad HD) is 299,-
i almost need a bigger desk!
I am not in “the business” so the photorealcolor calibrated highend screens arn’t justifiable.
Working with my 23" as main screen it’s crowed with dxopl’s workpalette on the sides and i use my second as a dump place for webpag. andfoldersearching.
Because floatingcommand isn’t returning with docking command on the same spot, annoying, i am seldom use it. i mostly “close” tabs/palettes by hand and hide filmstrip when i need a bigger “view”
The Bigscreen workers, special the 4K one’s are having a much smaller letter/graphics and thus less % of the screen filled with the tools and other pallettes, ergo more room for the actual image. and it’s covering more image on 1:1 (my camera is 16Mp so nearly 4K native)
On the other hand you need a big 32" to read the words without a loupe
So if most are using a FHD twoscreen setup or a bigggg profi screen then DxOstaff can fix the workspace setup with some new tricks:
float/dock in same origin place and size. (so i can hit float for a bigger view and it float towards my second screen wile “dock” is placing it back on the original spot and size.)
A close all palettes to default button, (you can in and out on workspace to do so but hence a simple button to get this would be great.)
(curious how many are working with a spread out floating palettes setup. lots have there workingspace personalized
But only a few are using a twoscreen setup.
Single screen LG 2750 with color calibration and HD resolution 1920x1080.
When I tried to add under Win 10 a second monitor, it was a disaster. First attempt: a smaller resolution CRT addition scrambled the icons on the main HD monitor. Second attempt: a same resolution 24" HD monitor also scrambled the icons and stretched the background image to 3840x1080 pixel, looks awful. ( in the WIn XP and 7 it was allowed to designate separate background images to each monitor. In Win 10 it is not supported anymore.) Third attempt: add a 4k touchscreen monitor in Extended mode. The worst solution. The TeamViwer images shrink on both monitor to 1/4 size, impossible to read the remote PC content, not configurable anymore; till the next Win 10 restart - without 4k monitor connected. The touch screen function on the main screen active only, in spite of the secondary screen has touch screen capability. I GAVE UP.
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P.S.: I’ve chosen an LG TV, because its color fidelity is usable for photo editing, meanwhile in the top right corner sometimes I can watch TV in the background. It is simple comfort factor. On the other hand, the TVs having more input connector than only monitors. I have 2 HDMI, one SCART and one VGA for other PC connections.
I use a Dell M4800 mobile workstation with a 15.6 inch screen. I packed up all my desktop gear last year to make room in our downsized house we bought after retirement.
27 inch QHD (2560x1440), Win 10 at 100% scaling. Best compromise as you still get a decent size of image when viewing say web photos around 1,000 pix at 100% without having to use 200%+ enlargement.
Two screens - a Dell U2414H which is my main screen, and a Dell E207WFP which is my secondary screen. When using PhotoLab in “Customsie mode” my dual screen setup is to have only the image on the main screen - with all palettes, and the filmstrip, on the secondary screen.
