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Great solution for adding 3rd monitor without FCP going nuts!
I just wanted to take a minute and share a something cool I found over the weekend that seems to work well when adding a 3rd monitor to FCP. This all came about for me last week when I wanted to add a 3rd monitor to my suite because I needed more room to edit when editing HD footage (3rd monitor would be dedicated just to bins/logging). First I tried adding a 2nd graphics card but because Apple has not figured out how to make that run bug free in FCP, I had a lot of problems (FXPlugins did not render). Next I tried the Matrox Triple2Go but that would not work for me because I have 2 Apple 23′ Cine Displays and my 3rd monitor that I wanted to add is a non HD monitor. (The triple2go locks onto the highest res monitor and does not you allow to add a lower res monitor).
After all this I found the IOGEAR USB 2.0 External DVI Video Card which seems to really work great. I would not edit video on it or put my timeline in that monitor because it still is running USB 2.0 but it works great as a bin/effect list window. It was under $100 and solved my issue allowing me to have more space without breaking the bank. Check it out:
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Ian,
How do you control which part of your FCP desktop is dispalyed to the third monitor using this device?
David Roth Weiss
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It actually just acts a 3 addition onto your main monitor. After you download the macOSX driver (does not come with it) it shows up in the monitor arrangement in your system preferences for displays as the 3rd monitor . From there you don’t make it your preview monitor. Once it is configured, you just make your arrangement in FCP the way you like and then save the window layout. Hope that helps.
Ian McFarland
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Killswitch Productions
Arlington, MA.
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Very interesting! Thanks.
David Roth Weiss
Director/Editor
David Weiss Productions, Inc.
Los AngelesPOST-PRODUCTION WITHOUT THE USUAL INSANITY ™
A forum host of Creative COW’s Apple Final Cut Pro, Business & Marketing, and Indie Film & Documentary forums.
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It really is a cool product. And I have been through hell trying to figure out how to solve my issue with not a lot of space.
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There are several on eBay right now.
Don’t know the seller, but this one-
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Thanks for this interesting information. One question though, the ebay description calims operating systems Windows XP and Vista only. Does this affect us mac users?
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[Michael Brown] “One question though, the ebay description calims operating systems Windows XP and Vista only. Does this affect us mac users? “
As the OP mentioned, the Mac drivers must be downloaded.
QUOTE (Ian McFarland):
After you download the macOSX driver (does not come with it) it shows up in the monitor arrangement in your system preferences for displays as the 3rd monitor .
You can read more about the units from the manufacturer’s website-
https://www.iogear.com/product/GUC2020DW6/
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Very cool, Ian, thanks for this!
Have your posted this to the applec.om FCP forum? I can do so.bogiesan
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