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noob monitor setup question
i’m setting up a new system with two graphics cards and four monitors.
the intent is to use three across the bottom, left for resources (browser,
etc.), center for timeline, right for peripheral (safari, filemaker, etc.).
the hope is to be able to set our 31″ cinema display above these three as
a dedicated monitor for the canvas or another form of exclusive viewing
of the timeline output. still getting other things worked out (like
networking) but the couple of times i’ve tried to set the top monitor for
output fcp keeps reverting to one of the lower ones for this type of
preview (full screen, no windows). just a guess but it seems it might be
related to where the monitor is plugged in? which card has priority? is
there some trick to getting the system set up as i’ve described? any tips,
guidance, or links are apreciated.thanks,
BabaG -
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BabaG,
Geez, why so many monitors? Plus, two graphics cards just seems unnecessary. What about an NTSC monitor? That’s what you really need to judge color and adjust properly.
Take a look at the Matrox MXO which can feed multiple monitors without tieing up a slot.
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thought it was clear:
monitor 1 = fcp assets, workspace
monitor 2 = fcp timeline
monitor 3 = peripheral software (openoffice, safari, filemaker, etc)
monitor 4 = timeline outputsystem is already in place. i just need to be able to get the timeline
to default to the cinema display rather than one of the others as it
currently seems to want to do. is fcp capable of defining monitor
usage in a greater than dual monitor setup?thanks,
BabaG
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