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Screen Resolution for editing
Hello fellow CC’ers. I have a 19″ Samsung SyncMaster 955df moniter and run it at 1600×1200 resolution. It is great for when I edit in After Effects and Premiere Pro…but when trying to read text on website and in other applications, it is often very hard due to the text size being so small. I was wondering what resolutions/moniter size others use and and possible solutions to my problem.
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7 Replies
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Try a 21 inch at 1920×1080 and you’ll really start thinking you are getting old…
I think as more HDTV sets roll out, many people will also start buying wide screens for there computers and go to higher resolutions. Then web designers will start adapting their font sizes as well, but most still design for 1024×768, or even 800×600, still it will probably be a few years.
I make a big use of the mouse wheel while holding the Ctrl key to increase or decrease font sizes on websites. Of course that only works if the designer was nice enough to allow it, and then there are the flash sites.
If you donwload the latest version of internet Explorer 7.0 (Sill a beta but seems pretty stable), it will allow to zoom an entire page including images to a custom size, which is designed for people just like you and me 😉
Cheers,
Vince
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I use 1280X1024 on each of two 17″ monitors. Smaller than that would probably be a problem. I aseem 1600X1200 on an expensive 19″ monitor that looked pretty good though.
Steven
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1600×1200 is not advisable for a 19″ monitor. I run my 19″ Sony CPD-G400 (very high quality monitor) at 1280×1024 and that’s just about right.
Instead of trying to cram too much information for your monitor to display on it, instead try getting a cheap second monitor and run a dual-display desktop. No eyestrain, and you get more pixels anyway. 1600×1200 = 1920000 pixels; 1280×1024 * 2 = 2621440 pixels. TigerDirect has 19″ LCDs for $130… (granted, the color quality of those might not be great, but hopefully you’re not going to use them for color work, and/or have an external broadcast monitor for proofing video…)
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Well, the last time I tried daul displays with preimerepro , I remembert that it didnt work very well. Granted that was with Premire Pro 1.0. I may look into getting a second display, but as a high school student it is not a priority. Also as an avid video game player, Dual screens can get annoying (atleast in my own experience)
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I use two monitors, and I can’t imagine going back to just one. There is nothing that says you must use two when you play games. But for editing, Premiere Pro works great on two monitors.
Steven
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I think I read before that you needed to use the horizontal span mode with premire and drag it across to the other screen. is it stil lthat way, or can you simply drag things to the other screen now?
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You can drag all of the windows to the other screen. However, I highly recommend you arrange various workspaces which include having the main window cover both monitors. There are a few advantages to the new system once you get used to it. Fliiping back and forth between workspaces is pretty handy.
Steven
https://www.stevengotz.com
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