Vegas dual monitors split view

[Rob Franks]

yes.

On my setup I run dual 26 inch wide screen monitors stacked one over the other. As seen in my screen shot I have the lower screen devoted to the time line and the rest on the upper monitor.
https://i616.photobucket.com/albums/tt245/Bob_sanders/color.jpg

You are not limited to 2 monitros either. you can run 3 or 4 if you wish.

[Frank Iarossi]

Thanks Rob,
Did you just stretch the seen across the 2 monitors, or actually divide the the program into 2 pieces? If it’s divided, how did you do it? Options? Tools?

Thanks a lot,

Frank

[Rob Franks]

You can set it up pretty much any way you want. Vegas (pro) operates on the windows principle with the windows system. Each component is dockable/undockable, and operates as a window. So you simply “extend” your desktop in windows preferences, undock your Vegas components (preview, time line, trimmer… etc) and set them up where ever you want them. Each window is resizable to what ever you want (that includes the preview monitor).

Vegas (pro) includes up to 10 memory slots for you to store (and recall) your various layouts. I have a layout for video editing, a layout for preview, a layout for audio editing… etc.. etc. You can recall and switch to any of your stored layouts on the fly without interrupting your work at all

It’s an extremely versatile and powerful part of Vegas tha lets you work in optimum conditions no matter what phase of the editing process you are presently at.

[Terry Esslinger]

Of course, I believe you need a video card that will support multiple monitors (sheepish smile)

[Rob Franks]

Most if not all vid cards are coming pretty much standard with dual heads. It’s running on tri and quad monitors that presents more of a problem these days. XP would allow you to run multiple vid cards of any kind because it could handle running more than one driver at a time. In Vista and Windows7 however your vid cards must be exactly the same because they will only run one set of drivers. Advancement? I would argue…. NOT!

[Frank Iarossi]

Rob,
Thanks very much. Although I only tried this method with 1 monitor on my home pc I was able to grab the mixer, effects, etc and drag them off of the screen so I know I will see them on my second monitor when I get back to the studio. I have been wanting to do this for a long time but just got the second monitor as a Christmas present. I really appreciate your help. Happy New Year!!

Peace,

Frank

[Frank Iarossi]

Thanks. My video card has an analog and dv output so I added the second monitor using the dv out. It works great! I can’t wait to get back over to the studio to make it work.

Peace,

Frank