Sony Vegas: How to connect a 2nd monitor for preview ?

ryan_khoo · #1 (**permalink**) 04-04-2008, 06:51 PM

I find that the small preview window is not a true representative of the rendered files when play in full screen. I also find that the preview window is too small. I know that we can resize & make it bigger. However, in doing so, it sacrifices the space for timeline & others

So, I was wondering whether it is possible to connect a 2nd monitor solely for the purpose of previewing while the 1st (ie original) monitor is used solely for editing ?

Is it easy to configure ? What do I have to look out ?

Thanks

Cheers

Grazie · #2 (**permalink**) 04-05-2008, 04:46 AM

Yes, yes it is.

I have a dual output video card and 2 LCD monitors. Screen 1 and Screen 2, setup with S2 as my 2nd Monitor and S1 as an editing workspace. Now, right clicking on the actual Preview screen I can elect to select "Preview Device Preference . . " this leads me to the normal Vegas > Options > Preferences menus. In here I can select the 2nd Monitor setup - and profiles too!! Once done I can then click on the "Preview on External Monitor" (Alt+Shift+4) to convert my S2 to a total Preview screen.

I also have another external production monitor . ...

Grazie

Within Vegas i can

ryan_khoo · #3 (**permalink**) 04-05-2008, 05:12 AM

Originally Posted by Grazie

Yes, yes it is.

I have a dual output video card and 2 LCD monitors. Screen 1 and Screen 2, setup with S2 as my 2nd Monitor and S1 as an editing workspace. Now, right clicking on the actual Preview screen I can elect to select "Preview Device Preference . . " this leads me to the normal Vegas > Options > Preferences menus. In here I can select the 2nd Monitor setup - and profiles too!! Once done I can then click on the "Preview on External Monitor" (Alt+Shift+4) to convert my S2 to a total Preview screen.

I also have another external production monitor . ...

Grazie

Within Vegas i can

Thanks Grazie and it is good to know that Vegas can have dual screen. So I gotta check whether my video card have dual output. Sorry for my ignorance but is this the same as the nVidia GeForce card that I have ?

When you have the 2nd monitor solely for previewing screen, is it in full screen ? And will the preview window in the 1st monitor be freed up & replaced by the timeline (or any other window that we can choose ?)

Another thing I would like to ask is that if connected to 2 monitors, what will happen if I open up an Excel file or MsWord file ? Or when I am surfing the internet ? Will the screen divided into two ? How will it looks like ?

Thanks

Cheers

Dream-Media · #4 (**permalink**) 04-05-2008, 06:08 AM

When you have the 2nd monitor solely for previewing screen, is it in full screen ? And will the preview window in the 1st monitor be freed up & replaced by the timeline (or any other window that we can choose ?)

Another thing I would like to ask is that if connected to 2 monitors, what will happen if I open up an Excel file or MsWord file ? Or when I am surfing the internet ? Will the screen divided into two ? How will it looks like ?Thanks

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) ryan_khoo,

Ryan, you can connect two monitors using two methods one is as Grazie said if you have dual output then theres no problem to connect. If you don't have any there's a setup process that will guide you through the process "How set Dual monitors".

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 Another thing I would like to ask is that if connected to 2 monitors, what will happen if I open up an Excel file or MsWord file ? Or when I am surfing the internet ? Will the screen divided into two ? How will it looks like ?

No, the screen won't get divided.......if you PS converters i mean addons of another mouse and keyboard to your current system then two ppl can work at the same time on a single computer.

ie 1cpu+two monitors+two keyboards+two mouses= Dual Process

Google it to know the process, if you can't then ask me for help..