Dual Monitors......A great thing to have??? - Page 2

Complex UV Layout in Maya

Over the last couple of years UV layout in Maya has changed for the better. In this course we're going to be taking a look at some of those changes as we UV map an entire character

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# 16 12-07-2003 , 01:59 AM

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You can go into your display properties and swith to a single monitor, takes seconds. As for Windows stretching, you can disable windows spanning across monitors. This works for the most part but some apps seem to over ride it.

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# 17 12-07-2003 , 02:00 PM

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Heehee... I'm using one of Apple's widescreen Cinema Displays. Talk about luxury.

Though I do know a woman who bought two of the 23" Cinema's and has them sitting side-by-side on her desk. What for? Checking email, of course.... user added image

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# 18 12-07-2003 , 02:06 PM

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a couple guys at work use Dual... Pretty cool.

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# 19 12-07-2003 , 02:48 PM

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Regarding maya, what types of layouts are you guys using with dual monitors? When I built my current box, I thought of going the dual route because I know for my audio work, it's very handy....have my audio/sequencing arrangement window in one monitor and all my faders, fx routing, and plugins on the other.

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# 20 12-07-2003 , 10:52 PM

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i have a dual..
but i dont know how to set up maya for it..
can anyone help?
and yes dual is very very helpfull user added image

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# 21 12-07-2003 , 10:59 PM

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Well, Couldnt you just scale maya into one monitor and move all of the rest of the stuff you want to work with (attrib. editor, etc.) into the other screen???

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# 22 13-07-2003 , 01:57 AM

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It depends on what graphics card you're using. If it's Nvidia and you have Nview installed, in the options you can disable Window spanning across monitors. Now the main application opens on one monitor, you then reposition all the other windows on your second monitor. When you close Maya, your setup is saved for next time.

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# 23 13-07-2003 , 06:01 AM

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That would be nice. I have gotta try this out.

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# 24 13-07-2003 , 01:52 PM

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sure i got nvidia
but former when i used XSI
i could download a special layout from say some xsi site..
and then it would have a real nice setup all rdy and great for use..
anything like that for maya? user added image

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# 25 13-07-2003 , 04:09 PM

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Not that i'm aware of. Maya is very easy to lay out just as you like anyway with dual monitors. XSI is another matter. I remember being sent the XSI experience CD about a year ago and i couldn't prevent it spanning both monitors. I guess that's why you need to download layouts for XSI to play nicely.

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