wacom + dual displays 1010 Responses

Last post: 4 months, 2 weeks ago | Thread started: Jul 9, 08, 3:49 p.m.

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• horton

  anyone with experience, comments, tips... before i go investing time and money into connecting a 2nd display.

  how's this work? i've got a 9x12 intuos3, so am i basically going to be limited to using a wide strip (ex. maybe 5x12) of the tablet surface to represent 2 screen side by side? seems like a waste.

  haven't found much info via google.

  Jul 9, 08, 3:49 p.m. – Permalink

• colab

  I use 2 screens with a 9x12 and it's fine. If you want you can limit it to one screen for illustration work and use the mouse for the 2nd screen. But really I like it with the 2 screens.

  • x2– moldero

  

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  Dog-earJul 9, 08, 3:51 p.m. – Permalink

• djurizen

  Same here... no problems at all. 9x12 w/ 2screens... in wacom prefs, you just map the surface to spread across the two screens... it utilizes the entire width and height of the tablet and maps it across the width of 2 screens as well as the height, which doesn't change.

  

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  Dog-earJul 9, 08, 3:55 p.m. – Permalink

• horton

  so how is it mapped across 2 screens? like i said above?

  • sorry i posted b4 2nd reply– horton

  

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  Dog-earJul 9, 08, 3:55 p.m. – Permalink

• horton

  so if i map 9x12 to match 2 screen without forced proportions, aren't my drawings going to be really distorted?

  like if i draw a circle i'll get an oval?

  

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  Dog-earJul 9, 08, 3:57 p.m. – Permalink

• hektor911

  Hello guys what size would you recommend for a 20" inch screen.
  the IMAC screen? Let me know I've been thinking in getting one!

  • i love my 9x12.. if you like to draw go big... but if your just doing photo retouch you'd be ok a size smaller.– horton1/2

    + it feel nice to actually have to move my arm to navigate across the screen, rather than just a wrist rotation.– horton2/2

  

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  Dog-earJul 9, 08, 4:01 p.m. – Permalink

• djurizen

  I am not exactly sure about the oval thing... you have a point, but all I can say is that once you map it out in prefs, it takes about 10 seconds to get used to, and you never think about it again. In prefs, you get a view of 2 boxes representing the screens, and you have an outline marquee that represents the spread of the wacom... you just expand it to your desire, across both squares or one... and it maps the tablet accordingly.

  • ah ok makes sense.. so once the 2nd display is connected the prefs will change accordingly. thx.– horton

  

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  Dog-earJul 9, 08, 4:06 p.m. – Permalink

• djurizen

  here's the screengrab of prefs if it helps....

  

  • great thx.. sounds positive, i'll continue with plans to connect the 2nd display.– horton

  

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  Dog-earJul 9, 08, 4:12 p.m. – Permalink

• ifeltdave

  I use my wacom in mouse mode, am I the only one?

  • yes– ribit1/5

    yes
    – horton2/5

    of course– Point53/5

    i use mine mostly for navigation, but i use the pen if that's what you mean– jkmohr4/5

    I used it in mouse mode a few years ago... stop that now! You won't regret it...– joqui5/5

  

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  Dog-earJul 9, 08, 5:06 p.m. – Permalink

• mrbee2828

  I have mine mapped like the above and have had it like that for the past 4 years. Basically your tablet is a bit distorted but after a few days you get totally used to it. I'm upgrading to the newer widescreen format but even with that, a second monitor distorts the surface area. They don't make a double wide so the difference has to come in somewhere.

  

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  Dog-earJul 10, 08, 5:58 a.m. – Permalink

• mrbee2828

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  • damn.. the space killed it– mrbee2828

  

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  Dog-earJul 10, 08, 5:59 a.m. – Permalink