wacom and dual screen ?

[mime]

Hello everyone

i am using a dual screen setup, and a wacom tablet (A5)

but for now i only use my wacom for my promary screen ... and i would love to know how i could set up my wacom so i could simply switch screen with a shortcut ...

if i set my tablet to the 2 screens , of course the aspect ratio is not keeped ...
for now the only solution i found is to have a shortcut for switching between pen and mouse mode ... so when i want to access my second screen i switch into mouse mode.

i know that a lot of people are using dual screen setups, so if anyone knows the solution to this problem, please share it with us =)


PS : i also tried to see what i could do in the advanced tab, where you can define several areas for the tablet ... i tried to create two area overlapping, with each area corresponding to one of the screen, but same problem, i do not know how to set up a shortcut to switch between those areas ...

[mime]

sorry to bump

but anyone have suggestion about this issue ?

some people here are using dual screen no ? how are you handling that ? one screen on the tablet and you use the mouse to go the the second screen ?

or something else ?

[DragonGX]

Hmm.. I dont know the answer to your problem. I jsut use my wacom on my primary monitor and keep other stuff in the secondary one. I find that it breaks my concentration to paint across more than one monitor..

[mime]

of course i mostly use my primary monitor
but i like to have the tools, layers, and all menus on the second monitor, so i can have my whole promary monitor for the image ...

but with this method i have to switch from stylus to mouse in order to go to the second monitor and use the tools, so it is not really useful ...

[Sig]

I'm a newbee so my solution may not be correct.
I have both of my monitors set to the same resolution, 1280x1024 (one of my monitors is crappy). When I open painter I set the window so that it covers about 1/4 of my left monitor, and my entire right monitor. I set all my pallets on the small sliver of the left monitor (some of them are partially covered up by eachother, but thats okay since the different pallet windows pop up when clicked upon). My right monitor is empty so I can paint upon the entire screen.
Under Wacom tablet properties I have the display range set to (-320,0) by (1280, 1024) to account for the 1/4 space on my left monitor. In order to keep the tablet porportional you then need to "cut off" a portion of the length of the tablet. In my case I needed to set the range to 19506 instead of the default 22859 "counts".
This leaves the bottom 1.5 inches(or so) of my 9x12 tablet unusable in painter--but keeps the rest in porportion and all that good stuff, which I consider more important. The more of the secondary monitor you decide to use, the more you will have to cut way from the bottom of your tablet's usable space--just make sure the ratios are the same.
Sorry if I wrote this in a confusing manner.

[Oblio]

wel.. it seems that i can endure more pain then you guys :)
I have 2 huge monitos and the smallest wacom ever (a pen partner - so old that nothing can be done).
So i keep the tools on one monitor and draw on the other - just adjusting my hand :)
Soon i'll draw on rice seeds due the exercise. I'm looking forward a bigger tablet.

[bbwolf]

Hya.

Do you use Mac or WinPC? I personally have split screen at work with a G4 PowerMac(OS 10.2.2) and at home with a Pentium 3 (Win98) . Both work places equipped with a Wacom Graphwire 2. I simply installed it after setting up the split screens. Then I made sure to set the monitors in the monitor preferences to one and two. It´s important ´cause often the right monitor is powered by the first graphic card. I recognized that cause If I´d move my mouse/pen out of the left screen via the left side, it reappeared at the right side of my right monitor. After I set them up right in the monitor preferences the problem ceased to exist. Wacom projection prefs set to proportional and bingo. Easy to work now. Canvas in the left monitor and tools and inspectors in the right.

[BadMange]

Hmm, I was just fiddling with a second monitor setup w/ my Intuos2 this weekend. Curious... I'd like to know about this as well. Hope someone has an answer!

mime, you didn't post your OS and video card. I run 2000 Pro w/ a Geforce4. I have something called nView and DualView (iirc) from nVidia installed. I also installed a free program called UltraMon (google search), since 2000 doesn't support dual monitors too well. i'm still struggling with the settings, switching between loving it and wanting to put my foot thru both monitors.

Let us know your OS and video card...

-Bad Mange

[ZippZopp]

here is what i do....
i go to the wacom control panel and change the mapping of the tablet. so it covers all of one screen and maybe a 1/6th of the second so i can access my toolbars easily. i lose a little space at the bottom of the tablet due to the aspect ratio, but it works quite well...

the only other suggestion is to stack your monitors vertically, set your tablet to portrait mode and that works like charm.

just in case you were wondering, here is a screenshot of my mapping...


http://www2.trincoll.edu/~czoppi/mapping.jpg

[mime]

thanxs zippzopp

thats a nice workaround :)


i am under windows XP and i have a geforce4 ti

the nView thing from nvidia works well for me, and windows XP doesnt have any issues with it ...

the wacom problem is my only complain

a shortcut to simply switch between both screen witht he wacom would be SOOOO damn good ...
And it wouldnt be hard to do, since you can easily switch screen in the wacom setup ... just a shortcut to do it instantly would be great

[symantix]

Wow, Mime...I think your original method is the best suggestion so far...I just took your idea, and I set the back of my side switch on my pen to toggle my pen between pen mode and mouse mode, and then I set my mouse mode tracking speed to medium slow, and my mouse mode acceleration speed to linear. Now I've got all of my tools on my right monitor, and I'm using all of my left monitor as work space. I have my pen mapped to my left monitor when it's in pen mode. When I want to access my tools, I just hit the side switch on my pen, which is right next to my finger already so it's REALLY quick. With my mouse acceleration and tracking set the way that I have it, it feels almost exactly like the pen-mode, but now I can access my right screen with the touch of a button!

It's funny, you're the guy that started this thread because you wanted to know the best method...but the method you came up with is one I had never thought of, and as far as I'm concerned, it's the best one. Before your idea, I was using the method suggested above, where you map your pad to encompass just a sliver of the secondary screen. But I won't be using that method anymore. Thank for the help! lol... :jump2: