#How to use two monitors?
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Hi to all.
Does anybody know how to connect two monitors to my computer so I
can see my last rendered images or anything else in one and use the
other one normally at the same time?
With Thanks
Sus.
>>two monitors…
For 3DS, I think the best way to do this is to render to a separate
frame buffer board. I use an ATVISTA board connected to an NTSC
monitor. This allows the last thing I render to remain on the screen
until I render over it. This way I can refer to the rendered image
while I work on the mesh on the computer's monitor. (Another big
advantage is being able to re-render just a small region of the image
to compare modeling or material changes to what is already on the
screen)
There are a number of frame buffer boards available, such as the Targa and
others which are cheaper than the ATVISTA. I think Gus Grubba recently
mentioned he has a Targa for sale.
>>see my last rendered images or anything else…
The problem with a frame buffer is you cannot easily display "anything else",
if by "anything else" you mean screens and data that normally appears on your
computer monitor. From within 3DS you CAN display any image from your disk as
well as the sample spheres from the Materials Editor.
JKJ
Hi Sus, (sorry John, I lost the original message)
In case you weren't aware of it, check your 3ds.set file to turn "Last
Rendered Image" on. This will allow you to call up your last rendering with
the Render/View/Last command on your VGA monitor. You can't simultaneously
view the image and model, but at least it's there for reference.
I own a Targa+64 framebuffer card like John mentioned. Some of
my output is for video, and the Targa outputs to a regular TV
monitor, which is important for checking for proper NTSC colors,
etc. Even if your not going out to video, it's nice to render to it
because the image stays on the TV monitor until flushed out by
another image. You can also display your F5 Materials Editor spheres
on the framebuffer.
Paul S.
We have been looking at Matrox Impression boards for dual monitor support… I
have used a Targa boards for this purpose for six years:) but we don't need
the $$ video output of these boards.
-Donald