jabulani jonny
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Hey guys,
I found this trick last year and I absolutely love it for maximizing desktop real estate in my recording software. I've tried the virtual desktop route and it's not as friendly as this. This is by far the best way I've found to be able to view your Project Window, your Mixer, your Channel settings and everything else you want to "see" while working.
http://www.notebookforums.com/thread112610.html
This link shows you how to do it for nVidia based video cards, but I'm sure it can be done with ATI as well. First off, the best thing is to go get an updated video driver from www.laptopvideo2go.com. There's a quickstart guide there that will hand-hold you through the process. It's stupid easy so don't worry.
Download the Driver and their modded INF file and install it following the directions in their quickstart guide at laptopvideo2go. Their modded INF has higher resolutions than what your default settings are. At that point you just go in the nVidia control panel under Screen Resolutions and add some custom resolutions. The best way to find out what you can add is to open up that modded INF file with Notepad and check out the resolutions that are after your computers default resolution. Once you add these custom resolutions they will be quickly and easily available by clicking the nVidia icon in the taskbar, or by going through your Display Properties.
I added 2048x1280, 2560x1600 and 3840x2400 to mine. Talk about some real estate! Now, when I go into my recording software of choice, I just click on the nvidia task bar icon, Screen resolution and choose whichever one I want. It changes over to the new resolution and you just mouse around to pan to the other areas of the screen.
This is crazy easy and crazy effective. Try it out you won't be sorry.
Jonathan
I found this trick last year and I absolutely love it for maximizing desktop real estate in my recording software. I've tried the virtual desktop route and it's not as friendly as this. This is by far the best way I've found to be able to view your Project Window, your Mixer, your Channel settings and everything else you want to "see" while working.
http://www.notebookforums.com/thread112610.html
This link shows you how to do it for nVidia based video cards, but I'm sure it can be done with ATI as well. First off, the best thing is to go get an updated video driver from www.laptopvideo2go.com. There's a quickstart guide there that will hand-hold you through the process. It's stupid easy so don't worry.
Download the Driver and their modded INF file and install it following the directions in their quickstart guide at laptopvideo2go. Their modded INF has higher resolutions than what your default settings are. At that point you just go in the nVidia control panel under Screen Resolutions and add some custom resolutions. The best way to find out what you can add is to open up that modded INF file with Notepad and check out the resolutions that are after your computers default resolution. Once you add these custom resolutions they will be quickly and easily available by clicking the nVidia icon in the taskbar, or by going through your Display Properties.
I added 2048x1280, 2560x1600 and 3840x2400 to mine. Talk about some real estate! Now, when I go into my recording software of choice, I just click on the nvidia task bar icon, Screen resolution and choose whichever one I want. It changes over to the new resolution and you just mouse around to pan to the other areas of the screen.
This is crazy easy and crazy effective. Try it out you won't be sorry.
Jonathan