It's been long enough, right? Let's see your editing rig.

mirkosp · Post by **mirkosp** » Wed Oct 01, 2008 7:37 am

Dual screen improves the workflow a lot. You can keep track of more things in more space at the same time... really does help fastening the editing... and not only that, actually.

Org Profile · Post by **Vlad G Pohnert** » Wed Oct 01, 2008 1:16 pm

I use dual screens (4:3 monitors right now) but I find it helps as I can make on one my preview screen large and have my timetime and menus on the other one. It's expeically helpfull in AE when I doing a lot of masking

Vlad

Knowname · Post by **Knowname** » Wed Oct 01, 2008 4:13 pm

Niwa-kun wrote: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v636/ ... G_0437.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v636/ ... G_0438.jpg

sorry but something about that mouse just screams 'noob'... trackballs are SO much better for editing than evil evil mice. Some ppl find it takes some effort to get used to but it can save your arm

also I'd just imagine it's a HELL of alot easier with the ULTRA high res monitors and dual screens giving 2x the real estate and so on. Other than the fact that newer mice have lazors and TONS of buttons (if your into that sort of thing) you REALLY should give a trackball an EXTENDED trial. Give it a week to a month. You may not like gaming with it, but editing with one is a BREEZE. Get a Kensington. I just wish they made a new trackball in the last decade with lazors... but when editing, lower dpi is actually better as human movements aren't exact (and neither are moving around big vobs on a timeline lol). scroll wheels aren't big on trackballs either, so it's best to get a keyboard with one of those on them.

Pay some attention to your mouse and keyboard, your finger muscles will thank you for it.

Knowname · Post by **Knowname** » Wed Oct 01, 2008 4:16 pm

btw if you like TONS of buttons (and mainstreme os') get the mx revolution. It's not a gaming mouse, but the thumbwheel on it is a thing of BEAUTY

Knowname · Post by **Knowname** » Wed Oct 01, 2008 4:32 pm

Mr Pilkington wrote:Here's some old pics of the editing machine:
the 22" crt is this way ========>
http://216.77.188.54/coDataImages/p/Gro ... obmain.jpg and http://216.77.188.54/coDataImages/p/Gro ... 010308.jpg

stats:
The Ice Box-
Intel T7600 (overclocked)
Aopen 1945GTt-VFA
2GB Corsair Twin
Panasonic UJ-810 Slim Blue-Ray BD-RE
(added recently) 16x DVD-RW
Seagate 100GB 7200 RPM SATA
Seagate 100GB 7200 RPM SATA
Bluetooth headpones (seen in 2nd pic)
Integrated AVID HD Breakout Box (HD video capture)
Dual-boot: Windows Vista Ultimate, Mac OS X (x86 hack)
Software: Avid Liquid Pro, FinalCut Pro, Premiere CS3, Adobe After effects CS3

this freeking owns ^_^ I LOVE mini computers that boogie ;p

Rave_Epic · Post by **Rave_Epic** » Wed Oct 01, 2008 5:19 pm

Knowname wrote:
Niwa-kun wrote: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v636/ ... G_0437.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v636/ ... G_0438.jpg
sorry but something about that mouse just screams 'noob'... trackballs are SO much better for editing than evil evil mice.

So..anyone that uses a standard mouse is a noob?

Knowname · Post by **Knowname** » Wed Oct 01, 2008 6:06 pm

Rave_Epic wrote:
Knowname wrote:
Niwa-kun wrote: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v636/ ... G_0437.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v636/ ... G_0438.jpg
sorry but something about that mouse just screams 'noob'... trackballs are SO much better for editing than evil evil mice.
So..anyone that uses a standard mouse is a noob?

yuck, yes

here's what I use today, note I didn't say 'editing rig' because with only 256mb ram I dare not even TRY to install Premiere on it... ew... no.

the box with lights on it is for 5.1 headphones. Awesome stuff.

and while we're sharing this is the mouse I bought for my momma, check it out it's little xD

just saying there's more too mice than two buttons and a ball, try a bunch of different kinds! it's cheap and good for could be healthy (ie stave off carpal tunnel syndrom or something)

LuluandAuron · Post by **LuluandAuron** » Wed Oct 01, 2008 6:52 pm

Vlad G Pohnert wrote:I use dual screens (4:3 monitors right now) but I find it helps as I can make on one my preview screen large and have my timetime and menus on the other one. It's expeically helpfull in AE when I doing a lot of masking

Vlad

I do the same in AE. But when I'm working in Premiere, I use the one screen for my timeline, and the other for the rest. I find it's helpful if you have to expand a bunch of tracks. My husbands comp has one monitor and if I have to do something on it....I ask him, how can you work like this? I could never go back to just one screen.

Also, dual monitors are great when some comes over that's never seen dual monitor, and they think you have two computers on the same desk. I like to freak them out by grabbing something on my desktop and dragging it to the other monitor LOL I never get tired of the look of amazement on their face, followed by the 'How did you do that?'

mirkosp · Post by **mirkosp** » Thu Oct 02, 2008 5:12 am

LuluandAuron wrote:Also, dual monitors are great when some comes over that's never seen dual monitor, and they think you have two computers on the same desk. I like to freak them out by grabbing something on my desktop and dragging it to the other monitor LOL I never get tired of the look of amazement on their face, followed by the 'How did you do that?'

QFT! It happens to me aswell; every time a friend that hasn't seen how two monitors work comes by and I drag something on the other screen, the reaction is exactly the same! XD

aguelo · Post by **aguelo** » Sat Oct 04, 2008 1:10 pm

This is the first time I post in here (I think

)... Anyways, here's my workspace, please don't mind the mess. Oh, and the AIO printer ran out of ink XD

Right now I'm working on a "new" AMV: it is an old project, which I'm starting again 'cause my PC caught a virus like 2 months ago and I had to format it. I lost all the data, including almost all of the project files