Re: FLASH: Flash development with multiple monitors? 2? 3?

[Marc Hoffman, Poison Dart Frog Media]

At 09:46 AM 2/2/00 , you wrote:

>My boss just stopped by and said that our department is about to send

>several pc's to surplus.  Since we are getting nothing for them anyway, we

>were wondering if there would be any benefit to keeping the video cards and

>monitors for our Flash development work and running multiple displays from a

>single pc.  We are currently using Dell XPS-450 pc's running Windows '98.

>We would be adding the older cards and displays to these systems.


Sure it's worthwhile. Know, however, that Win98 doesn't support every video 

card in a dual configuration, so they may or may not work, or you might 

find an inexpensive card that does work for a second monitor. It need not 

be high-res, even if you can keep your timeline on the smaller screen you 

will find it helpful. That's how I most often use it. I also keep Windows 

Explorer on the second monitor to watch file size and to open .swf's 

directly or drag them into a browser. I use a small (14") monitor to see 

how things will look at that size in a browser running at 800x600 or 

smaller. I highly recommend you try to make this work for you, it's a great 

tool for saving time and for testing purposes.


Marc Hoffman


Poison Dart Frog Media: Specializing in Flash Animation and Digital Audio 

Production

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