Blaze-sensei
3 discussion posts
Good day.
I've been using this nice pice of software for quite a loooong time now since the first days I started using dual monitors. At first the only function I cared about was the ability to set a wallpaper for each monitor but as of today I use it at almost its full potential however...
I came across something maybe some users have experienced.
In the days before I started using dual or tri-screen setups when I had only a single screen I had the tendency to go to a folder where I put every image I would ever consider to use as wallpaper, right clicked it, selected "Set as desktop wallpaper", minimized the folder windows and stared at the screen, If I didn't liked how it looked or the image didn't gave me the ambient mood I was looking for I kept switching and previewing until I found one that worked for me.
I always liked to somehow try the wallpaper for a few seconds before deciding something that was easily made with a single right click on any image however that was not possible anymore with Windows alone and 2 or more monitors as the image would just repeat on each one and sometimes I just wanted a different one for each (reason I installed D. Fusion in first place)
What I'm suggesting here is if it is possible to add an option to add a context menu entry for common image files for example "Set As Display 1" and "Set as Display 2" Backgorund, or in case you had a lot of screens just a "Set as" option where you could select to which monitor set the image as a wallpaper using default or current settings for that particular monitor already set on the software.
The idea is to simplify it a bit and the less clicks you require the better. I am one person who usually changes wallpapers a lot depending on my personal mood, having wallpaper auto change doesn't work for me as I am the one who want to select the image my mood determines, however when I want to do this I have to
1. Right click the desktop and open up display fusion wall config
2. select which monitor
3. click load and look in the folder i have the image
4. click open
5. then click apply to actually see it, and this takes some quite a lot of time and clicks 5 or more.
The small preview in the wallpaper selection helps but its not always as good as seeing it already applied to your screen. another option could be adding a preview option in the Open Image dialog, for example lets say I already got to the point where I'm browsing the image I want after selecting which screen I want, I could select any Image, hit preview and see it applied to the selected screen, if i don't like it I could just chose another.
The program screen itself wont get in the way, we are speaking of dual+ monitors here so I could just move Display Fusion to another monitor so I could get a full view while I am deciding what image to use in that monitor.
I don't know if its a bit complicated but I had to give up my opinion and idea so I don't know what do you guys think.
Another thing I don't know If I should mention here is Photoshop CS6 X64 has been crashing up Display Fusion since like Ver. 5 beta 7 and it happens more when I'm working with another image window opened on my second screen, if there is another place to report this bug please tell me how to do so. so far the only problem I've been experiencing with the beta versions.
Edit: Oh and before I forget, if adding the options I mentioned is possible is there also a way for display fusion to add an option to add a custom name to a particular screen?, lets say I have a set of monitors connected to a computer but one of these is at the kitchen, i would name it "Kitchen TV" or something like that.
Feb 2, 2013 (modified Feb 2, 2013)
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Blaze-sensei
3 discussion posts
Oh thanks for taking in mind my suggestions, however regarding the crash It was not Photoshop CS6 X64 itself but Displayfusion which was sometimes crashing if I had another document window on another monitor, sometimes It occurred randomly other times when I closed Photoshop with the window still opened on my second screen, what I did last time was add Photoshop to compatibility and disable everything and DisplayFusion never ever crashed again (did that on beta 8 or 9 I think), I haven't tried removing Photoshop from compatibility since that but I will do it and try again and I will post back the report if Displayfusion still crashes.
Feb 12, 2013 (modified Feb 12, 2013)
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Blaze-sensei
3 discussion posts
Regards...
It's been a long time already so sorry for so late replying but also a long time of testing the final version of Displayfusion 5.0 and so far it has been working wonderfully... seems it was a bug with the beta build I had back then, the final version so far has no issues with Photoshop on my side. I've been using it and It hasn't crashed a single time so I guess that problem thankfully died with the beta =)
Mar 6, 2013 (modified Mar 6, 2013)
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Excellent, glad to hear it! Thanks for following up!