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Using Ultra wide (21:9) monitor for PD
3POINT [Avatar]
Member Location: Germany Joined: Oct 01, 2015 03:52 Messages: 149 Offline
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Has somebody experience in using an ultra wide 21:9 monitor (3440x1440) with PD? Advantages and Disadvantages?
Many thanks in advance for sharing your experience. Recware: DJI Osmo Pocket, GoproHero7Black, PanasonicFZ300/HCX909, Sony PXW-X160.
Software: Vegaspro365+Vegasaur/PowerDirector365
Hardware: i910900k,32GB,GTX2080s, 1920x1200 display
Playware: Samsung Qled QE65Q6FN, Philips 55PFL7108
optodata
Senior Contributor Location: California, USA Joined: Sep 16, 2011 16:04 Messages: 8630 Offline
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It'll work fine and you'll end up with lots of timeline real estate. Here's what PD looks like on a 5K (5120x2160) 21:9 monitor:



With that said, I prefer to run PD on my second (4K) monitor because it's sufficiently large and that frees up my 5K monitor for everything else.
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3POINT [Avatar]
Member Location: Germany Joined: Oct 01, 2015 03:52 Messages: 149 Offline
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Thanks for showing Optodata. 5K looks great but will be also (a bit) too expensive (I just spend 2300 Euro for a i910900k workstation). As you say that you prefer also a 4k, I think I will go for a 28" 4k monitor (16:9).
Just one more question, is it possible on your 21:9 5k monitor to split up the PD view like on a two monitor setup, means full preview on the right side of the monitor and timeline on the left side? Recware: DJI Osmo Pocket, GoproHero7Black, PanasonicFZ300/HCX909, Sony PXW-X160.
Software: Vegaspro365+Vegasaur/PowerDirector365
Hardware: i910900k,32GB,GTX2080s, 1920x1200 display
Playware: Samsung Qled QE65Q6FN, Philips 55PFL7108
optodata
Senior Contributor Location: California, USA Joined: Sep 16, 2011 16:04 Messages: 8630 Offline
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Yes. You can undock the preview window and resize it and the timeline section any way you like:

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optodata
Senior Contributor Location: California, USA Joined: Sep 16, 2011 16:04 Messages: 8630 Offline
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Also the reason I got a 5K 21:9 was because I wanted to be able to see 4K videos at their full resolution so the monitor(s) need(s) to be 2160 pixels high.

With a 21:9 1440px monitor, you'll always see a reduced 4K view while a standard 4K 16:9 2160px monitor will give you the full experience and that might be better overall.

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3POINT [Avatar]
Member Location: Germany Joined: Oct 01, 2015 03:52 Messages: 149 Offline
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Thanks for showing me the possible screen combinations.
I record in 4k but still produce in 2k. On my 65" UHDTV at normal viewing distance, I don't see a difference between the original 4k recording and the downscaled 2k version of it. The downscaled 2k version just looks great despite the less resolution and a bitrate and file size far less then the original recording. So I don't directly see a need to judge the full 4k resolution on my editing monitor. So I'm still considering between a 3840x2160 monitor or a 3440x1440 monitor.

By the way, it seems you have more experience with PD than with cutting a tree....laughing

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Recware: DJI Osmo Pocket, GoproHero7Black, PanasonicFZ300/HCX909, Sony PXW-X160.
Software: Vegaspro365+Vegasaur/PowerDirector365
Hardware: i910900k,32GB,GTX2080s, 1920x1200 display
Playware: Samsung Qled QE65Q6FN, Philips 55PFL7108
optodata
Senior Contributor Location: California, USA Joined: Sep 16, 2011 16:04 Messages: 8630 Offline
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Yeah. Unfortunately that was a family member's house after a tremendous windstorm we had last month. They're in the mountains and winds reached over 80mph/130kph and the top 40+ feet/12m of 2 different redwood trees broke off and destroyed their living room

I have 3 short videos (including the one I used for these screenshots) in this playlist if you're interested.
3POINT [Avatar]
Member Location: Germany Joined: Oct 01, 2015 03:52 Messages: 149 Offline
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I hope for your family member that he wasn"t watching an optodata video production in his living room when this happened. This is a real huge damage to the house and makes it uninhabitable. Hopefully he's also a good insurrance. Recware: DJI Osmo Pocket, GoproHero7Black, PanasonicFZ300/HCX909, Sony PXW-X160.
Software: Vegaspro365+Vegasaur/PowerDirector365
Hardware: i910900k,32GB,GTX2080s, 1920x1200 display
Playware: Samsung Qled QE65Q6FN, Philips 55PFL7108
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