Count me in as weanting dual monitor support also. I've posted the following feature request to Adobe, since there is some doubt as to whether they read user to user forums.

Dual monitor support wanted

The central pane of LR should be a separate window so it can be dragged onto a second monitor where it can take up the whole screen. This is how I use Photoshop CS2. I am accustomed to being able to see my photos on the whole screen without having to mess around with hiding all the other panels.

It is inexplicable that you didn't do this from the beginning, as it's not that difficult technically.

I agree. I am looking for another solution now because of the lack of dual monitor support. I want to use all 3 of my monitors even. One for thumbnails, one for the photo I am working on, and another for adjustments. This is a basic feature that should be in any photo editing software. Even photoshop has it for hecks sake! Maybe the Lightroom guys could ask them how to do it?

I would agree that multiple monitor support would be a really useful addition to the product. I'm also a Mac user and regularly use Aperture, Photoshop CS3, LightZone and Lightroom user and I run a setup with 2x 30in screens and an additional Cintiq for tablet work.

One mode where Lightroom would be significantly better to use would be an option under library mode to render full screen images on the 2nd monitor as you select individual thumbnails in grid mode.

Being able to relocate the tools would be useful too although I do see that this is a significant design philosophy change for the UI.

The other productivity enhancer would be the ability to render views in develop mode at different zoom levels on each screen, with the ability to straighten, crop, spot or locally select develop settings on any screen and simultaneously update the others. I can do this in PS and Aperture and it makes the Cintiq tablet a superb addition for more delicate work.

I don't think it's necessary to tear the whole UI apart to support these types of features in a future Lightroom version. The fact is that multiple screens are now very common configurations for folks doing image processing. It's also a very common configuration for laptop users these days with secondary larger screens in the office.

Heck, as a software developer I've used multi-screen configurations for too many years than I care to remember. The benefits of this configuration definitely isn't lost on the developers themselves, perhaps it's just the product marketing/product management folks who need punt up the rear to understand that this isn't a nice to have for many of us but is now an established must-have.

So, come on folks, how about it?

Yes, after they colapse if you open one and the another the second one remains open but the first closes. Hence 'Solo Mode'.

You didn't try long enough.

Don
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Well I'll add my vote for dual (or more) monitor support. I just finished a wedding shoot and it would have been very nice to have my control panels open on one screen and my image on the other. Even the slideshow feature doesn't support dual monitors - yet.

But....I really like the work flow and the 1.1 improvements (the red eye removal is killer!) That said, how come is it that that we can't just use this forum to suggest improvements instead of trying to run the company for Adobe? If you don't like the program go buy another one...better yet, develop the 'perfect' program for us.

Stephen

There are 126 messages here and I don't have time to read such an involved thread, but want to STRONGLY add my desire for multimonitor support. The interface is extraordinarily frustrating if one has paid for the extra screen realestate and can't support it. Hope this isn't a trend that Photoshop and the other CS apps will be forced into step with.

I have posted several requests for multiple monitors as well. Version 1.1 did not come with it

I have also asked about being able to view images in the .icc printer profile, just as I do in Photoshop. If the ability is there, if it really is there, please email me, pronto!

Wasted my money!

OS 10.4.10, G5 (NO IBM compatibles in this environment)

Cheers

>Canon software allows dual monitors. Why not LR 1.1?

As a workflow tool do you seriously think that Canon's DDP on two or more monitors is more productive than Lr on one monitor? I would be astonished if that were your view.

It's not a stretch to predict that Lr will support multiple monitors in a future release, but in the meantime spend a few moments to discover how efficient Lr can be used on a single monitor.

You can drag it like that? On my setup, where the right monitor is the principal one (with the menubar), I can't drag Lightroom at all.

John, I imagine you have your Workspace View set to one of the Full Screen modes, in which case you can't drag the window. Set your screen mode to Standard screen mode (Window/Screen Mode/Standard Screen Mode) then you should be able to drag to your second monitor.

The problem is that LR starts up on the primary monitor, so you will have to do this every time you restart it!

Hope that helps!

Tony

And part of building in dual monitor support is to have LR use the proper color management profile for each monitor. On my secondary display (OS=Vista) LR displays the colors as far too over saturated!

Images display correctly on both monitors in PS CS3 but not in LR.

@Richard Earney

I understand that they may want to keep it as strictly a first step in the workflow process but they could make it an option in Preferences where you could allow or not allow CMYK images. That way for those who don't want a "more processed file" in their library they would still have a way to keep it that way. They COULD make everyone happy!

I just saw Lr displayed bright and bold on a friends Dell 24 inch wide screen monitor. Dual monitors are so yesterday :).

Aw, come on guys. Dual monitors have all sorts of practical uses -- think multitasking -- as well as providing a "Utility Space" for parking things from PS or LR separate from the "Image Space".

Single wide-screen monitors are so day-before-yesterday :)!

Tony

Yet another vote for dual monitor support...

Whilst adding my vote, I would also like to offer my workaround. this is acchieved simply by stretching the right hand edge so the right pane is on the second monitor.

When previewing images to clients via a slideshow, I just drag the whole window to the righthand monitor and select the left hand monitor in the slideshow module. (My left hand monitor has a splitter which feeds to a third screen placed in front of the customer).

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The area marked in red displays on the main screen. You can, of course, close off the left hand panel so the image pane occupies the entire screen.

The problem with displaying two modules on different monitors is that LR doesn't respect the color profiles of each monitor. On my vista home premium system LR uses the color profile of the first monitor regardless of which monitor LR is actually posistioned on.

Chris, please note my qualification, "...**two modules** on different monitors", therefore displaying images on each monitor.

Moreover, given the current lack of dual monitor support (and subsequant lack of support for differing color profiles) I can't work with LR on my second monitor.