Multi-Screen Module
The Multi-Screen module allows you to extend your projection from one screen to two or three screens.
Refer to the Matrox Configuration page for details on setting up a Matrox DualHead2Go or TripleHead2Go. This page will assume that your computer and hardware have been properly configured.
Once you have enabled the Multi-Screen module, you can select either Dual Screen or Triple Screen from the drop-down menu.
The Multi-Screen Module allows you to use one default configuration, or to create multiple layout cues that can change the layout on demand. To create a new layout, click on the plus button and name the new layout. Select a layout and press the Delete key to remove a layout. These layouts can be used by right-clicking on slide thumbnails and selecting the cue from the “Add Multi-Screen Setting Cue”.
The options not he right half of this preference menu allow you to designate which elements are shown on which screen. Use the Alternative Template (“Alt Template”) to apply a Template to specific screens so that your text can be reformatted just on those screens (for lower thirds, for example).
If you have certain elements in a template and they don’t exist in the Alt. Template (e.g., Text Reveal settings), those won’t be used. So if the certain screen is doing a text reveal, but the Alt Template on the side screens doesn’t have a text box with the same Text Reveal setting enabled, the full text will be shown immediately.
Once you have create the layouts that you want to use, you’re ready to go. If you create multiple layouts, the one that is selected will be the one that is used by default. If you want to change to a different layout on cue, right-click on a slide and select the appropriate layout from the Multi-Screen cue menu.
Selecting Tile next to video with cause your video or graphic to be shown on each of the three screens. Leaving this box unchecked will extend the same video or graphic all the way across your attached displays.
DVD clips can only be shown on one screen. Due to how DVDs are played we aren’t able to provide any additional control over the positioning of DVD playback. Web pages will be shown stretched across all three screens. The Multi-Screen module doesn’t affect the Stage Display and both can be used simultaneously.
Masks can be used with a Multi-Screen set up, but you will need to create a custom sized Mask layer sized to your output resolution. To do this, open the Mask module, click on the Edit button, click on the Document Properties tab, and enter a custom size for the resolution.