gemwin on second screen or projector

Reply to gemwin on second screen or projector on Sat, 07 May 2016 05:53:28 GMT

cwp — Sat, 07 May 2016 05:53:28 GMT

Hey all,

I'm trying to get my gemwin fullscreen on either an external monitor or projector (extended desktop). Any tips on how to do this properly -- I'm using a 13inch 2012 Macbook Pro. Anyone able to explain how to do this?

My efforts have been unsuccessful--perhaps I'm using offsets and aspect ratios incorrectly. Any help would be much appreciated!

Thanks!
-CP

Reply to gemwin on second screen or projector on Sat, 07 May 2016 11:23:04 GMT

alexandros — Sat, 07 May 2016 11:23:04 GMT

On a mac "fullscreen 2" should work without needing to specify offsets. I've used it in the past and it worked fine iirc...

Reply to gemwin on second screen or projector on Sat, 07 May 2016 20:20:42 GMT

cwp — Sat, 07 May 2016 20:20:42 GMT

@alexandros and everything scales up proper so long as you're in the same aspect ratio?

Reply to gemwin on second screen or projector on Sun, 08 May 2016 16:18:55 GMT

alexandros — Sun, 08 May 2016 16:18:55 GMT

sorry, not sure about this detail. I guess you'll have to try for yourself...

Reply to gemwin on second screen or projector on Mon, 09 May 2016 08:45:59 GMT

cwp — Mon, 09 May 2016 08:45:59 GMT

@alexandros gave it a shot via projector. Thank you for the [fullscreen 2] tip== definitely works!

...however everything is slightly stretched wide and also clips off both edges of the gemwin--as though gemwin's fullscreen is beyond 16:9. Happen to have any ideas about this?

I've tested all of the available aspect ratio settings in the projector, but they all remain It's odd because all other items appear in the correct aspect ratio. It's only gemwin that's askew. I'll just keep trying some things out.

And thank you for all your help alexandros.
-cp

Reply to gemwin on second screen or projector on Mon, 09 May 2016 09:08:44 GMT

whale-av — Mon, 09 May 2016 09:08:44 GMT

@cwp Hello.......... You probably want the gemwin over-scanned so as to lose the bounding box. It might help to "shift-key+drag" feed numbers to the middle inlet (horizontal) of [rectangle] while leaving the gemwin at the same ratio? You could then automate that with the outlets of the image object, or simply set [rectangle] permanently with numbers that scale correctly.
David.

Reply to gemwin on second screen or projector on Mon, 09 May 2016 15:38:58 GMT

cwp — Mon, 09 May 2016 15:38:58 GMT

@whale-av Hey david... thank you for the input! I don't know if I entirely understand how to apply it myself --So I should throw a [rectangle] into the current gemwin and then adjust its size by eye until I find the correct proportions and thus apply these proportions to my [pix_texture]-->[rectangle] s? Also what do you mean when referring to "over-scanned so as to lose the bounding box"? Sorry for noobin out.

I'm currently using [pix_info] to inform [rectangle] dimensions via [pix_texture] in order to both scale-down and retain the aspect ratio of the original images, since all are different. I developed without a projector, in a smaller gemwin with 16:9 dimensions and everything looked great while using this scaling/aspect-ratio-retention patch. What'd ya think?

Reply to gemwin on second screen or projector on Mon, 09 May 2016 16:40:23 GMT

cwp — Mon, 09 May 2016 16:40:23 GMT

@cwp OK, so instead of using [fullscreen 2], i just ended up sending [gemwin] the resolution dimensions of the projector and created a free-standing window that can be pulled to the extended desktop. Tried using [menubar -1], however not working.

Reply to gemwin on second screen or projector on Mon, 09 May 2016 17:36:39 GMT

whale-av — Mon, 09 May 2016 17:36:39 GMT

@cwp To get rid of the menu bar in osx you have to disable "displays have separate spaces". Sorry I don't use osx so its hard to help...... are you still having trouble with the scaling?
David.

Reply to gemwin on second screen or projector on Mon, 09 May 2016 19:15:50 GMT

cwp — Mon, 09 May 2016 19:15:50 GMT

@whale-av no problem, david. menubar gone--excellent. thank you for reminding me. I had forgotten about that little finicky setting.

new issue: bar on gemwin window remains. I got it to disappear once using [border 0], but this then creates the new issue of not being able to grab and move gemwin to the extended desktop. think i can i resolve this using offset message to gemwin?

Reply to gemwin on second screen or projector on Tue, 10 May 2016 13:55:26 GMT

alexandros — Tue, 10 May 2016 13:55:26 GMT

I guess offset would help in your situation. Just check your main screen's resolution and apply its X axis as an X offset when you create the gem window. It sounds like it would work..

Reply to gemwin on second screen or projector on Tue, 10 May 2016 15:38:05 GMT

cwp — Tue, 10 May 2016 15:38:05 GMT

@alexandros ok, thanks alexandros. not in front of the projector right now but ill give it a go. much appreciated for the confirmation.

Reply to gemwin on second screen or projector on Tue, 10 May 2016 18:56:51 GMT

alexandros — Tue, 10 May 2016 18:56:51 GMT

Haven't tried it, but I think that if you use offset, then instead of using "fullscreen" you'll might need to use the dimensions of the projector instead. If someone knows that this is not the case, please correct me.

Reply to gemwin on second screen or projector on Wed, 11 May 2016 15:37:25 GMT

cwp — Wed, 11 May 2016 15:37:25 GMT

@alexandros I've got the projection dimensions in there: that looks good. now just going to give offset a shot. I'll report back asap.