Bezel Gap Adjuster

rctneil · 02-06-2010, 03:05 PM

Hello,
I know you are currently head to tow working on the new fish models and movements but this is just a quick message to see if you have had any more thoughts on how to implement the bezel gap adjuster? If you were having any problems with how to implement it then i'm sure people on here could give you ideas and then you tell us why that wouldn't work and get those ideas refined into a workable solution.

Thanks

Regards,
Neil

Jim Sachs · 02-06-2010, 07:51 PM

I tried a lot of experiments, then Edgar tried some, but every idea caused more problems than it solved.

feldon34 · 02-06-2010, 09:23 PM

Could it just be Registry settings?

Monitor1LeftGap
Monitor1RightGap
Monitor2LeftGap
Monitor2RightGap
Monitor3LeftGap
Monitor3RightGap

Jim Sachs · 02-06-2010, 09:53 PM

That's just how to store the numbers, which is easy. The problem is what to do with those numbers in the program.

feldon34 · 02-06-2010, 11:16 PM

Jog the camera left or right by that number of pixels or units.

I thought the hardest part of the bezel gap coding was figuring out how to allow you to move the "camera" with the keyboard on both screens.

Jim Sachs · 02-07-2010, 12:38 AM

The interface that I had planned was very simple - just use the left-right arrow keys while holding down the CTRL key, and one screen would move back and forth. You'd just set it visually, and the program would remember the setting. But with panning, different resolution for the two screens, different video cards, one screen already up against its limit, more than two screens, etc., the problems grew exponentially.

rctneil · 02-07-2010, 06:23 AM

OK, Thanks Jim

feldon34 · 02-07-2010, 11:58 AM

Which is why you just put a slider in the control panel or a registry setting. Anyway.

Jim Sachs · 02-07-2010, 05:04 PM

After spending weeks on it, I finally had to sit down and calculate the advantages of continuing. I asked myself, "How many people would buy the program if it had a bezel-gap adjustment feature, but who wouldn't buy it otherwise?" One, maybe two?

henemly · 02-11-2010, 10:00 PM

How true.

chillgreg · 08-26-2010, 06:07 PM

No need to build this into your program. The latest version of ATI Catalyst allows this through the Hydravision interface.

Cheers
Greg

philosopher · 08-27-2010, 10:54 AM

And NVidia has this feature now as well (at least for some cards). I'm going to see if I can add the proper driver for this to any of my systems. The drivers I'm currently using don't offer the option.

Here's a link from NVidia's site on how to set up the bezel gap:
http://nvidia.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/n...p?p_faqid=2667

That link came from this page about their 3D Vision features:
http://www.nvidia.com/object/3d-visi...echnology.html

02-06-2010, 03:05 PM	#1
rctneil Registered Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 239	Bezel Gap Adjuster Hello, I know you are currently head to tow working on the new fish models and movements but this is just a quick message to see if you have had any more thoughts on how to implement the bezel gap adjuster? If you were having any problems with how to implement it then i'm sure people on here could give you ideas and then you tell us why that wouldn't work and get those ideas refined into a workable solution. Thanks Regards, Neil

02-06-2010, 07:51 PM	#2
Jim Sachs Developer Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Southern Oregon Posts: 9,791	I tried a lot of experiments, then Edgar tried some, but every idea caused more problems than it solved. Jim Sachs Creator of SereneScreen Aquarium

02-06-2010, 09:23 PM	#3
feldon34 Forum Administrator Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Rock Hill, SC Posts: 10,939	Could it just be Registry settings? Monitor1LeftGap Monitor1RightGap Monitor2LeftGap Monitor2RightGap Monitor3LeftGap Monitor3RightGap "Journalism is printing what someone else does not want printed. Everything else is public relations." - George Orwell "If voting changed anything, they'd make it illegal." - Emma Goldman

02-06-2010, 09:53 PM	#4
Jim Sachs Developer Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Southern Oregon Posts: 9,791	That's just how to store the numbers, which is easy. The problem is what to do with those numbers in the program. Jim Sachs Creator of SereneScreen Aquarium

02-06-2010, 11:16 PM	#5
feldon34 Forum Administrator Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Rock Hill, SC Posts: 10,939	Jog the camera left or right by that number of pixels or units. I thought the hardest part of the bezel gap coding was figuring out how to allow you to move the "camera" with the keyboard on both screens. "Journalism is printing what someone else does not want printed. Everything else is public relations." - George Orwell "If voting changed anything, they'd make it illegal." - Emma Goldman

02-07-2010, 12:38 AM	#6
Jim Sachs Developer Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Southern Oregon Posts: 9,791	The interface that I had planned was very simple - just use the left-right arrow keys while holding down the CTRL key, and one screen would move back and forth. You'd just set it visually, and the program would remember the setting. But with panning, different resolution for the two screens, different video cards, one screen already up against its limit, more than two screens, etc., the problems grew exponentially. Jim Sachs Creator of SereneScreen Aquarium

02-07-2010, 06:23 AM	#7
rctneil Registered Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 239	OK, Thanks Jim

02-07-2010, 11:58 AM	#8
feldon34 Forum Administrator Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Rock Hill, SC Posts: 10,939	Which is why you just put a slider in the control panel or a registry setting. Anyway. "Journalism is printing what someone else does not want printed. Everything else is public relations." - George Orwell "If voting changed anything, they'd make it illegal." - Emma Goldman

02-07-2010, 05:04 PM	#9
Jim Sachs Developer Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Southern Oregon Posts: 9,791	After spending weeks on it, I finally had to sit down and calculate the advantages of continuing. I asked myself, "How many people would buy the program if it had a bezel-gap adjustment feature, but who wouldn't buy it otherwise?" One, maybe two? Jim Sachs Creator of SereneScreen Aquarium

02-11-2010, 10:00 PM	#10
henemly asdf Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Hiko, CommieFagnia Posts: 278	How true.

08-26-2010, 06:07 PM	#11
chillgreg Registered User Join Date: Aug 2010 Posts: 1	No need to build this into your program. The latest version of ATI Catalyst allows this through the Hydravision interface. Cheers Greg

08-27-2010, 10:54 AM	#12
philosopher Registered Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 86	NVidia Too! And NVidia has this feature now as well (at least for some cards). I'm going to see if I can add the proper driver for this to any of my systems. The drivers I'm currently using don't offer the option. Here's a link from NVidia's site on how to set up the bezel gap: http://nvidia.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/n...p?p_faqid=2667 That link came from this page about their 3D Vision features: http://www.nvidia.com/object/3d-visi...echnology.html Sincerely, S. Justin Gengo "Out of chaos comes order." Nietzsche