No mention of the feature "Prevent Window Deactivation (keeps game windows focused)"? I think that's the most important part of this software. You can play a game in fullscreen (not windowed), hit the shortcut key followed by alt+tab, and it simply releases the mouse to allow you to control another monitor without minimizing the game or black-screening (it keeps the game focused).
This. Is. So. Necessary if you use two or more monitors. I cannot physically understand why it does not do that by default. I will get this program solely for that function, holy shit. Thank you for mentioning it.
Joel Jacobs Yeah I got this program solely for that feature and it does so much more. I can't recommend it enough for multi-montitor setups. I have the shortcut set to "Ctrl + I" to keep the game window in-focus. For some games, I've found that you have to first bring up the Steam overlay, and then you you're able to use the shortcut to keep the window focused.
I was so used to Linus doing these videos for about 4 years. Seeing Slick do the videos feels surprisingly natural though. He does a great job with explaining everything and I feel that the only the Linus improves upon Slick's videos is his (hopeless yet entertaining) comedy. Great job Slick you are great at these videos and I want to see more!
This was a really cool video! I never even knew this existed and really have wanted something like this for sooo long! Thanks so much for making it! And good job Slick, your videos are getting better and better!
That fullscreen dragging functionality is insanely useful for me.. I'm running on 3 monitors and find myself tossing stuff left and right from FireFox all the time.. very nice. Love displayfusion.
i've been using this for over a year, great stuff. this is the best solution i found for my dual monitor setup, its extremely easy to set up and use. great review :))
I set up a macro on my mouse as the same key combination as moving windows to the next window which makes opening a window and switching it to a different monitor super quick. Love this software! A must have for multiple monitors.
The fullscreen + working on something in a different screen is called "Borderless Windowed". More and more games support it nowadays, but for the games that don't, there's enough small tools that can force a game from windowed to windowed borderless / windowed fullscreen
THANK YOU! I've been searching for software to allow me to save open window layouts for months now! Grabbed display fusion as soon as I saw this and I love it so far! Managing 4 monitors was becoming a nightmare...
After some fast research (similar things): there is Zbar got some of the same features and ATIs CCC had some options to help with multimonitor setups. (nVidia got something similar to the CCC, but i can't find if it is only for Quadro or not)
I would say you did the video excellently Slick! Only thing I think you guys should add is transitions between clips... makes videos feel more "fluid"... and stuff....
Just like the others, it is a setting in Display Fusion, if I remember right its a contextual menu off of the taskbar or in the system tray icon under settings.
This video was great, and so is Display Fusion. I highly suggest it to anyone that uses Windows 7, it isn't as helpful on Windows 8, but still a welcome addition.
Any chance of a link to where we could find these kinda keyboard shortcuts? I would love to be able to have certain applications open specially on certain monitors with a certain size etc
What monitor was used in this video? Can you guys make a guide for a multi monitor setup? Or at least a dual monitor. Can't make up my mind if I should get 2x 24" IPS or 1x 27"/32" IPS
Yes, with some games you can do it, just with the default windows settings, others you might have to make the game "windowed", But not all games, there's a free program called UltraMon, a lighter version of what they reviewed, that fixes the games that doesn't work with a desktop on another monitor :) Hopes this helps you :P
Display Fusion's window snapping is INCREDIBLY USEFUL when you have multiple monitors with windows you keep open all the time (sticky notes, steam chat, CoreTemp, etc.)
Awesome! I was looking for a tool like that and I'll definately go for it as soon as it's on sale. One question, though. The footage looks kind of laggy in this video. Is this just due to the recording or does it actually slow down windows that much.
The most important question is: Can the program lock the screen you are gaming on, so that you can go back and forth between both screens while gaming in fullscreen?
If you can play the game in windowed mode you would for sure, however fullscreen games most of the time won't allow your mouse to go anywhere, and will probably take all screens as soon as they detect them
Dude, don't speak for all of us. I personally would like Linus to make some money so he can feed his baby. His vids are some of the best and I love the way he cuts through the myths and bullsh*t that is rampant on TH-cam. Keep up the great content Linus!
The auto maximize feature would be more useful if you had your monitors in any sort of vertical configuration. I have 2 side by side and one centered above for video editing; windows only maximize by taking them to the top of the monitor for my monitor that I have on top.
Vaguely remember in a video somewhere where Linus/LMG staff were taking the piss out of him for being woefully bad at French despite having a French surname.
Did either of you watch the entire video? He does mention that Display Fusion is aimed towards Windows 7 users. But that there are also some features for 8.
Does it work when you have an eyefinity setup? For example, when I like to maximise a window, instead of doing this on 1 monitor, it opens on the full length of the 3 that I have, and that's kind of annoying
My openSUSE installation does this already. Another reason to why many Linux distros are a better experience then what Windows provides. Many Linux distros also provide more "power user" functionally without having to modify the system files or download additional replacement software. For gaming I can generally use Wine to allow for windows games or Steam. If games do not run the best I can always switch to Windows 7 in 15 seconds, so I don't mind.
Will this program let me game in one monitor and have an active desktop in other monitor? Like some times I just want like my skype, email and facebook in one monitor and gaming in the other with out my mouse having to move to the other screen while gaming but still be able to look at the other monitor.
You see the fear in Slick's eyes. He cleaned his work station and did this video under threat of pain. I think the next video will be a demonstration on how to clean Linus's car. Be very very careful Linus, Slick's mom will protect him with a fury that very few have ever seen and none have lived to tell the story.
Can you use it to switch between nvidia surround mode and 3 displays mode ? (I hope you know what I mean by that) Like before playing a game, I click 1 button instead of 6-7 to get the game on my three screens then I go back to normal mode wich is a lot better for when I'm not gaming. Thanks.
If im running a 5760 x 1080 resolution of each monitor being the same Model (23.0") will this still let me have 3 seperate wall papers on each monitor?
It looks like the Asus PB248Q although I can't tell for sure. It's one of the PA2** or PB2** models nonetheless.. I believe all PA-series models have a red stripe along the bottom of the monitor so more likely a PB-series monitor.
Thanks for the showcase, but I really like having many virtual desktops along with multi monitors, and I use Dexpot for that, and it ties in with Fences well, too, so I can have different fences and different sets of windows on different virtual desktops, and flip through them on each monitor as I see fit. Many of the other features would be nice, but it seems a little redundant to get rid of one multi monitor program for another that does many of the same things already. And Dexpot is free.
No mention of the feature "Prevent Window Deactivation (keeps game windows focused)"? I think that's the most important part of this software. You can play a game in fullscreen (not windowed), hit the shortcut key followed by alt+tab, and it simply releases the mouse to allow you to control another monitor without minimizing the game or black-screening (it keeps the game focused).
This. Is. So. Necessary if you use two or more monitors. I cannot physically understand why it does not do that by default. I will get this program solely for that function, holy shit. Thank you for mentioning it.
Joel Jacobs Yeah I got this program solely for that feature and it does so much more. I can't recommend it enough for multi-montitor setups. I have the shortcut set to "Ctrl + I" to keep the game window in-focus. For some games, I've found that you have to first bring up the Steam overlay, and then you you're able to use the shortcut to keep the window focused.
I only have one monitor but I have a game minimizing issue, will this fix it?
M1Garandstudios Yes, I believe it should.
Ok :D
Luke has improved so much. I only came here because of humble bundle
Thought i was the only one :3
same reason here... does it worth it if you have windows 10?
Me too, how the fuck
Absolutely It does a TON more then luke covered in this video.
i want to like ur comment but i cant since u have exactly 69 likes
I was so used to Linus doing these videos for about 4 years. Seeing Slick do the videos feels surprisingly natural though. He does a great job with explaining everything and I feel that the only the Linus improves upon Slick's videos is his (hopeless yet entertaining) comedy. Great job Slick you are great at these videos and I want to see more!
you guys have a great career ahead of you. keep it up
I love these vids where the guy in the same room interacts with the person on the video, just much more buddy feeling.
This is why I love your vids linus (& slick). very informational video with just the right touch at the end. keep em coming :)
I love that you guys left that mess up at the end. Makes it feel more friendly and casual.
This was a really cool video! I never even knew this existed and really have wanted something like this for sooo long! Thanks so much for making it! And good job Slick, your videos are getting better and better!
Been using this for about 6 months now, it really is a great program.
That fullscreen dragging functionality is insanely useful for me.. I'm running on 3 monitors and find myself tossing stuff left and right from FireFox all the time.. very nice. Love displayfusion.
Classic Slick at the end. He's awesome. Good review.
i've been using this for over a year, great stuff.
this is the best solution i found for my dual monitor setup, its extremely easy to set up and use.
great review :))
I set up a macro on my mouse as the same key combination as moving windows to the next window which makes opening a window and switching it to a different monitor super quick. Love this software! A must have for multiple monitors.
The fullscreen + working on something in a different screen is called "Borderless Windowed". More and more games support it nowadays, but for the games that don't, there's enough small tools that can force a game from windowed to windowed borderless / windowed fullscreen
Oh wow. I completely forgot the name of this program after finishing my new build. So glad you guys posted this video.
Wow great job SLICK!!! :) The ending made the video more awesome that it already was....
Slick did a really good job and was very thorough, you should definitely have him talk more in videos.
There is a Linustechtips video about this ?!?! NICE !!!
Oh man randomly hopped onto this video I forgot Luke used to be called Slick! Dang this is a throwback
THANK YOU! I've been searching for software to allow me to save open window layouts for months now! Grabbed display fusion as soon as I saw this and I love it so far! Managing 4 monitors was becoming a nightmare...
"display fusion"
Me: meh
"Featuring SLICK!"
Me: Holy crap must watch!
hahaha that was brilliant and linus with that gun made my day and by the way we want more slick videos!!!
I have always wanted to have different backgrounds on my multiple monitors, now i can! thanks SLICK! and Display Fusion!
i absolutely love display fusion i have had it since it was a beta version
I've been using DisplayFusion ever since i first got dual monitors, amazing program that makes windows so much better to use.
Super happy Slick was hosting a vid!
Great video Slick, Linus you should let him do more of these :)
I've been using this program for almost five years and it's awesome!
Been using this for a while. Absolutely love it.
Love this software. Bought it quite a while ago and have been impressed with it ever since.
After some fast research (similar things): there is Zbar got some of the same features and ATIs CCC had some options to help with multimonitor setups. (nVidia got something similar to the CCC, but i can't find if it is only for Quadro or not)
I would say you did the video excellently Slick! Only thing I think you guys should add is transitions between clips... makes videos feel more "fluid"... and stuff....
need an update on this :D
I guess it's pretty randomly asking but do anyone know a good place to stream new series online ?
@Ishaan Dane I would suggest flixzone. You can find it by googling =)
@Lucca Immanuel Yea, I have been watching on Flixzone for months myself :)
@Lucca Immanuel thank you, I went there and it seems to work =) I appreciate it !!
@Ishaan Dane happy to help =)
came from synergy video, and I'm glad I did
Just like the others, it is a setting in Display Fusion, if I remember right its a contextual menu off of the taskbar or in the system tray icon under settings.
Awesome vid, should do more with Slick. Funniest ending. Love it
This video was great, and so is Display Fusion. I highly suggest it to anyone that uses Windows 7, it isn't as helpful on Windows 8, but still a welcome addition.
Any chance of a link to where we could find these kinda keyboard shortcuts? I would love to be able to have certain applications open specially on certain monitors with a certain size etc
What monitor was used in this video? Can you guys make a guide for a multi monitor setup? Or at least a dual monitor. Can't make up my mind if I should get 2x 24" IPS or 1x 27"/32" IPS
Yes, with some games you can do it, just with the default windows settings, others you might have to make the game "windowed", But not all games, there's a free program called UltraMon, a lighter version of what they reviewed, that fixes the games that doesn't work with a desktop on another monitor :) Hopes this helps you :P
Bring it on Slick... Nice to se software related videos sometimes.
You were so young luke
Great alternative to ultramon, wasn't aware of it, thanks slick!
Display Fusion's window snapping is INCREDIBLY USEFUL when you have multiple monitors with windows you keep open all the time (sticky notes, steam chat, CoreTemp, etc.)
I think they are gonna have 15.4 million subscribers in the future.
More Slick!! Less Linus!!
Slick does not read a product box. Great!!!
Keep up the great work.
I approve of your background choice @ 2:26
That was pretty awesome, slick is great at this
I've used this for years.
By the the best multi-monitor software out there...
Awesome! I was looking for a tool like that and I'll definately go for it as soon as it's on sale. One question, though. The footage looks kind of laggy in this video. Is this just due to the recording or does it actually slow down windows that much.
Slick, you're cool. More please. Linus, you're still the main man. Great job.
Is that the Ducky wrist rest? Any chance of an overview/review of that? Looking at getting one and wondering if it's worth the money!
The most important question is: Can the program lock the screen you are gaming on, so that you can go back and forth between both screens while gaming in fullscreen?
If you can play the game in windowed mode you would for sure, however fullscreen games most of the time won't allow your mouse to go anywhere, and will probably take all screens as soon as they detect them
Dude, don't speak for all of us. I personally would like Linus to make some money so he can feed his baby. His vids are some of the best and I love the way he cuts through the myths and bullsh*t that is rampant on TH-cam.
Keep up the great content Linus!
best tech channel on youtube !
I love df, and the free version does the multi-monitor-wallpaper thing which is all I really need it for.
I have not used windows in a while, but there might be a button you can hold to drag it around, like holding alt+mouse click and dragging.
I'm using a 60 inch tv and it won't display the way I need it to for 2x2. Spent hours trying to figure it out.
How does this work with eyefinity? I use hydragrid. But I like the option in this to autostart at certain location.
slick is growing up, i mean, professionally. good job slick
Yes! Great job Slick. I love this software!
You can do most of the main features using the free version of DisplayFusion from their website, too. It's a good program!
its good to see more slick!
The auto maximize feature would be more useful if you had your monitors in any sort of vertical configuration. I have 2 side by side and one centered above for video editing; windows only maximize by taking them to the top of the monitor for my monitor that I have on top.
Does Slick speak French? Saw a tab with French text on it. He has a French last name and lives in Canada, so it's not a long shot :P
Vaguely remember in a video somewhere where Linus/LMG staff were taking the piss out of him for being woefully bad at French despite having a French surname.
Did either of you watch the entire video? He does mention that Display Fusion is aimed towards Windows 7 users. But that there are also some features for 8.
Does it work when you have an eyefinity setup? For example, when I like to maximise a window, instead of doing this on 1 monitor, it opens on the full length of the 3 that I have, and that's kind of annoying
ive been using it for over a year, i love it
My openSUSE installation does this already. Another reason to why many Linux distros are a better experience then what Windows provides. Many Linux distros also provide more "power user" functionally without having to modify the system files or download additional replacement software. For gaming I can generally use Wine to allow for windows games or Steam. If games do not run the best I can always switch to Windows 7 in 15 seconds, so I don't mind.
I use Ultramon. Does Displayfusion have the shell integrations like Ultramon have?
you can get stretch wallpapers by getting one that fits your screens, setting it, and changing it to tile mode...
If slick had his own show, i would totally watch his over linuses!
Definately your best video yet Slick.
Good job.
Might be a semi-decent presenter by the time you're 40.
OK, 50's a more realistic goal :p
i'm here to see linus.
this dude should have his own channel.
Nice vid. Didn't even know this existed. Slick was good!
I would like to see more of slick he is great. I love watching him on the WAN Show.
I prefer Actual Multiple Monitors... More powerful imo. Also has less of a footprint
+nightx203 Monitors don't have feet dummy head.
Joel Remmo
Smartass
+Cernunnos Just want a damned 4k... with feet.
+Bill Kagartoe and an omniplay x25...
***** 10/10
Really nice ending! :)
Will this program let me game in one monitor and have an active desktop in other monitor? Like some times I just want like my skype, email and facebook in one monitor and gaming in the other with out my mouse having to move to the other screen while gaming but still be able to look at the other monitor.
WOW, a video with Slick where Linus isn't constantly interrupting him lol.
I've had it for a while and it's really goo. Would definitely recommend it
This is pretty awesome I might get when I set up my dual monitors
Is that your desk slick? You put the glasses the same way and where I do lol and the knob for volume on the desk too and stuff cleany and organised :b
You see the fear in Slick's eyes. He cleaned his work station and did this video under threat of pain. I think the next video will be a demonstration on how to clean Linus's car.
Be very very careful Linus, Slick's mom will protect him with a fury that very few have ever seen and none have lived to tell the story.
Was it necssary to change the backrounds every time you changed the sceen.
What brand and model is the primary monitor that is being used?
It should be noted there is a free version available, if all you're after is different backgrounds on each monitor like me.
Ending was awesome
Can you use it to switch between nvidia surround mode and 3 displays mode ? (I hope you know what I mean by that) Like before playing a game, I click 1 button instead of 6-7 to get the game on my three screens then I go back to normal mode wich is a lot better for when I'm not gaming. Thanks.
my fave feature is clicking the middle mouse button at the top of any window to ping it to another monitor
If im running a 5760 x 1080 resolution of each monitor being the same Model (23.0") will this still let me have 3 seperate wall papers on each monitor?
It looks like the Asus PB248Q although I can't tell for sure. It's one of the PA2** or PB2** models nonetheless.. I believe all PA-series models have a red stripe along the bottom of the monitor so more likely a PB-series monitor.
We want more slick videos linus !!
Yoda PES! This made me happy throughout the whole video!
found this very helpful, thanks, great vid
can this be used for gaming??? i mean to have a game running in one screen and the browser in the other????
Thanks for the showcase, but I really like having many virtual desktops along with multi monitors, and I use Dexpot for that, and it ties in with Fences well, too, so I can have different fences and different sets of windows on different virtual desktops, and flip through them on each monitor as I see fit. Many of the other features would be nice, but it seems a little redundant to get rid of one multi monitor program for another that does many of the same things already. And Dexpot is free.
Slick should do more videos, especially in areas in which Slick knows more than Linus for example keyboards.
Excellent video, well done Slick thanx