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Patching on a 5k resolution screen

big font sizes are a must

guest, Thursday, Apr 19th 2012 Digg | Tweet | Delicious 6 comments

kalle 19/04/2012 - 11:20

did you check your dpi-settings?

vvvv is designed to run at 96DPI, make sure you have that set on your desktop:

    on winXP try this:

rightclick on your desktop > properties > advanced > allgemein (i.e. the first tab)
here you need to set your dpi settings to: 96

    on win7 try that:

rightclick on your desktop > Screen Resolution > Make text and other items larger or smaller.
then in the left column: Set Custom Text Size (DPI): Choose 100%/96DPI

ksp 20/04/2012 - 22:58

..it would be nice to be able to zoom in and out.just a thought

sebl 21/04/2012 - 00:46

where to buy such a screen? or is it eyefinitysomething?

kalle 21/04/2012 - 02:06

ksp said

it would be nice to be able to zoom in and out

hhm
i remember betas which allowed some undocumented shortcuts like CTRL+9 and CTRL+0 to do something similar.
seems to be disabled now, but definitely no need to cry for it.

for more funny things see ui-reference

microdee 23/04/2012 - 00:18

windows magnifier;)

elliotwoods 29/04/2012 - 21:40

heya!

This was as at the ScreenLab 0x01 residency i was co-curating a couple of weeks ago in Salford, England.

Thanks for the tip Kalle!
I'm not sure what we used for that screenshot, but it was essentially in a 'run windows at large font size' setting somewhere, maybe accesibility?
It was totally necessary otherwise you couldn't see anything at all (the pitch was about 2 pixels per mm on a 3meter wide screen).

here's a shot of one of the pieces running:http://www.kimchiandchips.com/gallery/temporary/ScreenLab/24th/MVI_2280.flv

This is Memo Akten's piece. A VVVV patch in the background tracks skeletons and bounces off of a python web/websockets server which serves the animation in Chrome on these screens and anywhere across the internet simultaneously (think web-boygrouping!).

Patching on a 5k resolution screen

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