View multiple tool panels in Dual Screen Workspace
I'd like to suggest allowing a dual screen workspace, whereby we can take the top 15 or 20 tools on one screen, and have them arranged and expanded, easy to see and adjust. The other screen would be the large image, and possibly (probably) the film strip. For me, it's cumbersome to go through a batch of photos and need to jump back and forth between tabs and expand multiple tools. I'd prefer my laptop screen to just be filled with tools (similar to how DaVinci Resolve has the timeline and tools on one screen, and your viewers on the other(s)). For those using an iPad as a second/third monitor, this would be even more handy. I know you can make the viewer and filmstrip smaller currently, but that just gets you more horizontal real estate for your tools, not another 2 columns of tools, like I'm talking about. And yes, one could create and arrange a bunch of floating tools, but something tells me that opening and closing the program would lead to those getting shuffled.
Here's my rough example:
What problem do you see this solving?
This would allow users to see all of their most used tools, laid out how they like, without having to navigate tabs and collapse/expand dropdown views.
When was the last time you were affected by this lack of functionality, or specific tool?
Roughly 65% of all my C1 editing time.
Are you using any workarounds or other solutions to achieve your goals in Capture One?
Yes, I've customized my layout to put more of the same tools into the same panel, but of course, they get collapsed and need to be expanded.
Are you happy to be contacted further about this suggestion or request?
Yes.
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I wonder if another workaround would be to put the "tool screen" vertically for a longer column.
(Where do you keep your Browser BTW?)
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Hmm. I'm not sure I grasp what you're saying - in this layout, or in every layout, the tool panel is already running about the entire vertical height of the screen it's on. And it's not possible to stretch it from one screen to another, so that's out. I had hoped I could move the browser up next to, or paired with the viewer, to get more real estate below, but couldn't find the option to do that, so I have adjusted the tools so that it's visible on the right - see screengrab. Yesterday, this worked ok, I dragged lined up the edge so there weren't any hidden images like you see here, but today, if I try to do that, the primary window comes to the fore, and the floating tools are hiddne behind. Further, when I choose to Edit (an image) in Photoshop, that dialog window is hidden behind the floating tools. So having this layout built into the program would hopefully address these issues and make it a nicer, cleaner experience. 0 -
I mean the entire screen, physically, instead of current horizontal orientation. The screen with tools on it. Just that.
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Hmm, not following you - can you post a screengrab?
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I think what Marcin means is rotating the monitor 90 degrees ('portrait' orientation) so that one column of tools has more height.
But your remark with Photoshop opening behind the floating tools indicate that you want to use the tool monitor for Photoshop, then you probably would want to keep the monitor in landscape orientation.
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I see (facepalm). That actually made sense the way he wrote it. So yeah, that would be an option, but my setup is a MBP and a 27" monitor. I can see the bigger screen being able to host more uncollapsed tools, but I prefer running the Viewer and PS on the bigger screen. To me, my configuration is probably the most common out there - I bet more people have one monitor than work off their laptop or 2 monitors. So this seems like a way to improve the UI for a lot of people, but maybe I'm wrong. It's become my preferred layout, where I can still see improvements being made, but skipping around to the different tools is way faster. FWIW.
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