Ok, my problem sounds curious but for me it is not amusing:
Starting the video-editing some years ago with Premiere 5.0, I had no problems with the colors and letter-sizes on the desktop because Premiere used the Windows settings for its own monitor-screen layouts too.
Now I own MSP-8 and have strange problems with my eyes watching those tiny-little-darg-grey-letters in size #8 or even less on a medium-grey background.
Any menu-point and any text is using those "half-cloaked" letters, but there is place enough to enlarge them up to #12 or even more.
Changing the Windows-settings does not help because the screen mask of MSP-8 seems to be independant and I didn't find any hint where I can change the lettersizes and the background colors in MSP-8.
I am using two 20" TFF-monitors in a dual-head configuration with
a Matrox-P-750 graphics card and a resolution of 1280 x 1024 pixels. Working longer than about 1 hour for me is not possible because my eyes start flickering and I must stop the work. The Handbook does not give any information about the
settings of the desktop resolution and colors.
My question: Is there a way to change the desktop preferences in MSP-8 ?
Possibly I have overlocked those informations but then I must be real blind ... and everybody is allowed to laugh ...
I stopped using MSP-8 and use my old Premiere 6.5 again ... without any trouble with my eyes.
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MSP-8: Problems with the desktop
Just an aside which may be helpful;
I'm not quite sure what a TFF monitor is, but when using a dual monitor setup, it helps if the monitors are the same brand and model. I used to use 2 different monitors side by side, and the slightly different screen refresh rates of each one (even though they were set the same) would give me a headache after about 10 minutes.
LCD screens don't really have this problem, as they don't refresh the entire screen many times a second, just the pixels that need changing.
Also, maybe try to change the brightness settings on the monitors.
And finally, you can change the DPI for the fonts to enlarge the fonts when using very high DPI screens. Although this is really not needed for 1280X1024 (especially on a 20") it may help your problem. However, many applications are not designed to take enlarged text into account, and you may find some dialog boxes wont fit all the text in.
You can change this setting in Display properties=>Appearance Tab=>Font Size drop down menu.
I'm not quite sure what a TFF monitor is, but when using a dual monitor setup, it helps if the monitors are the same brand and model. I used to use 2 different monitors side by side, and the slightly different screen refresh rates of each one (even though they were set the same) would give me a headache after about 10 minutes.
LCD screens don't really have this problem, as they don't refresh the entire screen many times a second, just the pixels that need changing.
Also, maybe try to change the brightness settings on the monitors.
And finally, you can change the DPI for the fonts to enlarge the fonts when using very high DPI screens. Although this is really not needed for 1280X1024 (especially on a 20") it may help your problem. However, many applications are not designed to take enlarged text into account, and you may find some dialog boxes wont fit all the text in.
You can change this setting in Display properties=>Appearance Tab=>Font Size drop down menu.