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Peter Paim
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Hi,

I am already a long time user and recently switched to a 3 screen setup + 1 TV. Since my card can only handle 3 monitors at once I am switching profiles with the ATI Drivers via Hotkeys and would like to automaticlly change my wallpaper too. For example when going from 3 seperate desktops to Eyefinity (for gaming for example). I set different profiles which work great but I have to change them manually after switiching my profiles in the ATI driver which is a bit annyoing ;).

I also played a bit with the Monitor Configuration Profiles but that simply screws everything up especially after going to the eyefinity setup.

So my question is there a way to automaticly change the wallpaper profile when changing my resolution, best way would be to simply do that with the same Hotykey I am using in the ATI Driver, I think? Or Am I missing something and this is possible already?

many thanks
Oct 3, 2011  • #1
Keith Lammers (BFS)'s profile on WallpaperFusion.com
Ah yes, unfortunately the Monitor Configuration feature can't handle the Eyefinity configurations as all of the monitors are presented as one big display.

As for the HotKeys for Wallpaper Profiles, we can't set the HotKey if the ATI software has already registered it with Windows. However, if you switch to one of your setups, and then go into the DisplayFusion Monitor Configuration and just save it as a profile, you can then assign a Wallpaper Profile to it, and when that setup is loaded by the ATI software, DisplayFusion should automatically detect it and set the appropriate Wallpaper Profile.

Hope that makes sense! Let me know if you need more clarification.
Oct 3, 2011  • #2
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Peter Paim
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Thanks for the fast answer.

Yes I already tried that but it only worked for 2 Profiles which was a bit confusing. The changes were detected but the Wallpaper profile for the eyefinity profil did not change. But I'll try that again and report back ;). It would be awesome if that works though...
Oct 3, 2011  • #3
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Peter Paim
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Ok I tried it again but it doesn't work for my eyefinity profile. I'll give you a quick overview about my ATI profiles, just to make sure if I am missing something or if it is a bug / not possible:

1. Office, 3 seperate Desktops, each 1280x1024, Wallpaper profil changes automaticly
2. TV, 3 seperate Desktops, 2 at 1280x1024 + 1 at 1920x1080, Wallpaper profil changes automaticly
3. Gaming, Eyefinity 1 Desktop at 3840x1024, Wallpaper profile does not change, stays at the last used profile

each setup is recognized in the Monitor setup (message "profil xxx detected", after switching) and each has a wallpaper profil assigned but the eyefinity one does not switch when changing to that ATI profil... ;(

EDIT:
Ok just noticed something strange, when I "enter" my Eyefinity Profil, the monitor section looks like this
http://foto.arcor-online.net/palb/alben/88/52588/3162656139666161.jpg
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Then after I saved the profile the monitors (numbers) changed
http://foto.arcor-online.net/palb/alben/88/52588/3830393331633137.jpg
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And apparently this also changes everytime I enter my eyefinity profil, so maybe the Eyefinity profile is simply not detected correctly and therefore not recognized and there is no reason to change the wallpaper profile (for Displayfusion atleast ;)).
Shouldn't it simply show one big screen instead of the 3? My fear is that eyefinity is the problem here... ;(
Oct 3, 2011 (modified Oct 3, 2011)  • #4
Keith Lammers (BFS)'s profile on WallpaperFusion.com
Ah ok, we'll do some testing with an Eyefinity setup and see what we can figure out.

Thanks!
Oct 3, 2011  • #5
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Peter Paim
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Ok great, if you find any workaround please post it here ;)

thank you very much!
Oct 3, 2011  • #6
Keith Lammers (BFS)'s profile on WallpaperFusion.com
Will do! It'll most likely be something we'll need to work into another update, but I'll be sure to keep you posted :)
Oct 4, 2011 (modified Oct 4, 2011)  • #7
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Peter Paim
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I am a bit curious, is there any progress on this? Because if this would work it would make my Desktop profiles so much easier and simply perfect ;)

thanks in advance!
Dec 11, 2011  • #8
Keith Lammers (BFS)'s profile on WallpaperFusion.com
Not yet, I'll be picking up an Eyefinity card within a couple of weeks and then we'll do some testing and see what we can find out :)
Dec 12, 2011  • #9
Keith Lammers (BFS)'s profile on WallpaperFusion.com
@Peter: I finally had a chance to test this out. When my displays are setup using Eyefinity, DisplayFusion shows it correctly as one large display in the Monitor Configuration and Desktop Wallpaper windows. I tested using the latest beta version (4.0 Beta 14). Could you give it a try and let me know how it goes?

Thanks!
Apr 24, 2012  • #10
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Peter Paim
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Hi Keith,

thanks for your update on this topic and sorry for my late answer ;).

I just updated to the stable v4.0 (I know I am late ;)) and with that version it is not working for me. It is still the same situation although when I am running the eyefinity resolution the display shows as one big screen in the Monitor setup. But the wallpaper profiles only change when using profiles with 3 seperate screens.

I am not sure if V4.0 includes the changes that you guys made so I will try the latest beta and report back shortly ;)
May 11, 2012  • #11
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Peter Paim
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Ok just tried it with version 4.0.1 Beta 3 and it is still not working for me. Same situation I described in my last post but what I noticed, when I right-click on the Displayfusion Icon and choose monitor profiles, the active profile is usually bold which is the case for my profiles (which work i.e. not eyefinity) but the eyefinity profile is not bold but it is recognised if I go into create/edit... Not sure if it means something but that is the only difference I can currently spot as a "user"...

So if I understand it correctly the automatic wallpaper profile is working for you when switching from a normal multi monitor setup to an eyefinity setup?
May 11, 2012 (modified May 11, 2012)  • #12
Keith Lammers (BFS)'s profile on WallpaperFusion.com
Sorry, my bad! I actually didn't test the Wallpaper Profiles, only that the monitor showed up correctly in the Monitor Configuration.

I will test it more thoroughly and get back to you as soon as I can (most likely early next week).

Thanks!
May 16, 2012  • #13
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Panzer Applehusky
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I'm having this same problem too. So it's nice to see I'm not alone xD
I figured there had to be some way to switch wallpaper profiles with a hotkey so I could just put both that, and my eyefinity hotkey on a macro.
Jul 24, 2012  • #14
Keith Lammers (BFS)'s profile on WallpaperFusion.com
@Peter: I finally had a chance to do some solid testing on this, and I was able to see the same behaviour as you, where the Monitor Profile was not detected properly. I've added this to our list and I'll be sure to post an update when we've had a chance to work on it.

@Panzer: You should be able to assign HotKeys to your Wallpaper Profiles on the DisplayFusion Settings > HotKeys tab (or the Functions tab if running the latest beta).

Thanks!
Aug 2, 2012  • #15
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Peter Paim
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Hi Keith,

just my usual annoying question from time to time ;))) do you have any news on this matter?

thank you very much
Oct 25, 2012  • #16
Keith Lammers (BFS)'s profile on WallpaperFusion.com
@Peter: Thanks for checking in with us! We unfortunately haven't had a chance to take a closer look at this issue yet, but it's still on our list. I'll make sure to post any news as soon as we've had a chance to work on it.

Thanks!
Oct 25, 2012  • #17
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Peter Paim
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thanks Keith, really appreciated!
Oct 26, 2012  • #18
Keith Lammers (BFS)'s profile on WallpaperFusion.com
We've just released DisplayFusion 5.0 Beta 7 (http://www.displayfusion.com/Download/Beta/), and this issue should hopefully be all fixed up. Could you give it a try when you have a chance and let me know how it works out?

Thanks!
Jan 19, 2013  • #19
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Peter Paim
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Quote:
We've just released DisplayFusion 5.0 Beta 7 (http://www.displayfusion.com/Download/Beta/), and this issue should hopefully be all fixed up. Could you give it a try when you have a chance and let me know how it works out?

Thanks!


Just tried it, works like a charm. Thank you very much!
Jan 25, 2013  • #20
Keith Lammers (BFS)'s profile on WallpaperFusion.com
Excellent, glad to hear it Peter!
Jan 25, 2013  • #21
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