The Robin to my Batman

A desk setup tale

This is my current office workstation 👆🏻

I briefly used the 16:18 Dual Monitor at my home studio (video below), but since I had to move it around for various shots, including the latest monitor content, I had very little time to get used to it.

In fact, up until recently, I kept it to the side, on a desk that we use for product shots while figuring out where I wanted to finally install it. Last week, while working on the Mac Mini M2 desk setup video, I looked to the left and realized it was time. I finally installed it. Three full editing days later - queue the Heavenly Music voices - Ahhhh 🎵

Normally, what you see on the Dual Up monitor lives in a little square box inside Final Cut Pro (the video editing software that I use). That usually meant zooming in and out of library files while trying to locate the right frame or shot to pull into the timeline. NO MORE- the 16:18 monitor is the ideal tool for that! I've quadrupled my efficiency thanks to its quirky size and ratio. Everything is plenty big, and in the case of my video editing workflow, I get to see a larger preview of my edit as well. Not to mention the lack of a dizzy feeling after prolonged editing sessions 😂

Although I mentioned in my last year's dual-monitor guide that I prefer a vertically stacked setup, this asymmetrical one works better solely because of the square-ish size. Aside from being the ideal Robin to my primary Batman monitor regarding edits, it is also ideal for having two apps stacked on top of each other.

On a separate desktop, I now keep Tick Tick as my tasks app, and below that, I placed my recently activated Texts app that holds all my conversations from various platforms like Whatsapp, Messenger, and Twitter - fantastic.

I am sharing this for two reasons ✌🏻

First, it’s a breezy topic that might inspire you to spice up your own setup.

Second, I’ve had comments expressing concerns about not using these monitors in real life, knowing that LG was sponsoring the latest monitor guide video.

As you can see, the DualUp and Libero serve fantastic purposes in the office studio. If you haven’t seen the LG Libero in action, feel free to check out my latest Mac Mini M2 Setup below. In the meantime, have a FANTASTIC WEEK 🙌🏻