Displaying on a TV monitor or video projector: When a computer image is displayed on a video device, its edges are cut off. Most scan converters (devices that convert computer images to video) can adjust for this. If yours can't, try resizing MediaShout's display output: Fire a crowded graphic image to the display screen. Then choose Preferences > General and click on the Display tab. In the Display Device section, choose TV / Video, then enter a percentage (e.g., 90%). Click Apply to see its effect on the video screen. Repeat at different percentages till you get the look you want, then click OK.
Roomy work space: If you have a second monitor at your desk while you're creating a presentation in MediaShout, you don't have to use it as the display screen. In single-monitor mode, MediaShout gives back control of the second monitor to Windows, so you can drag other applications into it. For example, if you're creating graphics or Text cue documents or songs, drag your graphics application or ShoutWriter or ShoutSinger over there so you don't have to keep minimizing and maximizing windows. Just be sure to move them back onto your main monitor before you close them, or they may open there next time you use them ... whether that screen is visible or not.
Display an application: If you want to show an application to the audience during a presentation, drag it onto the display screen's monitor before you start. Enter dual-screen mode before you start your presentation, and fire away. When you get to the part where you show the application, switch to single-screen mode: The current cue will disappear, revealing the application open below it. (This trick is handy for software training and browsing the Internet in front of a large crowd.)
Display the control screen: If you're training an audience in MediaShout and want to place the control screen on the display monitor, choose Monitors > Display on Secondary Monitor or Display on Primary Monitor (whichever choice is unchecked at the moment). The two screens will be transposed. But if you plan to do this, be aware that if the display screen's monitor is set at a lower resolution, the control screen may look huge and crowded on that monitor. So set the two monitors to the same resolution, or reduce the size of the control screen window so it'll look decent when it's blown up on the other monitor.
Color depth: If graphic images and videos look awful on the display screen, you might try adjusting the monitor's color depth in Windows' Display Properties dialog. Note that if you're using a dual-display adapter (one device with two discreet monitor outputs), it has only so much processing power to share with the two monitors. If you can't raise the color depth on the display monitor, try lowering it on the control monitor first. This may free up more resources to use where it counts.