Can you recommend a second monitor for Photoshop?

I currently run Photoshop CC (2015) and Lightroom CC (2015) on a Windows 7 PC connected to a monitor 24 '' single calibrated.  I thinking about moving to a dual display configuration and your recommendation in regard to the monitor type and size are concerned.  I would use the screen 24 "for the image and the second for tool palettes.   I don't have a huge amount of space on my desk, so size is a factor.  How small is too small and what size would be an exaggeration?

Also, are there any problems with Lightroom in a double display setup?  The main screen can be used for the grid and Loupe view?

I can't speak for LR, but I think most of the regular posters on this forum use at least two screens.  Also have more space to display your image, it is extremely effective to have your main panels always open.  You can stroke a path with a simple mouse click, record a path by dragging the icon of the new path and do much the same thing with the channels.  You have the place to set all thumbnails of Large Panel makes it easier to see the contents of a layer in a blink of an eye, and you can make room for more long layer names.

I note that say you that you don't have much space, then have you considered using the second monitor in portrait mode?  It is very easy with Windows 7 and 8.1.  What I would say is seeking a 16:10 screen and probably with a resolution of 1920 x 1200.  You would find that tightening three columns panels in a widescreen 1080 does not work well if you go with portrait mode.

Regarding the size, I use three screens now, with a 30-inch 1920 x 1200 main screen and two 1920 x 1200 in portrait mode, one or the other side.  I'm sorry, I don't have a dual monitor workspace to show you (I lost him in a recent system crash) but this is my work space triple screen.  Click to see full size and spent in Photoshop to have a correct idea of the layout.  Note I like to keep things like character, source of duplication etc. near the image, but with a simple click on the active icon / disables open them and click on another farm.

With respect to the screens, personally, I have a LG, HP and Dell, and I definitely prefer the HP.  It is brighter, clearer and whiter.

Ex forum regular Christmas Carboni has a sharper screen presentation of the three.

Thing to note is that I sometimes plug my Cintiq 2 companion in this set upwards.  The CC2 has a widescreen 2500 pixels, which meant that he would not slot nicely with the other three screens.  I discovered that if I placed the CC2 below other screens so that the a gap between it and the main screen, the cursor of may not cross this gap and is trapped in the three first screens or CC2.  Reducing the resolution CC2 1920 x 1080 solved this problem, and I can see what is on the tiny screen of 13 inches to this resolution as well.

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