a great amount of frustration. To curb any potential headaches, make panels resizable, re-orderable, and give users the ability to add panels to the layout and close useless ones. For a good example that illustrates proper implementation of this principle, we can once again turn to Blender: ...
Before starting, go to the Canvas menu in the menu bar and select Properties (or press F8 on your keyboard). In the properties window, enter your desired canvas size. You might want to start with 1920x1080 (1080 HD) if you've got a moderately powerful computer, or lower if you're o...