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Flux & Screen Bright. - AMD - 05-04-2013
Screen Bright
![[Image: screenshot0.gif]](http://screenwhite.com/screenbright/screenshot0.gif)
Ever wanted to have laptop-like control over your desktop monitor from inside the OS? This might be the guide for you.
A lot of monitors out there today support a really neat feature called DDC/CI, but not many people have ever heard of it, let alone know what it's for.
DDC/CI stands for Display Data Channel Command Interface and basically allows monitor control via the graphics card.
This is not like the software methods in your GPU control panel that just darken/brighten the image. With this approach, you're actually communicating with your monitor.
Wikipedia has a few lines DDC/CI it, I'll just leave it at that.
Please note that this guide will only work on DDC/CI enabled monitors. Most monitors do support this, but not all of them.
How to use it:
The reason why you've probably never heard of DDC/CI, even though your monitor is fully compatible, seems to be that manufacturers* are simply too lazy to develop the software for it. Fortunately the Internet is at our disposal here, though there isn't a lot to choose from and most apps feel outdated, clunky or just too complicated.
ScreenBright is according to my experience the best alternative out there. It's free, less than 1MB in size.
Flux
![[Image: F-lux_1.png]](http://i1-win.softpedia-static.com/screenshots/F-lux_1.png)
Ever notice how people texting at night have that eerie blue glow?
Or wake up ready to write down the Next Great Idea, and get blinded by your computer screen?
During the day, computer screens look good—they're designed to look like the sun. But, at 9PM, 10PM, or 3AM, you probably shouldn't be looking at the sun.
f.lux
f.lux fixes this: it makes the color of your computer's display adapt to the time of day, warm at night and like sunlight during the day.
It's even possible that you're staying up too late because of your computer. You could use f.lux because it makes you sleep better, or you could just use it just because it makes your computer look better.
f.lux makes your computer screen look like the room you're in, all the time. When the sun sets, it makes your computer look like your indoor lights. In the morning, it makes things look like sunlight again.
Tell f.lux what kind of lighting you have, and where you live. Then forget about it. f.lux will do the rest, automatically.
flux
Ever wanted to have laptop-like control over your desktop monitor from inside the OS? This might be the guide for you.
A lot of monitors out there today support a really neat feature called DDC/CI, but not many people have ever heard of it, let alone know what it's for.
DDC/CI stands for Display Data Channel Command Interface and basically allows monitor control via the graphics card.
This is not like the software methods in your GPU control panel that just darken/brighten the image. With this approach, you're actually communicating with your monitor.
Wikipedia has a few lines DDC/CI it, I'll just leave it at that.
Please note that this guide will only work on DDC/CI enabled monitors. Most monitors do support this, but not all of them.
How to use it:
The reason why you've probably never heard of DDC/CI, even though your monitor is fully compatible, seems to be that manufacturers* are simply too lazy to develop the software for it. Fortunately the Internet is at our disposal here, though there isn't a lot to choose from and most apps feel outdated, clunky or just too complicated.
ScreenBright is according to my experience the best alternative out there. It's free, less than 1MB in size.
Flux
Ever notice how people texting at night have that eerie blue glow?
Or wake up ready to write down the Next Great Idea, and get blinded by your computer screen?
During the day, computer screens look good—they're designed to look like the sun. But, at 9PM, 10PM, or 3AM, you probably shouldn't be looking at the sun.
f.lux
f.lux fixes this: it makes the color of your computer's display adapt to the time of day, warm at night and like sunlight during the day.
It's even possible that you're staying up too late because of your computer. You could use f.lux because it makes you sleep better, or you could just use it just because it makes your computer look better.
f.lux makes your computer screen look like the room you're in, all the time. When the sun sets, it makes your computer look like your indoor lights. In the morning, it makes things look like sunlight again.
Tell f.lux what kind of lighting you have, and where you live. Then forget about it. f.lux will do the rest, automatically.
flux
RE: Flux & Screen Bright. - Banadmin - 05-04-2013
Very neat and informative thread explaining screen brightness and flux. Thank-you very much, AMD!
RE: Flux & Screen Bright. - Grily - 05-04-2013
I have used F.lux for a like 2 years now, can't even remember. I suggest everyone to try it out.
RE: Flux & Screen Bright. - Cake - 05-04-2013
Screen bright is a POS. To be honest it doesn't even come close to standing up compared to f.lux
RE: Flux & Screen Bright. - AMD - 05-05-2013
I use Screen Bright it's easier to get the exact brightness level than mess around with my monitor, there both great applications and I've always used both of them, I intend to find something similar but better.