Brightness

[dev]

/JJ/ said:

To display some of my photos correctly, i need to adjust the brightness of
my monitor, but that isn't a nice job. I'm looking for a utility to adjust
my screen brightness by software. (Preferably a tray icon.)

You may benefit from the simple instruction at these sites...

http://www.pwcphoto.com/Calibration.htm
http://epaperpress.com/monitorcal/

 

[JJ]

Hi all,

To display some of my photos correctly, i need to adjust the brightness of
my monitor, but that isn't a nice job. I'm looking for a utility to adjust
my screen brightness by software. (Preferably a tray icon.)

Thanks in advance,

Vincent

 

[Vanguard]

Hi all,

To display some of my photos correctly, i need to adjust the
brightness of
my monitor, but that isn't a nice job. I'm looking for a utility to
adjust
my screen brightness by software. (Preferably a tray icon.)

Your video card's software might've added some tabs to the Display
applet. Right-click on the desktop and select Properties (or run the
Display applet in Control Panel). Under the Settings tab, click
Advanced. See if your video software added a tab that lets you adjust
gamma and brightness. Even if it adds a tray icon, it might end up
bringing to this settings dialog, anyway.

 

[JJ]

I've got a GeForce2, and do'nt see something about brightness/gamma in the
settings dialog. So I need to have a real software-dependent program to
solve this.

Vincent

 

[Jim Macklin]

Would not an adjustment to the pictures be a better
solution. Photoshop Elements and IRFANVIEW can fix poorly
exposed pictures.


| /JJ/ said:
|
| > To display some of my photos correctly, i need to adjust
the brightness of
| > my monitor, but that isn't a nice job. I'm looking for a
utility to adjust
| > my screen brightness by software. (Preferably a tray
icon.)
|
| You may benefit from the simple instruction at these
sites...
|
| http://www.pwcphoto.com/Calibration.htm
| http://epaperpress.com/monitorcal/
|
| --
| For most XP answers and tweaks...
| http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_abc.htm
| http://dougknox.com http://aumha.org
| http://support.microsoft.com

 

[Miss Perspicacia Tick]

I've got a GeForce2, and do'nt see something about brightness/gamma
in the settings dialog. So I need to have a real software-dependent
program to solve this.

Vincent

And what's wrong with buttons on the front of your monitor?

 

[Vanguard]

I've got a GeForce2, and do'nt see something about brightness/gamma in
the
settings dialog. So I need to have a real software-dependent program
to
solve this.

Vincent

You have just the driver installed. So why not visit nVidia's web site
and download the full software package from them?

http://www.nvidia.com/object/winxp_2k_66.93

It even includes an application profile manager (just as does ATI's
software) so you can specify a different color profile used when a
particular application gets loaded. That way, the change becomes
automatic and you don't have to be putzing around with any controls
(after initially defining the color profile).

Did you not get a manual for your GeForce video card? You could always
download one from their web site
(http://download.nvidia.com/Windows/...5_Graphics_Display_Property_Users_Guide.pdf);
the links are also on that driver download page.

 

[dev]

/Miss Perspicacia Tick/ said:

And what's wrong with buttons on the front of your monitor?

Where is the gamma button?

 

[Guest]

Maybe you need just to do gamma correction of your photos.

--PA

 

[Mike Coppins]

I've got a GeForce2, and do'nt see something about brightness/gamma in the
settings dialog. So I need to have a real software-dependent program to
solve this.

Try the latest nvidia drivers. v56.64 was the first to include colour
correction.

 

[Yves Leclerc]

You can try PowerStrip.

 

[Steve N.]

Would not an adjustment to the pictures be a better
solution. Photoshop Elements and IRFANVIEW can fix poorly
exposed pictures.

Yeah, and learn how to take better pictures.

I'm a lousey photographer but getting better with practice

Steve

 

[Jim Macklin]

A program such as Elements has a tool called LEVELS that
lets you adjust brightness and contrast in just a few
seconds.


| Jim Macklin wrote:
|
| > Would not an adjustment to the pictures be a better
| > solution. Photoshop Elements and IRFANVIEW can fix
poorly
| > exposed pictures.
| >
|
| Yeah, and learn how to take better pictures.
|
| I'm a lousey photographer but getting better with practice

|
| Steve
|
| >
| > | > | /JJ/ said:
| > |
| > | > To display some of my photos correctly, i need to
adjust
| > the brightness of
| > | > my monitor, but that isn't a nice job. I'm looking
for a
| > utility to adjust
| > | > my screen brightness by software. (Preferably a tray
| > icon.)
| > |
| > | You may benefit from the simple instruction at these
| > sites...
| > |
| > | http://www.pwcphoto.com/Calibration.htm
| > | http://epaperpress.com/monitorcal/
| > |
| > | --
| > | For most XP answers and tweaks...
| > | http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_abc.htm
| > | http://dougknox.com http://aumha.org
| > | http://support.microsoft.com
| >
| >
|

 

[Chuck]

Actually, You might be better served to use a picture editor (Even Irfan
viewer (Free)) to adhust the darker photos. The ultimate idea is to get the
display adjusted to "standard" settings that give you a decent display of
photos and applications without adjusting anything. There are "reference
standard" calibration photos available on the web that allow you to adjust
displays and printers .
http://www.inkjetart.com/custom/ A link to a couple of these reference
photos.
Do not change the reference photos after downloading them with a photo
editor, or you will defeat the purpose of using them as a reference..
You can also use the photos as they are to adjust printers.