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Article #392Re: A small utility to adjust gamma/brightness quickly?
From: Shep�
Date: Sun, 21 Oct 2001 23:20
Date: Sun, 21 Oct 2001 23:20
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On 21 Oct 2001 10:47:51 -0700, wolf@buriedlie.com (Wolf) wrote: >I've been looking for a certain utility for some time... but does it >exist at all? What I need is a small Win9x program that would sit in >the sys tray, and would only do one thing - allow for quick >gamma/brightness settings, and, ideally, also for video overlay >settings. Sure, the Nvidia tray icon can be enabled, but it's not a >very good solution, since it only brings up screen properties, so >entering gamma/overlay settings takes five more clicks, which can be a >pain in the, uh, AGP slot if you have to adjust this every few minutes >(for different video clips) - I'd like something that would be able to >switch to *those* settings immediately, or change them on its own. >Just a little tool to do only that, or not much more - not a multi >combine that eats resources and reset screen positions, like >Powerstrip does :) You have it in your vid card's options . 1:Desktop Utilities/Display Quick Tweak icon in Taskbar. 2:Twin View/Device Settings/Colour control/Make custom Gamma setting and save with a name like Gamma1. 3:Right click on taskbar icon when you want it/Custom Colour and invoke(does not work with the some newer detonator drivers<bugs as usual>but works with the 12.90(always) and the 12.83 sometimes :/ 4:Right click on the taskbar icon after you exit the game and restore hardware defaults in the custom colour section . HTH :O)
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