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Why does this PNG image display differently in Chrome & Firefox than in Safari and IE?

Check this image out: On Chrome and Firefox it will show as a pear. Now, try to save it and look at it saved on your desktop. Also, try viewing in Safari or Internet Explorer. It will display as an apple! Try clicking the image and moving it…
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Why is the monitor image all washed out?

The LCD flatscreen is completely washed out, as if someone had turned the brightness way past max and turned the contrast down too. Black-on-white text is poorly readable, and grey-on-white literally invisible. This means that most icons and…
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How to dark adapt windows so that everything is red?

I often want to take my laptop out into the field for astronomical observations. This requires that my eyes be fully adapted to the darkness. Dark adaptation takes up to an hour to fully develop and is easy destroyed by looking at a non-red light. A…
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Is there a way to adjust colors of a specific window?

Is there a (Windows) program or something that will allow the user to adjust the brightness/contrast/gamma of a specific window rather than the whole screen? As a use-case scenario, imagine having a web-page showing on one half of the screen, and…
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How do PC blue light filter softwares reduce blue light?

I have often heard about the eye strain that blue light can cause, especially when comming from monitors. I did not give it much importance until I began feeling these effects on me, and, after having tried many blue light filter softwares, I came…
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Need a hint on adjusting screen gamma permanently

Good time of day everyone! I'm facing this problem with my Ubuntu 12.04.1 and a new ViewSonic monitor. The trouble is that the monitor has it's default gamma value set too high and there is no way I can adjust it by monitor hardware controls. So…
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Gamma always too high during Windows 10 color calibration

I'm using a TV monitor (an old memorex MLT1931, 19", if it matters) as a second monitor. I am using it with the same resolution as my other monitor (1920x1080), and its native resolution is 1280x720. Some of the colors are off, and my radeon…
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PNG file has different colours in different programs

I downloaded an icon from Icons8. With their tool I recolored it to dark blue (#2c3e50). After unpacking and uploading the 48px icon I got the following result: As you can see the color is not #2c3e50, but #738697. I was quite confused, so I opened…
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Thinkpad T530 with Intel HD 4000 and Nvidia NVS 5400M Gamma adjust not working

Some process seems to have a deathgrip on my laptop's color settings, specifically the gamma adjust. I'm trying to adjust the gamma on my laptop because my outboard monitor is too dark for my taste, and I'm having a hard time. Every time I adjust…
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How do I stop my computer from auto-correcting brightness/gamma/contrast?

For some reason my computer tries to auto-adjust for brightness/gamma/contrast. This is really annoying because if I start viewing something a bit darker, say a dark webpage, the browser and Start Menu etc look odd. I tried manually adjusting the…
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Why does this PNG display differently in Firefox vs Chrome?

Here is the image: This image has no gAMA chunk or color profiles. I tried to remove the sRGB chunk, but have not been able to, with pngcrush or pngfix. Despite this, this image displays differently in Firefox vs Chrome (or Chromium anyway, as…
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Ffmpeg set a custom gamma value

I would like to force FFmpeg to add gamma information into a render. I managed with -movflags write_colr+write_gama like this : /Users/xxx/Library/Application\ Support/FFmpegTools/ffmpeg -probesize 50M -analyzeduration 100M -i…
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How to lower screen brightness on a Windows 10 Desktop

How do I adjust screen brightness in my Windows 10 PC? I have tried to just go into the power settings but there is no slider there as it is supposed to be, and not in the notification icon as it is supposed to be. I cannot remember where else I…
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recommended computer monitor brightness, contrast and gamma settings for eyes?

I'm a software developer. I'm working up to 10 hours per day in computer. How to properly adjust monitor brightness and contrast.
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Display settings not saving after restart

The display settings aren't being saved, either using the regular windows control panel or the nvidia control panel, after restart the settings go back. To fix it I go into the nvidia control panel and click "Choose how color is set" and it…
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