I thought I'd post about this invaluable tool since only a small handful of desktop/external display users know it exists :) Twinkle Tray is an open-source brightness and contrast control utility...
I thought I'd post about this invaluable tool since only a small handful of desktop/external display users know it exists :) Twinkle Tray is an open-source brightness and contrast control utility for Windows that works with any DDC/CI-compliant display (pretty much any monitor made by a major manufacturer over the past ten years) so you don't have to do the induce-early-onset-arthritis-while-you-blindly-fumble-at-the-inconveniently-placed-OSD-switches dance. It actually interfaces with the display itself to control the OSD brightness/contrast values rather than artificially changing brightness through image processing.
I highly recommend setting it to run on startup and bind hotkeys for brightness up and down commands, I've set mine to Win+Shift+F9 (down) and Win+Shift+F10 (up) for those who want an easy jumping off point that won't conflict with other program shortcuts.
There's also similar program called Monitorian which serves the same purpose and unlike Twinkle Tray it's not an electron app. Although I had some problems with it causing random CPU spikes and...
There's also similar program called Monitorian which serves the same purpose and unlike Twinkle Tray it's not an electron app. Although I had some problems with it causing random CPU spikes and cursor lags so I'm using Twinkle Tray myself now. And if you're using Linux there's ddcutil and ddccontrol
Thanks, I was looking for something like this just today! I'm experimenting with making the 2nd monitor vertical and somehow, with it being closer to me, it feels a lot brighter. This utility...
And if you're using Linux there's ddcutil and ddccontrol
Thanks, I was looking for something like this just today! I'm experimenting with making the 2nd monitor vertical and somehow, with it being closer to me, it feels a lot brighter. This utility could help. Cheers.
Hey I use this. I came across it last year. I was constantly fiddling with my monitor pre-sets for brightness. And I have three monitors on my main rig. So I started using Twinkle Tray so I could...
Hey I use this. I came across it last year. I was constantly fiddling with my monitor pre-sets for brightness. And I have three monitors on my main rig. So I started using Twinkle Tray so I could control all from one place. It works great. I've since installed it on all my machines.
There are times, like when I'm gaming, when I want the screen really bright. But if I'm just browsing the Web, I get tired of looking at the sun (like with white background pages). It actually makes my eyes hurt since I've gotten used to wearing anti-blue light glasses.
I thought I'd post about this invaluable tool since only a small handful of desktop/external display users know it exists :) Twinkle Tray is an open-source brightness and contrast control utility for Windows that works with any DDC/CI-compliant display (pretty much any monitor made by a major manufacturer over the past ten years) so you don't have to do the induce-early-onset-arthritis-while-you-blindly-fumble-at-the-inconveniently-placed-OSD-switches dance. It actually interfaces with the display itself to control the OSD brightness/contrast values rather than artificially changing brightness through image processing.
I highly recommend setting it to run on startup and bind hotkeys for brightness up and down commands, I've set mine to Win+Shift+F9 (down) and Win+Shift+F10 (up) for those who want an easy jumping off point that won't conflict with other program shortcuts.
There's also similar program called Monitorian which serves the same purpose and unlike Twinkle Tray it's not an electron app. Although I had some problems with it causing random CPU spikes and cursor lags so I'm using Twinkle Tray myself now. And if you're using Linux there's ddcutil and ddccontrol
Thanks, I was looking for something like this just today! I'm experimenting with making the 2nd monitor vertical and somehow, with it being closer to me, it feels a lot brighter. This utility could help. Cheers.
Hey I use this. I came across it last year. I was constantly fiddling with my monitor pre-sets for brightness. And I have three monitors on my main rig. So I started using Twinkle Tray so I could control all from one place. It works great. I've since installed it on all my machines.
There are times, like when I'm gaming, when I want the screen really bright. But if I'm just browsing the Web, I get tired of looking at the sun (like with white background pages). It actually makes my eyes hurt since I've gotten used to wearing anti-blue light glasses.
Definitely recommend Twinkle Tray.