f.lux can help reduce the negative effects of working in front of a computer monitor. It has been designed to adjust your screen´s color temperature and brightness in relation to your location and time of the day. Moreover, it takes into account the type of lighting used in the room you are in. The program is based on studies about the psychological and physiological effects of light. Thus, the tool increases brightness in the morning and reduces blue light after the sun goes down. This prevents such harmful consequences as insomnia and drowsiness.
The tool uses a graph to show the body´s circadian response, which you can adjust according to the time you usually wake up. Likewise, you can set it to use your preferred color combination. In this respect, it is good to know that there are some intended, for example, to reduce eye strain and increase productivity when you are working late. The program runs from the system tray and does the rest of the job automatically so that you do not need to worry about recalibrating your screen´s luminosity anymore. There is at least one thing, however, that could make the tool a little better. In my opinion, it could automatically get your location provided you agree with that.
All in all, f.lux is a very simple tool but it is also very popular. It has versions for Windows, Linux, Android, iPhone, and Mac, so you will not miss it when you switch between these operating systems. Finally, it is excellent news that it is free.
The animated image of the night sky with the full moon and flying clouds.
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Panoramic Utility can provide the capability to create calibration files.
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f.lux literally is gives me less thing to worry about - my eyes stay un-strained and relatively relaxed. Without it I get a consistent pain/irritation that slowly builds and builds.
Sad story, but whatever, thanks f.lux - just thought you should know you're helping out.
That is strangely, one of the great things about f.lux - that after the initial oddity of everything being shifted in colors at different times of the day... after a while, your body simply gets used to it and you really don't even notice it working in the background. I has been a lifesaver for my eyes while doing late-night projects, and found myself naturally getting tired earlier than I would've before - subtle, but very effective!
I look forward to more improvements and additions to the software in the future. I hope they don't forget about Windows users, as it seems (and I may be wrong) that much of the attention is focused on the Mac community in terms of improvements and updates.