Yeah, I've seen these (well, nocturne at least). I know, I'm just duplicating the functionality of these apps to some extent. But for my imaging application, I want these controls built in, which means I have to write this code anyway, so I may as well make a new app for it too :)
Chris 2009/10/29 Tom Butterworth <[email protected]>: > Just FYI, and possibly a little late (eek!), there are a couple of apps > which do this > > I used to use another one, the name of which escapes me, but can't find it > now. Its icon was three coloured discs. A quick search of > macupdate.com throws up > > http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/24506/rggamma > http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/24898/nocturne > > (I've not tried either) > > AFAIR the one I used to use modified system gamma, so worked without any > extra windows, etc. > > Tom > > On 29 Oct 2009, at 14:54, Chris Wood wrote: > >> Yeah, it's for astronomy. If you're working at a telescope, you want >> your eyes fully dark adapted. Having a computer there is really useful >> (especially if you're using the QC based realtime telescope imaging + >> processing app I'm writing :)), but a regular osx desktop will ruin >> your night vision. >> >> So what I'm doing is adding an overlay over the whole desktop, which >> does a few things to help. First, it makes the screen red. Red light >> doesn't affect your eyes as much as the other colours. Then, it makes >> everything darker, which helps more. I'm trying to add a backlight >> control too so the backlight can be set to almost off. >> >> I'll also use QC to add a "screensaver" effect so it'll run a black >> bar down the screen or something every x minutes to prevent screen >> damage (this way the real screensaver can be turned off.. you wouldn't >> want a bright screensaver coming on when you're not looking :) >> >> Chris >> >> >> 2009/10/29 Patrick Sheffield <[email protected]>: >>> >>> Can I ask why you're building this? >>> >>> Patrick >>> >>> On Oct 29, 2009, at 6:33 AM, Chris Wood wrote: >>> >>>> Yeah, I found that, but thanks :) >>>> >>>> Actually I have the whole thing working now. I've not added QC in, but >>>> my app is now adding a fullscreen overlay on all monitors, with mouse >>>> event passthrough (so far it just tints the screen). Adding QC stuff >>>> is just a case of adding a QCView/OpenGL view to the windows and >>>> rendering. >>>> >>>> I'll post my code up somewhere when it's done, I guess people might >>>> find this useful. >>>> >>>> Chris >>>> >>>> >>>> 2009/10/29 Marc Epard <[email protected]>: >>>>> >>>>> On Oct 29, 2009, at 6:22 AM, Chris Wood wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Just got to figure out event handling now and I'm good to go. >>>>> >>>>> This might do the trick: >>>>> [window setIgnoresMouseEvents:YES]; >>>>> -Marc >>>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. >>>> Quartzcomposer-dev mailing list >>>> ([email protected]) >>>> Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: >>>> >>>> >>>> http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/quartzcomposer-dev/psheffield%40earthlink.net >>>> >>>> This email sent to [email protected] >>> >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. >> Quartzcomposer-dev mailing list ([email protected]) >> Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: >> >> http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/quartzcomposer-dev/bangnoise%40gmail.com >> >> This email sent to [email protected] > > _______________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. Quartzcomposer-dev mailing list ([email protected]) Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/quartzcomposer-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to [email protected]
