I highly recommend using nothing but pure red light if possible.
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@Iver said:
only red light ? isnt that creepy ? :D
You may prefer the more inviting amber (orange) lights, but red is really nice, I've got some that do red, and it's just awesome for brushing my teeth and such!
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Hi,
I'm having flashbacks to the 60's and early 70's :)
I operated my photo darkroom in my childhood bedroom, so it was light tight (which takes a bit of getting used to).
(I did find my self memorizing step patterns, which I learned from a blind friend)Red lights were used as the 'safe light' for many stages of the photo process, film development, printing/enlargement, print development, fix and rinse.
I adopted them as the primary light I could switch on and see what I needed to (outside of photo use).
Looking forward to installing f.lux after I upgrade my machine to see how it works dynamically. Would love to not have blue light blaring at me before bed :)
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Let us know what you think of Darkroom mode!
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@Chuck-Jones said:
Hi,
I'm having flashbacks to the 60's and early 70's :)
I operated my photo darkroom in my childhood bedroom, so it was light tight (which takes a bit of getting used to).
(I did find my self memorizing step patterns, which I learned from a blind friend)Red lights were used as the 'safe light' for many stages of the photo process, film development, printing/enlargement, print development, fix and rinse.
I adopted them as the primary light I could switch on and see what I needed to (outside of photo use).
Looking forward to installing f.lux after I upgrade my machine to see how it works dynamically. Would love to not have blue light blaring at me before bed :)
In addition to letting the f.lux team know what you think of Darkroom Mode, let me know if you decide to get FEIT's red LEDs! I would love to make a positive difference like that. I really enjoy sitting here with nothing but my red LEDs on and f.lux set to 1200K (well, 1187K because I press Page Down once because my monitor seems to display 1200K as a bit washed out). I also adjust my monitor's color settings: I reduce Green and Blue all the way to 0 while leaving Red at 50. I also dim my monitor's brightness almost all the way down to 0, or sometimes I do go all the way down to 0 if I feel like it.
I still have to be careful with the brightness of red light though because the contraction of the pupils is alerting.
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@TwoCables you can probably get into the secret menu on your monitor to tweak the color levels of the default color presets.
Maybe just use the default and then switch to user mode with just red.
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@timpster said:
@TwoCables you can probably get into the secret menu on your monitor to tweak the color levels of the default color presets.
Maybe just use the default and then switch to user mode with just red.
Um, " I also adjust my monitor's color settings: I reduce Green and Blue all the way to 0 while leaving Red at 50."
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Yeah, and you could just use "normal" color preset, then just switch it to "custom" instead of changing it every night as it seems you do now.
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@timpster said:
Yeah, and you could just use "normal" color preset, then just switch it to "custom" instead of changing it every night as it seems you do now.
Yeah, I'm doing that. I've actually been doing that since the beginning of this now. I'm pretty smart, you know even though I probably don't seem so over the internet.
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O.K., good, you made it seem like you changed it every day / night, good stuff.
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@timpster said:
O.K., good, you made it seem like you changed it every day / night, good stuff.
I was just trying to be clear for Chuck-Jones while stating it as simply as possible.
