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Hmmm. I was quite careful to make sure that Shades wouldn't mess around with your colour balance, and I can't see why the gradient function should be any different now than it was before with the overlay.

I'll investigate further. Don't worry though, if it does turn out that the gamma gradient works differently than it should and can't be fixed, I will restore the overlay method as an option in a future release. Colour preservation is of utmost importance to me, and it is one of the reasons that I created Shades in the first place.

In the meantime, if you (or anyone else) have deleted their copy of Shades 1.1.x and wish to revert to it, contact me and I'll send you a copy.

Posted by Nick at 10:08am on 22 Nov 2007

Dark Adapted (a similar tool) use also a Gamma based illuminous reduction and it have the same problem with screwed up profiles. Please bring us overlay back. I\'m also looking foreward for a gradient overlay to fix my uneven colorbalance. If shades would be not free and had this feature i would pay for it :)

Posted by urmel at 1:20pm on 22 Nov 2007

Hello Nick,

Firts of all, thank you so much in you effort to make a good app.

But I downgrade to the previous 1.1.5 (overlay) version,
This new version screwup with colors and don\'t do what was the great thing in the prev releases that is softening the whites whitout wash the blacks.

For me, there are only TWO things to do in the prev release, then it will be PERFECT:
- Gradient overlay (pleeeease i\'m searching for something to fix what Apple try not to see)
- Fix the Expose/Spaces problem

Thanks

Posted by Oloum at 9:41pm on 23 Nov 2007

Hi Nick,
We're encountering people with the newer (brighter) 24" iMac who are seeing irregular colour temp when Shades is invoked. Can you please let us know when you have a revised version, and we'll pass that information along to people when they call (please see Ira's recent requests to you for support).
Keep writing great utilities.
Bruce

Posted by Bruce Wright (X-Rite) at 8:25pm on 04 Apr 2008

I have a bright 24 inch iMac. I am using eye-one match software to calibrate my display.

Today I tried calibrating my monitor with Shades off and with the brightness in Displays preferences set at halfway. AFter saving the profile, I reopened eye-one match and adjusted the luminosity with Shades, leaving the displays brightness set at halfway. This seems to smooth out some of the irregularities mentioned in the post above.

Before today I was turning the brightness down all the way in Displays. I think that makes the screen look worse.

Posted by Bruce McL at 09:12am on 14 Jun 2008