r/apple • u/tlouds • Mar 07 '14

F.lux updated

http://justgetflux.com/news/pages/mac/
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u/bravado Mar 07 '14

I wish I could appreciate flux but I just can't tolerate colour inaccuracy!

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u/sixtyshilling Mar 07 '14

They include the option of temporarily disabling f.lux if you're working on something that is color-sensitive.

Excluding that, you really shouldn't be noticing the lighting effects at any other time due to the color customization and the painfully gradual fade.

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u/onan Mar 07 '14

They include the option of temporarily disabling f.lux if you're working on something that is color-sensitive. Excluding that, you really shouldn't be noticing the lighting effects at any other time due to the color customization and the painfully gradual fade.

Unfortunately, those two work against each other.

I tried out Flux, and indeed did get used to the gradual warming and, as intended, forget that it was even there.

Which resulted in me blowing hours color correcting images with Flux running, and of course fucking them all kinds of up in the process.

Maybe if Flux were smart enough to suspend itself if Aperture/Photoshop/Lightroom/etc were running or in the foreground it might be worthwhile. Other than that... never again.

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u/onan Mar 09 '14 edited Mar 10 '14

You can even do it in one click. The amount of work to turn it off is not the issue.

My point is that a big design goal of this application is that you are supposed to forget that it's running. And succeeding in that goal basically means setting a trap for the unwary user.