Keep your eyes from getting tired with Flow, software that calibrates the monitor screen automatically based on the time of day. With Windows versions, Mac, Linux, Android e iOS, the app can do show colors warmer at night and brighter during the day, without you having to touch anything.
Due to the rise of technology and the increasing use of electronic devices, like computers and cell phones, many people start to have trouble sleeping. The reason? The blue light emitted by these devices, that causes insomnia problems and, in some cases, vision problems, especially in children.
That is why programs like fl.ux are being used more and more. And the best thing is that it is completely free.
What is F.lux?
f.lux heats the screen at night to help you relax and unwind before bed. Created in 2008 to help the exhibits look more like a book, f.lux now draws on the science of sleep and circadian biology to help you adjust your body's sense of night and day.
With F.lux we can reduce the blue brightness of the screens, with a warmer tone that does not harm our vision.
Adjustments can be made manually or let the program do it automatically, for which it is necessary to indicate our location.
Thus, the app will automatically adjust the brightness and hue of the screen: during the day the screen will be brighter and at night it will have a warmer color.
Automatic and manual screen calibration
When launching the application, can download free from their website, we can adjust the color temperature manually or configure it so that the program does it automatically.
Here we can indicate the time we wake up so that fl.ux knows when to turn off the blue light at night before going to bed.
The circle above the blue bar allows us manually adjust the screen color temperature. A) Yes, if we move the circle to the left we will get warmer colors, ideal for the night. While if we move it to the right, the screen will be brighter, ideal for mornings where the sun rises.
The circadian response is automatically displayed according to the time of day and the adjustments we make.
For the program to take care adjust screen brightness and color gamut, we must specify our location by entering the postal code or writing the name of the country or city where we are.
Among the options available to dim the screen, have:
- Recommended colors: is f.lux's recommended choice of screen colors.
- Reduces eyestrain: to reduce eyestrain.
- Classic F.lux: go back to the previous f.lux settings.
- Working late: when we stay working late, whereupon the screen gets hot.
- Far from the equator: get away from the equator, where the hemispheres are divided.
- Cave painting: makes the screen cave color, almost reddish.
- Color fidelity: referred to the fidelity of the color.
Advanced options, such as colors for day and night or activation of special keys, can be found in the program menu.
If we activate the keyboard shortcuts, we can raise and lower the screen brightness, in addition to changing the color tone of the Windows screen, Mac or Linux.
F.lux recognizes the applications that are running. Thus, if we want to disable the program for certain applications that we have open, we just have to go to the menu, option Deactivate and select «when using ‘program name’ ».
And if that was not enough, f.lux can make your home lights change gradually and automatically to suit your settings. You can get more information in this page.
Undoubtedly, a very useful application that cannot be missing from our computer or mobile phone, and with which you can prevent your eyes from getting tired by the blue light of the device's screens.
Remember that f.lux is a free application that is available for Windows, Mac, Linux and for mobile devices with Android (con root) e iOS (with jailbreak). What's more, in the case of Windows, is also available in the Microsoft Store.
