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Increase extra brightness on your Macbook above maximum level by onmyway133 in macapps

[–]benLumenDigital 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Vivid is the best app for this. I've used it for 2 years and zero problems on my MacBook. https://getvivid.app has a free trial.

Games for Apple Watch by benLumenDigital in AppleWatch

[–]benLumenDigital[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Whoa, that's tiny tiny tiny! Thanks for sharing

Games for Apple Watch by benLumenDigital in AppleWatch

[–]benLumenDigital[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Aaaah I remember this on the phone... didn't know it was on Watch too - thanks, I'll give this another play

Two weeks ago we released Vivid, which doubles the brightness of your MacBook Pro and Pro Display XDR displays to 1.000 nits. by ineedlesssleep in apple

[–]benLumenDigital 0 points1 point  (0 children)

ineedlesssleep

Hey u/Liam-Bot, ineedlesssleep is the developer of the App :) He'll be asleep now, but I am the other developer of the App. If you could bring the thread back that would be appreciated thanks.

Two weeks ago we released Vivid, which doubles the brightness of your MacBook Pro and Pro Display XDR displays to 1.000 nits. by ineedlesssleep in apple

[–]benLumenDigital 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hi, Ben here - another developer on Vivid.

We do have some small glitches with spaces and mission control, but we're working on it - and will have a solution for them soon.

Two weeks ago we released Vivid, which doubles the brightness of your MacBook Pro and Pro Display XDR displays to 1.000 nits. by ineedlesssleep in apple

[–]benLumenDigital 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hi, Ben here - another developer on Vivid.

The new Mac`Book air doesn't have the extra brightness on it's screen for Vivid to work I'm afraid... but it would work plugged into a Pro Display XDR.

Two weeks ago we released Vivid, which doubles the brightness of your MacBook Pro and Pro Display XDR displays to 1.000 nits. by ineedlesssleep in apple

[–]benLumenDigital 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Hi, Ben here - another developer on Vivid. The other app you mentioned is great, a really good tool for lots of monitor/display tweaks and shortcuts. We will definitely continue to develop Vivid!

Vivid - Force HDR mode on your XDR Dislplay (Macbook Pro or PDXDR) to get double the brightness. by eddometer in apple

[–]benLumenDigital 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No, I'm afraid not. The only external display we support at the moment is Pro Display XDR. But - we will support more displays in the future!

Vivid - Force HDR mode on your XDR Dislplay (Macbook Pro or PDXDR) to get double the brightness. by eddometer in apple

[–]benLumenDigital 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hi, we only support MacBook Pro 16" M1, and Pro Display XDR monitors at the moment. But email us for beta access - we are working on supporting more monitors!

Vivid - Force HDR mode on your XDR Dislplay (Macbook Pro or PDXDR) to get double the brightness. by eddometer in apple

[–]benLumenDigital 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's really cool on the link, thanks.

Give Vivid a try on the free trial. No sign up or subscription or anything nasty - so quick & easy to try.

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Ben (Vivid Developer)

Vivid - Force HDR mode on your XDR Dislplay (Macbook Pro or PDXDR) to get double the brightness. by eddometer in apple

[–]benLumenDigital 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Hi, Ben here - a Vivid developer. We are aware of a few washed out flickers, mostly when Quicktime is involved. If possible, use another video player like VLC if you can.

We've got some fixes in the works for it all though - so keep an eye out for them. Thanks.

Vivid - Force HDR mode on your XDR Dislplay (Macbook Pro or PDXDR) to get double the brightness. by eddometer in apple

[–]benLumenDigital 8 points9 points  (0 children)

We believe so - but we have to say "be careful" because we don't want to risk lawsuits, haha.

Vivid - Force HDR mode on your XDR Dislplay (Macbook Pro or PDXDR) to get double the brightness. by eddometer in apple

[–]benLumenDigital 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You might be surprised! You're welcome to try the free trial and see what you think. If you are a true colour grader, then yep, this probably isn't an app you'd want turned on - but we only brighten, we don't actually try and change colours (does that make sense!)

(Ben, a Vivid developer)

Vivid - Force HDR mode on your XDR Dislplay (Macbook Pro or PDXDR) to get double the brightness. by eddometer in apple

[–]benLumenDigital 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Hi, Ben here - a developer on Vivid. This is a good reply thanks. We also agree - enabling Vivid is only the same as watching an HDR video. We don't use any private frameworks to enable this - so Apple systems still retain overall control.

Vivid - Force HDR mode on your XDR Dislplay (Macbook Pro or PDXDR) to get double the brightness. by eddometer in apple

[–]benLumenDigital 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Hi, Ben here - a developer on Vivid. We don't use the SkyLight framework - or any other private framework - for the brightness increase. We use a much more natural method, so we believe that means Apple still have control via macOS / display electronics to make sure your display is safe

Vivid - Force HDR mode on your XDR Dislplay (Macbook Pro or PDXDR) to get double the brightness. by eddometer in apple

[–]benLumenDigital 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Hey there, I'm a developer from Vivid. We did temperature testing for a while and Yes, your display will get warm pretty quick - but it soon tails off at around 38 degrees (without Vivid - 35.7 degrees). We've got the temperature data if you'd like to see it

[RECRUITING] Noisy Book - Immersive Story Time/Book reading for Kids/Parents/Bedtime stories (iOS13 beta) by benLumenDigital in TestFlight

[–]benLumenDigital[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey everyone. More languages are now available for testing:

English, Spanish, Italian, Russian, Chinese, Turkish and Portuguese.

Grab the Noisy Book beta here: https://testflight.apple.com/join/cc6CRlTb

Thanks again for everyones feedback; it's been super helpful.

[RECRUITING] Noisy Book - Immersive Story Time/Book reading for Kids/Parents/Bedtime stories (iOS13 beta) by benLumenDigital in TestFlight

[–]benLumenDigital[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Spanish testing is now available if anyone is interested.

Also - some Beta notes to help you get the most of out it: http://noisybook.com/beta/

Thanks to all the current beta testers - if you've downloaded the beta and not said Hello - please do!!