Pangobright App

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09-08-2010, 01:08
White-Light

Pangobright App

Never heard this mentioned over here so I thought I'd post it.

Pangolin produce a FREE application that allows you to instantly dim your screen for laser displays so you can better see the display rather than beign dazzled by the brightness of the monitor (or having to mess around with monitor settings).

Its called Pangobright and whats more it dims EVERY window on the PC not just Pangolin software so no matter what other software you might be running, there will be no nasty sudden bright changes between windows.

It works by sitting in the system tray as an icon and then allowing you to adjust monitor brightness with a simple slider.

I've copied this off the Pangobright forum its a simple animation showing how the slider works:

http://www.pangobright.com/images/Pa...anim2-391w.gif

It can also work across multiple monitors and allow individual adjustment of each.

It is downloadable from here: http://www.pangobright.com/
09-08-2010, 02:53
danielbriggs

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Am I missing the point here? :confused:
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I can only think of external displays...

But ma laptop does this automatically... (and kicks in the backlight keyboard too!) *retardo
09-08-2010, 03:32
White-Light

Well apparently many computers don't as it was a much requested feature over on the pango forums.

Maybe they're using desktops or less featured lap tops, I don't know but just thought it might be useful for some.
09-08-2010, 10:28
danielbriggs

Fair enough...

Tell you what; try it out at your next gig and report back :)
09-08-2010, 10:41
allthatwhichis

Most desktops do not have this feature either. Thanks for posting! *retardo
09-08-2010, 11:02
stanwax

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Originally Posted by allthatwhichis

Most desktops do not have this feature either. Thanks for posting! *retardo

The computer itself may not but when have you ever seen a monitor or tv without a brightness control?

Rob
09-08-2010, 11:09
White-Light

Quote:

Originally Posted by danielbriggs

Fair enough...

Tell you what; try it out at your next gig and report back :)

I don't do shows Dan so maybe you could try it for the benefit of everyone on here?

Its been around a while so I can't see it being naff especially when its been designed by Pangolin.

All I can say is don't shoot the messenger! Its a free app after all, so you have nothing to lose either way.

Quote:

Originally Posted by stanwax

The computer itself may not but when have you ever seen a monitor or tv without a brightness control?

Rob

Very true comment Rob. But what's easier, playing around trying to get your monitor back to x% in the dark after a gig with those twidly little buttons on the underside, and risking disturbing other settings such as brightness, contrast etc, or simply moving a quick slider on the desktop?

EDIT: Just tried it for myself. Its much faster than any other method in fact adjustment is instaneous.

I've captured a short video which I uploading now, will add it soon.
09-08-2010, 11:33
flecom

Quote:

Originally Posted by stanwax

The computer itself may not but when have you ever seen a monitor or tv without a brightness control?

Rob

most of them don't get very dim...
09-08-2010, 14:40
White-Light

Video clip here as promised (14mb): ftp://plftp:ildaswap@ftp.photonlexic...angobright.mp4

You can't get much quicker response than that!
09-08-2010, 15:11
Stuka

Nice!!

Thanks for posting!! :)
10-03-2010, 12:38
flecom

i have found when using this app and having the pangolin laser preview window open I get weird/random stuttering in my laser output... anyone had this issue?
10-03-2010, 13:34
White-Light

No such issue here.

I've just done a test run using the very latest QS, Pangobright and Quicktime (with an MP3 playing) all loaded together without issue.

Have you checked your resources to ensure you're not low on memory etc (easiest way Ctrl + Alt + Delete (ONCE only) > Task Manager > Performance Tab.
10-03-2010, 13:37
flecom

no I have plenty of memory... it happens when I am playing a show on my QM card, it seems like the pango bright app is trying to dim the preview window, and its not having much success... it makes the preview window strobe really quickly between dim/normal brightness and the laser output stutters sometimes...

I only had this issue with showtime, have not tried livepro
10-03-2010, 13:41
White-Light

It was developed to be used with all Pango software so it sounds unusual but as I don't have anything at that level I can't really comment.

Best fire off an email to Bill and see what he says. He may have heard of this before or he may get it looked into.
10-08-2010, 08:20
Laserchuck

Quote:

Originally Posted by flecom

i have found when using this app and having the pangolin laser preview window open I get weird/random stuttering in my laser output... anyone had this issue?

We always had problems at AVI with running shows with the preview window. I recommend not using the preview window when outputting laser signals from Pangolin, despite any settings to adjust output priority. I can't speak to the pango bright app specifically, but i'd start there.

-chuck
10-08-2010, 09:09
flecom

Quote:

Originally Posted by Laserchuck

We always had problems at AVI with running shows with the preview window. I recommend not using the preview window when outputting laser signals from Pangolin, despite any settings to adjust output priority. I can't speak to the pango bright app specifically, but i'd start there.

-chuck

ya I should point out this problem goes away when I kill the preview window... but I have never had any issues before with the preview window... just when i run the pangobright app