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Aren't I....

Postby Fozzer » Sun Jul 01, 2012 10:56 am

...a silly old Billy!... ::)...!

I've been spending years, installing various Pay-ware and Free-ware programs, in an attempt to brighten up the scenery in my Flight Sims, to represent bright, Summer-time textures, from its usual miserable, dim, dull, textures...

..when all I needed to do was to adjust the; "Brightness" on my LCD Monitor from its default; 40% Brightness, to 70%+ Brightness!... [smiley=2vrolijk_08.gif]...!

Sorted!.... ;D...!

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Re: Aren't I....

Postby Daube » Sun Jul 01, 2012 11:19 am

And just wait until you start playing with the "Gamma" adjustment of your video card...
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Re: Aren't I....

Postby Fozzer » Sun Jul 01, 2012 11:53 am

Excellent!....experimenting with it!!

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Re: Aren't I....

Postby Zaphod » Sun Jul 01, 2012 12:51 pm

Oh my God Daube.
Fozz has just descovered the "Brightness" control and now you've got him playing with "Digital Vibrance?"
Where will it end???

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Re: Aren't I....

Postby Jetranger » Sun Jul 01, 2012 1:02 pm

I've had FSX  for 5 years now, and I'm still trying to figure out how to get the planes off the ground - I've checked the Fuel levels, and even poured Gas down the Hard Drive so I know their full of Fuel,,, Ummmm ??
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Re: Aren't I....

Postby Fozzer » Sun Jul 01, 2012 1:19 pm

Oh my God Daube.
Fozz has just descovered the "Brightness" control and now you've got him playing with "Digital Vibrance?"
Where will it end???

Zaphod ;D ;D ;D


... ;D... ;D...!

I need all my Flying Days to be; Sunny Flying Days!... ;D...!

..none of this; "Night-Time" stuff!... ;)...!

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Re: Aren't I....

Postby Fozzer » Mon Jul 02, 2012 4:39 am

[quote]And just wait until you start playing with the "Gamma" adjustment of your video card...
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Re: Aren't I....

Postby Bass » Mon Jul 02, 2012 6:38 am

Thank you Daube. ;)
By moving to 60 really get improvements in fsx too. ;)
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Re: Aren't I....

Postby Daube » Mon Jul 02, 2012 6:46 am

Oh my God Daube.
Fozz has just descovered the "Brightness" control and now you've got him playing with "Digital Vibrance?"
Where will it end???

Zaphod ;D ;D ;D

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Re: Aren't I....

Postby Daube » Mon Jul 02, 2012 6:47 am

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I've just applied those settings, and the result is amazing!
My trusty FS 2004 has suddenly been transformed into a Snow White, Technicolour version of FS 2004, with a richly coloured, vibrant landscape!
The whole scene, together with my increased monitor brightness, has suddenly become much brighter and more colourful!
Now my FS 2004 is even more of a joy to use every day!

...many thanks for the tip!

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Re: Aren't I....

Postby Fozzer » Mon Jul 02, 2012 9:35 am

Together with the above adjustments, another vast improvement I made overall, in Ground Environment II Pro, was to increase the settings...

"Ground Colour" > "Colourize" >

"R","G"."B" colours, "Saturation" and "Brightness".

This gave the overall scene an increase in brilliance, highlighting all the colours!

(With all the above effects increased, it also brightens up all the Icons and Windows on the desktop!)

I am now immersed in a new World of Colour!... :D...!

Paul... :)...!
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Re: Aren't I....

Postby Bass » Fri Jul 06, 2012 7:51 am

Some very good colour improvements

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