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Nocturne
Nocturne 2.0.0
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(3) 3.5

Switches your display to night vision mode.   Free
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Nocturne is (yet another) simple app for switching a computer to night vision mode. It does, however, add a few things:
  • Proper color correction in monochrome modes - you don't lose all your blues or reds when you tint the screen.
  • Window shadow toggling - if glowing windows aren't your thing.
  • Background removal - hide the desktop picture so you don't see a inverted version.
Requirements
PPC / Intel, Mac OS X 10.4 or later.







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Nocturne User Discussion (Write a Review)
ver. 2.x:
(3)
Your rating: Now say why...
Overall:
(11)

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burypromote
+2

+2

EvolutionTech reviewed on 11 Nov 2011
Extremely buggy in Lion. Settings don't change when going bank and forth from day to night mode. Support for spaces is buggy. Adjusting the white point color in Tint Colors is almost impossible. Adjust screen brightness is useless.
[Version 2.0.0]


burypromote
+2

+15

Badidea reviewed on 19 Oct 2011
I like it a lot - unfortunately it doesn't work with Quicktime X's fullscreen mode (OS X Lion)
[Version 2.0.0]


burypromote
+1

+202
B. Jefferson Le Blanc commented on 03 Mar 2011
The one thing I wanted it to do doesn't work. It does not reduce screen brightness on my 24" NEC monitor.
[Version 2.0.0]


burypromote
+1

+45

Michael Haeusler reviewed on 20 Jan 2011
Love it. There's however at least one bug. When switching to night, going monochrome and tinting the colors with user-defined values, the tint remains after switching back to standard day setting. You have to actually quit Nocturne to return to normal again. Not good.

Some ideas for improvement: (a) Save presets plus presets menu; (b) Option to hide the dock or at least lose the dock background
[Version 2.0.0]

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burypromote

+18
Piquadrat replied on 20 Jan 2011
i tested this now too, and here everything works like it should - intel iMac, OS 10.6.6
burypromote

+45
Michael Haeusler replied on 20 Jan 2011
I'm on 10.6.6 too (i7 MBP). Strange.

My Nocturne settings are: Invert screen / Hide desktop / Disable shadow / Adjust screen brightness (slider roughly at 80%) / Monochrome / Tint colors (black = black & white = user-defined color).
burypromote
+1

+5
Tutor tipped on 04 Feb 2010
I was intrigued by the comments about a version 2 and decided to look into this. Nocturne is open source and development progresses now on Google code:
http://code.google.com/p/blacktree-nocturne/

That's why the Blacktree site hasn't been updated.

That looked valid enough for me to try the new version. It now has options to dim the menu bar. I like it ;-)
[Version 1.0.4]


burypromote
+1

+14
Brian Kendig commented on 01 Oct 2009
Nocturne 2.0.0 is out, and downloadable from some sites (Google for it), though not from the developer's own site for some reason.
[Version 1.0.4]


burypromote
+1

+35

PizzaCake reviewed on 07 Jun 2009
This is an awesome app. The ability to choose different colors for black and white really sets this app apart from others. I always liked using grayscale for general computing however the universal access grayscale is really harsh to look at for a long time. By choosing softer colors rather than pure black and white means I can get the display looking exactly as I like it.

Thanks to the developer Blacktree who also made Quicksilver.
[Version 1.0.4]


burypromote
-1

+10
dnem41 commented on 02 Dec 2008
is this the same thing as the Command+Option+Control+8 keyboard shortcut?
[Version 1.0.4]

1 Reply

burypromote
+1

+1
adam_unnormal.ca replied on 03 Aug 2009
Definitely not.
burypromote

+144
gcoghill commented on 01 Nov 2008
Cool app, a few comments:

The options only seem to work on the main monitor. Secondary monitor is inverted, but color tint only happens on main screen.

Brightness control didn't work for me.
[Version 1.0.4]


burypromote

+1

TheComputerMedic reviewed on 21 Mar 2008
So simple and so nice. Saves battery power and nigh-sight. Easy to use controls and good options.

One suggestion, when switched from day to night or night to day, instead of the screen flashing all white first, have it flash all black. The bright flash in a dark room is jarring and a waste of (minimal) battery power.
[Version 1.0.4]


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Downloads:17,476
Version Downloads:7,296
Type:Utilities : System
License:Free
Date:20 Jan 2011
Platform:PPC / Intel
Price:Free0.00
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Nocturne is (yet another) simple app for switching a computer to night vision mode. It does, however, add a few things:
  • Proper color correction in monochrome modes - you don't lose all your blues or reds when you tint the screen.
  • Window shadow toggling - if glowing windows aren't your thing.
  • Background removal - hide the desktop picture so you don't see a inverted version.
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