How to set up your computer screen to your eyes feel comfortable

Adjust the brightness, contrast, gamma, and other parameters of the screen, and it will render colors better.

Before you begin to configure, create comfortable lighting conditions. The light should not fall directly on the screen or shine in your eyes.

How to adjust the screen by using the hardware buttons

If your monitor has a button to select the picture settings, so it has its own settings, independent of the OS. Use them to achieve optimum quality.

For such a task needs visual reference so you valuable, special services. For example, Monteon - Russian-language website with tests to monitor settings. Visitor resources are available, along with special icons descriptions they need to look at the display is set correctly.

Simply adjust the screen so that test images on it as much as possible consistent with the descriptions.

Prior to this, be sure to check that the maximum resolution was put on a monitor. In Windows, you can do this in the section "Start» → «Settings» → «System» → «Display». In MacOS - opened via the Apple menu "System Settings» → «Monitor» → «Display».

The higher the resolution, the sharper screen image.

How to adjust the screen using the built-in programs

If you have an external monitor without keys or a laptop, you can adjust the picture by using built-in tools. Such programs exist in both Windows and MacOS. They are simple and the user is instructed in detail about the selection of the optimal settings.

If you have already set up the display using the hardware buttons, but you can also try to calibrate it to the system program. Maybe it will improve the result.

In Windows

Open search system, type in it the word "calibration" and start the application found. On a series of tests appears to adjust the display. Go through them, following the system prompts.

In Windows 10, you can also use "ClearType text configuration tool." It helps you to create text that is displayed on the screen easier to read. To start the wizard, enter ClearType search.

In macOS

Expand the Apple menu at the top of the screen and open the section "System Settings» → «Monitor». Then click on the tab "Color", and click "Calibrate". Follow the prompts in the assistant to adjust the monitor well.

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