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Author Topic: Idea: Lightbox  (Read 30901 times)

johnnyzero

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Idea: Lightbox
« on: July 15, 2008, 09:26 AM »
I assume this would be rather easy: display "white" on entire screen, press Esc to quit.

It would allow you to use your monitor as a poor man's lightbox for viewing slides, x-rays, MRI's, and other tranparencies.

Don't laugh: I needed to look at some (important) MRI's for a family member the other day. I created a blank/white image file and viewed it in IrfanView's full-screen mode. Worked for me.

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Re: Idea: Lightbox
« Reply #1 on: July 15, 2008, 09:55 AM »
try zoomit, it has a white background mode

http://technet.micro...ernals/bb897434.aspx

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Re: Idea: Lightbox
« Reply #2 on: July 15, 2008, 10:37 AM »
2johnnyzero
Just search for software for "dead-pixels lookup" or "cleaning monitors" tools.
Most of them have an option to display one colour for entire screen.

Sample one:
http://www.freewaref...K_program_42061.html

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Re: Idea: Lightbox
« Reply #3 on: July 15, 2008, 11:35 AM »
thanks, fenix.

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Re: Idea: Lightbox
« Reply #4 on: July 16, 2008, 07:03 PM »
 :) Try White!

White - Fill the screen with white color to use it as a lightbox.

Features:
- Press Esc to exit.
- Dobubleclick the tray icon to show.



You'll find the downloads and more info at 1 Hour Software by Skrommel.

Skrommel
« Last Edit: August 02, 2008, 06:34 AM by skrommel »

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Re: Idea: Lightbox
« Reply #5 on: July 17, 2008, 07:16 AM »
Thanks, Skrommel. That's perfect!

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Re: Idea: Lightbox
« Reply #6 on: January 31, 2009, 12:03 PM »
What about the ones with dualscreen?

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Re: Idea: Lightbox
« Reply #7 on: February 01, 2009, 06:02 AM »
Haha Skrommel, I love your screenshot :D
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Re: Idea: Lightbox
« Reply #8 on: February 01, 2009, 08:38 AM »
Haha Skrommel, I love your screenshot
;D

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Re: Idea: Lightbox
« Reply #9 on: December 26, 2013, 03:29 AM »
Hi,
There is need to add a command line parameter, to exit White program by Esc. [without leaving the system tray icon]

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Re: Idea: Lightbox
« Reply #10 on: October 23, 2015, 01:15 AM »
A Screensaver is better here I think.
I found MonitorOffSaver.scr (for gertting the screen Black).
https://www.donation.../MonitorOffSaver.scr
Can we make it white?