Tint Screen

Want a different perspective on life with your computer? Have a late-night project with sore eyes from the glare? Then change the way you look at your monitor(s) with Tint Screen. It smoothly fades a color or image in/out of your screen(s) and has a wide array of other customizable features.

Requires Y!WE 3.1+ due to the flat-file format used. Also requires the Microsoft .NET 2.0 Framework for screen capturing on Windows. To move this Widget, you must hold control (Win) or command (Mac), click, and drag.

Zip file contains the Widget and a readme file containing everything you need to know.

Current Version: 2.2.1

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March 25, 2006 · version 1.6 HappyKamper
This is perfect for my sore eyes when I have to pull an all nighter on my CRT.
March 25, 2006 · version 1.6 k9calamity
This widget works good. However, I have no practical use for it...
February 17, 2006 · version 1.6 Meskibob (author)
Yeah, the whole multiple images thing isn't really working out. There are just too many possibilities and variables and it's basically getting out of the scope of my current programming ability (I'm chemE, not CS). If I wasn't in school, I might be able to get it figured out, but exams just started up, so I'm a little pre-occupied. Sorry. However, there are plenty of bright people in the forum that might be able to get you what you want. I'd recommend putting in your… More
February 16, 2006 · version 1.6 Meskibob (author)
@Lacouette- well, after some testing, creating a separate collage widget that acts like tint screen and would strictly be on the desktop is pretty much impractical. The problem is that if you want the collage to be below your other windows, then it ends up being clickable and may end up covering your desktop icons or other widgets. That's bad and kind of removes the point of the widget. I will however look into adding multiple images into this widget. Also search the forum for a recent t… More
February 15, 2006 · version 1.6 Meskibob (author)
@Lacouette- I might be able to do that, although I'm not sure how well it will work with resources, but I'll let you know. :)