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Changer l’image de fond de l’écran de login Windows 7
Sep 10th
Une petite note à moi même qui pourra toujours être utile à d’autres…
Il existe un petit logiciel très simple permettant de modifier l’image de fond de l’écran de login de Windows 7, et il m’arrive souvent de chercher plus longtemps que je n’aurais aimé avant de le retrouver, quand l’envie me prend de personnaliser un peu mon pc.
Pour m’éviter ce tracas à l’avenir, voici le lien direct vers la page de ce logiciel : http://tweaks.com/software/tweakslogon
Et comme on n’est jamais trop prudent, j’ai également fait une sauvegarde de la dernière version disponible
PS : oui, Windows 8 va sortir, mais je parle bien de Windows 7… Il faut dire qu’après l’avoir essayé pendant quelques mois, j’espère pouvoir me passer de l’installer sur autre chose qu’une tablette avant longtemps.
NegativeScreen
Sep 7th
NegativeScreen est une application permettant d’inverser les couleurs de votre écran, afin par exemple, de ne pas se faire éblouir dans la pénombre.
Ce programme a été conçu pour faire son travail tout en gardant une fluidité d’animation maximale.
Les performances de l’ordinateur ne sont que très peu affectées.
Différents mode d’inversion sont proposés, dont des modes “intelligents”, permettant d’inverser le noir et le blanc tout en conservant des couleurs (presque) identiques.
Utilisation
Dès le lancement, l’inversion des couleurs s’active.
NegativeScreen ne possède qu’une interface graphique minimale sous la forme d’une icône associée à un menu contextuel, dans la zone de notification.
Le simple click active ou désactive l’inversion, tandis qu’un click droit fait apparaitre un menu contenant plus d’options.
En plus de ces commandes, NegativeScreen est aussi controlable uniquement en utilisant des touches de raccourcis.
Raccourcis par défaut
- Win+Alt+H Termine l’application (Halt, en anglais)
- Win+Alt+N Contrôle l’activation/désactivation du mode Nuit
- Win+Alt+F1-à-F11: change le mode d’inversion:
- F1: inversion standard
- F2: inversion intelligente 1 – transformation optimale en théorie (mais couleurs pures désaturées)
- F3: inversion intelligente 2 – haute saturation, couleurs pures bonnes
- F4: inversion intelligente 3 – ensemble désaturé, jaunes et bleus mauvais, en fait plutot relaxant et assez agréable
- F5: inversion intelligente 4 – haute saturation, jaunes et bleus mauvais, assez lisible
- F6: inversion intelligente 5 – pas tellement lisible, bonne couleurs. (couleurs CMJ un peu désaturées, toujours plus saturées que la normale)
- F7: sepia negatif
- F8: noir et blanc negatif
- F9: rouge negatif
- F10: rouge
- F11: noir et blanc
Configuration
La version 2.0 introduit un fichier de configuration, permettant de configurer pratiquement toutes les fonctions de NegativeScreen.
Il est par exemple possible de choisir des raccourcis claviers personnalisés, ou même d’ajouter de nouveaux effets en plus de l’inversion de couleur !
Notez que cela nécessite des connaissances sur les matrices de couleurs (color matrices)…
Il est possible que j’ajoute un moyen d’en générer plus facilement dans une version future…
Si le fichier de configuration est manquant (negativescreen.conf), vous pouvez utiliser le menu “Edit Configuration” qui régénérera automatiquement la configuration par défaut.
Si quelque chose tourne mal après avoir édité le fichier (un mauvais raccourci clavier faisant crasher le programme…) vous pouvez simplement supprimer le fichier de configuration, la configuration interne par défaut sera utilisée.
Version pour Windows XP
Malheureusement, l’API Magnification utilisé par cette application n’existe pas sur Windows XP.
J’ai donc le regret d’annoncer qu’il n’y aura pas de version compatible Windows XP de NegativeScreen.
Téléchargements
NegativeScreen est distribué gratuitement, ainsi que son code source, sous licence GPL.
- Dernière version binaire (directement utilisable)
- Ancienne version (non configurable, mais marche avec Windows Vista)
ChangeLog
Version 2.2, 2013-02-17 ------------------------ - [fixed] avoid crash if a hot key cannot be registered - [added] new ActiveOnStartup configuration option Version 2.1, 2012-12-22 ------------------------ - [fixed] crash on Windows 8 due to inter-threads calls (this was not a problem on Windows 7) - [added] new MainLoopRefreshTime configuration option Version 2.0, 2012-12-14 ------------------------ Major update: - reworked entirely - better performances - smooth transitions - graphic interface (minimal) - configuration file: - fine grained configuration - custom hotkeys - custom color effects Version 1.12, 2012-12-14 ------------------------ - [fixed] crash on Windows 8 Version 1.11, 2012-06-26 ------------------------ - [added] new red and negative red filters bound on F9 and F10 Version 1.10, 2012-05-15 ------------------------ - [fixed] infinite flickering on Vista (introduced in 1.8) Version 1.9, 2012-04-16 ------------------------ - [fixed] stupid bug if the Windows taskbar is vertical Version 1.8, 2012-03-22 ------------------------ - [fixed] execution is no longer prevented if aero is disabled (previous bug corrected) however, the performances will still be horrible Version 1.7, 2012-03-21 ------------------------ - [fixed] works as expected when using custom DPI settings Version 1.6, 2012-02-27 ------------------------ - [fixed] crash on X86 on launch - [fixed] prevent execution if aero is disabled (prevent undesirable behaviours: black screens, 100% CPU usage...) Version 1.5, 2012-02-16 ------------------------ - [fixed] (internal) ColorMatrix implementation - [added] new feature: choice between 9 inversion modes (smart mode, etc... see readme for details) Version 1.4, 2012-02-09 ------------------------ - [fixed] does not crash anymore on Windows Vista Version 1.3, 2012-02-01 ------------------------ - [fixed] multi-screen should finally work! after a lot of tests and coding, I re-thought completely the architecture - [knownbug] in some screen configurations, if the primary screen if smaller than the other screen, the second larger screen has a black border at its bottom. It could be a bug in the Windows API... Version 1.2, 2011-09-18 ------------------------ - [fixed] multi-screen support (again) : bug with main screen on the right Version 1.1, 2011-09-13 ------------------------ - [fixed] multi-screen support - [fixed] when halted while paused, the application never stopped Version 1.0, 2011-09-06 ------------------------ - Initial release
Vous pouvez retrouver ici l’article technique sur la réalisation de ce projet.
NegativeScreen
Sep 6th
Version Française ici
NegativeScreen is a Windows application allowing you to invert your screen colors.
Appart from accessibility matters, this software is especially useful when you are surfing on the internet in a dark room, and the screen is dazzling you.
NegativeScreen was designed to work without impacting the performances and fluidity of your computer.
Unlike the Windows Magnifier, which is also capable of such color inversion, it was specifically designed to be easy and convenient to use.
Different inversion modes are provided, including “smart” modes, allowing blacks and whites inversion, while keeping colors (about) the sames.
Usage
The color inversion takes effect immediately after starting the program.
NegativeScreen comes with a minimal graphic interface in the form of a system tray icon with a context menu.
You can toggle the inversion by clicking the tray icon, and access more features by right clicking it.
Along with these commands, you can also control NegativeScreen only by using hot keys. Read on…
Default hot keys
- Win+Alt+H: Halt immediately the program
- Win+Alt+N: switch between normal mode and colors inversion mode (Night vision
)
- Win+Alt+F1-to-F11: change inversion mode:
- F1: standard inversion
- F2: smart inversion 1 – theoretical optimal transfomation (but ugly desaturated pure colors)
- F3: smart inversion 2 – high saturation, good pure colors
- F4: smart inversion 3 – overall desaturated, yellows and blues plain bad, actually relaxing and very usable
- F5: smart inversion 4 – high saturation, yellows and blues plain bad, actually quite readable
- F6: smart inversion 5 – not so readable, good colors. (CMY colors a bit desaturated, still more saturated than normal)
- F7: negative sepia
- F8: negative gray scale
- F9: negative red
- F10: red
- F11: grayscale
Keep in mind you can always change these defaults by editing the configuration file.
Configuration
The version 2.0 introduces a configuration file allowing to tweak almost everything in NegativeScreen.
You can now choose your own hot keys if you don’t like the defaults, and you can even add you own color effects!
This requires some knowledge in color matrices though.
I may add an easy way to build some in a future version…
If the configuration file (negativescreen.conf) is missing, you can use the “Edit Configuration” menu to regenerate the default one.
Should something go wrong after edition (bad hot key…), you can simply delete the configuration file, the internal default configuration will be used.
Windows XP Version
Unfortunately, the Windows Magnification API this application uses, is not available on Windows XP.
Therefore, I’m sorry to tell, there will be no XP compatible version of NegativeScreen.
Downloads
NegativeScreen is freely available, along with its source code, under GPL license.
- Last binary version (if you don’t know what to download, take this one)
- Legacy binary version (no configuration, but works under Windows Vista)
ChangeLog
Version 2.2, 2013-02-17 ------------------------ - [fixed] avoid crash if a hot key cannot be registered - [added] new ActiveOnStartup configuration option Version 2.1, 2012-12-22 ------------------------ - [fixed] crash on Windows 8 due to inter-threads calls (this was not a problem on Windows 7) - [added] new MainLoopRefreshTime configuration option Version 2.0, 2012-12-14 ------------------------ Major update: - reworked entirely - better performances - smooth transitions - graphic interface (minimal) - configuration file: - fine grained configuration - custom hotkeys - custom color effects Version 1.12, 2012-12-14 ------------------------ - [fixed] crash on Windows 8 Version 1.11, 2012-06-26 ------------------------ - [added] new red and negative red filters bound on F9 and F10 Version 1.10, 2012-05-15 ------------------------ - [fixed] infinite flickering on Vista (introduced in 1.8) Version 1.9, 2012-04-16 ------------------------ - [fixed] stupid bug if the Windows taskbar is vertical Version 1.8, 2012-03-22 ------------------------ - [fixed] execution is no longer prevented if aero is disabled (previous bug corrected) however, the performances will still be horrible Version 1.7, 2012-03-21 ------------------------ - [fixed] works as expected when using custom DPI settings Version 1.6, 2012-02-27 ------------------------ - [fixed] crash on X86 on launch - [fixed] prevent execution if aero is disabled (prevent undesirable behaviours: black screens, 100% CPU usage...) Version 1.5, 2012-02-16 ------------------------ - [fixed] (internal) ColorMatrix implementation - [added] new feature: choice between 9 inversion modes (smart mode, etc... see readme for details) Version 1.4, 2012-02-09 ------------------------ - [fixed] does not crash anymore on Windows Vista Version 1.3, 2012-02-01 ------------------------ - [fixed] multi-screen should finally work! after a lot of tests and coding, I re-thought completely the architecture - [knownbug] in some screen configurations, if the primary screen if smaller than the other screen, the second larger screen has a black border at its bottom. It could be a bug in the Windows API... Version 1.2, 2011-09-18 ------------------------ - [fixed] multi-screen support (again) : bug with main screen on the right Version 1.1, 2011-09-13 ------------------------ - [fixed] multi-screen support - [fixed] when halted while paused, the application never stopped Version 1.0, 2011-09-06 ------------------------ - Initial release
If you are interested in technical details, you can read the following post, recounting the development of this project (in French).




