You would think turning off HDR mode would stop this, but the problem seems permanent. If you don't see this icon anywhere in the bottom-right side of the screen, open Start and click Control Panel.

You may first have to click in this area. Even if I turn brightness all the way down, the screen is still way too bright. It's the battery-shaped icon in the bottom-right corner of the screen. So, if you’re having this issue, stop using the Wacom screen settings and use your graphics card settings. Now, even when I turn it off, my screen is SUPER bright and nothing can be done. Through trial and error, I discovered that you can disable the Wacom brightness settings and use the Nvidia (from my graphics card) settings.Īs you can see from this, I switched to the Nvidia settings which offered far greater control and I was able to adjust it to a point that matched the brightness requirements in the i1Display Pro calibrator. Contrast is important for fixing images or spot removal. This left the display with a much more waxy look at feel which made it hard to do editing. With the screen too bright, it contrast was also an issue as its hard to get good contrast if your screen is too bright, because even your blacks are to bright. This was confirmed when I tried to calibrate the screen with and the i1Profile software showed the screen was far too bright (off the charts on the profiler). Under Brightness and color, look for the Change brightness automatically when lighting changes check box, and then select it to use this feature. To find out if your PC supports this, select Settings > System > Display. Yes, that strange behaviour is apparently apparently the settings working as designed? Some PCs can let Windows automatically adjust screen brightness based on the current lighting conditions. It’s obscure and mystifying that Wacom would put out an application in this way. Minimum brightness is at 75, goes up to 100, however when you move from 75 to 0 it seems to stay the same brightness before becoming dull at 0.

I couldn’t get brightness and contrast right and it has this odd behaviour. Since my switch from Apple to Windows, I’ve had a less than stellar experience with my Wacom Cintiq 16.

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