You've answered your own question. 1) Don't "stare at the monitor" too long. 2) Take breaks from "staring". Five minutes in a normally lit room environment sounds about right to clear all those subtle afterimages burned into your retina. The key being don't stare - move your eyes around. Personally, I work in a room that's lit normally, and often glance at things other than my monitor. This helps relieve my eyes, and also helps me keep a sense of "normal" contrast. HTH - Steve -----Original Message----- From: Louis Dina via colorsync-users Date: Monday, December 05, 2022 05:01 PM To: colorsync-users@lists.apple.com Subject: Defeating Eye Adaptation I'm curious how others deal with "Eye Adaptation" when editing images. The longer we stare at the monitor, the more "normal" the image appears. Our eyes adjust and often fool us, at least they do me. It may be too bright, dark, contrasty, flat, over or undersaturated, etc. Sometimes I think the image looks great, but when I come back after 5 minutes, obvious needed changes scream out at me. So, what do you do to defeat eye adaptation? Thanks, Lou _______________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. colorsync-users mailing list (colorsync-users@lists.apple.com) Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/colorsync-users/sj9000%40comcast.net This email sent to sj9000@comcast.net