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+MIT License
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+Copyright (c) 2024 Abdullah Arif
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README.md

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+# Stillcolor for macOS
+Stillcolor is a lightweight menu bar app for macOS which disables temporal dithering on Apple Silicon GPUs M1/M2/M3.
+
+A lot of people are sensitive to [temporal dithering](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frame_rate_control) which alternates pixel colors at the speed of your display's refresh rate, causing eyestrain and various other symptoms.
+
+Stillcolor activates on login and whenever a new display connects.
+
+## Requirements
+- Apple Silicon eg. M1/M2/M3
+- macOS >= 13
+
+Tested on macOS 14 with M2 and M3 Max.
+
+## Installation
+Head over to the Releases page and download the zip. Unzip Stillcolor.app to your Applications folder and launch.
+
+Select “Launch a Login” to make this app run automatically and disable dithering whenever your computer starts.
+
+## Verifying status of temporal dithering
+
+To check wether the app did the job, run the following in Terminal:
+
+`ioreg -lw0 | grep -i enableDither`
+
+Should see 1 or more `”enableDither” = No` corresponding to each live or past display.
+
+To re-enable dithering simply uncheck “Disable Dithering.”
+
+`enableDither` is reset back to `Yes` on computer restart that's why you need to launch this app on login.
+
+To verify that your GPU is not applying dithering you can try a visual test by visiting [Lagom LCD Gradient (banding) test](http://www.lagom.nl/lcd-test/gradient.php) 
+
+Set your built-in display’s color profile to sRGB at full brightness and look carefully at the gray parts, you should be able to see subtle banding when you disable dithering which happens in realtime.
+
+And if you're sensitive to temporal dithering you should notice a lot less eyestrain while dithering is disabled.
+
+A more complicated approach is to use a [video capture card](https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/products/ultrastudio/techspecs/W-DLUS-12) and record your display's uncompressed output then run the recording through ffmpeg to visualize dithering with the following command: 
+
+`ffmpeg -i input.mov -sws_flags full_chroma_int+bitexact+accurate_rnd -vf "format=gbrp,tblend=all_mode=grainextract,eq=contrast=-60" -c:v v210 -pix_fmt yuv422p10le diff.mov`
+
+## Roadmap
+- Make this app compatible macOS 11+
+- Test and verify various Macs M1 Pro, Max, etc
+- Make it work with Intel Macs?
+- Create a foolproof and easy dithering test
+
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