- A useless application that limits your screen colors
- A fork of the dwm_lut which is a fork of the original dwm_lut
- Visual C++ runtime (https://www.techpowerup.com/download/visual-c-redistributable-runtime-package-all-in-one/)
This tool applies color-limiting filters to the Windows desktop by hooking into DWM. It works in both SDR and HDR modes (not really great).
Right now, it should work on any 20H2 or 21H1 build of Windows 10, and also the current build of Windows 11, and I'll try to update it whenever a new version breaks it.
Run DwmLutGUI.exe and click Apply.
Minimizing the GUI will make it disappear from the taskbar, and you can use the context menu of the tray icon to quickly apply or disable all LUTs. For automation, you can start the exe with any (sensible) combination of -apply, -disable, -minimize and -exit as arguments.
Note: DirectFlip and MPO get force disabled on monitors with an active filter. These features are designed to improve performance for some windowed applications by allowing them to bypass DWM (and therefore also the LUT). This ensures that screen filters get applied properly to all applications (except exclusive fullscreen ones).
Install vcpkg for C++ dependency management:
- Create and switch to your desired install folder (e.g. %LOCALAPPDATA%\vcpkg)
git clone https://github.com/Microsoft/vcpkg.git ..\bootstrap-vcpkg.batvcpkg integrate install
Just open the projects in Visual Studio and compile a x64 Release build.
