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Core Customizations

Screen Temperature

Set the day and night screen temperatures

temp-day=5000
temp-night=2800

Transition

Enable/Disable a smooth transition between day and night 0 will cause a direct change from day to night screen temperature. 1 will gradually increase or decrease the screen temperature

transition=1

Screen Brightness

Set the screen brightness. Default is 1.0 It is also possible to use different settings for day and night since version 1.8.

brightness=1
;brightness-day=0.7
;brightness-night=0.4

Screen Gamma

Set the screen gamma (for all colors, or each color channel individually)

gamma=0.9
;gamma=0.8:0.7:0.8

Location Provider

Set the location-provider: 'geoclue', 'gnome-clock', 'manual' type 'redshift -l list' to see possible values The location provider settings are in a different section.

location-provider=manual

Adjustment Method

Set the adjustment-method: 'randr', 'vidmode' type 'redshift -m list' to see all possible values 'randr' is the preferred method, 'vidmode' is an older API but works in some cases when 'randr' does not. The adjustment method settings are in a different section.

adjustment-method=randr

Additional Sections

Location Settings

Configuration of the location-provider: type 'redshift -l PROVIDER:help' to see the settings e.g. 'redshift -l manual:help'

[manual]
lat=50.1
lon=-1.7

Adjustment Settings

Configuration of the adjustment-method type 'redshift -m METHOD:help' to see the settings ex: 'redshift -m randr:help' In this example, randr is configured to adjust screen 1. Note that the numbering starts from 0, so this is actually the second screen.

[randr]
screen=0