Apply visual filters to webpages you view!

Latest Version

Version
2.0.1
Update
November 26, 2016
Size
190KiB
Developer
Category
Users
891
Rating
4.88889 ★
Manifest Version
2
Web Store Status
Languages Support
English (UK)
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Permissions
ActiveTab
Tabs
Http://*/
Https://*/
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Sheen Extension

Sheen will give you control over how you see your favourite web pages.

No-matter who you are, you are likely to find this useful or fun;

- Greyscale
you're a web developer needing to judge true contrast
- Contrast
you have a vision impairment and you need those pesky font colours to pop
- Colour modification
you're colour blind and the designer of your favourite site has chosen the one colour you cant distinguish! Make all blues purple, all reds green.
- Colour saturation
you can't see the difference between two shades in a poorly made map
- Sepia
you're favourite networking site wont allow you to customise the colour theme, this will do it!
- Blur
you're an employee wanting to instantly obscure whatever it is you're not meant to be looking at with the click of a mouse
- Brightness
you're up too late and the page is blinding you

This extension modifies how a page's colours are displayed to you by applying visual filters to the entire page.
It's like applying photo filters to all web pages!



New to version 2:
- create any number of profiles
- have these profiles automatically apply to web pages or whole sites
- edit these profiles and have the changes automatically spread to the pages you've already set to use it
- previously required no permissions! But now needs them to be able to watch tab URLs :(
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Source Manifest.json

{"update_url": "https://clients2.google.com/service/update2/crx","manifest_version" : 2,"name" : "Sheen","description" : "Apply visual filters to webpages you view!","version" : "2.0.1","icons" : {"16":"icon-16.png", "48":"icon-48.png", "128":"icon-128.png"},"minimum_chrome_version" : "26.0.0.0","permissions" : ["activeTab", "tabs", "http://*/", "https://*/"],"background": {"scripts" : ["background.js", "utility.js"],"persistent" : false},"browser_action" : {"default_title" : "Apply visual filter!","default_icon" : {"19":"icon-19.png", "38":"icon-38.png"},"default_popup" : "options.html"}}
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How to download and manually install Sheen extension for Chrome

Looking for a way to install Sheen extensions for Chrome, you can search for them in the Chrome Web Store, clicking the "Add to Chrome" button, and following the straightforward process.

However, you may need to install Sheen extensions manually, this article outlines two simple methods to effortlessly install Sheen extensions, whether they come as unpacked folders in compressed formats like .zip or as .crx files.

Method 1: Download Sheen extension and manually install through Drag &Drop

If you ever need to manually install a Sheen extension for Chrome, don't worry, it's a simple process. Just follow these easy steps, and you will have your extension ready to use in no time.

Step 1: Download the Sheen Extension by clicking the "Download CRX" button on the website.

Look for the Sheen extension you wish to install. Go to the website and download the Sheen extension package, which is usually a .CRX file and comes in a zipped file. Here ".crx" file is the format for Sheen extension that contains all the data.

Step 2: Extract &Arrange Files

Once the file is downloaded, extract that file into its own folder. Similarly, give that extension files a permanent home. In other words, keep it in a folder that you don't accidentally delete it because these files will be needed to make that extension work.

Step 3: Go to the Chrome Extensions Page

Open Google Chrome and in the address bar, type chrome://extensions; it will open the Google Chrome extensions page. Make sure that "My extensions" is selected in the sidebar.

Step 4: Drag and Drop the Extension

Now, go to the folder where you extracted the Sheen extension and drag &drop the extension file from there anywhere onto the extension page within Google Chrome.

Step 5: Complete the Installation

Once you drag and drop the extension file, follow the steps that Google Chrome takes you through. Similarly, if the extension file is of .crx file format, you will be required to review the permissions and then add the extension.

Now, you can manage that added extension as you would like to with any other Chrome extension that you added through Chrome Webstore. Its icon will also appear in the Google Chrome Menu on the right side of the address bar once you activate it.

Method 2: Download Sheen extension for Chrome and install in Developer Mode

This is another method to install Sheen extension manually, but the twist is that here, you install by enabling the developer mode option provided in Google Chrome. This mode is commonly used for testing extensions or running unpublished tools.

Step 1: Download the Sheen extension file

Select and download the Sheen extension by clicking the 'Download CRX' button on the website.

Step 2: Extract the downloaded contents

Convert the file to a ZIP file if it is in CRX format then extract the Sheen extension zip file or folder that you downloaded. Make sure you extract it using the same folder name and keep it safely in another folder, so you don't delete it by mistake. The extracted folder will be needed to keep your Sheen extension running.

Step 3: Open Chrome Extension Setting Page

In the address bar of Google Chrome, type chrome://extensions and open the Chrome Extension Page.

Step 4: Enable Developer Mode

After opening the Chrome Extension page, look at the top right side, and you will find the toggle option of "Developer mode."Simply enable that developer mode option.

Step 5: Load the Unpacked Extension

Once you enable the developer mode option, you will see the menu of Load Unpacked, Pack Extensions and Update. From that, select the option "Load unpacked."

Step 6: Select the Extension Folder

Once the pop-up opens upon clicking Load unpacked, select the Sheen extension directory and click on the "Select Folder "button.

Step 7: Confirm and Install

After you select an extension folder of a Google Chrome extension you're installing manually, confirm its installation for the final time and let the installation complete.

Conclusion

Here we've made a step-by-step guide on How to manually install Sheen extension in 2 ways. We hope this guide proves helpful.

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User reviews

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Shuvam Ghosh (ID: 000000b6aea01b57) Voted 5 ★ - Updated 01/02/2023 With the lack of native color customization on ChromeOS, this is the next best thing I could have asked for. But the profiles don't always work as expected. Still, a very helpful extension.

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Rafal Janusz Wysocki (ID: 0000007cb6a7ba06) Voted 5 ★ - Updated 01/27/2020 It would be great if it had also shortcut keys.

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Brendan Holly (ID: 0000007e4bd23660) Voted 5 ★ - Updated 08/24/2019 I have a form of red green color blindness. I was having trouble reading a tour bus route map. One of the routes was displayed in a color that I could not distinguish from the color used for bodies of water.. This app made it possible for me to see the two routes clearly and to distinguish between them. Excellent! It's a practical solution to a problem that has bothered me for years.

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Brian Boase (ID: 0000009dabb597b9) Voted 5 ★ - Updated 03/11/2016 Great!Perfect! How do I get it to be on by default? It's annoying to have to turn it on every time a web page loads.

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IM HO (ID: 0000009dcdc361e4) Voted 4 ★ - Updated 11/12/2013 It would be perfekt if i could activate it for the actual window with an hotkey