looked through it but could not find the values for the 5 steps, i know they are in the /usr/lib/mce/modules/libfilter-brightness-simple.so so if we could get the source for that file it would be easy to make a new filter-brightness with the values the user wants.

i am very happy with the simple filter's preset values, i would only require step 1 to be '2' since this turns the light down so that if you are in a dark place where you don't want to disturb somebody, like say your in your bed and your girlfriend/boyfriend is sleeping and you want to check something on the web......
But i am working on a widget that just sets the brightness to 2, it will stay that way until interrupted, like dimmed screen or screen off/on

right now i am using step 4 (204), it is really nice.

and now im also using the 'Simple Brightness Applet'