aaron

Calculating Color Brightness

I was working on a website today, and I stumbled into a problem of needing to compute the brightness of a color, so that if it is a background color, I know whether to show white text or black text. My first thought was to simply add up the RGB components of the color and use that value. It turns out that is completely wrong, since pure green looks much brighter than pure...

aaron

Create a weird colored star thing in Photoshop

This tutorial will show you how to create the most beautiful image you have ever seen. I’m serious. There is nothing you could ever like more than this. Ok, now that you’ve seen it, there is nothing you would rather do more than make this image. This is not a question. Step 1: Create a blank 20×15 pixel image. That’s right. PIXELS. It’s going to be small. Then go to Filter...