I like that idea. You can do the same thing in one go by applying a shadow
graphic effect to text in a transparent field.
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On February 20, 2016 5:27:09 PM Tim Selander <selan...@tkf.att.ne.jp> wrote:
Would it be better to do what we do in the video world? Put a
black edge on the "Realm of Knowledge" text. Any video editor can
do that, but you can fake a reasonable fascimile put using the
text twice, in layers. Top layer is the text in white. Bottom
layer in black. Shift the black text down and to the right a
couple of pixels. Puts a black edge on the bottom-right of the
white text. Improves readability. You can even blur the black
text a bit to make the effect a bit more subtle.
Tim Selander
Tokyo, Japan
On 2/20/16, 11:32, Sannyasin Brahmanathaswami wrote:
HH You are right of course. one pixel was an expediency and certainly does
not cover all cases. In fact it is a rather weak algorithm as you can see here:
https://www.evernote.com/l/ABHZ6MzemNNJY6SXFJ3HTMb7afCnCElhYfE
the text field crosses a blown out highlight (white hair) over to a dark
background.
in a case like this a midtone is usually all one can decide on. in this case
220,220,220
at
200,200,200
we start to hit the same level as the background. in this particular photo:
https://www.evernote.com/l/ABFY-T8OCqNDYK4QOed3qr0G6GfqZUXWjEo
For this particular context I'm actually happy with the "homeKey" field
being subdued.
but in other cases one wants a stronger presence
https://www.evernote.com/l/ABE267idXlBHrY4Xs4ND27ziH1UjmGtU-eY
Musings:
A random algorithm also does not help us out either.
In this "FlipBoard" model/copy-cat (which is what I'm aiming for in V1)
image will be dynamically replaced on every return to the same card, not
only per session, but even if the user just leaves the card and returns.
"Only God will know for sure" what the luminance of the background will be
under the field, because I'll be dynamically adding more and more images in
the category over time... if we want to get really "manic" (your term ha!)
we could write an analyzer to scan every pixel across the whole area
underneath the field. but I worry this will take up so much CPU time,
especially on Android that it will delay rendering the card.
In print we often decide to put a background frame behind the type and
change the opacity of the area to give some weight to the background, but
on these small mobile spaces, that just adds more noise to the design
I may settle finally on 200,200,200 for all and forget the attempt to
analyze the background... though it was a very useful exercise and I have
other context where I can and will use this new "skill"
FlipBoard uses white and I guess they must have a staff of 50 people who
curate every image and crop to make sure there is dark matter underneat
their type...
"not gonna happen here"
BR
On February 19, 2016 at 11:05:52 AM, [-hh]
(h...@livecode.org(mailto:h...@livecode.org)) wrote:
BR,
you do estimate the luminance of a 120x175 = 21000 px region
on base of the evaluation of ONE single deterministic pixel?
Accepted, of course, but then it may be better, from a
probabilistic point of view, not to take "the" pixel (40,40)
but *any* randomly chosen pixel of that region.
You could do for that:
set randomseed to (char -8 to -1 of the millisecs)
put 19+random(120) into pX ; put 19+random(175) into pY
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