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Red Filter Algorithm

The document describes an algorithm for applying a red filter to an image. It involves mapping the brightness of each pixel to a red hue scale from 0% to 100% brightness. Pixels below 50% brightness have increasing red values and zero green and blue values. Above 50% brightness, red is fixed at 255 while green and blue increase. The algorithm calculates each pixel's average RGB value, and assigns red, green, and blue values accordingly to produce the filtered red image.

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Red Filter Algorithm

The document describes an algorithm for applying a red filter to an image. It involves mapping the brightness of each pixel to a red hue scale from 0% to 100% brightness. Pixels below 50% brightness have increasing red values and zero green and blue values. Above 50% brightness, red is fixed at 255 while green and blue increase. The algorithm calculates each pixel's average RGB value, and assigns red, green, and blue values accordingly to produce the filtered red image.

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Red filter algorithm 

There are many ways you could create a filter with a red hue. One way is to consider the overall 
brightness of a pixel and map it to the same brightness on a red­hue scale: 

 
This red scale has white and black at 100% brightness and 0% brightness respectively, but in 
the middle, where the grayscale color would be rgb(128,128,128), this scale has a red color 
rgb(255,0,0). You can see that the red (R) value increases with brightness up to 50%, then it 
stays 255. Green (G) and blue (B) values are zero up to 50% and then increase to 255 at 100%. 
 
How can we map the brightness of a pixel to its red scale value? A plot of R value vs. brightness 
looks like this: 
 
 
If we assume the brightness of the pixel correlates with its average value, we can use the 
average value of the pixel to determine which pixel in the red spectrum we want to select for the 
red filter. Darker pixels will have averages closer to 0 and brighter pixels will have averages 
closer to 255. In between, we can choose a lighter or darker shade of red. This piecewise 
function of R value vs average value shows how to choose the R value. 

 
For average values less than 128, R = 2*avg, and for average values greater than or equal to 
128, R = 255.  
 
What about for the green content of the new, filtered pixel? Here is a plot showing the G value 
vs. the average value. 
 
For avg < 128, G = 0, and for avg >= 128, G = 2*avg ­ 255. Try this yourself with the blue value. 
 
This means that one possible algorithm for a red filter is: 
1. Start with the image you want 
2. For each pixel in the image 
a. Calculate the average of the RGB values 
b. If the average is less than 128, 
i. Set the red value to two times the average 
ii. Set the green value to zero 
iii. Set the blue value to zero 
c. Otherwise 
i. Set the red value to 255. 
ii. Set the green value to two times the average minus 255 
iii. Set the blue value to two times the average minus 255 
3. Display the filtered image 
 
You may find it helpful to refer to a color picker tool: 
http://www.w3schools.com/colors/colors_picker.asp  

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