Show HN: Make your logo extra bright on HDR screens (soverybright.com)
23 points by telecuda 2 hours ago
Certain logos started standing out to me on LinkedIn as brighter/whiter than everything else around them.
I dug in and found out this is accomplished by adding a gain-map to an existing JPEG, visible only on HDR screens like a newer MacBook Pro. LinkedIn is the only social network I've found that isn't stripping them out, but of course you serve them up on your own site.
I worked with Claude Code to turn it into a little browser-based utility (no registration) and hope you find it useful!
daigoba66 a few seconds ago
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jonplackett 30 minutes ago
Please don’t do this.
You know it will be annoying.
masklinn 24 minutes ago
On the other hand it’s a great signal that whoever uses that is an obnoxious twat and should be plonked.
gerdesj 8 minutes ago
The <blink> tag's spiritual successor.
fjlunky 20 minutes ago
Pretty sure Fifth Star Labs’ Sky Guide iOS icon does this. Not the whole icon, just the stars in it. Hiding the app in a folder helps but I’m looking for a better alternative just because of this.
pbhjpbhj 17 minutes ago
Uninstall the app? Leave a review, tell the developer.
telecuda 16 minutes ago
I mean, use it responsibly. Of course people won't, it's the internet, but a skilled designer may use it to highlight a word or an accent to draw your eye. It can be tricky in dense interfaces to draw focus to something (little tooltips or big buttons aren't the best answers). This is just another tool in the toolbox.
froh42 35 minutes ago
Oooh fuuuuuuck. Do we now have the HDR screen version of the 90s/00s CD volume wars? MAX IT OUT?!? BE LOUDER! BE BRIGHTER! WTF.
leni536 13 minutes ago
It goes up to 11
opengrass 9 minutes ago
Waddabout an ImageMagick command or explanation how to export in Inkscape?
dylan604 31 minutes ago
I just noticed something similar today as an ad where the green oval button was so bright that the rest of the white screen felt grayish/dull than white. It could not be unnoticed playing on the notion that the eye is attracted to the brightest thing on the screen
anigbrowl 23 minutes ago
> Every social network strips these tags except the worst one
> Clearly we need more of it
I do not in fact want sites trying to get around my display preferences to post their visual presence on screen.
sbustelo 20 minutes ago
It seems you have seen the same logo in LinkedIn that I did :)
Stitch4223 32 minutes ago
This is fun and will try to embed it in our project next week.
perryizgr8 27 minutes ago
The page says it should work on my phone but it doesn't. No difference between the SDR and HDR versions on my phone (S26 Ultra / Chrome).
Jaxan 22 minutes ago
It also depends on your screen brightness. In my case, if it’s set to maximum, there is no difference between SDR and HDR.
telecuda 19 minutes ago
I was only able to test it on my iPhone. Let me see if the S26 needs a tweak (or confirm if it's not support)
telecuda 24 minutes ago
Works for text too!