Transparent Screen - alexy

*** THIS IS NOT MY COMPUTER ***
credit goes to Alexy who uploaded it to my website's gallery

PS: this is not a Photoshop trick, this is his REAL desktop image

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somefool ∴ Matt says:

cool
Posted 58 months ago. ( permalink )

carlothebarlo says:

Haha thats AWSOME!
Posted 58 months ago. ( permalink )

djbones says:

This totally rocks.
Posted 58 months ago. ( permalink )

PenguinsInTheDesert says:

I can't wait to try this out.
Posted 58 months ago. ( permalink )

RobertAndrews says:

nice one.
here's mine
Posted 58 months ago. ( permalink )

apreussler [deleted] says:

this is cool! It's my absolute favorite!
Posted 58 months ago. ( permalink )

kof2002 says:

WOW So Clever ! Cooooool....
Posted 58 months ago. ( permalink )

zizzybaloobah says:

Indeed! I can't wait to try it myself. Maybe you should turn this into a group?
Posted 58 months ago. ( permalink )

w00kie says:

it IS a group already
Posted 58 months ago. ( permalink )

tokitama says:

It is strange!
Posted 58 months ago. ( permalink )

macjohnmcc [deleted] says:

Won't it be easier just to cut the screen out of your laptop? ;) heh heh just kidding... or am I? ;)
Posted 58 months ago. ( permalink )

arffl says:

Cutting the screen out would a tempting, albeit expensive, idea, but it would then be tough to display the desktop icons.
Posted 58 months ago. ( permalink )

macjohnmcc [deleted] says:

Take an old broken laptop. Remove the screen. Make a graphic that is the size and resolution of the desktop with the icons on a transparent background. Print on a printer. Take to photocopy store. Photocopy to transparency... you get the picture... ;)
Posted 58 months ago. ( permalink )

apsey says:

Creative, enjoyable, inspiring, and entertaining. Thanks!
Posted 58 months ago. ( permalink )

Technogogo says:

Fantastic idea. Very creative.
Posted 58 months ago. ( permalink )

allenu says:

Very nice! Reminds me of the research some Japanese guys were doing with projectors and cameras to make "invisible" jackets.
Posted 58 months ago. ( permalink )

auburnite says:

Reminds me of "Minority Report". Very cool.
Posted 58 months ago. ( permalink )

Beachy says:

Excellent work!
Posted 58 months ago. ( permalink )

sean808080 says:

brilliant. just when i thought i'd seen it all!
Posted 58 months ago. ( permalink )

RaD_Man says:

Very f'ing cool.
Posted 58 months ago. ( permalink )

jdraiders says:

A screen-saver of a realistic brick wall, a realistic mouse cable and a realistic wood desk. Hmmmm, pretty realistic.
Posted 58 months ago. ( permalink )

Joel Vila says:

Mmm... that makes me think... lol. Cool picture.
Posted 58 months ago. ( permalink )

danielsantos says:

I felt like doing the same...! Fantastic!
Posted 58 months ago. ( permalink )

shaneben says:

This is pretty cool.
Posted 58 months ago. ( permalink )

The Rocketeer says:

I saw the post on Engadget and it inspired me to try it. Here's my desktop.
Posted 58 months ago. ( permalink )

ariel wollinger says:

this is a photograph trick.

1st- with a tripod take a picture of your desk without the computer on it.
2nd- take a picture now with the computer on the desk.
3rd - open both pictures in photoshop and paste one of the pictures over the other as a new layer.
4th- make a selection of the area of the computer desktop and copy it from the image that has no computer.
5th- the image might be skewed due to screen positioning. Use the free transform funtion and drag all corners of the selection to match the picture canvas.
6th- use this image as the desktop in the computer.
7th with camera still in position, take a picture and the illusion will be created.

voila!!
Posted 58 months ago. ( permalink )

the boy on the bike says:

ariel, you're making it too complicated.

Setup the tripod, zoom the camera to the exact size of the screen... it helps if you're taking the photo flat on and not at an angle... now fold down the laptop screen, and snap!

Flap the screen back up, and use that as your desktop... DO NOT MOVE THAT TRIPOD!

Now zoom out, and take your second photo.

Voila!
Posted 58 months ago. ( permalink )

Yoshikuni Kenta says:

Yeah, plus ariel doesn't seem to catch the point

I should try this with a CRT, though my giant monitor will be hard to move..
Posted 58 months ago. ( permalink )

Gerald5970 says:

and POOF
Posted 58 months ago. ( permalink )

MrMessiah says:

buro the problem with doing it your way is that it only works if you take your photo from "head on". Ariel's way can be used to take a picture of the laptop from any angle.
Posted 57 months ago. ( permalink )

Damiao Santana says:

That's the re-criation of the wheel!! Wow!!
Posted 57 months ago. ( permalink )

w00kie says:

I think this might be the #1 most viewed photo on Flickr :)
Posted 57 months ago. ( permalink )

jurvetson says:

May very well be. With help from the bloggers
Posted 57 months ago. ( permalink )

StruC says:

What if you turn on/off the light?
Posted 57 months ago. ( permalink )

OpenCage says:

I blogged this wonderfull photo in Japanese. Great works!
Posted 57 months ago. ( permalink )

sujaco says:

How fun!
Posted 57 months ago. ( permalink )

electronwarrior says:

my comment is about the comments of others... like "this totally rocks".... or howabout "thats way too cool".... or even "awesome"... or worse "reminds me of minority report"..... buahhhhahaha buahhhhhhahahahahahahaha... get a life peeps and stop being so vomity ehhh...
Posted 57 months ago. ( permalink )

ID entity says:

You shouldnt stop at computer screen. I think of car glasses, office glasses, eye glasses ...
Posted 57 months ago. ( permalink )

XoMa says:

Супер! Мне понравилось)
Posted 57 months ago. ( permalink )

El muerto [deleted] says:

XoMa, а тут кто-то понимает русский?
Да, кстати, way cool!
Posted 57 months ago. ( permalink )

j0rune says:

that's wicked!
Posted 53 months ago. ( permalink )

♡ΞΔ ĢάĽß αĐ ΔΞ♡ [deleted] says:

I WANT ONE :P
Posted 53 months ago. ( permalink )

thepretenda says:

Viewed 345066 times.
I wonder if this is the MOST VIEWED image on FlickR?
Posted 51 months ago. ( permalink )

Graeme Smith says:

Wow, viewed 354420 times now. This could very well be the top viewed photo on flickr…
Posted 50 months ago. ( permalink )

rabid_mortal says:

Well done. One of the most convincing I've seen!
Posted 50 months ago. ( permalink )

Gregor Rohrig says:

Great Image!
Just be careful the next time you nail something into the wall :)
Posted 50 months ago. ( permalink )

journeywood says:

How terribly clever!
Posted 49 months ago. ( permalink )

Coti_ says:

jajaja, la raja!
Posted 49 months ago. ( permalink )

juanamerico says:

uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuh
Posted 49 months ago. ( permalink )

nogodseverexisted says:

Beautiful and clever, although technically they are transparent monitors. I would love to see a transparent screen (showing the inner workings of a CRT monitor) It would look brilliant on an iMac (they have more inner workings to see. Nice pics.
Posted 49 months ago. ( permalink )

Tino Beirau says:

"very transparent" - it looks so cool!
Posted 46 months ago. ( permalink )

youpidou says:

very funny :-)
Posted 46 months ago. ( permalink )

jmm2k says:

Nice stuff.
I tried something similar but somehow different...

www.flickr.com/photos/jmm2k/109844162/
Posted 46 months ago. ( permalink )

mcsonix says:

Interesting.
I also made a similar one

Posted 46 months ago. ( permalink )

somesai says:

This is awesome.Where can I get a computer like this?
Posted 45 months ago. ( permalink )

BamaWester says:

You know, this is an interesting and clever shot, but 415,0000+ views.....I don't get it? How is this possible?
Posted 45 months ago. ( permalink )

w00kie says:

getting slashdotted/boing-boinged/dugg and otherwise linked by the whole intarweb will do that to your photostream
Posted 45 months ago. ( permalink )

visual.dichotomy says:

I do it with the method described tokyoahead.com/main/article.php/transparentsc reen

It's easy.
Posted 44 months ago. ( permalink )

w00kie says:

but it's not legit
all the photos I posted are unedited photos of the screen with background image creating a "trompe-l'oeil" effect
Posted 44 months ago. ( permalink )

mmenchu [deleted] says:

I was trying to do this with my cellpone aswell, but a little bit better: in real time. When you point your phone towards something to take a picture, usually what the camera sees is displayed on the screen. In order to make it more realistic you just need to write some code to display that at a different coordinate... so that it looks as if you are looking through your cellphone. Pretty cool, isn't it.
Posted 43 months ago. ( permalink )

mfodor says:

that's a neat little trick. you guys must have plenty of time at your hands to do this kind of cool things (not very useful though).
Posted 41 months ago. ( permalink )

SarahGeleyn says:

wow, 445706 views! it's a great photo too :)
Posted 41 months ago. ( permalink )

Zephyr Archangel Success Kim says:

Nude Monitor as my Nude Fire Extinguisher with Poly Carbonate Plastics!!! Amazing and wonderfully next generation's monitor!!!

Cool Slideshows
Posted 39 months ago. ( permalink )

¥€$ says:

This on is really cool!
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Posted 38 months ago. ( permalink )

Norman Grande [deleted] says:

he he, this is a funny idea! :D
Posted 38 months ago. ( permalink )

klevo! says:

You are invited to post this wonderful image to Nested Photo group.
(Please read rules before posting)

Nested Photo

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Seen on your photo stream. (?)
Posted 36 months ago. ( permalink )

Torl Porl says:

I've seen this done a few times but never so well- bravo!
Posted 34 months ago. ( permalink )

z's picks says:

wow that is alot of views

please look at all my photos and rate them 1-10 like this
1/being bad
2/10 being not good
3/10 being needs work
4/10 being little less than average
5/10 being reguler
6/10 being ok
7/10 being good
8/10 being great
9/10 being almost perfect
10/10 perfect

please rate fair . also if you got any tips please tell me thank you.
Posted 34 months ago. ( permalink )

العاب says:

nice idea and photo
Posted 33 months ago. ( permalink )

Blublog.it says:

very nice!!!
Posted 32 months ago. ( permalink )

Barack Obama is my homeboy says:

Someone should invent a laptop that has a camera on the lid of it so it makes this effect realtime.
Posted 32 months ago. ( permalink )

Froggy from parallel universe says:

dude that is the most amazing this i ever seen. tell the person who did it that i want to be his/her friend.
Posted 30 months ago. ( permalink )

paolomoldovan789 says:

it really looks real!! but in one of the pictures u can see it isn't transparent
Posted 29 months ago. ( permalink )

www.flickr.com/photos/ljaume says:

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called KITTENS, COVERS AND OTHER DECENT PHOTOS, and we'd love to have your photo added to the group.
Posted 28 months ago. ( permalink )

johnpiercy says:

neat trick
Posted 27 months ago. ( permalink )

mp3 müzik dinle says:

pc walpaper SUPPER THANKS.
Posted 26 months ago. ( permalink )

ravi4121 says:

That's the re-criation of the wheel!! Wow!! nice image
Posted 26 months ago. ( permalink )

funker111 says:

Thats better than mine. I tell my boss!
Posted 25 months ago. ( permalink )

montrell274 says:

now this is cool!
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

Fundamentals [deleted] says:

Great!
Posted 15 months ago. ( permalink )

My Personal Artist says:

I love, love, love this!!!!
Posted 14 months ago. ( permalink )

DigiDreamGrafix.com says:

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called digital creations and photo art, and we'd love to have this added to the group!

You are invited to display your image.

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If you accept this Invitation,
please give awards to other images.
Posted 14 months ago. ( permalink )

Dányjel says:

xD It's great!
-----------------
Pláza Kuponok
Posted 14 months ago. ( permalink )

BrianChappell says:

What a great idea.
Posted 13 months ago. ( permalink )

g.u.r.u. says:

Boy..o..boy..this is realistic to the core.
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

Bert Kommerij says:

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Media Me, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

ArchedRoof says:

Hello pal, this is wicked by the way (Found on Stumble.)

What focal length are u using and from what distance?

Sam
Posted 10 months ago. ( permalink )

Rodrigo De Anda says:

600,000 views!! wow! congratulations!
Posted 10 months ago. ( permalink )

brutally.ugly says:

<3 it!!
Posted 9 months ago. ( permalink )

△ / ∞ says:

cool!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted 8 months ago. ( permalink )

lαurα says:

such a cool idea
Posted 4 months ago. ( permalink )

mostafa34 says:

wellcome
I am the technical suporter in " Cairo Opera House "
please send me more details about this new screens. we shall buy some of it . please contact me at E-Mail . egyptopera@yahoo.com
Posted 3 months ago. ( permalink )

veluto says:

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called RazorMonkey Magazine, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
Posted 2 months ago. ( permalink )

Dan Anderson (Hibernating) says:

the bomb
Posted 2 months ago. ( permalink )

Mr_La_Rotta says:

The backlight was removed, the LCD matrix was left :D Simple.
But very improbable, without the backlight is very, very hard to see the matrix information
Posted 2 months ago. ( permalink )

Am.Phot says:

Well conceived, brilliantly executed!!
Posted 4 weeks ago. ( permalink )

Brisk Effervescence says:

Really Awesome!
Posted 4 weeks ago. ( permalink )

Richard Roquid says:

dc88 was here!!!
Posted 4 weeks ago. ( permalink )

adeltoclarencedock says:

Ah, so there are still other powerbooks in the world!
Posted 3 weeks ago. ( permalink )

gokmenmani says:

Someone should invent a laptop that has a camera on the lid of it so it makes this effect realtime. kpss
Posted 3 weeks ago. ( permalink )

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