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PHOTO: Slide Show of Laptops with "Transparent" Screens.
flickr.com — Pretty cool. I tried this, but it didn't work too well. These guys must have LOTS of time. I mean, getting the contrast, and color just right. Tough.
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- Lorian, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0So they just took a photo and set it as the background then lined it up properly?
- bpinard, on 10/12/2007, -5/+0Lorian said "So they just took a photo and set it as the background then lined it up properly?"
- arestme, on 10/12/2007, -4/+0bpinard said "So they just took a photo and set it as the background then lined it up properly?"
- diggmeplease, on 10/12/2007, -3/+0diggmeplease said: Yes
idiots - diggmeplease, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1Lemme rephrase that. bpinard and arestme are idiots. not Lorian.
- Scorcho, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0That was really awesome. I wonder how many people behind the computers people with absolutely no lives.
- gatorsrule21, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1this has made it to the front page several times already,but i will digg it again just becasue it is so cool
- diggmeplease, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Thanks for the good attitude gatorsrule21 . I know its made the home page, but there are new ones every day. Most people probably havent seen these yet.
- EagleY, on 10/12/2007, -3/+0I think this is _old news_
- Byrns5512, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2It seems like the video version of this trick used blue/green screening. Would that have been more practical than lining everything up just right in the stills?
- pacetua, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2They may have no lives, but they have some awsome stuff to show for it.
(that didn't make sense) - 4815162342, on 10/12/2007, -3/+0DUPEEEEEEEE morons
- cashoutcurse, on 10/12/2007, -2/+0old.
- teh_toaster, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2lots of laptop owners with lots of time and cats, eh? makes sense.
- spyres, on 10/12/2007, -3/+0Reported "lame", but even that doesn't cover how stupid this is.
- diggmeplease, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Lame? This is amazing!
- compy386, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Some of those are clearly photoshoped or something, the ones with the hards that are holding the screen and there are no figers, fake fake fake. I know this can be done, but some aren't real.
- 13mx, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I wonder why mine did not show up http://static.flickr.com/21/31533156_c148a4900e_o.jpg
- AndrewMayne, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1"So they just took a photo and set it as the background then lined it up properly?"
What's it like to have no soul?
"It seems like the video version of this trick used blue/green screening. Would that have been more practical than lining everything up just right in the stills?"
"Practical"? Then it wouldn't be art. - reverb, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0Really old meme.
- rccola70, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0Saw this last year...
- TeknoTurd, on 10/12/2007, -2/+0hella old. no digg.
- osxisthebest, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0old but none the less still entertaining
- Slipdisc, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0+ digg
- ForbesBingley, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0This is older than satans toe jam...
- suprfli, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0people have waaaaay too much ***** time on their hands
- vonskippy, on 10/12/2007, -2/+0This was cool, back when it was new, like in 2003.
ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz - lightningrod220, on 10/12/2007, -0/+013mx, yours looks fake, as the arm goes over the icons and other parts of the desktop, and the image isn't aligned properly. A couple in the slide show also appear to be photoshopped, or they found a way to get rid of the glare that would normally make the screen slightly different, which is pretty stinking hard to do.
- vonskippy, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Most are probably just Photoshop'd anyways.
Except for setup to take the "transparent screens" photo - think how stupid almost all of them look when you're out and about with your laptop. - YoDiggity, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0that's pretty damn cool
- lollerskates, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Jeez, it just takes two minutes. Take a picture, connect it to your laptop, set as wallpaper. It's easier with a CF slot on a PDA.
- protocoI, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0You could do some of the hand ones without shopping. The one with the guy without a sleeve holding the window is done by taking a picture of his arm, then making that the background, putting the window over the hand, taking a picture of THAT, then displaying a that on a screen, and simply pointing with the right hand. Three picture process that the creator said was how he did it.
The one with a sleeve, just put your arm out in front with your hand in the sleeve, and line it up with the wrist in the background. No shopping needed. - thetbad, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I like the see-through cloting from Japan better.
- RMuffin, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Definatly cool.
- J3bu, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Old, but thanks anyway
- krux, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0wasn't this on digg before?
- Computer_Kid, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0It is posible of you remove the backlight and caseing
- Chewie67, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0This has been around a few times, but it's still pretty cool.
- yoops, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0there should be a nude version by now
- dignon, on 10/12/2007, -2/+0This is so lame. Anyone with the most basic understanding of Photoshop can do this in 10mins -- and probably a much better job than most of those in this slideshow.
no digg - jaypatrick, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Better quality snaps here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/w00kie/sets/180637/show/
- nevin, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0it would be cooler if you could make a set up so that there was like maybe a small camera on the back of your laptop, or screen, that would actually show you what was behind it for a background. make it really seem transparent.
- onWave, on 10/12/2007, -2/+0too many old and lame digs lately
- Satertek, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I made a pretty decent one without having to mess with it much.
http://satertek.info/images/newmonitor.jpg - ColdWind, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Very old but... cool!
- OwlBoy, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0very old.
- patonw, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0"lots of laptop owners with lots of time and cats, eh? makes sense."
It should be obvious that the cats are behind this madness. - j.carcinogen, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0photoshop, wow. what is wrong with you people?
- Makyla, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0so many of these are fake.
- aerofan897, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I did this too, not so impressive though since I really don't have anything behind my screen except for half a paper fish, a few paint runs, and a light switch cord thingy. http://people.aero.und.edu/~ewondras/transparency.jpg
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