By Vurdlak on March 22, 2006, with 165 Comments
You just take a shot of what’s behind your screen and make it your desktop background. And yes, I’ve tried it, and yes, it’s more difficult than it looks to get it just right, especially if you don’t have a laptop. It’s all about the fold-down screen. Post your own pictures under comments and I’ll include them… More pictures Inside!
For even More pictures check the source website!
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this is cool and i did it
it came out good but i still need to tweak it i even have Erica sitting behind it! LOL
these are fake, i can tell by the pixels
To all of you saying “these are fake” or “how did they do that?” are you f%#king retarded?
All you do is take a photo of what’s behind your screen and set it as your wallpaper.
Seriously I can’t believe how stupid some people are. Read the intro it even says what to do.
Cool ! i do no speac inglish … i am in russia
looking so cool! i love it!
Picture on screen starts at the end of his sweater
these are fake, i can tell by the pixels
Awesom tric done using photoshop..???
did anyone else notice that theyre all macs?
@anonymous.. mock!
Macs suck.
the one with the hand
took a snapshot behind screen, then set it as backdrop then a snapshot of screen and bezel and some surroundings with his hand outstretched in front of it, then he used that as the backdrop, then he placed the calculator app over that, and took a final snapshot of his screen excluding the bezel and used that pic as the one you see above.
yah, i don’t get it. is the thing actually transparent or is thata pic of whats already behind it????
WAIT!! random question: what country are u in cos this thing sez i submitted a comment @ 1:41 am and all my clocks say 7:433 pm….?
wowwwww its great…..can i do this?????????
i guess he hide his hand to his long sleeve, so it could look exactly as the background of his computer. i dont know if my guess is right.
anyone who is saying how do they do it; you are an idiot, get off the internet.
and all of you saying it’s only mac computers, look harder at the second pic. that is NOT a mac, you all fail.
These are NOT tricks. These are special monitors that only I sell. I custom manufacture them order by order, one at a time. They are EXPENSIVE. If you’re interested in one, let me know. If you have to ask the price though, you can’t afford it.
Here’s mine: http://radioattic.com/images/xxxxx/desktop.jpg
ok everybody not getting this is an idiot. credit for the idea! i love it!
no wonder that there were so many mac people, they can’t do anything else cool on their mac shit :p
you are the most idiotic person that could ever live oh wait your not alive your a dead mindless ZOMBIE!!!!!
ouch…
Sounds like aleksander is a depressed PC user.
It’s okay, buddy; you’re not alone.
umm..when did this turn into a mac versus pc debate? I mean, being a pc owner but both pc and mac user (on a daily basis), I know that it’s funner to buy a cheap pc but funner to use an expensive mac.
But Let’s get back to the fact that this concept is sooooo awesome! I love it. I shall now waste countless minutes of my day recreating this trick and post the result on my facebook page. That’s how geeks like me roll.
I think thats really cool I have a Macbook at home and I’ve never heard of that trick before… I would like to try it sometime!!
Mac sux, I’m sorry, but it still sucks, why would someone use a mac, probably because it’s cheaper than getting the perfect PC, all customized. Btw GAYOFF :)) I don’t think he’s depressed, but really, what else is mac good for? I mean, lol apple released an big ipod touch, a new technology, but it’s an ipod touch, just bigger, IPAD. Cool, and yes, macs couldn’t survive if they wouldn’t have the PCI chip from PC’s, that’s why you, a gayoff, can run Wold of Warcraft and other shitty games on it, otherwise it would be a fail, mac only has the user-friendly interface.
Hey! The one talking about Geoff! Talk shit all you want to him! And Mac! BUT LAY OFF THE WORLD OF WARCRAFT JOKES!!!!!! hahahaha. I personally don’t think it’s shitty, however, I’ll agree that the Mac is! :)
-Bridgett
A PCI chip? You mean an Intel processor right? You’re trying to bag out a company when you have no idea what it even does? People need to get their facts straight before they go and try to pull this fanboy shit. The reason Apple works so well is that they design both the hardware AND software TOGETHER. Windows is a generic ball of crap that’s thrown on anything cheap and nasty, Microsoft pay no attention to actually securing their operating system because their too busy trying to copy ideas from other companies. Understand GAYOFF?
Just Angry that you can’t afford one.
Enjoy using your $1000 PC and good luck selling it next year for $250. I’ll stick to my $2500 Mac that I’ll be able to sell in 3 years for $2,000. It’s like a high quality imported vehicle Vs. a ford, every ford owner is angry they can’t own a sexy BMW
i heard of pci express and chipsets .. i think he combined the both :P
Apparently the PC crowd is unaware of the usage of mac in the film industry. (oh, by the way, mac is NOT cheaper than a cheap PC or even one loaded.) Best part, THERE IS NO BLUE SCREEN OF DEATH! It is more stable than any version of windows out there including 7. (I currently use both a PC and a mac. love the mac)
I’ve made plenty of Macs crash with the equivalent “blue screen of death.”
hey same YEEEEEEAAAAAAH
I third these comments. My work Mac crashes and freezes more often than my win 7. that comment is totally untrue. the reason mac users run into problems with PCs is because they often don’t have technical know-how and misconfigure shit.
i feel like most regular PC users can narrow down and figure out issues on a mac, but most mac users would shit themselves trying to figure out issues on a PC.
hahaha macs dont have ‘tbsod’ because they lack the damage control system of a pc, and if u get one of the, albeit rare, mac viruses, you. are. fucked.
this applies to all unix systems including linux, leading to another amusing little point that mac isnt actually an operating system, its simply a gloryfied ubuntu with cairo dock on startup, i personally love apple products but fanboys need a smash in the face with some PC POWER
The only reason to use windows is for games.
i can never figure out the hand into screen one…
I think he took a picture of his hand there, and opened calculator.. Then maybe he pulled his hand into his sleeve for invisibility. But hey! I’m not expert! Just guessing, lol. :)
Me nether!
Most all are photoshopped. LCD screens don’t emit light without neon tubing or LEDs behind them. Therefore, if you removed the back and the tubing, if you had a working screen at all, you wouldn’t have white light coming from them.
Some of these are simply a trick of a photo being taken, cropped and used as a background to a laptop that is placed in proper perspective.
The Calculator one is photoshopped, as is the sunflower Mac, though it is a real picture of a Mac’s desktop background, but the desktop background is photoshopped.
If you read the into to this segment, you can clearly deduct one simple fact:
“You just take a shot of what’s behind your screen and make it your desktop background. And yes, I’ve tried it, and yes, it’s more difficult than it looks to get it just right, especially if you don’t have a laptop. It’s all about the fold-down screen.” I do believe they state that it is simply a trick of the camera. They’re optical illusions, not real-life occurrences.
I know to do it; Good creation.
The PC crowd is well aware of the use of macs in the movie industry: everyone pirates movies on macs because you can’t get a virus :D. If you want to pay too much for too little, buy a mac :) at least you can save money on free movies!
i can do that stupid trick with my pc all u need to do is take a pic of the spot behind the computer put the computer back upload pic to computer adjust the screen to were it needs to be after u put the image as your backround
This is like a new artform :D
Ryan needs to learn his manners. I GIMP’ed my photos.
http://home.danopia.net/trans_desk
http://home.danopia.net/trans_desk2
But the thing is that the end result is *never* edited for these photos. EVER. It’s the unwritten rule.
The calculator one? That’s simple. You take a picture of your hand where the screen would be, set it as your desktop, put a calculator over it, and then hold *just a sleeve* up towards the screen so it looks like the hand is coming out of it.
TeK: steve jobs, the creator of apple and the mac, invented the mouse.. so, basically your computer exists because of apple (also microsoft stole everything from the mac)
AFAIK, Alan Kay, Adele Goldberg and others from Xerox Parc Place lab developed the whole concept of a new UI (windows and the mouse) with Smalltalk, based on the Simula-67 language.
Apple really licensed the concept for their Macintosh (and Lisa, remember?). Microsoft liked the idea too, but forgot to arrange an appointment with Xerox salespeople. Years after, Apple failed suing Microsoft, except the rights over the trash basket icon.
Apple invented mouse is a wrong statement. The mouse is actually invented by Xerox. Both microsoft and Apple competed in stealing the technology from xerox and apple suceeded in it. Frankly speaking there is no difference between apple and microsoft they both stole many technologies from other companies. :)
stealing technologies from others really exist.
that’s the way of the world.
mac and pc/windows have their own respective niche. they have their own advantages and disadvantages in some unique ways.
mac is generally good for industrial use, specially in the movie and music production industries, etc…
pc/windows is generally good for home and office use…
i use both…
You know what would be awesome? Get some kind of webcam on the front of your computer so you could have live feed.
Now to the mac/pc problem
It is all based on opinion and usage
I love pcs because i use them all the time
There is really no other thing that keeps me on one or the other side besides price
I would like to see the look on a mac users face when their data gets erased by a virus in the next few years so they would shut up already about their virus invulnerability
Also, the blue screen of death is a safety feature, nobody ever reads most of them they usually say that windows has detected/encountered an error and shut down to protect your system
Of course, if i was more comfortable with macs, i would have some other info to contradict this, and i respect that, we both have our opinions, and also, give linux a chance, people usually end up booting them out the window at their first words, but it is a very good OS and will probably be better than mac and pc soon, the probem is it makes no money, so they cant advertise to get their names out
does the wall paper really works on mac?
mac is generally good for industrial use, specially in the movie and music production industries, etc…
pc/windows is generally good for home and office use…
i use both…
“The PC crowd is well aware of the use of macs in the movie industry: everyone pirates movies on macs because you can’t get a virus :D. If you want to pay too much for too little, buy a mac :) at least you can save money on free movies!”
Yes, and ugly people are less likely to have an std.
There are mac viruses btw.
I m not able to understand this , is it an illusion or real ???
Ok since this seems to have turned into a debate between PC’s and MAC’s. Because theres good news and bad news for both of ya.
PC Users – good news – youve got alot of good choices and if you know what your doing, blue screens of death are very solvable.
Bad news – Viruses are going to get harder to get rid of.
MAC Users – Good news – You dont blue screens of death or many viruses out there and if you want to do audio/video editing, awsome!
Bad news – it wont last. The only reason that MAC’s dont have viruses or BSOD is because these systems are used in such a small part of the overall market, you dont have every thrid party programmer or another developing crappy little apps and things of that nature. But give it time, as sure as the sun rises and set eventually when MAC becomes more prevelantly used, you can gaurantee somone out there wants the porn you have on it and will find a way to drop in a trojan.
In either case, none of us invented these devices so how bout we all just try to get along?
Hmmmmm to all the mac users out there……………………oh oh hold on two sec now thers like 5 maybe 10% mac users out there so SHUT the fuck upp you just whine like a fucking bitch becos you have so few apps so go fuck urself stupid mac WHORES
dude, your right though. When 95% of the market uses windows and thats not to say how many are developers are in there, this kind of thing happens. I applaud you sir.
and well, maybe not “fuck ourselves” but I do agree.. lol
THIS IS SO FAKE, YOU CAN CLEARLY SEE THAT HE HAS PHOTO SHOPPED ALL THESE IMAGES, COLOR VARIATIONS, TONE VARIATIONS, AND DON’T EVEN GET ME STARTED ON THE ALIGNMENT AND PHOTOGRAPH, GOOD TRY THOUGH
@vIRTUAL – N/S Sherlock! read above numbnuts, they’re ALL PS’d.. ooh look, your short bus is here.
I’ve switched several systems from “PC” to “Mac”.. it’s all the same hardware and once you know what you’re doing, takes about 2 hours and you’re up and running.
I do this for 2 reasons:
-Trips ppl out to see a Toshiba Satellite run Snow Leopard
-$250 laptop + $29 Snow Leopard Distro is still less than a New Macbook
Done the same with one of my towers. I refuse to pay the cost of buying a fancy “shell”.. my hobby is computers, my trade is Industrial, if I want a fancy shell Ill stamp my own out and weld it up myself for $100 in material.
Get off your asses ppl and stop paying big bucks for something an afternoon can accomplish (simple stuff to do/easy to learn if you try), and stop trying this whole “this is better than that” crap.. its fun to poke and prod, but for christs sake its getting old.
I use Mac/Win & Linux Distros as they all have their strong points… *Hits Escape on program Rant*
Speedy, you are stupid. As the rest with everyone who wants to claim one OS is better than the other. It’s all totally opinionated. Everyone should know this. If mac was better than a PC than why would people want to buy parallels to run Windows on a Mac? If PC was better than a Mac than why would people desperately try to style their computer like a Mac, OSx86, or try to get Mac programs on their PC? They both have their goods and bads. It’s also certain that a Mac is way the hell more expensive than a PC, fully loaded. You can build your own OSx86 PC with way better specs than a Mac Pro for about 1/4 the price. Claiming that one is better than the other is childish. Their are some similarities between the two OS’s because they both feed off their opponent’s ideas. Apple is one of the most successful companies in the market, so you cannot tell me or anyone for that matter that Macs or Apple’s other products have potentially no use. I hate to be the one to make a point because it feels dumb having to explain to everyone how ridiculous they are being.
I own both and am always switching between the two.
You should all try Linux
hahaha maybe they should try linux and they’ll see how functional it is against all their os….
Macs are better for my squirrel movies.
hahaha i like my windows 7 pc my dears xD u poor poor things jk jk jk xD it ask what u think not what type of computer u have geez get it right people i think its awesome but then not idk haha
oh yeah i gotta changnam ……………nnnnnnnnnnever mind I SAID NOTHING…………………………………….. fwooh (epic running away sound)
go away Hypnose Sofa
a ….for…………………………………………….,anaconda maybe wrong spelling
completely idoitic idea
whats the deal with the friken chair?
An ever one knows PC is superior
Yeah another stupid MAC/PC debate. To Microsheepies, Mac Sheeps, and Geek Nazis out there:
I’ll just rant about some technical stuff concerning the operating systems written above, applications are not my top priority right now so please people don’t compare apples with oranges and pears:
Windows 7 sucks, like every Windows had sucked over the years, don’t you just get bored after using it from 3.1 and for more than 15 years?? to have a Perfect Windows (7) system you have to have the super CPU, the super GPU, 64GB DDR3 RAM, a 512GB SSD, a good paid Anti-virus (because MSE can’t do every job altogether), and download (and crack if necessary) every fucking 3rd party app you need to customize your computer to your needs, in case you disagree with the kind of bloatware the OEMs have to offer for you, to make it work just like you wish to, perfectly, and yeah because it consumes 20GB of useless disk space when you have a fresh install and NO PDF READER??? but a bunch of stupid little games??? consuming at least 1GB DDR3 RAM with the Aero lit on?? Internet Exploiter consuming all the freaking RAM when I open lots of tabs and then closing then again until only remains ONE?? give me a break!!! Windows should be the gaming machine, and I’m surprised that still many industrial applications are made for Windows only or Windows like the first priority. For industrial and life-critical work it just sucks. Windows server with no CygWin for a network sucks even more.
The “optimal” Windows 7, Ultimate, which can be close to the “perfect” windows system (with all of the care taken like i wrote above) is a prohibitively expensive operating system (200 USD anyone) compared to a regular release of mac OS which sometimes cost up to 60 USD, and of course, Linux and BSD, where most of their distributions are free.
Linux is one of the best operating systems I’ve ever used in my life, just technically talking about the OS itself, not about the applications, it’s a really good operating system to be free (Ubuntu is starting to suck, so I recommend Linux Mint, BTW).
An Operating System with the Linux kernel it’s really stable and secure, can automatically detect and load a driver for general hardware and some exotic hardware and save you LOTS of configuration time with some package management software like apt, yum… of course there are some rootkits and malware for linux, but the way it works and the steep development made into it makes it a good choice for industrial, scientific and life-critical systems.
The actual downside with Linux and why it still does not make fit with many home users, it’s because of the nature it was made at the beginning of it’s history, because Microsoft is an oligarchic monopoly, and of course when you are out of luck and need to configure something manually (command line) can be sometimes a real PITA if something does not work out like you wish, e.g. some really exotic hardware or some other random configuration you need. Nothing is totally free of course, albeit you can spare some time to do the exact stuff you need with the exact tools, and unlike windows and mac, you can have an all-purpose and specific-purpose FREE operating system if you wish, you can install multiple desktop environments, apart from the general purpose ones (GNOME, KDE) you can install some optimized for netbooks and old hardware (xfce, lxde, openbox, fluxbox).
Snow Leopard sucks too, it actually feels like a feature creep compared to leopard and tiger, a bit slower… but overall, is still a really sleek and resource efficient operating system, It also has it’s own malware and rootkits though and be appreciated, but is not as insecure as some people may think, anyway just in case I use a 3rd party firewall software. Remember that mac OSX is a blend of NeXtep and FreeBSD, so overall is technically a bit more solid than what windows is from it’s roots and Microsoft had to do all that duct-taping and make people spend 20GB of space to make a Windows 7 somehow a bit more robust.
The problem with MAC OSX is the same as with Windows when you get a fresh install, sometimes you have to look for third party applications for almost everything, but for some applications, this can be circumvented by downloading macports and fink, which may work like using the PORTS package management system from FreeBSD/PC-BSD.
And the Las but not least, the unknown giant, BSD. BSD is actually a very very robust operating system, Microsoft took some stuff from FreeBSD just to make Windows 7 a bit better.
Make a FreeBSD/PC-BSD/OpenBSD with a TrustedBSD combo and you have an almost invincible system in a network.
With FreeBSD/PC-BSD you can have an useful and very very solid system to work like an advanced linux one, for free. The downside is as same as the Linux one, but more remarkable because BSD was designed for critical missions in mind, and not for usability until very recently, and that’s something the PC-BSD project is trying to solve.
I’ve used Windows for 16 years and Linux/BSD/Mac systems for 5 years. I hope my rant is useful for you.
Goodbye, and stop this stupid debacle.
…..if anyone noticed….this is just some very cool images
-.- but turned in to a open fight of OS
linux VS MAC VS WINDOWS …..chose what fuck you like and STFU
I agree with w t f. You’re all a bunch of idiots. It’s different operating systems for different people. Also, the images are, as explained in previous comments, not photoshopped, nor is it actually really “transparent”. I’ve seen how it’s done, you take a camera to the back of a screen, and take a picture, making sure the lighting is all good, of course.
Hahahaha… for PC… mi lap is turning transparent
hahaha… tried mine!
Hey..sounds like a good way to freak out your friends. And most of the pictures I saw really look like you can see through your computer screen. I guess I will have to put my camera behind the screen and snap a photo. Then put that picture as my background.
pc for games mac for everything else.
Hmmmmmmm,
Technology is going more crazy in the word we live in today on believable the world of techs.so soon i hope to see a transparent mobile, come ruling the world too.(And i hope to see my idea ruling the world of communication)
from LEBETE
in NIGERIA.
Awesome transparent screen. I think this technology is being developed by Samsung and they are looking to introduce it to the public but most experts are looking to use it in vehicles windscreens. Thanks for sharing and posting.
simple tricks…but nice
the real source website !!!
http://forum.macbidouille.com/index.php?autocom=gallery&req=sc&cat=11
Using a Mac is like trying to shave with a bowling ball.
thanx for this nice trick, a very gud idea to make friend fool. here is also a very nice trick to make a video as your wallpaper http://www.dtplus.in/2011/11/how-to-make-video-as-desktop-wallpaper.html
The pic with the lava lamp is my favorite.
Wait no the first is by FAR the best. After you look at the lava lamp a while you can see that it isn’t transparent.