Comments on: The Transparent Desktop Trick http://www.moillusions.com/2006/03/transparent-desktop-trick.html Biggest Optical Illusions blog. Dedicated to visual phenomena and real life illusions. Daily updated. Thu, 19 Nov 2009 20:51:08 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Vikram http://www.moillusions.com/2006/03/transparent-desktop-trick.html/comment-page-2#comment-85203 Vikram Sun, 08 Nov 2009 10:54:47 +0000 http://testvurdlak8.wordpress.com/2006/03/22/the-transparent-desktop-trick/#comment-85203 Cool. Cool.

]]> By: Rick in New Jersey http://www.moillusions.com/2006/03/transparent-desktop-trick.html/comment-page-2#comment-84680 Rick in New Jersey Tue, 03 Nov 2009 08:43:43 +0000 http://testvurdlak8.wordpress.com/2006/03/22/the-transparent-desktop-trick/#comment-84680 Anyone notice that it's all MAC people who did this? Just sayin'... Anyone notice that it’s all MAC people who did this? Just sayin’…

]]> By: <fb:name linked="false" useyou="false" uid="669239870">Facebook User</fb:name> http://www.moillusions.com/2006/03/transparent-desktop-trick.html/comment-page-2#comment-84594 Facebook User Sat, 31 Oct 2009 16:51:39 +0000 http://testvurdlak8.wordpress.com/2006/03/22/the-transparent-desktop-trick/#comment-84594 what an idea!!! very unique!!! what an idea!!! very unique!!!

]]> By: fuck you http://www.moillusions.com/2006/03/transparent-desktop-trick.html/comment-page-2#comment-84528 fuck you Thu, 29 Oct 2009 23:54:54 +0000 http://testvurdlak8.wordpress.com/2006/03/22/the-transparent-desktop-trick/#comment-84528 It's obviously NOT chroma key, you idiot! That would be cheating ! (in this context). YOU HAVE TO SET THE PICTURE YOU TAKE (of the background) AS YOUR computer's DESKTOP BACKGROUND, then take another photo of the whole thing (including the computer screen). THAT's why the tint isn't exactly the same on most of the screens vs the background AND you can also see small areas where the continuity doesn't match up 100% . Idiot! Having said that, all you other idiots gawking at these going "woooow, that's soooo amazing" need to educate yourselves a bit more into what actually IS amazing. Sure, these are quite neat, and it takes a lot of tweaking to get perfect (unless you're chroma key cheating) but they're not THAT amazing. HOWEVER, the REALLY cool thing to try is to do this to someone's screen IN REAL LIFE, unbeknown to them, to watch them try to put their hand through their screen. Now THAT'S amazing ! (and there you HAVE to do the real thing, obviously greenscreen won't do shit). All the more difficult, since you have to control their angle of approach (unless their background is very plain. It’s obviously NOT chroma key, you idiot! That would be cheating ! (in this context).
YOU HAVE TO SET THE PICTURE YOU TAKE (of the background) AS YOUR computer’s DESKTOP BACKGROUND, then take another photo of the whole thing (including the computer screen). THAT’s why the tint isn’t exactly the same on most of the screens vs the background AND you can also see small areas where the continuity doesn’t match up 100% . Idiot!

Having said that, all you other idiots gawking at these going “woooow, that’s soooo amazing” need to educate yourselves a bit more into what actually IS amazing. Sure, these are quite neat, and it takes a lot of tweaking to get perfect (unless you’re chroma key cheating) but they’re not THAT amazing.

HOWEVER, the REALLY cool thing to try is to do this to someone’s screen IN REAL LIFE, unbeknown to them, to watch them try to put their hand through their screen. Now THAT’S amazing ! (and there you HAVE to do the real thing, obviously greenscreen won’t do shit).

All the more difficult, since you have to control their angle of approach (unless their background is very plain.

]]> By: smartypants http://www.moillusions.com/2006/03/transparent-desktop-trick.html/comment-page-2#comment-83281 smartypants Thu, 08 Oct 2009 05:18:04 +0000 http://testvurdlak8.wordpress.com/2006/03/22/the-transparent-desktop-trick/#comment-83281 It's chroma key, you know the green screen technique used in movies and stuff, just set the desktop background in an specific color not present in the rest of the components of the scene and take the picture, 2 pics are needed one shooting the laptop screen with the blue, green, pink... desktop and the other shooting the background also both must be taken from exactly the same spot, angle, direction and with the same lighting, then during the edition just set the color you choose as transparent and put the other pic in the background layer. Now quit talking about how tricky it is, it's kid's stuff. It’s chroma key, you know the green screen technique used in movies and stuff, just set the desktop background in an specific color not present in the rest of the components of the scene and take the picture, 2 pics are needed one shooting the laptop screen with the blue, green, pink… desktop and the other shooting the background also both must be taken from exactly the same spot, angle, direction and with the same lighting, then during the edition just set the color you choose as transparent and put the other pic in the background layer.

Now quit talking about how tricky it is, it’s kid’s stuff.

]]> By: Chris Anton http://www.moillusions.com/2006/03/transparent-desktop-trick.html/comment-page-2#comment-81856 Chris Anton Fri, 11 Sep 2009 22:34:04 +0000 http://testvurdlak8.wordpress.com/2006/03/22/the-transparent-desktop-trick/#comment-81856 wow amazing ..:/) wow amazing ..:/)

]]> By: Yasvant!!! http://www.moillusions.com/2006/03/transparent-desktop-trick.html/comment-page-2#comment-81510 Yasvant!!! Fri, 04 Sep 2009 07:49:33 +0000 http://testvurdlak8.wordpress.com/2006/03/22/the-transparent-desktop-trick/#comment-81510 Awesom tric done using photoshop Awesom tric done using photoshop

]]> By: someone http://www.moillusions.com/2006/03/transparent-desktop-trick.html/comment-page-2#comment-80035 someone Mon, 10 Aug 2009 17:53:08 +0000 http://testvurdlak8.wordpress.com/2006/03/22/the-transparent-desktop-trick/#comment-80035 probaly a camra probaly a camra

]]> By: PokeGyroid http://www.moillusions.com/2006/03/transparent-desktop-trick.html/comment-page-2#comment-74477 PokeGyroid Wed, 08 Jul 2009 17:04:13 +0000 http://testvurdlak8.wordpress.com/2006/03/22/the-transparent-desktop-trick/#comment-74477 I put some here, please include them! http://www.majhost.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=204809 I put some here, please include them!
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]]> By: Jade http://www.moillusions.com/2006/03/transparent-desktop-trick.html/comment-page-2#comment-60081 Jade Mon, 22 Jun 2009 18:42:20 +0000 http://testvurdlak8.wordpress.com/2006/03/22/the-transparent-desktop-trick/#comment-60081 "i bet they jus tuk a pic of the exact plce, then they put it as there desktop pic! example. tke the second “illusion” the wood on the computer is darker then the real life wood, also the lines of it arent level! trust me, its not a trick." Aren't you just a goddamn genius. “i bet they jus tuk a pic of the exact plce, then they put it as there desktop pic! example. tke the second “illusion” the wood on the computer is darker then the real life wood, also the lines of it arent level! trust me, its not a trick.”

Aren’t you just a goddamn genius.

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