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The Transparent Desktop Trick

Kaylee said:
Yes, I'm all for that also. I think its really cool.

But to make it look convincing I suspect that one needs a high end digital camera with a large MP. (Not sure if I'm using the right phrase because I know very little about this area.)
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Not really. Just about any old digital camera could do it, especially since you're taking a photo of the result with what is probably the same camera. The hard part about the lolcat that Orph posted to reanimate this thread would have been getting the cat to sit still while the laptop was perfectly placed so that the picture and the actual cat lined up properly.
 
RayG said:
Not sure I get the point. It seems like a lot of work to make the monitor appear to be transparent, when it isn't.

Is this the latest fad or something?

RayG
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Many people like interesting wallpapers. This probably qualifies. For those of us who don't well I've been useing my current wallpaper for longer than I've had this computer.
 
arthwollipot said:
Not really. Just about any old digital camera could do it, especially since you're taking a photo of the result with what is probably the same camera. The hard part about the lolcat that Orph posted to reanimate this thread would have been getting the cat to sit still while the laptop was perfectly placed so that the picture and the actual cat lined up properly.
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Hmmm.

I have a laptop with a 15" diagonal screen. It measures 13 by 8.25 inches. I always thought to take a picture that can be enlarged to fill a space that big, and not end up looking very blurry, requires a camera with a lot of MPs.


Now lining up the cat... that required Photoshop* or GIMP -- no doubt. No real life cat would allow itself to be lined up.

BTW, really liked the photos of your cat!


*as Gaspode said.
 
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Kaylee said:
Hmmm.

I have a laptop with a 15" diagonal screen. It measures 13 by 8.25 inches. I always thought to take a picture that can be enlarged to fill a space that big, and not end up looking very blurry, requires a camera with a lot of MPs.
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Doubtful. Size is less the issue compared to resolution. Print is ~300 dpi but most screens are not close to that. If they were you would be able to view this image at 100% without haveing to scroll around:

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Torpedo_tube_on_holland_1.jpg
 
geni said:
Doubtful. Size is less the issue compared to resolution. Print is ~300 dpi but most screens are not close to that. If they were you would be able to view this image at 100% without haveing to scroll around:

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Torpedo_tube_on_holland_1.jpg
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That's a very helpful example geni. Thanks. Very cool picture too btw.

I think you intended me to go to this link though:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/21/Torpedo_tube_on_holland_1.jpg

as the first link goes to a photo with a much smaller resolution.

And for anyone else wrestling with this topic, this link helped me understand geni's post:

http://www.pixagogo.com/tutorials/digitalphotography/Tutorials.aspx?p=MegaPixelsResolution
 
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