Originally uploaded by hannjeff_87
My first attempt at a trickshot, a transparent laptop screen. This was a fairly simple task, and I’m hoping to try again and do a better job. How it works is you take 2 photos, using a tripod, the first image with no laptop, the second with laptop. You open them both in gimp/photoshop/whatever, and make the photo with no laptop your base layer. You then select the layer that uses the laptop. Now, when i setup this image, I set my background to a very bright green, and had no icons or anything. This way I can use the fuzzy select tool and choose that color, it should pick the majority of the screen, and remove it from the picture. You may need some more cleaning after this. And finally… your done!
My second attempt will include a 3rd image, with laptop, icons and background. My idea is that once you have the screen removed, you can add a 3rd layer, with the laptop and everything, and add a transparency to it of probably 60%, this way everything else will be exactly the same, but you will have icons and a background shown. It will look more like a transparent laptop screen than just a laptop with no screen. Either way… this is attempt #1
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