How to turn your computer's LCD screen transparent (DIY mod)

Step 5: Bask in transparent LCD glory

Congratulations! You did it, now take some pics of the end results from your chosen vantage point and when you do email them as attachments to my auto-posting public blog at: [e-mail]. If you want to see my public blog can be seen here

Also, I just was given this link by a friend, here is a flickr pool of pictures of other people's transparent screens:

http://www.flickr.com/groups/transparentscreens/pool/

Thanks for reading my instructable and be sure to watch my YouTube video I made of this illusion!

Comments

[MAF JR]

you needed to move the soda can over to the left just a lil bit more but good work

[krazy]

this looks pretty cool... but the natural light that comes in my computer room wouldnt allow me to do this... the brightness would never be the same. i doubt he got any emails because in his video he moved the camera too much and you can actually tell its a pic on desktop... the plaque get WAY outta wack

[thesparine]

There is no lighting situation that this won't work in. Need proof? Check out these hundreds of photos with every conceivable lighting situation:

http://www.flickr.com/groups/transparentscreens/pool/

[krazy]

well of course it will work for that one time... but i wouldnt be able to leave it and it still look the same.

[thesparine]

boy, you want it all, don't you?

[krazy]

no all i am saying is it would work great in a room with controlled lighting. Just like the room you have. Now if i took my computer back to my bedroom i am sure it would work great. but in my living room where i sit with my laptop all the time it wouldnt work because the lighting is always changing and it would change the shadows. i wasnt trying to put your work down i was just saying that it doesnt always work. i mean congrats on doing this. and making the instructable. anyways keep up the good job.

[thesparine]

My previous comment was toungue-in-cheek with a smile... : -) hope you didn't think I was on the defensive... You are right, in shifting lighting situations your only option would be to get several pictures so you can change the desktop image according to what time of day it is, or just make one for the time of day when you want to show it off to a visitor.... Take care and thanks for the positive feedback.

[Toulouse]

haha, yes it probably will not work if you move your computer alot. I might try this though