Gaming Transparent screens WTF?!

[Hardkaare]

WTF?! how can this be done? O.O
and can anybody show me how to do it if they know how?

EDIT i cant get youtube to work so heres the actual link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Nt-u7dZbsM...feature=related

 

[Minox]

It's fake, that's what.

 

[Hardkaare]

It's fake, that's what.

yeah. but how did they fake it?
it would be cool to trick my friends with this lol

 

[moozxy]

You've got to scan something transparent (like clingfilm) and set it as your wallpaper

 

[Joe88]

It's fake, that's what.

yeah. but how did they fake it?
it would be cool to trick my friends with this lol

at the very end of the video if you pause it right before it goes back the whole laptop becomes transparent

just some fancy video editing

 

[DarkRey]

its just video editing (video overlay)
look at the inside edge of the screen, its all messed up

 

[zeromac]

i dont get how they could use cling film.. wouldnt they have to have a backdrop still?

 

[Waylonn]

Couldn't be more fake, if it was transparent, you would see all the electronics and stuff

 

[Lee79]

i dont get how they could use cling film.. wouldnt they have to have a backdrop still?

moozxy is havin a laugh with the cling film. He is just waiting for someone to post "I scanned some cling film and it did not work" lol. It is done with a green screen like they use on the weather reports on tv.

 

[BiscuitBee]

its just video editing (video overlay)
look at the inside edge of the screen, its all messed up

I'm going to have to agree with video overlay on this one.

1. Record a video of just the desktop computer
2. Set laptop desktop wallpaper a nice bright green or blue
3. Record a video of the laptop doing whatever
4. Import both videos into video editing software (i.e. Autodesk Combustion)
i) Desktop computer video is bottom layer
ii) Laptop video is top layer
5. Set green/blue colour as a substitute for transparency.
6. Export to video file
7. ???
8. Profit.

I'm pretty sure everyone has heard of bluescreening.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chroma_key