What happened to the desktop? A PS thread.

[fBaran]

Finally worked this out semi-well. What do you think? I know I know, I need icons.

[eva01]

table edge doesn't line up fully :P

[Seasought]

The panels on the wall don't line up properly with those on the screen. There is a slight misalignment of the curve of the chair as it enters the screen.

[ITASOR]

That is absolutely sweet. Anyone have instructions on how to do this? I'd like to try it.

Post what it looks like with a window open.

[joepunk]

Good job. Yes there are minor alignment issues, but all-in-all, good job at actually having the time/patience to complete the process.

How long did it take you to finish the project?

[fBaran]

Good job. Yes there are minor alignment issues, but all-in-all, good job at actually having the time/patience to complete the process.

How long did it take you to finish the project?

It could've been much better if I had a tripod (or a mechanical arm), but I don't. I had two pics. One with the iBook open, one with it closed. It took me 20 minutes to realize I was doing everything as.s-backwards, but once everything was fine, it took me about 5 minutes.

Pic 1: Open iBook.
Pic 2: Closed iBook.

Layer pic1 onto pic2, and using blending options, make it like 15% opacity so you can see most of pic2 (the wall). Then, make a layer of the wall the size/shape of the screen, and move it over...this seems so confusing. It's a fuzzy concept to grasp, and when I done I realized that how I did it wasn't really what I wanted to do! There was a thread or website with tons of pics of that stuff.
Basically, when you look at your own screen (not a pic, like mine), you should be able to "see through" it. I have that effect of just the pic. As my desktop background, I don't quite get the effect (set my pic as your bg and you'll get it...maybe?). Thanks for the comments, eventually I'll try something way better...when I have my stability issue corrected (along with the lighting).