6/4/2023 0 Comments See through monity![]() The idea is that you place a transparent screen (glass or plexiglas) angled downward in front of a background, and then project an image onto the screen from below. If you just want to do a clock with big numbers, you can probably get it to work if you want to read small text, it's probably not going to work.Īn alternative you could consider is another lighting trick called Pepper's ghost. You also need to consider that paper or veneer will diffuse any light that passes through, creating a big reduction in detail. For example, some Apple products have LED lights that are visible through what appears to be solid aluminum, and of course the trick is that the aluminum actually has an array of tiny holes that let the light pass. There might be some tricks you could use to increase light transmission through the veneer, like using a laser to drill a zillion tiny holes in it. That tells me that if I'm going to use wood veneer, it'll probably have to be around 0.1-0.2 mm thick. For example, I can make my screen bright enough that I can just read it through one sheet of standard copy paper, and I can barely see the image through two sheets in a darker room, I could probably see that there is an image through three sheets. Paper is close enough to wood that it makes a good substitute for testing. ![]() You'll also need to consider the light in the room you'll get better results in a dark room. I'd start by looking at the screen to see how bright you can make it. This is what you're trying to accomplish: you want enough transmission that when the screen is lit, that's what you see, but when it's dark, you only see the wood. ![]() Another version of the same effect is the practice of painting window screens for privacy in city settings people passing on the street during the day see only the painting, while people inside the house can see outside just fine. When the scene behind it is dark and the scrim is lit from the front, the audience only sees the scrim when the front lighting is decreased and the scene behind the scrim is lit, the scrim becomes nearly transparent, and the audience sees through it. I see it as a version of the theatrical scrim effect, where a fabric (scrim) with a very open weave is suspended in front of a scene. It's worth thinking about how the effect works. That'll depends on the monitor and what results you expect. ![]()
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