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Re: Show HN: The text disappears when you screenshot it

#31

Has anyone tried a long exposure to see if the motion smears into something discernible? Obviously harder to expose a bright screen without some ND since the shutter speed is the phone's main exposure control

Here's the screen recording version of a long exposure (thanks for the nerd snipe) - https://gist.github.com/spro/7599415b0e47de65311557b3454771a...

Re: Show HN: The text disappears when you screenshot it

#32
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This makes me feel motion-sick, which is kind of impressive because I'm normally not easily susceptible to that.

My eyes went straight into seeing 3D image mode. It's the easiest one I've seen yet! /s

Heh my eyes felt like they started bleeding

Re: Show HN: The text disappears when you screenshot it

#34

Earlier quoted context omitted.

How do you take a “long exposure” screenshot? Isn’t every screenshot a perfect digital copy of a single frame or a full on video?

Clearly, I meant using a camera, and I'm guessing you knew that too

Not the parent but that was not at all clear to me. I immediately thought of taking multiple successive instantaneous screenshots and then stacking them. I'm not sure I would have thought of using a camera within a few minutes to an hour, it's not a tool I would ever reach for normally.

Re: Show HN: The text disappears when you screenshot it

#35

Has anyone tried a long exposure to see if the motion smears into something discernible? Obviously harder to expose a bright screen without some ND since the shutter speed is the phone's main exposure control

If you zoom out to 25 % the text is clearly visible and screenshottable.

Re: Show HN: The text disappears when you screenshot it

#38
post #34

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Clearly, I meant using a camera, and I'm guessing you knew that too

Not the parent but that was not at all clear to me. I immediately thought of taking multiple successive instantaneous screenshots and then stacking them. I'm not sure I would have thought of using a camera within a few minutes to an hour, it's not a tool I would ever reach for normally.

I just did this with 50% transparency. It works
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