Lenticular designs

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Sari_Ahokainen
Jan 30, 2004
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A company has asked me if I could do on commission lenticular patterns with two or three frames. This is new to me. Can somebody help? Do I have to say no or is this a process I could learn fairly easily? What is this all about? I design with Photoshop…

– Sari –

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John_Slate
Jan 30, 2004
Lenticular is a specialized process which requires specialized software (not Photoshop) and not just anybody can produce it.

Google "Lenticular Software"
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povimage
Jan 30, 2004
You also need to do specialized printing..

Keith
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John_Slate
Jan 30, 2004
that’s what I meant by "…and not just anybody can produce it."
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Rene_Walling
Jan 30, 2004
And after the printing, you need a good mounter/laminator to glue the lens on properly.

Sari, if it’s for large format prints, e-mail me at: looksee(at)cam(dot)org , I sometimes output lenticular stuff at work and know people who can help you set up the file.

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JasonSmith
Jan 30, 2004
Yes – lenticular printing requires multiple images – perfectly sequenced and printed together to achieve the right results.

I wouldnt say it’s neccesarily very difficult, but it defintitely requires the skills, software, technique,and exprience in that type of printing.
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Andrew_da_Smith
Jan 30, 2004
There is a great article about this at <http://www.creativepro.com/story/feature/20716.html>

Andrew
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Sari_Ahokainen
Jan 30, 2004
Thank you for your responses.

I don’t think the company wants me to print the stuff, just design the pattern.
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JasonSmith
Jan 30, 2004
But by designing it – you have to know how it’s printed, and take that into acount.

-says the guy who’s never printed anything lenticular. My company did look into it though – I knew enough to stay the hell away from it!
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Phosphor
Jan 30, 2004
I need to do a little research on this as well.

The local beer store, owned by some friends, had a self-contained, oscillating, battery-operated lenticular sign—about 9 X 12 inches—on display. It was a promo for Winston cigarettes Crush Proof Box, and looks well-designed (both the hardware, as well as the two images used)

I asked if I could have it if they decided to retire it from being on display. Well, I was in the store last week and my buddy gave it to me.

I’ve disassembled it, and I’m pretty sure I can apply my own images. Now, I just need to get a little more info about how to prepare the images I’ll use.

::Phos toddles off to CreativePro.com::
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Rene_Walling
Jan 30, 2004
I don’t think the company wants me to print the stuff, just design the pattern

Yes, but designing it requires that you deal with the rest of the workflow since everything you do depends entirely on what happens afterwards, even more so than for "regular" graphics workflow.
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Stuart_McCoy
Jan 30, 2004
Photoshop 7 Magic < http://www.newriders.com/isapi/product_id~{CB9502D6-56E8-4FF 0-8E98-52A7C9528E7C}/selectDescTypeId~{06B328CA-921B-4395-94 5D-3078CA6F292A}/st~{9744D946-9AB5-48F8-A164-B9011BB41E5B}/s ession_id~{60FB54D5-BB64-44B2-9EE0-4B88E3A08CEE}/books/produ ct.asp> from NewRiders has a chapter on lenticular printing using Photoshop. I believe it demonstrates how you can create your own masks for printing the lenticular image but you will need to obtain a lenticular lens from some place and I have yet to find a reputable enough looking place to purchase these from. Call a local printer and see if they can give you any advice.

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