Re: Lenticular CDs

[P3D Bill Burns <billb@xxxxxxxxx>]

P3D Elliott Swanson wrote:
> 
> Eric, thanks for the review. I'll pick up a copy of the Tribe Called
> Quest cd.
> 
> Also, re Eric's post, the acrylic cover of the Tribe Called Quest cd had
> *vertical* lenticules needed for true 3D. In the section of Blockbuster
> that has the technopop dance music (often used for aerobic exercising)
> there was a cd with *horizontal* lenticules that had a 2D cover of a bunch
> of doors that opened and closed as you moved it (sorry, I don't remember
> the name of the group).
> 

The Tribe Called Quest CD is on sale at Tower Records for $12.99.  A
note on the construction - unlike most lenticulars, where the lenticule
sheet is bonded to the image, the CD has the lenticules molded into the
case, and the image is just a separate sheet of paper which slips in
between the lenticular surface and the liner notes booklet.

Now all we need is the computer program to take standard stereo images
and combine them into the appropriate format, and we can make our own
lenticulars.    

I also found another "horizontal" lenticular CD - a new Rhino pressing
of Emerson Lake and Palmer's "Brain Salad Surgery".  The original vinyl
album had a die cut cover with artwork by H.R. Giger, which opened to
reveal another image; the lenticular achieves the same effect in a more
interesting way.  Not 3D, of course.

-- 
Bill Burns
Long Island   NY   USA
billb@xxxxxxxxx


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