Re: Working with Lenticulars

[P3D mail.inland.net <sean@xxxxxxxxxx>]

>Hi All,
>
>BTW, who is this quote from?
>
>>  P3D  <spacecap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> commented:
>> I remember requesting  whether you do printing in small quantities, you
>> never responded. I also asked if you had a computer program that would
>> interlace the images so as to make a 3D foto/animated photo from a
>> computer printer at home then apply the lenticular screen that you
>>sell, you never responded.
>>Answer:  We do printing in small quantities but we will not be selling
>>our computer program for creating these type of image any time in the
>>foreseeable future.
>> Again I ask , what good is the Lenticular screen if you can not
>>produce the image without a complicated darkroom setup?!?
>Answer:  Any darkroom that has an enlarger with a base board that is
>square to the carrier will work!
>>>>>>>>>>>>  I have had similar difficulty getting Sean McDonald to answer
>any questions about his product other than supplying a price list. That is
>poor salesmanship but they probably cater only to large industrials. I don't
>think they do any printing at all. I offered to forward his updated
>information to the 3D Suppliers list since it only has the company name and
>nothing else. He didn't respond. Perhaps he did the task himself?
>
Answer:  Did either one of you ever think of using the phone number that is
listed to get in touch with our company. Expecting all of your questions to
be answered by E-Mai,l while in may be a cheap way of getting answers, it
is not the only way. I  just got back from a well deserved vacation in
Europe for three weeks, so before you decide to bad-mouth a company spend
some money and make a phone call or send a fax. We have printed the largest
lenticular order to date that we know of. Next time get the facts, instead
of spectculating on the net.
>
I found a URL on the web which details how to go about using a lenticular
>screen with computer generated images. It requires a very high resolution
>printing device but with experimentation you may be able to get it to work.
>
>The problem comes down to which of the products on the lenticular list most
>closely matches the actual resolution of your printing devices or computer
>screen. It seems each of the products has a different range of
>characteristics. Sean's usage description is helpful at the top but the list
>itself says the same thing about each product making it a very contradictory
>bit of information. They could use some marketing help, it seems... The URL
>relating to lenticulars is:

>Reply:  Please give us some more detail on what you think we have listed
>as contradictory.
>
http://www.artn.nwu.edu/Words/genphscinfo.html
>
>The lenticular printing machines used with photos use an optical/mechanical
>system to quickly expose strip by strip of the images into the final print.
>Since that's usually an emulsion directly on the lenticular, that's hard to
>duplicate in your "kitchen sink". You may be able to rig a mechanical device
>to use in a home darkroom. If anyone does experiment with this I for one
>would be interested in hearing about the results. Such an experiment would
>have to mechanically position each exposure strip on a piece of film at the
>same spacing of the lenticules in the material you have on hand. After
>exposing and developing the image you would carefully align the multi-strip
>image with the lenticular and glue it.
>
>A computer seems to be the easiest way to "cut" the small strips by hand and
>reassemble them. It would be painstaking but could be worth it with the
>right image.
>
>There's other information relating to lenticulars on the web if you do some
>searching.
>
>Good Luck,
>
>Larry Berlin
>
>Email: lberlin@xxxxxxxxx
>http://www.sonic.net/~lberlin/



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