Re: BIG lenticulars

[P3D Gabriel Jacob <jacob@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Mark Kernes writes

>Well, now the family secret comes out. I have, hanging on my living room
>wall, a 9" by 12" lenticular of a poodle sitting up, staring at something off
>to the left, against a background of some green, leafy plant. The whole thing
>is in a metal frame with a light socket at the top middle, just big enough
>or a christmas tree bulb or something equally useless. The thing is almost
>embarrassingly bad (aesthetically, not technically) but I wouldn't part with
>it. Oh, the shame...

Hey that sounds like the one my parents used to have, except it was a 
religious theme of Christ on a cross if memory serves. I wish I had it
now, but it's long gone. It would have went well with my lava lamp and
black light and other other tacky collector items that I have. I refer
to tacky affectionatly. I did think I had the poodle also but in 6.5x4.75
inch format. Went and made another trip to the closet and found that I
was mistaken. The one I have is of a White Longhair cat sitting royally
in a fancy kitty bed. On the back it says Super Dimension Living Natural
Color 3D Collectors Series. This one also was distrubted in Canada by
World Wide Sales and was printed in the USA.

Paul Talbot writes

>Does anyone know how common it was for larger size images like this
>(10x13) to be made from scenes used for lenticular postcards?
>
>Does anyone have a ballpark figure for what it would cost to produce a
>single lenticular enlargement of this size and quality from the original
>negatives?

It was very common. They resized and reused them to get their maximum
return on their investment. As for the ballpark figure, in a recent
post I commented their is an outfit that will make one time lents for
you for $39. This I understand is from digital files. But would imagine
they would also accept film. This is from EnDepth and their offer is at
http://www.gate.net/~dcnelson/ps.htm#HOT 
Haven't personally dealt with them yet. As for the quality of the eagle
lenticular, definitely was a lenticular made professionally for the 
consumer market. As I commented before, for lent standards this one
I rate very good, especially for the time period it was made in.

Lastly did anyone see the 3D lenticular that was included with the
deluxe version of the video Toy Story that Lincoln Kamm also inquired 
about. I would also like to know how good it is before I spend 
$60 Cdn for it. If it is anything like the one on the cover of the
book on how Toy Story was made, should be good. I had commented on 
that book awhile back. It was roughly 8x10 inch and was printed by
Hyperion Press, the same publishers that make the Disney animation
flip books. :-)

Gabriel


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