Re: listserve: lenticular technology

[P3D <Trecate@xxxxxxx>]

I am a stereo graphic artist/painter interesting in producing, on my PC,
autostereograms both lenticular and barrier strip.  Creating multiple digital
stereo pairs or layering digital image planes for successful lenticular
viewing is not the hard part....The difficult step involves how to go about
calculating the final vertical line 50 plus per inch interlacing to be
printed out on either an opaque or translucent substrate that must precisely
match a sheet of lenticular lenses.  Can anyone help how to go about this
"final" step (without a lot ot technical jargon) so that one may print a
reflective and or translucent result on a substrate to match 50, 75 or more
plastic lens lenticules to the inch?  Can someone help explain lenticular
lens pitch, viewing angle and viewing distance involved in lenticular
imaging?

How does one also go about producing a (non lens) barrier strip version which
apparently produces better resolution on a back lite type of display?

There is an inordinate amount of secrecy surrounding vertical line
interlacing techniques to match lenticule lens pitch, resolution, viewing
distance, etc.  Pursuing this with existing lenticular producers around the
country leads nowhere.  Some of this has to do with patented procedures--but
in general, whats' the big deal?  Help?


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