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     Pauline Rating: N/A |
1. I would like to make 3D(flip, morph etc.) signboard using lenticular plastic and regular printer. Is it possible to convert regular 2D pictures to 3D with somekind of software(what kind of software?). 2.Is this really so easy - after conversion I just print picture, calibrate it to right position and laminate it to lenticular and voila... 3.What other issues should I notice? I think lots of dumb questions - but I am total rookie in this field... | ||
| clyde Rating: N/A |
Hi there, answers 1) You can take an existing picture of a scene (which is in 2d) and then manually trace around prominent features in this scene eg, house ..tree..sun..birds etc and save these as layers in photoshop. Then supply these layers files into lenticular composing software like from www.3dz.com. === there are also advanced techniques that will give your conversions a more "rounded feel" rather than the cardboard-cutout effect which will happen if you just trace out elements in a scene. These techniques like grey scale mapping etc are great as you get more professional with your work, but to start of in lenticulars the basics will still give you good results. 2-- yes its that easy... but of course with the help of expensive lenticular software. having said that the "viola" part is somewhat hard to achieve initially, dues to the fact that you have to master the "art" of alignment of lenticular print under the lens of the lamination rollers. This will come with practise 3--- You should work with hi quality lens manufacturers, (microlens , Toppan etc) Reason being that across a wide surface area there is no guarantee that the lens will have equal lenticules, thereby causing frustration of alignment being improper. The higher quality the lens, the better the alignment will be, but even that is *never* guaranteed. Also when buying a printer look for a native High DPI printer... Beware of printers advertised as havinga an "effective resolution of..." find out what their native resolution is. Theres obviously tons more to look into, Ive been actively experimenting for over 2 years, but hope this helps. Regards Clyde | ||
| clyde Rating: N/A |
ps www.3dz.co.uk -clyde |
