The lenticular material is made up of tiny ridges or lenses (hence the name "lenticular" printing). We take raw images and process them through a computer algorithm, which matches the lens surface of the lenticular material.
When the two work together it enables the image to be replayed back to you.

The printing is always on the reverse side of the Lenticular lens material, as this is where the focus point is, and allows the images to be replayed back to the human eye as the viewing angle changes.

Basic Effects

*click view for example on each of the effects.

 
Is the simplest of all animation effects, it is having an image change, or flip, from one image to the next. A Lenticular flip allows up to three separate images to be combined and viewed independently when viewed at different angles while moving the lenticular lens.

is the creation of depth on a normally flat surface. Lenticular 3D is accomplished by generating enough image information to allow the viewer to see the 3D effect. Typically this requires 12 images of the subject matter, recorded in a strictly defined manner.

Lenticular Morph effect gradually changes one image to another image through the use of sophisticated image algorithms. Although any two objects can be morphed, the technology works best when the two images are similar in shape and on a common background.

Zooming is the effect of an image appearing to move closer or farther away in a series of animated positions. The effect works best when the background is common throughout all of the animated images, and has been designed with a looping of the image with no obvious start or finish.

Full Motion Video uses multiple frames of an action showing movement from its beginning to end. It is very much like watching a movie clip, but on a medium that requires no power. This effect is best optimized when the background remains constant throughout the sequence. Typically this requires the source to be Digital Beta, Film or HD footage.

Lenticular combination is utilizing two or more of the animated effects; a zoom with full motion is one example, or a 3D image with a flip background.

Material Types

There are two main material types Heavy gauge, and Fine gauge. The difference between the two is broken down into viewing distances of the lenticular, along with the printing method.

As the material is a lens, the thicker the lens the greater the viewing distance, Fine gauge lenticular tends to be used for closer viewing distances. Heavy gauge Lenticular tends to be used for applications, which have larger viewing distances.

Fine gauge lenticular are able to be printed through printing presses that allow very good economy of scale, where as heavy gauge need slower printing and finishing methods because the lens thickness restriction on the printing method.

Fine gauge:

Heavy gauge:

More Info

The most commonly asked questions at Outer Aspect are on the
sizes of orders and images, the number and type of images to
be supplied, and the costs and turn around time of our
process.

1) What are the print quantities I can order?

Order quantities depend on whether you want fine gauge or
heavy gauge lenticular prints.

The smallest order for fine gauge is 1,000 units with noticeable price
adjustments for orders over 5,000 units. For heavy gauge,
the minimum order is for one unit.

There are no maximum order limits.

2) What size prints can I order?

The smallest area we can print is approximately 45mm
(1.75”) square. We cannot print any image smaller than
this as the image degrades under the lenticular lens.

The largest areas we can print are A2 (20”x28”) for fine
gauge and 2.4x1.2m (8’x4’)for heavy gauge
lenticular prints. We can tile those prints to form
applications for billboards, bus-sides and other transit
locations.

3) What images can I provide?

Please download our artwork requirements.

ARTWORK REQUIREMENTS

4) How many images can be animated?

There is no simple answer to this most frequently asked
question.

Depending on the type of image and how they are animated,
the number of frames can range from 2 to 20.

Animation is dependent on the direction your print is moved,
up/down or left/right, and some images animate better one
way than the other.

Some applications require left/right viewing such as bus
shelter posters that move as people pass by them, and
up/down animation allows more frames to be animated.
Left/right images also can appear to be three-dimensional.

Images that are very similar can be animated very easily
with several frames. The frames that animate a golfer
teeing off may allow for up to 20 frames, but an print of a
portrait shifting into a vase into an art gallery can only
have three frames.

The smaller the print, the better the animation, so business
cards will animate better than posters.

5) How much does it cost?

If you tell us the size and quantity, we will tell you the
price.

Try our Quick Quote function to find out what you need to
know as regards size, quantity and price.

6) How long does it take?

It takes about three to four weeks from approved artwork to
delivery of fine gauge prints, and less than a week for
heavy gauge.

We can sometimes accommodate your needs for a faster
 turn-around time.