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3 unusual facts about lenticular


Lenticular

Lenticular printing, a technology in which a lenticular lenses are used in printing specifically

Trenticular

If the surface is rotated around the center or the viewer moves around the painting, a visual image transition can be seen which is similar to the transition in Lenticular Hologram.

In Lenticular Hologram the transition is achieved through microscopic prisms and is Only possible with specialized equipment's or printers whereas in Trenticular it uses macroscopic pyramids which enables it to be painted or printed without the help of any specialized equipment's.


'Hours...'

For the album's initial release, a number of copies featured a lenticular version of the cover, lending a three-dimensional effect to the image.

Ænema

Hicks appears in the liner notes/sleeve as a doctor, and a lenticular image below the case tray illustrates a large portion of California disappearing leaving only the Pacific Ocean, as is mentioned in the song.

Garbage Pail Kids

Packs contained randomly inserted chase cards including lenticular Loco Motion, authentic Printing Plates, four levels of Parallels, and hand-drawn Artist Sketches by pop-culture artists including Layron DeJarnette, Brent Engstrom, Dave Gross, Mark Pingitore, Joe Simko, Colin Walton, Fred Wheaton, Jeff Zapata, and veteran GPK artists Tom Bunk and Jay Lynch.

Lenticular printing

Some notable lenticular prints from this time include the limited-edition cover of the Rolling Stones' Their Satanic Majesties Request, and Saturnalia's Magical Love, a picture disk with a lenticular center.

Psycho Circus

Some pressings featured a lenticular cover that alternates between a black Kiss logo and the album title with pictures of a clown and the band members, while the Japan initial first pressing featured a pop-up cover which had three foam spring-loaded panels of a clown face and two others with band members faces that popped out when the doors were opened.

The Interzone Mantras

The first 100,000 Canadian copies of The Interzone Mantras were packaged with a special lenticular cover, with Alessandro Bavari's depiction of Shiva moving depending on the viewing angle.

Thomas Richard Williams

Although many of the pioneers of photography in Britain and abroad had already produced stereoscopic images, it was here that the full potential of the medium became clear, as the lenticular stereoscopes manufactured in Paris by Dubosq and Soleil under the instructions of Brewster introduced a commercially viable way to promote stereoscopy, applauded by Queen Victoria herself.


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