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08-10-2012, 04:55 AM | #1 |
Night Force
Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: Texas
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Anyone tried making these? I love the ones on the BATs (especially the Headhunter BATs from the Con set). It seems it takes some pretty technical equipment. If no one has tried it, have you ever looked into getting it done from a professional printer?
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08-10-2012, 09:39 AM | #2 |
Cobra Viper
Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: NYC
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I've had some made for the 4in Soundwave I did:
http://www.hisstank.com/forum/g-i-jo...om-carded.html This is the site I used: SnapilyPro.com - an Online 3D Digital Printing Service They have step by step instructions and make it pretty easy. There are two different kinds of lenticular effects you ca get with them. You can either do one image that turns into another (like a stop motion of a baseball player swinging a bat for example), or you can give an image depth (so that when you turn the lenticular side to side, it looks like the parts on top shift a little so you can see behind them - not sure I explained that too well). I think you can also combine both effects, maybe, but for some reason I couldn't figure that out. You'll need photoshop or some other imaging software. You create your layered image then load it into their website (link above), and they'll print it for you. Let me know if you have any questions and I'll answer them as best as I can. I remember I had to get the chest pieces printed twice as the first time I screwed up the size/scale. So, while they do make it pretty easy to understand on their site, it's not 100% foolproof. .... |
11-19-2012, 05:36 PM | #3 |
Cobra Soldier
Join Date: Nov 2012
Location: Los Angeles
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SnapilyPro.com is good for small quantity and DIY quality. If you need big volume and high quality prints then you should hire a professional lenticular printer. We used Visual Creative Graphics Innovation in San Jose, CA and were very happy with their services. My contact there is CG Sheng, Tel: 408-791-2972.
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