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Gifpop.io – Print gifs with the magic of lenticular printing

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Re: Gifpop.io – Print gifs with the magic of lenticular printing

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Post by aleyan »

Looks fantastic.

I noticed that all the lenticulars demonstrated have horizontally aligned lenses for a final image that you rock head to heel. Why not offer a vertically aligned lenses for a final image to that you rock side to side? If I understand correctly, a user should be able to do this themselves if they flip the source image 90 degrees, but an option would be nice. There are some issues with your eyes seeing different frames with vertical lenses, but that could be used for cool stereo effects too.

Re: Gifpop.io – Print gifs with the magic of lenticular printing

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Post by Pxtl »

biot wrote: post #23

I know this ship has sailed, but the G in GIF is pronounced like in "gin", not like in "gig".

Then they should've called it Jif. Tasty, tasty Jif.

Also, my handle is pronounced "James Luxury Yacht". Which is in turn pronounced "Throatwobbler Mangrove".

Re: Gifpop.io – Print gifs with the magic of lenticular printing

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Post by shashashasha »

aleyan wrote: post #31

Looks fantastic. I noticed that all the lenticulars demonstrated have horizontally aligned lenses for a final image that you rock head to heel. Why not offer a vertically aligned lenses for a final image to that you rock side to side? If I understand correctly, a user should be able to do this themselves if they flip the source image 90 degrees, but an option would be nice. There are some issues with your eyes seeing…

Hi Aleyan! Yes, side to side works but it works much better when you're further away (unless you've calculated the eye spacing and distance in your imagery). We're planning on offering the option for artist prints to be printed horizontally or vertically, because some of them will be hung on walls.

Re: Gifpop.io – Print gifs with the magic of lenticular printing

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Post by cadr »

shashashasha wrote: post #26
kadjar wrote: post #22

Is there really no way to see the pricing structure before I upload things? That's frustrating.

That's great feedback! We've been so rushed to get it out the door for the holidays that we're lacking some basic information up front. We'll get that up shortly! For now, some price/sizing deets: $12 each — 2.125" x 3.375" — Business Card $12 each — 2.75" x 2.75" — Small Square $15 each — 3.5" x 5.0" — Postcard $15 each — 5.0" x 5.0" — Large Square

$12 for a single business card?

I feel like I would be better served by stapling my existing business card to a $10 bill...

Re: Gifpop.io – Print gifs with the magic of lenticular printing

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Post by Semaphor »

shashashasha wrote: post #15
ljf wrote: post #7

I want to see more shots of the actual prints though, I only saw one in the video, be good to get a better idea of the quality of the print and the motion.

Thanks! Here are some more links to gifs we've printed for artists: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/338114/gifs/by_me/mrdiv-... https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/338114/gifs/by_me/dvdp-8... And here's one of the very first we made, only with four frames and with a lower quality manufacturer, but it was a gift for a friend: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/338114/gifs/by_me/firstg...

That Immortal business card is amazing :D

Re: Gifpop.io – Print gifs with the magic of lenticular printing

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Post by rcthompson »

shashashasha wrote: post #30
BSeward wrote: post #24

This is super cool. I've looked a little at lenticular printing for 3D prints but sourcing the lenses was a little more effort than I needed. I'd pay well over material cost to have someone else handle assembling. If you add an option meant for that I'd be all over it.

Thanks! What do you mean about adding an option for 3D prints? Do you mean doing the layering on our end? We could get you viewing angles and such so that you could upload prelayered imagery through the website normally, would that work?

Lenticular printing can also be used to present stereoscopic images: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lenticular_printing#Types_of_le...
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