3D Prints
After a 3D photo is taken, it is made up to two photos that are side by side. This is fine if you have a 3D TV, but not if you want print out the image. The photo needs to be split into two separate components, the left eye and right eye images.
These two image are then shuffled together, or interlaced. When printed, one row of ink is from one image and the next row of ink is from the other image, on and on, from left to right of the page. A special lenticular sheet consisting of matching columns of lens from left to right is positioned on top of the print. These tiny lens decode the shuffled lines on the print, delivering the appropriate rows of the print, to the correct right and left eye.
Here’s a link to wikipedia.org for some more information concerning lenticular and 3D printing, with pictures, diagrams, theory, and links for more info.
Here’s a brief video of a company making a lenticular print. The viewer tilts the image to see another side of the subject, using multiple pictures that are taken, giving a pseudo impression of 3D. The difference is that I will be shooting with an actual 3D camera, using just two images to produce a genuine 3D lenticular print, giving a true sense of depth!
More coming soon!
