Choosing the Right Lenticular Lens

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Choosing the Right Lenticular Lens

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So far we've gone through these 4 Basics of Lenticular Design:  Texture, Colors/Tones, Building your Lenticular Files, and Type/Titles/Logos. Our 5th and final "Basic" is Choosing the Right Lens.  What I've done is put together what I feel is a handy general guideline of lenses.

The Lenses: LPI refers to Lines Per Inch. Mil refers to thickness, but does not mean millimeters.

  • 10 mil - 150 lpi: Labels, available in both web and sheet
  • 14mil - 100lpi: General Lens (hand held small - medium)
  • 18mil - 75 lpi: General Lens (hand held medium - large and poster)
  • 20mil - 60 lpi: Litho Flip/Animation Lens & Large Format
  • 23mil - 100 lpi: 3D Specialty Lens
  • 33mil - 40 lpi: Large Format General

The Fine Print:  The listing is based on common lenses for the lenticular litho printing process. This is our area of expertise, so I'm not going to discuss lenses I dont personally have experience with. Secondly, choosing the right lens is an art, not a science. Lastly, and most importantly, the lens choice all depends on your art, the amount of motion/animation you are trying to get, the size, the orientation, and more... 

The Gist:  Let the experts help you decide what is best for your art, your project and what will fit your budget. We love lenticular and have your best interest in mind. =)

 

The picture above has nothing to do with lenticular, but it's beautiful. Thanks to Pardesi* and Flickr's Creative Commons.

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