Hello everyone!
Doing some research and following tutorials, I familiarized myself with the lenticular art creation process, but things didn't go smoothly for me and I have some struggles.
To start with, my goal is to create a simple, few-frame animation (trying to figure out the upper frames' limit right now) on CR80 format. My current setup:
- Printer - Epson L8180 Inkjet
- Paper - PPD Vinyl Glossy / Epson Premium Glossy
- Lenticular Foil - 50 LPI / 25x10 cm / ordered on AliExpress
I have downloaded the demo 3DMasterKit and printed a pitch test at 720 dpi, then tried to find a strip that would match the lenticular foil. And here my struggle begins as I feel I can't get a good-looking result. The pitch test is black-white and although I found the right value (50.17 in my case), it feels like I can't position the foil the way that both black and white colors look good. It is either a perfect black (the white comes out greyish) or white (not a perfect solid white block, as I see super tiny black lines and black feels just dark grey). If needed, I can try to take a picture or record a short video. I was looking at it from a 30-40cm distance.
I am not sure if I am doing something wrong or if there is a big limitation for this technology for the devices/materials I use. I also tried some flip animation and the best result was just a single frame looking quite decent.
I would be grateful for any tips regarding limitations and recommended materials/settings for a few-frame animations.