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Lenticulars usually require a special plastic sheet consisting of many tiny convex lenses, but you can make a super simple one with just two photos and some paper. They make great, unique gifts, and it’s a cool way to show off more than one photo (especially related ones) in a single frame. And it’s as simple as slicing, printing, folding and enjoying! Read our tutorial to learn how to do it! p.s. Help spread the word: Digg this tutorial! The process is pretty simple, and the final result is really fun. We’ll be taking two photos, slicing them into strips in an image editor, then printing the alternating strips as one image which we’ll fold up. Although we do this in a computer, you can do the same thing by carefully cutting and pasting a real photo. The Ingredients
Step 1: Choosing Your ImagesLenticulars are extra awesome when you use two photos that depict different states of the same thing. Here’s some ideas of what you could do.
Step 2: Getting Your Photos Ready
As you can see, your final lenticular will be as wide as both of your source images combined. When you fold your lenticular, the effective width will shrink a bit since it’ll be scrunched up. So if you plan to frame this puppy, know that the final result is a bit variable, but an inch or two wider than your source image is about right. Whew! Ok, you’ve got your two photos ready. Now you need to make sure they’re the same size. Open them both up and make sure they have exactly the same height and width. (Best to measure it in pixels so you avoid any confusion.) Crop/resize as necessary to get them to be the same size. STEP 3: Bringing Your Two Photos Together A Last!
Create a new file in Photoshop by clicking “File” -> “New…” from the menubar. All set? Awesome. With your blank document ready, it’s time to copy in your two source photos.
When you’re done, it should look like this image.
Step 4: Fold it and Frame it!
Fold your lenticular accordion-style, creasing wherever the strips of your two photos meet. Your new lenticular will fit nicely in a standard frame with the glass removed, or you could use a shadow box frame which has enough depth to hold the folded image. When framing, hold the image in place by tucking each end under the frame and securing with some tape. Ta-da! You’re done! Your lenticular makes a great gift, and a cool way to show off more than one photo in a single frame!   What’s Next?When you’re done, check out the inspiring work of lenticular photographer Brian Loube. → See more Photo projects, DIY ideas, and Gear ← → Get it all free: Subscribe by email or RSS ←
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A lenticular is an image that appears differently depending on how you look at it. If you’ve ever seen a postcard or movie poster that changes when you look at it from the left vs. the right, you’ve seen a lenticular.
You’ll need to copy and paste alternating strips from each of our source images into one new lenticular document. We used strips that were 10% of the width of the source image, and 100% of the image height. (If you’re using Photoshop, you can make things easier by choosing the selection tool and putting in fixed pixel dimensions for your selection in the tool options.)
