Lenticular Blank 50 LPI Lens Sheets with Adhesive Backing to make your own Lenticular Flip and Motion Pictures. Lenticular Flip Pictures are fun to make and they all have one thing in common, the lenticular sheet.
Lenticular sheets contain “lenticules”, or lenses that run the length of the lenticular sheet. These lenses are a key ingredient in the making of a lenticular picture. When combined with a vertically interlaced image they create the flip effect which tricks your eye into seeing an image transition from one to another.
These 50 LPI lenses are 0.7mm thick. They provide a viewing angle of 54° which is an appropriate angle for flip and motion lenticulars.
For our many valued customers that have purchased lenticular blank sheets from us in the past, we have some important updates.
As of 12/8/2022 any Lenticular Blank Sheets purchased on Etsy will pull from our new inventory of lenticular 50LPI Sheets. The specifications for the new sheets are almost identical to the old sheets with a few exceptions. The new sheets have a 54 degree viewing angle and are 50LPI (Lenses Per Inch), which is the same as old lenticular sheets. The new sheets are 0.7mm thick, the old sheets were 0.6mm thick. That may not sound like a lot, but when you feel them both the difference is noticeable to the touch.
More importantly, you will need to do a pitch test with the new sheets. If you have been using a certain pitch with the sheets from our old manufacturer, that pitch will not work with these sheets. The pitch from lenticular sheets can vary slightly even from a single manufacturer, but they vary significantly between suppliers. So it is vital to do a pitch test to get good results.
Our lenticular sheet specifications are as follows:
-4 x 6" or 5 x 7"
-Portrait or Landscape orientation
-50 LPI (Lenses Per Inch) Lenses for Flip, Motion, or 3D Effect
-Exceptionally clear for optimal transitions
-Optically clear adhesive backing – for adhering to photo
-54° viewing angle, 0.7mm thick, with a lenticular width of 0.0200″
-Sold in packs of 10 or 15
-Easy to cut or die-cut
-Ships quickly. 1-3 business days
Lenticular sheets are made of exceptionally clear PET plastic and made to the exacting standards required to create a proper lenticular effect. We source our sheets from suppliers and then we apply optically clear double sided tape to the back for you so that you can adhere your lenticular sheet to the interlaced photo. To expose the adhesive of the double sided optically clear tape you just need to peel back the clear plastic liner and then apply your lens to the vertically interlaced image. The process of attaching the lenticular lens to the interlaced photo is done with a cold laminator after properly aligning the image to the vertically interlaced image.
Lens Quirks
Lenticular Sheets are made from very tough PETG plastic. However this plastic can scratch very easily. Almost all lenticular sheets have small scratches which happens during movement of the sheets during manufacturing and transport. Every effort is made to reduce scratching, but they do happen. Take care when handling to reduce the amount of wear on the sheets.
Silvering is what happens when small air pockets get caught between optically clear tape and the surface of the clear plastic sheet. Special care is taken when applying the optically clear tape to the lenticular sheet, but there are always some small air pockets, dust, or other contaminates that can occur.
Silvering and Scratching are a constant issue when creating lenticular pictures using cold lamination. We do our best to mitigate each of these but they do occur. Unfortunately lenticular lenses can tend to amplify imperfections because they can magnify the problem depending on where the imperfection is being viewed from. Some angles may show a scratch or silvering effect, while other angles make them almost imperceptible. We do our best to eliminate both of these issues, but they can and do occur.
The lenticular blanks are wrapped with a piece of cardboard paper between each sheet.