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We just produced a children book with this technology in Germany: http://www.amazon.de/Ulff-Backenh%C3%B6rnchen-eine-irre-Verfolgungsjagd/dp/3944572076/ http:/

We just produced a children book with this technology in Germany: http://www.amazon.de/Ulff-Backenh%C3%B6rnchen-eine-irre-Verfolgungsjagd/dp/3944572076/ http://www.amazon.de/Ulff-Backenh%C3%B6rnchen-eine-irre-Verf... Will be released in the next 4 weeks. It was fun to make, but also quite nightmarish in the technical details. It is a hell of work (we have roughly 30 animations in the book, very small and very big ones). It requires extremely accurate measurements for the grid-foil and a sophisticated workflow and color management. In the first run, the printer forgot to fixate the ink on the grid-foils with a protective layer, so using the foil would smear the black color.

acomjean 12y ago
When I was a kid, we had a similar book (Magic Moving Picture Book). It was a lot of fun. Out of Print, but still on amazon http://www.amazon.com/The-Magic-Moving-Picture-Book/dp/0486232247 http://www.amazon.com/The-Magic-Moving-Picture-Book/dp/04862... Hope you get yours working well.
- wmeredith 12y ago
  I had this as well and was fascinated by it as a youngster. Seeing this site today brought those memories to the surface in a rush of nostalgia. This link in the comments was icing on the cake, thanks!
ryanong 12y ago
any pictures or previews?
- AlphaGeekZulu 12y ago
  The book has been printed and is currently delivered to stores and Amazon. The Amazon-link above will come up with previews in the next couple of days. The effects are quite stunning. The cover is also on the publishers website: http://www.mixtvision-verlag.de/main_detail.php?id=1261&bereich=programm_neue_buecher http://www.mixtvision-verlag.de/main_detail.php?id=1261&bere... The book will be available as ebook as well, although I cannot actually see the sense of this at all, as the animations will not work ;-)
phreeza 12y ago
How does the kindle edition work?
- AlphaGeekZulu 12y ago
  Not at all. Do not ask me! The publisher insists on offering all his books as ebooks (the ebook is included if you buy the print book).
TazeTSchnitzel 12y ago
Isn't this how those "3D" panels work as well? It's the same thing printed, but with a plastic prism-esque thing on top showing different views from different angles.
- aidenn0 12y ago
  Most 3D panels use an array of lenticular lenses to convert incident angle to position[1]. Note that the 3DS actually uses a parallax barrier, which is similar to this, but with the stripes far enough out-of-plane to the image to allow each eye to see a different part of the image[2]. The book my daughter has works just like this website, with black stripes on a transparent layer, and a layer immediatly below that is attached to the spine, but not the outer layer, causing it to move relative to the stripes as the page is turned[3]. 1: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lenticular_printing http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lenticular_printing 2: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parallax_barrier http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parallax_barrier 3: No good wikipedia article, so here is their about page http://scanimationbooks.com/about-scanimation/ http://scanimationbooks.com/about-scanimation/
joebasirico 12y ago
My son just got one of those types of books for Christmas. In the states there is a run of them called "Scanimation" books. http://www.amazon.com/s/url=field-keywords=scanimation http://www.amazon.com/s/url=field-keywords=scanimation

acomjean 12y ago

When I was a kid, we had a similar book (Magic Moving Picture Book). It was a lot of fun. Out of Print, but still on amazon http://www.amazon.com/The-Magic-Moving-Picture-Book/dp/0486232247 http://www.amazon.com/The-Magic-Moving-Picture-Book/dp/04862... Hope you get yours working well.

wmeredith 12y ago
I had this as well and was fascinated by it as a youngster. Seeing this site today brought those memories to the surface in a rush of nostalgia. This link in the comments was icing on the cake, thanks!

ryanong 12y ago

any pictures or previews?

AlphaGeekZulu 12y ago
The book has been printed and is currently delivered to stores and Amazon. The Amazon-link above will come up with previews in the next couple of days. The effects are quite stunning. The cover is also on the publishers website: http://www.mixtvision-verlag.de/main_detail.php?id=1261&bereich=programm_neue_buecher http://www.mixtvision-verlag.de/main_detail.php?id=1261&bere... The book will be available as ebook as well, although I cannot actually see the sense of this at all, as the animations will not work ;-)

phreeza 12y ago

How does the kindle edition work?

AlphaGeekZulu 12y ago
Not at all. Do not ask me! The publisher insists on offering all his books as ebooks (the ebook is included if you buy the print book).

TazeTSchnitzel 12y ago

Isn't this how those "3D" panels work as well? It's the same thing printed, but with a plastic prism-esque thing on top showing different views from different angles.

aidenn0 12y ago
Most 3D panels use an array of lenticular lenses to convert incident angle to position[1]. Note that the 3DS actually uses a parallax barrier, which is similar to this, but with the stripes far enough out-of-plane to the image to allow each eye to see a different part of the image[2]. The book my daughter has works just like this website, with black stripes on a transparent layer, and a layer immediatly below that is attached to the spine, but not the outer layer, causing it to move relative to the stripes as the page is turned[3]. 1: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lenticular_printing http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lenticular_printing 2: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parallax_barrier http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parallax_barrier 3: No good wikipedia article, so here is their about page http://scanimationbooks.com/about-scanimation/ http://scanimationbooks.com/about-scanimation/

joebasirico 12y ago

My son just got one of those types of books for Christmas. In the states there is a run of them called "Scanimation" books. http://www.amazon.com/s/url=field-keywords=scanimation http://www.amazon.com/s/url=field-keywords=scanimation