What's that material that swaps between images as you tilt it called?

June 1, 2008 7:26 AM

What's the proper name for that kind of image-switching material that switches between two pictures as you tilt it? I mostly associate it with novelty baseball cards, toys, children's books, and so forth. That plastic-y corrugated stuff? If I wanted to order a bunch of postcards printed with it, what am I looking for?
posted by paul_smatatoes to media & arts (5 answers total)

Lenticular?
posted by Acarpous at 7:33 AM on June 1, 2008

bang! thanks, acarpous. i knew it was some specific word.
posted by paul_smatatoes at 7:35 AM on June 1, 2008

Vari-Vue is one of the brandnames that may help in searching.
posted by activitystory at 8:12 AM on June 1, 2008

Then I'll ask the follow-up: is there a shop that cuts these in quantities of less than 1000?
posted by jayCampbell at 12:54 PM on June 1, 2008

jayCampbell, I've never actually had it done so I can't recommend anything specific, but I researched it before and I'm pretty sure you can get volumes like that. Just google "Lenticular Printing" and you will get plenty of business results back.
posted by nanojath at 8:38 PM on June 1, 2008