Just Had a Good Idea for a Trick ...

[Richard Kaufman]

Has anyone else done this?

It just occurred to me that using lenticular images on a paddle could allow you to do some interesting things.

[Jonathan Townsend]

Probably very good for YouTube type fixed POV angle magic.

[Richard Kaufman]

No, you miss my point. You can have two people looking at the paddle and seeing different things at the same time without realizing it!

[David Scollnik]

One of the owners of Penguin magic developed / marketed a mentalism trick using lenticular images a year or two back. Unfortunately, I do not recall the name of the effect. Pretty sure no paddle was involved, though.

http://www.dimension-corp.com/clients.htm

"Cliff was extremely helpful in making our lenticular project a success. It was our first lenticular project and the experts at Dimension helped us get the best possible results to achieve our very specific goals."
Acar Altinsel, Penguin Magic

[Richard Perrin]

I am sure they know what lenticular images but on the paddle... I really not sure if they didn't realizing the different images they look at. I would love to see you do the demo.

[Jonathan Townsend]

Folks,

As best I recall one can get more then two images onto a lenticular display panel. If we recall the relationships between angles and distance, and the limited size of the paddle which greatly restricts its relative size in the field of vision it's not a great surprise that even if we had the thing fixed and the audience of two seated, a slight head tilt would make give one or both audience members an indeterminate view of the image you wished them to see. Sorry, :( it's not so simple to work as a reliable method but.... here's some use of lenticular images that does work for large audiences and to good effect:

http://edition.cnn.com/2009/TECH/03/20/ ... nnSTCVideo

and some more promising looking tech: http://www.sciencedaily.com/videos/2006 ... ograms.htm