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Add mystery to ANY effect. Produce a puff of smoke from your mouth anytime, anywhere.

“Between sticky, messy, and dangerous solutions, I had given up on finding an easy, practical and safe way to produce smoke — until now!” –Acar Altinsel, Penguin Magic

The Effect
A match is ignited and pressed to a small black dot – a portal – is drawn on the palm of your hand. With your other hand, you slowly trace the path of ignition up your arm, across your chest, and finally to your mouth. You open your mouth – and a cloud of smoke emerges.
Created by Alan Rorrison, SMOKE represents simple, powerful magic. It needs no introduction. While intended for those 18 years of age or older, theory11 made every effort in production of SMOKE to ensure precise safety in operation. The smoke is harmless – made of organic compounds.
The DVD teaches a full routine utilizing the SMOKE gimmick entitled PORTAL by Dan White. You’ll also see 6 other applications and concepts that you can build off of. The possibilities are endless.

>>>Alan Rorrison By Smoke Revealed (free download)-click here

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Nothing was a higher priority for us than safety. We went above and beyond to ensure that the gimmicks provided were as safe, effective, and reliable as humanly possible. In fact, the gimmicks provided were THREE TIMES the cost of our original prototypes. We demanded quality – and we took our time to find it.

The smoke created using SMOKE is not actually smoke. Try to say that three times fast! But it is true – it is NOT smoke. It is actually vapor, made from organic compounds and completely harmless. It causes no irritation or discomfort whatsoever with responsible use.
A powerful, simple effect that is diabolical in function and applauded by some of the top names in magic. Enough supplies are included for close to a THOUSAND performances – and refills are available at any time.

Manufacturer Says
Nothing was a higher priority for us than safety. We went above and beyond to ensure that the gimmicks provided were as safe, effective, and reliable as humanly possible. In fact, the gimmicks provided were THREE TIMES the cost of our original prototypes. We demanded quality – and we took our time to find it.

The smoke created using SMOKE is not actually smoke. Try to say that three times fast! But it is true – it is NOT smoke. It is actually vapor, made from organic compounds and completely harmless. It causes no irritation or discomfort whatsoever with responsible use.

SMOKE is intended for those 18 years of age or older. The type of gimmick included with this DVD has been clinically tested as safe, but use, operation, and performance of SMOKE is understood to be at your own risk. By purchasing this DVD, you acknowledge consent and understanding of this message.

My Review
This is an absolute must have for anyone interested in performing great close-up magic. The gimmick is absolutely brilliant. The DVD goes over one trick called Portal (demoed on Penguin) in detail. Dan White also gives ideas on what this gimmick can be applied to. Overall, I think this a versatile gimmick that when applied with your own style, it can create great reactions from laymen. Hope this helps with making your decision.

>>>Alan Rorrison By Smoke Revealed (free download)-click here

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Lenticular: A funny word indeed, strange & unfamiliar to most people.

A lenticular is a series of images (minimum of two) that are combined or interlaced into one final file and then printed on a plastic lens. The lens has tiny tactile ridges that refract light in such a way as to create motion or depth effects when the lenticular is turned.

How does a lenticular differ from a hologram?

Lenticulars are currently much more common in the medium of print advertising. But many customers, when searching for a lenticular printer, will use the more familiar term “hologram”. Unfortunately, this is a misnomer. A hologram is typically monochromatic and created with laser light reflected onto an emulsion. The finished product needs to be properly lit to achieve the ideal effect.

On the other hand, lenticular printing reproduces full color, photographic-quality images in a range of effects from morphs to animations to 3D Depth.

So what effects are available?

1. Flip: Perhaps the most basic (and popular) effect, this lens flips from one image to the next with a quick turn of the wrist.Flip lenticulars are also typically the most affordable as the set-up includes only 2 images.

2. Animation: This effect offers up to 12 frames of animation. All frames should be designed with continuity & fluidity. For example, 12 frames consisting of completely different designs would not reproduce accurately.

3. 3D Depth: This effect is the equivalent of creating real 3D Depth on a card without the use of 3D glasses. This is currently very popular with the recent influx of 3D films.

4. Zoom: Zoom images leap out at your audience in stunning 3D.

5. Morph: This effect offers a more detailed flip, where one image literally transforms into the next.

Where have I seen lenticular printing?

Chances are you’ve seen lenticulars hundreds or even thousands of times. Many gift cards use a “flip” or “3D Depth” effect. Visit any major retailer and scan the DVD section, you’ll see a good percentage of these are produced with lenticular covers. Many film releases are now promoted with large lenticular posters and lobby displays. The Guinness Book of World Records® certified a 98-feet long by 13-feet tall lenticular mural in the Mandalay Bay Casino to be the largest lenticular piece ever.

How expensive is lenticular printing?

New advances in technology have brought down the prices of lenticulars tremendously. Most manufacturers, until recently, offered minimum quantity orders of 2500 pieces starting at around – each. Minimum quantities and pricing has dropped significantly over the past decade. Lenticulars are now full color offset or digitally printed in quantities starting as low as 250 pieces. In addition, pricing has dropped to as low as.18 each on larger quantity orders of lenticular business cards.

What other advances have been made?

Years ago, lenticulars were on much thicker lenses and the clarity was substandard. Printers advised against using much text on the lenticular side, as most likely it wouldn’t reproduce accurately. Contact info was generally printed on the reverse side, if required. Today, with new technological advances, the clarity of lenticulars has improved greatly. Text reproduces more accurately and image sequences are clearer. In addition, today’s lenses are thinner and not so awkward or bulky (so they’ll fit better in your wallet).

How long do lenticulars typically take to produce?

Most manufacturers advertise a minimum of 3 weeks to produce professional, offset printed lenticulars. The set-up and interlacing is time-consuming & labor-intensive and typically a full gang run has to be filled before your lenticulars can be produced.

Lenticulars are available in a variety of sizes, from 3D business cards to 3D postcards to full size posters.

Are they worth the price?

Professional marketers are constantly looking for new ways to stand apart from the plain, the mundane and the boring. Nondescript, one-color business cards & flyers are quickly going the way of the Dodo bird. From foils to plastics to metals, printing is moving into the 21st century. Making 3D lenticular printing a part of your overall marketing plan is surely a savvy decision.

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Three-dimensional grating plate Print With the present three-dimensional features, so viewers can see objects from different viewing angle, can see the changes of objects, to be on the three-dimensional objects, but used three-dimensional grating plate before printing, it must rely on artificial photographs of the object, making the time-consuming, and the results may not meet the demand. This article aims to use a three dimensional effect grating array can show the characteristics of their building for the production of dimensional printing, by computer soft, it will be taken to reduce labor difficulties, to improve results and consistency of finished products, and improve processing efficiency.

I. Introduction Common market at present three-dimensional color pictures printed, generally refers to three-dimensional grating plate printing, the current direction of this three-dimensional imaging technology and more commercial development, combined with printing, creative arts and science and technology refined and is widely used

Package Decoration, commodity Advertisement , Interior and postcards, the use of such technology in Nepal had also produced a three-dimensional stamp. Compared with three-dimensional printing and traditional printing, has the following characteristics:

1. Realistic three-dimensional printing can reproduce three-dimensional objects, rich layers, realistic image.

2. Original multi-dimensional printing is styling

Design Or scenery shot is made, printed materials and more ink for the coated paper and high temperature, so good gloss, bright color will not fade.

3. Three-dimensional printing are coated with concave and convex cylindrical prism-like grating plate, can see the whole picture looks three-dimensional effect.

4. Aids without wearing a three-dimensional display system, will not arise often does not wear aids salt: but also for people watching.

With the computer To plate CTP Technology appears, using high-precision multi-color printing FM outlets. UV technology continues to mature, many equipment manufacturers introduced a variety of types of UV

Offset . Heidelberg, MAN Roland, KBA, Komori and Ryobi have been introduced such as oak printer has this feature. Printer with direct printing rubber plastic grating material is no longer a problem, three-dimensional printing quality is assured, so grating three-dimensional printing plate developed rapidly. In recent years, the domestic three-dimensional printing has been greatly developed. Start printing plate using grating three-dimensional printing technology to produce more complex products. From

Label , Posters to packaging products, and even the plastic cups are examples of its application. Although the three-dimensional printing plate grating products that are not true three-dimensional visual effect, but the grating three-dimensional printing is not just propaganda or art products. Three-dimensional photograph made with the traditional technique compared to the use flexibility in the economy and so on have shown its unique advantage. For example, raster printing three-dimensional map used in the production, in addition to easy to carry, easy to store the merits, but also get three-dimensional map of the concept of entities as a result, when combined with aerial photos or satellite photo images, but also provide a rich visual landscape conducive to the topography, surface features of the judged.

Traditional leaflets of three-dimensional view or print pictures of people, although you can use the single photo of the principle of making false 3D stereoscopic imaging, but the content object to photographs of subjective distance determined by the production staff, then according to the results of such judgments, Use image processing software to artificial methods described hierarchical, stratified and then use the grating plate to complete pre-press processing software, produced original. The results of this approach, changing the surface features of height difference between the real and artificial layered process is quite time-consuming, but also make the results vary, the lack of product consistency.

Plane or image for a three-dimensional map coordinates, the island has been measured with the system of DTM (DigitalTerrainModel, DTM) sets together, thus providing an added layer of objective basis. The purpose of this is grating array can show the characteristics of three-dimensional effect will be applied to produce three-dimensional map plane, by DTM for assistance, the design of a geographic information system software using a hierarchical approach to reduce the manual check and improve product consistency and objectivity, and improve processing efficiency. As the small number of hierarchical concept as that may arise in three-dimensional model of the phenomenon of discontinuous or indistinct, too layered to be increased production time, this article also different hierarchical way, to compare their results to understand the way for the production of .

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Three-dimensional grating plate Print (A) of the grating structure and characteristics of board

Grating plate in order of a string of cylindrical lens, the light refracted through the image, and lens focal length, radius of the focal length, angle will affect the imaging results.

Grating plate itself, the proportion of materials, heat distortion temperature, transparency, refractive index will affect the three-dimensional effects and post-production process. Grating plate is every inch the number of columnar lens (Lenticules-Per-Inch, LPl) differentiate their products. Because each board has a different grating line number, refractive index, thickness and angle of view, therefore, an indication of the effects are different, grating panels are made of PET (polyester), PP (polypropylene), PVC (polyvinyl chloride ) and PS (polystyrene), and acrylic are several.

Grating plate lines (LPI) options for printing from the three-dimensional imaging is also very important to the world of the grating plate production lines from 10LPI (about 3mm) to 200LPI (0.2mm), while its size Specifications are mostly 20 “x28″ inch. Grating plate material used to size and use, there are several (Wu and, 2005a):

1. Thickness of 0.25mm, lines 141LPI of PET (Poly EthyleneTerephthalate) grating plate, and its application in the mobile phone panel, stamps, DVD CD-ROM and other commodities.

2. Thickness of 0.35mm, lines 100LPI of PET grating plate, and their use in fine Package Boxes, wine boxes, VCD discs Label And other commodities.

3. Thickness of 0.46mm, lines 75LPI of PET grating plate, and its application in the card, PCS, credit cards, stationery, books and other products.

4. Thickness of 0.68mm, lines 62LPI of PET grating plate, and its application in the poster card, tag, postcards and other commodities.

Grating plate differences owing different perspectives, but have different uses, wide viewing angle effect for changing plans, narrow viewing angle effect is suitable for three-dimensional map. Usually according to price and demand for three-dimensional effect and application performance to make a decision.

(B) of the grating plate style effects and three-dimensional map production

Three-dimensional printing plate grating effect of a wide range of performance, generally speaking can be divided into 3D stereo effect, variable map effect, change into small effect, a continuous dynamic effect, Morph (similar to the effect of a progressive change of face changes in the way), three-dimensional Moire effect or combination of the above results show several methods (Wu and, 2005). 3D stereo effect of which can be directly applied to a method of producing three-dimensional map. 3D stereo effect is divided into pseudo 3D (Layer3D) and true 3D (True3D) two ways. 3D stereoscopic system using fake leaflet photo or video, according to subjective judgments of depth of field objects, their levels before and after the separation, and then produce a shift in the image using software, then split to form three-dimensional vision can be grating plate to the image: True 3D three-dimensional effect is to use professional three-dimensional camera angles while shooting video, or use 3D animation software to simulate the multiple images of different angles, the software produced by professional three-dimensional synthetic images generated before and after displacement by the printed image resulting from the grating plate with depth before and after the level effect. In the three-dimensional map production, although you can get consistent three-dimensional nature of Aerial photography or photogrammetry, but the geometric relationship with the existing software may not fit in, and therefore a single photo or image and numerical data to create three-dimensional map of the terrain is more convenient .

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