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HOLOGRAVURE PROCESS / Particularities    ::  MAIN CHARACTERISTICS  ::  TRANSCRIPTION OF 2D IN 3D HOLOGRAVURE  ::  APPLICATIONS

MAIN CHARACTERISTICS

The specific nature of our 3D Technologies lies in :

• The creation of 3D color images, completely stable in space, regardless of the angle of observation (no need to move the image in order that it become 3D, as in a Hologram).
• No image jumping, unless required.
• Smooth PVC, specially treated and of variable thickness and flexibility, adapted to your activity.
• Large format prints (a maximum of 65 cm x 85 cm available at present, and possibly larger with optional equipment assembly) produced at high speed (6,000 sheets an hour, in offset).
• The possibility of increasing the number of spatial planes (inside and outside the image).

second generation Hologravure (fringes per design)	first generation Hologravure (fringes per moiré)
two optical planes: one of them inside the image (in brown) , the other outside the image (in blue)	two optical planes inside the image (in green and orange)

 

• A union between 2D and 3D on the same support and the insertion of dynamic effects, visible when moving in front of the image.

first, second, third generation Hologravure (fringes per moiré)	first and second generation Hologravure (fringes per moiré)
Background with dynamic effects (optical effects)	Dynamic effects on the "3D" letters (optical effects)

 

• The possible integration of security codes, impossible to forge, on 3D supports made out of PVC and on paper or cardboard.

first generation Hologravure (fringes per moiré)	first generation Hologravure (fringes per moiré)
Calendar with security codes	Calendar with security codes

 

• Numerous applications

          - Institutional and commercial publicity in 3D
          - Secure products and deter forgery
          - Innovation of traditional products (postcards, signs,
             lampshades, lighting, clothing, umbrellas, costume jewelry
             and fashion accessories, toys...)

HOLOGRAVURE PROCESS (first and second generation)

 

• Full virtual designs using Hologravure process

first and second generation Hologravure (fringes per moiré and per design)	first and second generation Hologravure (fringes per moiré and per design)
full virtual 3D advertising in conventional printing	full virtual 3D advertising in conventional printing

 

• Easy manufacture of PVC supports "printed in 3D".
• Study and research specifically for your activity.
• A continuous innovation
• Outstanding graphic by-products
• An industrial production on a large scale

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TRANSCRIPTION OF 2D IN 3D HOLOGRAVURE

We require the following information:

1 - THE NATURE OF THE IMAGE

The image can be :

- In color
                    such as:   Computer data
                                    Slide
                                    Text or color photography on white paper

- In black and white
                         
                    such as:   Computer data
                                    Slide
                                    Text or half-shade on paper (completely
                                    white)

 

2 - THE USE OF THE IMAGE TO BE RENDERED IN 3D

In order to choose the correct type of PVC and sufficient thickness (from 250 to 500 µm, the degree of flexibility depending on the object (for example, PLV, credit cards, book covers),

We need to know if your creation will be viewed

- at a distance
- at close range
- from both a distance and at close range
       
       with static effects alone
       with dynamic effects alone
       or a combination of static and dynamic effects

- by reflection (the most common case)
- by transparency (lighted from behind)
- by reflection or transparency (double possibility)

 

3 - YOUR REQUIREMENTS REGARDING THE 3D IMAGE'S APPEARANCE

The sections of the image or of your creation to be rendered in 3D should be described, as follows:

1 - on a "Virtual" plane (a plane within the image) that is, effects of
     depth;
     and/or,

2 - on a "real" plane (a plane outside the image) which lies between
     you and the 2D reference plane;
     and,

3 - on the "P" plane (mathematical term), the level of the printing
     support; i.e., the elements of the 2D image of your creation which
     should remain on plane "P" on the same level as the printing support.

WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW...

The larger the surface to be treated, the greater the effects of peaks and troughs. For example: moving objects, iridescence (the spectral decomposing of a chosen color) — usage: (for example, a metallic effect for a belt buckle, or much more complicated effects according to the degree of artistic creation).

4 - THE REQUIRED FORMATS

5 - THE NUMBER OF COPIES TO BE PRINTED (following approval of the test).

 

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APPLICATIONS

 

Communication-marketing

Hologravure can give your message an entirely new dimension...

A 3D message on a flat surface at a low price...

An invitation to travel into the picture, to discover the perspectives you want to give your product...

No limits to your imagination...

The inks we use won't fade with time...

For the first time, high resolution 3D (75 to 300 lines per inch)...

Visible through reflection or against the light or even both...

A great tool against forgery...

 

 

Enhancements of manufactured products (all sectors of activity)

- Architecture
- Fashion accessories
- Furniture
- Games and toys
- Gifts and crafts
- Household appliances
- Interior decoration
- Jewelry
- Lighting
- Lampshades
- Luggage
- Umbrellas
- Music
- Multi-media
- Packaging
- Postcards
- Promotional and business
  gifts
- Publishing
- Religious Articles
- Signs
- Stationery
- Office supplies
- Tableware

 

 

Arts

Hologravure is a brand new tool for any artist...

Hologravure can be used as a basis for a work of art, using virtual space and printed on a surface with different layers and suppleness.

Hologravure can be used in art (sculpture, paintings, drawings, architecture, etc.) or for decoration (stained-glass windows, etc.).

 

 

Security and Secured products

Deterrent against forgery in 3D or coded material included in all printed work, printed on paper or cardboard.

Lotteries and various games.

 

 

Animation

Hologravure is a technology creating dynamic visual effects in motion before an image ; this image can also be on a dynamic surface.

Hologravure animation and first generation technology can be combined... for the best dynamic effects.

 

 

Creating 3d effects

Hologravure is a 3D technology using different planes placed at different levels inside the image or outside the image. We can also add dynamic effects.

The various Hologravure generations have given us the means to create simple or sophisticated images in space, while doing justice to the original graphic composition.

 

 

Metallic effects

Hologravure offers an excellent reproduction of metallic textures.

 

 

Speckles ("grains")

Gives you great visual effects combined with light.

 

 

A new graphic concept for new materials

With Hologravure, we can print on new 3D materials or enhance regular products through visual effects. Hologravure is a new concept of decoration.

Hologravure can also be used to invent new materials or to enhance traditional products in all fields.

 

 

Full virtual design

Full virtual designs using Hologravure process.