Moire-based autostereoscopic images by duplex printing on transparencies

Method for duplex printing on transparencies to create auto-stereoscopic images. By choosing different halftone structures, differing by having different spatial frequencies for each of the two sides of a transparency, a moire pattern resulting due to halftone overlapping can be observed. On one side of the transparency is provided a uniform halftone with a selected median spatial frequency as printed. On the other side, the printing consists of two partitions: what is to be perceived as the background is printed using a halftone with spatial frequency equal to the median plus some delta x, while a desired image partition is printed using a halftone with a spatial frequency equal to the median minus the same delta x. The spatial frequency difference creates a corresponding shift-magnification factor M with an amplified total depth of the shift-magnification factor M times the thickness of the transparency.