# Name for this kind of picture

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-for-this-kind-of-picture/472713>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [November 14, 2008, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-for-this-kind-of-picture/472713 "2008-11-14T15:23:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![ginman999](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e495f1/32.png) [@ginman999](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ginman999)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2008, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-for-this-kind-of-picture/472713/1 "2008-11-14T15:23:16Z")

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What’s the name for a picture that changes as you tilt it from side to side? Its two different images at 45% angles. We made them as kids by cutting two pictures in strips and alternating the strips on a folded sheet of paper.

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**Author:** ![Dreamy\_B](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f07891/32.png) [@Dreamy\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dreamy_B)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2008, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-for-this-kind-of-picture/472713/2 "2008-11-14T15:33:25Z")

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[Lenticular?](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lenticular_printing)

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**Author:** ![Omegaman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e480ec/32.png) [@Omegaman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omegaman)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2008, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-for-this-kind-of-picture/472713/3 "2008-11-14T17:29:26Z")

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> [@ginman999](#):
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> What’s the name for a picture that changes as you tilt it from side to side? Its two different images at 45% angles. We made them as kids by cutting two pictures in strips and alternating the strips on a folded sheet of paper.

Was the paper folded like a fan or accordian? I have seen pictures like this but know what the are called.

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**Author:** ![ginman999](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e495f1/32.png) [@ginman999](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ginman999)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2008, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-for-this-kind-of-picture/472713/4 "2008-11-14T22:43:55Z")

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folded so the picture strips are 90% apart.

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**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2008, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-for-this-kind-of-picture/472713/5 "2008-11-14T22:52:08Z")

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Lenticular. I knew that’s what it was going to be when I saw the thread title, and then somebody beat me to it. I was so excited, too, because I didn’t remember and didn’t remember and didn’t remember, and then as I clicked, ah! it came to me! Alas, too late.

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**Author:** ![Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troy_mcclure_sf/32/4150_2.png) [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troy_McClure_SF)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2008, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-for-this-kind-of-picture/472713/6 "2008-11-14T23:09:29Z")

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I always called them “wiggle pictures” but a friend of mine wanted one of these for her album cover and it became clear that I was the only one.

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**Author:** ![Nametag](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nametag/32/406_2.png) [@Nametag](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nametag)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2008, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-for-this-kind-of-picture/472713/7 "2008-11-15T06:12:44Z")

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I call them “wiggle pictures,” too. When I was dating the daughter of Vari-Vue inventor Victor Anderson, I called her “the wiggle picture heiress.”