Water pressure transfer method, a transfer film for water pressure transfer and a water pressure transfer article

A method for activating a print pattern of a transfer film formed by applying said print pattern on a water-soluble film with an activating agent and thereafter carrying out a water pressure transfer of said print pattern on a surface of an article, said method comprising the steps of preparing said transfer film having said print pattern including a first area of an ink layer and a second area of no ink layer or an ink layer thinner than that of said first area and having no whole outer surface fixture layer;

• forming activating agent convex collection portions by protruding on said surface of said article a surplus portion of said activating agent which is applied onto said surface of said transfer film to activate an ink of said first area while said surplus portion of said activating agent is collected in said second area by being pushed by said surface of said article on said water pressure transfer;
• and shrinking said activating agent convex collection portion when said print pattern on said article is hardened whereby an ink print portion corresponding to said second area projects over an ink print portion corresponding to said first area to thereby impart a three-dimensional unevenness shape to said surface of said article surface.