Security element with an optical effect layer formed as a thin layer

A security element for papers of value, security paper or security objects, such as banknotes, identification cards, credit cards, debit cards, and tickets, comprising:

• at least one first region with structures, and the structures reflect an image motif in different spatial regions, such that a moving image is produced for an observer when a light source is moved correspondingly and/or when a viewing angle is changed, wherein, when the light source is moved and/or the viewing angle is changed, a movement of the image motif occurs at the same time;
• and wherein:
• an optical effect layer is provided, said optical effect layer defining at least one second region,
• the optical effect layer is formed as a thin-layer element, and the structures are covered by the optical effect layer over their entire surface or partially.