Method and apparatus for composing 3D photographs

A method, comprising:

• arranging a digital display device comprising an image display area on a first plane;
• arranging an optical image forming device a second plane spaced from the first lane:
• receiving digital image data in the digital display device;
• and
• displaying a plurality of images on the image display area for forming a plurality of projected images on a print material through the optical image forming device, wherein said plurality of images are indicative of the digital image data and each of said plurality projected images is caused to form on the print material at different projection angles, wherein the print material is located on a third plane spaced from the second plane and substantially parallel to the first plane, such that the second plane is located between the first plane and the third plane, wherein the digital display device comprises:
• a liquid crystal display device comprising the image display area and a light source, said method further comprising:
• arranging the light source to provide illumination to the image display area for forming each of said plurality of projection images, wherein the print material comprises a lenticular sheet having a first side facing the optical image forming device and an opposing second side, a backing layer adjacent to the second side, and a photosensitive layer located between the lenticular sheet and the backing layer, said method further comprising causing the photosensitive layer to form latent images of said plurality of projected images;
• and chemically processing the print material for changing the latent images to visible images, wherein the backing layer is porous so as to allow processing chemicals to pass through the backing layer to reach the photosensitive layer for said chemically processing.

A method, comprising:

• arranging a digital display device comprising, an image display area on a first plane;
• arranging an optical image forming device on a second plane spaced from the first plane:
• receiving digital image data in the digital display device:
• and
• displaying a plurality of images on the image display area for forming a plurality of projected images on a print material through the optical image forming device, wherein said plurality of images are indicative of the digital image data, and each of said plurality of projected images is caused to form on the print material at different projection angles, wherein the print material is located on a third plane spaced from the second plane and substantially parallel to the first plane, such that the second plane is located between the first plane and the third plane, wherein the digital display device comprises:
• a liquid crystal digital device comprising the image display area and a light source said method further comprising:
• arranging the light source to provide illumination to the image display area for forming each of said plurality of protection images, wherein each of the images comprises a plurality of color image components, wherein the liquid crystal display device comprises a monochrome display panel arranging to display one of the plurality of color image components at a time and wherein the light source comprises a plurality of color light components corresponding to the color image components, said method further comprising:
• selecting a corresponding one of the plurality of color light components to illuminate the monochrome display panel for a predetermined exposure period when the monochrome display panel display one of the color image components, wherein the monochrome display panel comprises a plurality of discrete pixels and each of said plurality of the projected images formed on the print material comprises image dots corresponding to the discrete pixels, said method further comprising optically widening the image dots.