£24.00
A “Retro-View” custom View-Master reel created from your own 2D or 3D images, ready to drop into any View-Master branded 3D viewer made in the last 70 years. Seven images are needed per reel.
Price is per reel (which comes complete with a retro-looking protective sleeve and wallet).
Please take a moment to read the information tabs lower down this page before starting an order.
You can supply 2D or 3D images for this View-Master compatible reel, although of course only 3D images view as 3D in a view-master viewer – ordinary 2D photos look great though. We will need seven images (or seven stereo pairs) to make up one reel.
Technical notes:
The format of viewer images is landscape only, upright images won’t work unless severely cropped.
The final images on these reels are very small – just 11.5mm x 10mm – and work best with bold and colourful photos.
Please number your photos from 1 to 7, in the order you want them viewed, so that we can prepare the reels in the correct order.
If you are a Photoshop wizard then you can prepare your images to the correct size: 1240px wide x 1125px high. DPI doesn’t matter, set whatever you like but don’t change the 1240×1125 pixel values. You might find this Photoshop template handy for image preparation: Retro-View template
Please read this page before uploading unsuitable images! Retro-view-reels
You can also order customised reel and sleeve graphics – ideal for commercial giveaways and promotions and product launches – more information here: Customised reel graphics
Our Retro-View reels have images that are a very square-ish rectangle in landscape orientation. This can’t be varied, it is part and parcel of the venerable View-Master system.
Therefore, care should be taken when choosing your images. While it is possible to use other shaped images without cropping, they don’t look great as they don’t make best use of the very small image space.
If you can find your way around Photoshop then you are welcome to pre-prepare your own images. Otherwise, we will, by default, intelligently crop your images to fit the Retro-View format. You will be sent a PDF proof of the images for your approval before we produce your reel.
If you are a Photoshop wizard then you can prepare your images to the correct size: 1240px wide x 1125px high @ 300dpi.
You might find this template handy for image preparation: Retro-View template
A nice photo but the wrong shape and orientation
Without modification, this is how the image would appear in the viewer
With our intelligent cropping the image fills the view and still makes a great image
This photo looks promising but the important central figures fill a wide space
Uh-oh, this doesn’t work well, important detail is lost when cropping, making this image unsuitable
Great photo but this shape is going to present problems
Without modification, this is how the image would appear in the viewer
Even with careful cropping this image has lost the drama and is therefore best avoided
This looks promising – it is a wide picture but the important content is central
With our intelligent cropping this makes a great photo for a reel
This square image looks like it will work well
Yes, it crops very well and makes a great reel image – bold, colourful and important detail away from the edges
As the reel images are so small (about 11.5mm x 10mm) you can use images from pretty much any source, including your Facebook/Instagram/Flickr/Snapchat/iPhoto libraries. However, the larger and better quality your photos are, the better quality your reels will look when magnified in the viewer.
The images are landscape orientated square-ish rectangle. You should bear this in mind when selecting your images. While it is technically possible to use upright images or wide horizontal images on a reel they don’t look great, as they view much smaller.
If you are a whizz with Photoshop (or other image editing programs) you can supply your images to the correct dimensions of 1240px wide x 1125px high @ 300dpi. You might find this template handy for image preparation: Retro-View template
Reels have seven images. At first glance it may seem that our Retro-View (View-Master compatible) reels have many more than seven images but remember that the viewers are binocular and each eye requires its own image to create the 3D illusion. Hence the 14 image windows.
In fact View-Master reels have always had seven images, since the system was created in the 1930s. And people do ask, but it is impossible to have more than seven images on a reel. Seven images and only seven images – that’s the rule.
