A system for forming a motion card from frames of video selected by a user
from a sequence of video frames that have been previously recorded on a
video tape incorporates a kiosk that contains a video tape player, a
processor receives a sequence of video frames from the video tape player,
a display is used to display a selected range of video frames received by
the processor, and step-by-step interactive instructions for the user for
enabling the user to select video frames from the displayed selected range
of video frames for preview display is improved by enabling the processing
and display of video frames as if they were formed on the motion card so
as to provide a high degree of correspondence between the displayed motion
card and the to be formed motion card. A viewable simulation of the
adjacency effect that will be present in the formed motion card enables
the operator to improve the selection of the frames to be used in the
formed motion card. Additionally, editing software enables the user to
reselect video frames from the selected sequence of video frames so as to
effectively change the content of the displayed motion card to meet the
user's taste. A printer and a laminator, located in the kiosk or in
communication with the kiosk, are used to print the selected frames in an
interleaving manner, on a card sheet and for laminating a lenticular sheet
over the interleaved printing so as to provide a motion card that
replicates the motion image previewed on the display.