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In October, we reported on a Kickstarter for turning GIFs into lenticular prints. Now, just six weeks later, Gifpop has gone live, making real world versions of GIFs, and achieving the unheard of goal of hitting a Kickstarter deadline.

Gifpop uses a technique known as lenticular printing, which was very popular in the latter part of the 20th century for mediocre children’s toys and cards sold as “holograms”. By using a ridges over an image, different parts of the image can be directed at your eye as you move the print, creating the illusion of motion.

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Gifpop allows you to upload your favorite GIF from your Tom Hiddleston devoted Tumblr account, convert a Vine or Instagram video, or even just upload two images, and flip between them. Prints of your own work run $12-$15, depending on size. If you aren’t particularly taken by those capabilities, there’s also the artist series by established GIF artists. These run $20 for a 3.5×3.5 print, with 10×10 going for $100 (the image below is from an 8×8 proof). Gifpop pays artists 80% of profits from every print.

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So if you have a GIF obsessed internet denizen in your life, this might be the perfect present for them!