A method for forming an image transfer apparatus includes providing first image data to a flat-panel display, displaying a first output image on the flat-panel display in response to the first image data, wherein the first output image includes an optical distortion associated with a film disposed onto a front transparent media of the flat-panel display, recording the first output image onto film media with a film recorder movably coupled to the flat-panel display, producing a complementing image in response to the first output image as recorded on the film media, and disposing the complementing image on an optical path of the film recorder.
CROSS-REFERENCES TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
The present invention claims priority and incorporates by reference for all purposes application Ser. No. 10/392,399 filed Mar. 20, 2003 titled Flat Panel LCD, now abandoned and superseded and to PCT Application No. PCT/US03/11492 filed Apr. 25, 2003 titled Flat Panel Digital Film Recorder now in National Phase. The present invention is also related to and incorporates by reference for all purposes, application Ser. No. 10/638,135 filed Aug. 8, 2003, titled Configurable Flat Panel Image to Film Transfer Method and Apparatus, and Provisional Application No. 60/493,539 filed Aug. 8, 2003, titled Flat Panel Digital Film Recorder and Method, superseded by application Ser. No. 10/689,954 filed Oct. 31, 2003, titled Video to Film Flat Panel Digital Recorder and Method.
A method for a film recorder includes displaying a plurality of images on a modified liquid crystal display movably coupled to the film recorder, wherein the modified liquid crystal display panel comprises a liquid crystal display panel with only a single polarizing media layer, disposing a linearly polarizing filter in an optical path of the film recorder, orienting the linearly polarizing filter in a first orientation relative to the modified liquid crystal display panel to thereby configure the film recorder to receive the plurality of images as positive images, and orienting the linearly polarizing filter in a second orientation relative to the modified liquid crystal display panel to thereby configure the film recorder to receive the plurality of images as negative images.
