A method comprising: - illuminating a sheeting having a surface of microlenses comprising microspheres with diameters ranging from 15 micrometers to 275 micrometers with an energy beam which is focused onto a radiation sensitive coating of the sheeting to form a plurality of images within the sheeting, wherein a center of the energy beam is offset from a surface normal of the sheeting, wherein the images formed within the sheeting are both partial and complete images, all with different perspectives of a real object, the images being associated with different microlenses of the sheeting, said microlenses having refractive surfaces that transmit light to positions within the sheeting to produce, from the images formed within the sheeting, a plurality of composite images (652A, 652B; 654A, 654B) that are visible to an observer as to float above the sheeting, because diverging rays, if extended backward through the lens, would intersect at the focal point of the diverging lens, or to float below the sheeting, because converging rays, if extended through the sheeting, would intersect at the focal point of the converging lens the method being characterized in that it further comprises: - illuminating the sheeting to form one or more images associated with a first one of the plurality of composite images (652A, 652B; 654A, 654B) by illuminating the sheeting with the energy beam via an optical train comprising a final objective and a Fresnel lens positioned after the final objective to position the energy beam such that the center of the energy beam is offset from the surface normal by a first angle; and - illuminating the sheeting to form one or more images associated with a second one of the plurality of composite images (652A, 652B; 654A, 654B) by illuminating the sheeting with the energy beam via the optical train configured to position the energy beam such that the center of the energy beam is offset from the surface normal by a second angle; and - repositioning the Fresnel lens after illuminating the sheeting to form the images associated with the first one of the plurality of composite images (652A, 652B; 654A, 654B) and before the sheeting to form the images associated with the second one of the plurality of composite images (652A, 652B; 654A, 654B), wherein each of the composite images (652A, 652B; 654A, 654B) is visible at a different viewing angle range with respect to the surface of the sheeting. - illuminating a sheeting having a surface of microlenses comprising microspheres with diameters ranging from 15 micrometers to 275 micrometers with an energy beam which is focused onto a radiation sensitive coating of the sheeting to form a plurality of images within the sheeting, wherein a center of the energy beam is offset from a surface normal of the sheeting, wherein the images formed within the sheeting are both partial and complete images, all with different perspectives of a real object, the images being associated with different microlenses of the sheeting, said microlenses having refractive surfaces that transmit light to positions within the sheeting to produce, from the images formed within the sheeting, a plurality of composite images (652A, 652B; 654A, 654B) that are visible to an observer as to float above the sheeting, because diverging rays, if extended backward through the lens, would intersect at the focal point of the diverging lens, or to float below the sheeting, because converging rays, if extended through the sheeting, would intersect at the focal point of the converging lens - illuminating the sheeting to form one or more images associated with a first one of the plurality of composite images (652A, 652B; 654A, 654B) by illuminating the sheeting with the energy beam via an optical train comprising a final objective and a Fresnel lens positioned after the final objective to position the energy beam such that the center of the energy beam is offset from the surface normal by a first angle; and - illuminating the sheeting to form one or more images associated with a second one of the plurality of composite images (652A, 652B; 654A, 654B) by illuminating the sheeting with the energy beam via the optical train configured to position the energy beam such that the center of the energy beam is offset from the surface normal by a second angle; and - repositioning the Fresnel lens after illuminating the sheeting to form the images associated with the first one of the plurality of composite images (652A, 652B; 654A, 654B) and before the sheeting to form the images associated with the second one of the plurality of composite images (652A, 652B; 654A, 654B),