A (Moving) Picture Tells a Thousand Words

At the Currency Conference in May, Bundesdruckerei presented visuals of the latest house note in its ExNihilo series. To do so, it used an ingenious new tool from Koenig & Bauer Banknote Solutions (KBBS) – Nota-Live™, which provides accurate live simulation of security documents, complete with realistic optically-varying effects, offering an exceptionally accurate and dynamic way to visualise the designs of these documents.

Nota-Live has been purpose-built for the unique characteristics of banknotes and other secure documents (eg. passports and ID documents), offering specialised tools and features tailored to support their inherent complexity and sophistication.

Described as redefining the way banknotes are conceptualised and presented, it is based on more than a decade of light field research by KBBS partner Fathom Optics and took six months to jointly refine and develop into its current form. It was launched publicly earlier this year.