1. A synthetic magnification micro-optic system comprising: (a) an array of image icons and (b) an array of image icon focusing elements, the array of the image icon focusing elements being disposed in relation to the array of the image icons at a distance sufficient for the image icon focusing elements to form at least one synthetically magnified image of at least a portion of the image icons, the relation of at least a portion of the image icons to at least a portion of the focusing elements providing a motion effect for the at least one synthetically magnified image, the image icon focusing elements having an effective base diameter of less than 50 microns.