A comprehensive script‐to‐screen service with a streamlined workflow to shoot and post 3D content

Paris, August 2010 — Providing a comprehensive script‐to‐screen service with a streamlined workflow to shoot and post 3D content, StereoCorp3D today announced the launch of StereoShop3D, allowing customers to search from a growing database of 3D clips from Paris, France and soon Europe.
This new service from StereoCorp3D immediately broadens 3D stock footage opportunities for any project or budget range. It allows content creators to start producing material for TV and film without facing cumbersome challenges of stereoscopic filming. About 15 clips of Paris are already downloadable, and more are to come by the end of the summer.

Available online at www.stereocorp3d.com, these royalty‐free clips are easy to download and priced affordably at $399 per clip through PayPal. Optimized for 50 inches TV‐screen, ready‐to‐use at broadcast quality, the 3D shots last between 10 and 40 seconds and give an exhaustive list of Paris landmarks and monuments in side‐by‐side full HD (1080p) resolution.

StereoCorp3D can provide customization of these 3D shots to fit other screen sizes benefiting from the 4K master resolution and its optimized 3D post pipeline. StereoCorp3D production resources will also be available for on demand filming in Paris, France and Europe.

StereoShop3D is the first 3D stock footage online service based on a collection of footage shot in 4k resolution; using two Red MX cameras with sensors calibrated by Red Digital Cinema for stereoscopic filming. The cameras were equipped with paired Optimo Rouge lenses and Element Technica Quasar rig, to offer the most flexible and efficient set‐up for 3D stock‐shot filming.

"When it comes to 3D stock footage, professionals are looking for the fastest, easiest and most cost-effective solution and yet the equipment and professionals qualified for creating such content are very hard to find," says StereoCorp3D Co-Founder and President, Arnaud Paris. "The cost of putting together a fully functioning 3D pipeline for production companies is a real challenge and equipment availability is also serious issue. By leveraging our resources into this new service our aim is to help content creators integrating high resolution 3D footage into any kind of program such as TV shows or documentaries”.

“Several years of experience in the 3D business helped us figure out how post-production had to be optimized, for instance by using tools like Scratch for real-time stereoscopic 4k editing. We can now provide this online stock-shot service and therefore participate in the effort of studios and TV-channels to offer this new 3D experience to the audience at the highest quality level.” Some discussions about the challenges and techniques for shooting this content on a large scale will also be discussed on StereoCorp3D’s blog.