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Corbis launches stock footage site
Corbis, a leading stock licensing company, has announced that it has launched a new motion site in order to license stock footage online. The site features tens of thousands of high definition(HD), rights managed (RM) and royalty free(RF) clips and also includes clips from Paramount Pictures, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc., National Geographic, Sony Pictures Entertainment, HBO Archives and the Smithsonian Channel, via a recent partnership with Denver-based Thought Equity Motion. “The new Corbis Motion provides customers with a fast, convenient search and a smooth, simple purchasing and delivery experience,” said Doug Segers, Director, Corbis Motion. “We have outstanding HD, RM and RF collections that can serve all types of creative needs from film and television to new media.”
The new Corbis Motion site is available in English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Dutch and Japanese. E-commerce transactions can be conducted in U.S. dollars, Canadian dollars, British pounds, euros, Australian dollars as well as through PayPal. The company is also touting the following features intended to make licensing easier for users:
• Search technology that accelerates the search experience by delivering “sets” of relevant clips.
• Clickless preview technology that saves customers time by allowing them to instantly preview footage by scrolling their mouse over an image.
• Viewing technology that allows customers to view a variety of shot angles and sequences from a scene so they can find a greater selection of shot options when creating new stories or creative messages.
• Ability to instantly purchase and download footage in a variety of formats including HD, PAL and NTSC. From broadcast to streaming video to video podcasts and LED displays and billboards, Corbis Motion provides the right footage in the right mediums.
• Frame-accurate comps that allow customers to assess the editing scope of a clip before purchase. Customers can simply drop in the master file and all previous edits are automatically applied.
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