LAS VEGAS – Greenlayers.com is launching at NAB, offering a large greenscreen stock libraries of actors and models. The Australia-based company is targeting the video Web banner ad market, which often uses short video sequences in :05 to :15 narratives. Thousands of clips can be downloaded from the greenlayers.com Website in the lossless QuickTime file format, chosen for its 32-bit alpha channel support. Visitors to the site can search for clips using the “Intuitive Assist” search engine and even search clips by an actor’s travel path.
New greenscreen clips are shot each week at Orion Media in Melbourne. The library features footage of actors in both work and play situations, and contains all manner of age, ethnicity, profession, wardrobe, era, makeup and props.
Later this year, Greenlayers.com plans to act as a stock image and video aggregator for third-party content producers. They’ll be invited to shoot a range of stock video and photo backgrounds to match the library of actor clips. Original musical compositions, Foley sounds and visual special effects will also be added at a later date, making the site a one-stop compositing shop.
The Website has samples of how the clips can be used and offers tutorials and free trial clips. The Green Room compositing application lets visitors assemble their own sequences. Clips start as low as $10 for a single-use, royalty-free basis. Rights-managed clips are also available. The company’s site went live on April 1st.
