REALVIZ Press Release

REALVIZ Announces Availability of Latest Patch Up-date for Stitcher Unlimited, including Flash Panoramas & Improved Fish-eye Stitching

Sophia Antipolis, France (December 20, 2006) – REALVIZ®, a leader in image processing software development, is pleased to announce the availability of a new patch up-date to their acclaimed software, Stitcher® Unlimited. Stitcher Unlimited, which released in July 2006, is targeted at professional panorama creators looking to produce multiple panoramas of the highest quality and with maximum productivity. This latest up-date (version 5.5.2) is available free of charge to existing Stitcher Unlimited owners on both Macintosh® and Windows®, and includes export of projects in Flash 9 and Java, using ImmerVision’s PURE Player, as well as improved stitching of fisheye images (including the Nikkor 10.5 mm lens), for astonishing high-quality results.

Commonly regarded as “the world’s premier image-stitching program” (3D World Magazine, December 2006), Stitcher is a professional-level application, used by thousands of professional photographers, architects, multimedia and 3D artists worldwide, and enables the creation of superb wide-angle panoramas for the Web, film, print, and 3D. In November of this year, REALVIZ also introduced Stitcher® Unlimited 5.5 DS (“Double Shot”), offering the ability to automatically stitch 2-shot fisheye photos. With the new DS extension for Stitcher 5.5 Unlimited, even 2-shot IPIX® style fisheyes can now be stitched automatically, providing a unique one-stop solution for anyone working in immersive imaging.

About ImmerVision’s PURE Player
Designed for maximum performance, simplicity and ease of use, ImmerVision’s PURE Player makes panoramic imaging scaleable, portable, fast, and visually stunning. Panoramas can be viewed full-screen, regardless of resolution or image size, with flawless display quality and full fluidity of viewing controls. The PURE Player viewer is a highly flexible and more efficient solution than ever before for playing panoramic content. PURE Player software is part of the suite of solutions based on ImmerVision’s PURE (Panorama Universal Rendering Engine) technology. PURE is a sophisticated collection of high-performance algorithms dedicated to projecting, controlling and viewing photos and videos in a virtual tridimensional space.

REALVIZ are currently offering new clients the chance to obtain ImmerVision’s PURE Player Starter Toolkit free of charge* when they buy Stitcher Unlimited (or the upgrade to Stitcher Unlimited), The PURE Player Starter Toolkit offers the basic functionalities you need to edit and publish panoramic content. It includes the following 5 PURE modules: Panorama Image Extractor, Panorama FileMaker, Lensflare Creator, Package Maker & Package Crypter.

“When I first started to take panoramas, I tried almost all the stitching softwares on the market. I have to say that for me REALVIZ Stitcher has always been the best product available. Right now I’m using the Unlimited version. I am also an advertising photographer and I use Stitcher for my commercial work, too. Panoramas make a real difference for my clients’ communication and they are very pleased with the feedback they get from their consumers. So thank you, REALVIZ, for the effort you are putting into this software and keep up the good work!”
Tamer Hartevioglu, Photographer, Istanbul-Turkey - www.thartevi.com

Availability & Pricing
REALVIZ Stitcher 5.5 Unlimited is available in French and English for Macintosh® and Windows® at the following prices:

- REALVIZ Stitcher 5.5 Unlimited: US$ 580 / 499 €
- REALVIZ Stitcher 5.5 Unlimited DS: US$ 800 / 680 €

* Offer valid 10/12/2006 to 31/12/2006 on all new licenses and upgrades of Stitcher Unlimited. Download version only.

To view samples of Tamer Hartevioglu’s work, and to see what other REALVIZ clients are doing with Stitcher, go to:
http://stitcher.realviz.com/gallery/index.php.

For further details on ImmerVision’s PURE Player Starter Toolkit, go to:
http://www.immervision.com

For further details on REALVIZ Stitcher Unlimited and to download the latest patch up-date, please go to: http://stitcher.realviz.com, or contact [email protected].

About REALVIZ
REALVIZ is a leading developer of image based creation software headquartered in Sophia Antipolis, France, with satellite sales offices in Los Angeles, London and Paris. REALVIZ develops a suite of image-based content creation solutions for the film, broadcast, gaming, digital imaging, architecture and Internet communities. Derived from years of research efforts at the renowned INRIA Lab in France, the company’s applications enable 2D and 3D artists to easily and cost-effectively tackle complex digital imaging projects. REALVIZ’ award-winning products are used by thousands of professional photographers, as well as leading production and effects houses, web design, game development and architectural companies worldwide, including Boeing, Daimler Chrysler, The Orphanage, Inc, Cinesite, Framestore CFC, Sony Imageworks, Warner Brothers Animation, Electronic Arts, Duran Duboi and many others. www.realviz.com

Image copyright - Tamer Hartevioglu, www.thartevi.com

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