Big Stage Entertainment Unveils Big Stage Studio, Teaches Others How to Create and Publish Original Programming to BigStage.com Starring the Digital You

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Wed Jun 24, 2009 10:07am EDT

Free, Registration-Only Service is Targeted at Production Studios, Advertising &
Marketing Agencies and Other Creators of Innovative Visual Programming
LOS ANGELES--(Business Wire)--
Big Stage Entertainment, Inc., the leading platform for consumer projection of
self into digital life, today announced the opening of Big Stage Studio, a free
and easy-to-use online training and support environment for content creators
looking to develop and publish original programming to BigStage.com. Users can
then insert their animated 3-D likeness, called an @ctor, and share the
personalized result via email and social networks like Facebook, MySpace and
Twitter. 

To become a Big Stage Studio partner, register for approval at
BigStageStudio.com. Upon acceptance, partners are granted full access to
educational videos depicting how to Big Stage-enable content. Users of leading
3-D graphics and animation tools can quickly learn the steps necessary to mask
and motion-track the facial images in stills and video. Big Stage`s @ctor
technology can then seamlessly map the animated, 3-D facial models it creates
for consumers into the action. 

"Big Stage Studio is our initial response to the demand from studios, agencies
and other content sources to @ctor enable their material for widespread
distribution over the social web." said Jonathan Strietzel, Big Stage co-founder
and Chief Creative Officer. "The process is straightforward for digital artists
using high-end graphics tools like Maya and Photoshop. In the future, we`ll make
it truly simple for average consumers to visit BigStage.com and @ctor-enable
their own photos or videos for free." 

"The tutorial videos on Big Stage Studio make the process easy and clear," said
Venna Pratap, COO, AniThing Studios. "We love how easy it is to prepare exciting
content for consumers to insert themselves into to provide a truly immersive
entertainment experience." 

About BigStage.com. On BigStage.com, anyone can easily create a sophisticated,
animated, 3-D model of their face called an @ctor by uploading one to three
photos taken with a digital camera. @ctors can be customized with accessories
and then inserted into a growing selection of movie scenes, TV clips, music
videos, virtual worlds, social networks, still images, video games,
advertisements and more to share with friends, family and colleagues. 

About Big Stage Entertainment, Inc. Big Stage Entertainment, Inc. is a media
technology company that enables the projection of self into digital life. With
Big Stage Entertainment products and services, consumers can create a
photorealistic, 3-D, animated @ctor to represent themselves in virtual worlds,
video games, video clips and online communities. Through its PortableYou
program, Big Stage Entertainment enables third parties to seamlessly integrate
its 3-D facial modeling system into video games, virtual worlds, virtual
character conversations, Web sites, mobile apps, kiosk-based systems and more to
personalize everything from entertainment to communications. At BigStage.com,
anyone can generate a free, animated 3-D @ctor from a few digital photos and
save it to use in any Big Stage-enabled media. Headquartered in Sherman Oaks,
CA, Big Stage Entertainment investors include Mission Ventures, Selby Ventures
and Tech Coast Angels. For more information, please visit BigStage.biz. 

Legal Disclaimer: @ctor, Big Stage Studio, BackStage, iStage and PortableYou are
trademarks or registered trademarks of Big Stage Entertainment, Inc. All other
trademarks or trade names mentioned are the property of their respective owners.

Documents and/or Photos available for this release: 

Tutorials demonstrate the masking and motion tracking of facial Images in order
to show where the Big Stage model is to be inserted. 

The power of @ctor enabling video content comes from Big Stage's advanced 3D
facial model. 

Once registered, Big Stage Studio members can access tutorials, forums, blogs
and quick-response support to help in @ctor-enabling their content for
bigstage.com. 

To view supporting documents and/or photos, go to www.enr-corp.com/pressroom and
enter Release ID: 213252 





Big Stage Entertainment
Kevin Strehlo, 650-207-5047
media@bigstage.com



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