SOURCE: HD Greetings
February 11, 2008 23:30 ET
HD Greetings Offers Free Personalized High Definition Video Valentine eCards for iPhone and Computer Users
Still Time to Send Personalized Valentine eCards to Friends and Loved Ones
BURLINGAME, CA--(Marketwire - February 11, 2008) - HD Greetings, the developer of the first
highly personalized eCards for iPhone and computer users, today announced
that there's still time to send personalized High Definition Valentine
eCards to friends and family around the world. HD Greetings' 3D and
stop-motion animation cards take only minutes to personalize with a photo
and message and can be sent
instantly to iPhone and computer users at no charge. HD Greetings
offers the only personalized eCards and greeting cards available this year
for iPhone users.
Users simply go to www.hdgreetings.com to view the full selection of
Valentines and other special occasion eCards, select a card, embed a photo
directly in the animation as though it were part of a "Pixar" movie, add a
personalized message, render the greeting card in real-time and send it.
The entire process takes only a few moments to create a highly personalized
eCard or greeting card with an embedded photo on top of a birthday cake,
pulled out of an envelope, or in a picture frame on a table.
"At HD Greetings we're delighted to offer consumers and businesses a
high-quality greetings experience leveraging the latest in animation and
personalization," said Jennifer Sharp, CEO and Co-Founder of HD Greetings.
"And we're proud that the HD Greetings platform is the first to include
iPhone users as recipients of high quality, personalized greeting cards."
HD Greetings is combining technology and building online communities to
benefit creative professionals and the advertising community. The HD
Greetings platform allows personalized video delivery for viral marketing
campaigns, premium eCards, and user-generated content. The core technology
is a web services platform enabling real-time and near real-time creation
of interactively personalized video content. Rendering high-end animations
has historically taken days for simple animations. HD Greetings web
services platform is built on a scalable, graphics engine that enables the
combining of media such as audio, photos, and animations all in a single,
personalized clip that can be rendered on the fly.
"We've made it practical to deliver this software as a service on Internet
scale for the first time in a way that is cost-effective, personalized, and
a great experience for the end-user," said Lee Whitney, HD Greetings CTO
and Co-founder.
HD Greetings has developed a web services platform for personalized high
definition video in real time to offer viral sendables, including eCards
and greeting cards, and has created a community of over 50 3D and
stop-motion animation artists to monetize and market their content to
consumers and businesses. HD Greetings is privately held.
www.hdgreetings.com
HD Greetings eCards and Greeting Cards is a trademark of HD Greetings.
iPhone trademark Apple Inc. All other trademarks are property of their
respective owners.