Still have footage from the old store? If your files are standard definition (720 × 576 PAL or 720 × 480 NTSC), as much footage of that era was, and you want to use them in an HD or 4K timeline, run it through an AI video upscaler rather than plain scaling, then check the result against safe areas.
Rebuilding a virtual set? Ready-made 3D desks, chairs and furniture models and studio HDRIs get you most of the way; our virtual news set guide covers the rest.
Upsampler and 3D Valley are sister projects run by the same team as News In 3D.
What the store sold
- Virtual news sets: pre-rendered 3D studio backgrounds for chroma-key presenters.
- Looped animated footage: globes, newsroom grids, flags and seasonal backdrops such as the animated Christmas loop.
- Green-screen samples and tutorials to help customers key presenters into the sets.
Product 218 and other short films
Some store pages, including product 218, which a few blogs linked to as "this little movie", hosted short 3D animated clips. The original files are not available any more. For similar animated backdrops, use the looping background maker, or read how seamless loops are made.
Virtual set products
The virtual-set product pages, such as product 362, are replaced by our free guide to building your own virtual news set and the green-screen guide.
Today's equivalents
| Then | Now (free on this site) |
|---|---|
| Looped news animation | Loop maker |
| Lower-third packs | Lower-third generator |
| Set preview stills | Safe-area checker for your own renders |
| Keying tutorials | Tutorials |