Site relaunched

We hope you like our redesigned site and new shows. Our ever-popular show "The Good Earth" has been completely remade; the old Deep Space show has been updated and replaced by our new show "Toward the Infinite" and we've added a new show "Dark Cosmos" featuring recent discoveries made in the infrared band. Our tribute to the Apollo program, "The Moon" has also been updated and extended.

Regular visitors will notice a lot of other improvements, and we've responded to all of our most frequent requests, especially the issue of TV & DVD.

Some of the changes include:

• Watch the shows in full screen mode (click on the little square botton on the right-hand side of the player control bar).
  
• We now use Paypal and their associated downloaded service Payloadz for all our e-commerce and downloads.
  
• For the many people who have requested versions on DVD, we now have the option to download high-resolution mpegs of all of our shows. These can be viewed on computer, or can be burned to DVD for TV viewing. Some of these files are large - up to 500Mb+ for "The Moon" video, so you'll need a good broadband connection.
  
• All our shows are now in video format, rather than the old "slideshow" style. This allows for more interesting movement and much smoother pans and zooms. We also make extensive use of a technique we call "flat 3D" which gives an illusion of three dimensional movement within a two-dimensional image. It adds a dynamic element to the shots.

• Our screensavers are now much more CPU friendly. In the past we've found that using Flash-based swfs as the basis for screensavers was very CPU intensive. Our screensavers are now much less demanding, yet contain very high resolution pictures and smooth movement. We've made screensavers to fit the standard "square" screens up to 1280 pixels by 1024, plus a new range of 16:9 screensavers designed for the big widescreen monitors running up to 1920 pixels by 1200. They are just $2 each.
• We've also got some interesting new audio products coming out soon, so why not join our mailing list and be kept informed ? Just enter your email address in the panel directly underneath any of our shows. Of course we will never share your address with anyone else.

  
  The FrontierMultimedia team :-)
  

We combine the best Earth and space pictures with music to create free webshows. Our goal is to inspire people with an appreciation of the beauty of Earth and space, the importance of exploration, and a sense that humanity has a higher mission.

Red Spider nebula

As well as our free webshows, we make videos, screensavers and music of these shows for download via PayPal and Payloadz.

Humanity has always been enthralled by the epic majesty of space, and the way even a casual night-time glance at the stars can both humble and inspire.

We're incredibly fortunate to live in an age when humans can travel into the cosmos, and build telescopes to reveal the otherwise invisible depths of the universe.

We believe the exploration of space unites people, enriches civilisation, inspires young and old, and leads to deeper appreciation of life and the mission of humanity.

Young stars in the N90 nebula

Frontier Multimedia began as a single slideshow featuring images from the Hubble Space Telescope and a music track inspired by the ipictures. It was a simple desire to share the sense of awe from those Hubble images and give them a more emotional setting than just pictures alone. That first show in 2002 was viewed by millions of people, prompted the creation of this site and led to an album release of music.

Section of the Bering Glacier in Alaska

Since then Frontier Multimedia has continually evolved its show formats, commissioned new music and created a range of videos for mobile devices such as the iPhone, iPod, Zen, Blackberry, Zune and others, as well as full resolution mpegs that can be downloaded and played on computer, or burned to DVD for TV viewing. We also make a range of screensavers for standard and widescreen monitors.

Best regards fromthe FrontierMultimedia team

This site is very kindly sponsored by Internode.