Anil Ambani-led Reliance MediaWorks (RMW) today said it has partnered with Los Angeles-based Digital Domain Productions for visual effects and 3D stereo production services studios in Mumbai and London.

As part of the agreement, RMW will set up a new studio at its Media BPO in Navi Mumbai and deploy an additional team of up to 650 artists for projects allied with Digital Domain, RMW said in a statement.

In London, Digital Domain will co-locate a visual effects team within Reliance MediaWorks’ UK facility.

The studios will cater to motion pictures, television, commercial and stereo 3D conversion for catalogue projects from August, 2011, in phases, it said.

The units will connect to Digital Domain’s Los Angeles facility through RMW’s fibre optic network that can support seamless high-speed exchange of data.

“RMW has the scale, technological expertise and highly trained artists which can be combined with Digital Domain’s pedigree, proprietary tools and ability to create visual effects that challenge imagination, to offer comprehensive and seamless VFX and stereo 3D conversion solutions to global clients,” RMW CEO, Mr Anil Arjun, said.

RMW offers visual effects and stereo 3D conversion services with an existing team of more than 500 artists.