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Student Multimedia Studio Facilities and Software
Multimedia / Scanning Workstations
8 PC Workstations
All "scanning" workstations are connected to the web and equipped with flatbed document/slide/filmstrip scanners and multiple USB and firewire ports for connecting your digital cameras and mass storage devices.
2 workstations still have zip and floppy drives, but if you're still using zip and floppy disks, you should switch to USB flash drives ASAP. Not only are they more reliable and can hold much more data, but they won't be supported on most new workstations you'll encounter in the future.
Microphones also available: Just installed during Spring Break, March 2007, microphones are now available on all 8 workstations for students who need to record narration directly onto Powerpoint presentations, record narration into PhotoStory projects or record voice using Audacity for creating "Audio Essays".
Two workstations are also equipped with Wacom digital drawing tablets for drawing and painting using pressure sensitive pens that change line width, transparency and color depending on pen pressure... much better than drawing with a "mouse"!
Software includes:
- Adobe Photoshop CS3 Extended
- Adobe Acrobat 8 Professional
- Adobe Flash CS3 Professional
- Dreamweaver CS3
- MS Frontpage 2003
- MS Word 2003
- MS Powerpoint 2003
- MS Publisher 2003
- MS Windows Movie Maker (running XP version)
Note: WMM projects created on Windows Vista systems will not open in XP at the SMS or on any labs on campus currently running XP)
- MS Excel 2003
- Roxio EZ-CD/DVD Creator 9 (Considered the "premier" software for burning data, music or video CDs or DVDs)
- Also includes software to create DVDs from Pictures or Video, Audio and Video Editing software and video/audio format conversion to i-POD compatable and most other formats.
- Audacity 1.3 for recording and editing multi-track audio
- Jodix WMA to MP3 Converter (for converting WMA to MP3 files for editing compatibility in Audacity)
- PhotoStory 3 for creating windows media videos with narration and music from still pictures
Note: All workstations running Windows XP Professional and Office 2003 until the IT dept. university labs switch to Vista and/or Office 2007. The SMS has Office 2003 compatibility plug-in installed on all systems so Office 2007 documents can be opened and edited.
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Digital Video Editing
- 3 Digital Video Editing Rooms that can be reserved in advance.
- 9GB to 80GB External Hard Drives available for Course Projects.
- Firewire and USB2 connections for connecting personal external drives used for "Personal" projects
NLE systems include the following software:
- Adobe Production Studio CS3 which includes:
- Adobe Premiere Pro CS3 (for capturing and editing digital video)
- Adobe Encore CS3 (for creating DVDs or Interactive Flash Interfaces)
- Adobe After Effects CS3 (for creating animation, text and graphics)
- Adobe SoundBooth CS3 (for editing and creating sound effects/music and audio sweetening)
- Adobe Flash CS3 (for creating flash videos and interactive multimedia presentations)
- Adobe Illustrator CS3 (for creating and editing graphics)
- Adobe Photoshop CS3 (for creating and editing graphics and Encore DVD menus
- Sonic Fire Premiere plugin (for generating copyright free music beds for video productions)
- Audacity 1.3 multitrack audio editing software
- Acid Music 5 for creating original sound tracks and multi-track audio editing
- Sonic DVD Architect and Adobe Encore DVD for authoring DVDs
- Roxio EZ-Media Creator 9 for burning CDs/DVDs
Additional Information about the Editing Rooms:
- All Editing Rooms are equipped with mini-DV/s-VHS combo decks and DVD players.
If you have a different tape format, you must bring in your own playback equipment (camcorder with a/v cables) that can be routed into the computer for capturing video.
- Rooms 1 and 2 only have DVD+R/RW DVD single layer burning capabilities. Room 3 has both DVD + and - R/RW single layer burning.
IMPORTANT: Please read the SMS POLICIES CONCERNING THE USE OF EDITING ROOMS before using the Editing Rooms or before reserving an SMS external hard drive. First time users should ask a Multimedia Consultant for help setting up external video drives and Premiere Projects to assure that data will not be lost or corrupted.
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3D Animation Workstation
One workstation with Autodesk 3DS Max 9 for creating 3D animations, compositing it with a video project or exporting finished animation as animated GIFs, Flash Videos or simply video files for use in powerpoint or web presentations.
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Video / Audio Digitizing Workstations
Two workstations that are available on a first come-first serve basis. Can be used to capture video or audio directly to Windows Media formats.
One workstation is also equipped with an audio cassette player to capture audio from audio cassette tapes. Captured video or audio can be inserted directly into a powerpoint presentation or used on the web as "streaming" video/audio.
One workstation also has been configured to send Powerpoint presentations directly to videotape or convert it to a digital video in Quicktime, Windows Media Video or Flash Video formats.
Media Equipment available for playback of source materials include the following formats:
- mini-DV (Recorded in SP mode only!)
- VHS and S-VHS
- DVD player
- Audio Cassette Player
If you have a different video format, like Hi-8 or Digital 8 or a Camcorder that records to mini-DVD disks, you must bring in your camcorder with AV cables to route through our system for capture and digitizing.
Software includes:
- Windows Media Encoder
(For capturing Windows Media Video clips for use in Powerpoint or for streaming on the web)
- Windows Movie Maker (for simple capture and editing of video, audio and pictures)
- PhotoStory 3 (for creating Windows Media Videos from pictures, adding narration and creating original music)
- Audacity 1.3 multi-track recording/editing software
- Jodix WMA to MP3 converter (for converting windows media audio files created by some Digital Voice Recording devices to MP3 format audio files for use in Audacity)
- Acid Music 5 (For multi-track recording and editing of narration, audio from audio cassettes or any audio files brought into the lab)
- Roxio EZ-Media Creator 9
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New i-MAC Workstation
The SMS just installed a new i-MAC with Final Cut Studio 6 and the entire Adobe CS3 Creative Suite of software including Photoshop, Illustrator, In-Design and more. It also has the usual "i-Software" like i-Movie (both the Leopard and Tiger versions), i-DVD and i-Web as well as Microsoft Office 2005 including Word and Powerpoint.
The i-MAC workstation is also equipped with a mini-DV/sVHS combo deck and NTSC television monitor for capturing and previewing video.
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ASL Recording Studio
A new production area has been added to the SMS for students in American Sign Language classes to video their tests, projects and presentations directly to a CD-R as a Windows Media Video to turn-in to their instructors. It's easy: No need to learn how to operate a camcorder and no videotape to mess with or convert to digital formats.
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Large Format Document/Object Digitizing (Upgraded)
The new 8 mega-pixel Canon Digital SLR camera has been installed and is now ready for shooting high quality photographs of documents, maps, artwork, architectural drawings or anything too big for a flatbed scanner... even 3D objects. Complete control over exposer, shutter speed, ASA, etc. is done at the computer workstation and the photographs are saved directly to the computer's hard drive for editing or transfer to your own removable media.
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Copyright FREE Music
The SMS just installed over 60 Gigabytes of copyright free music on a music server, making it available to all workstations in the SMS for everything from Digital Videos, Powerpoint, PhotoStory, Audio Essays or any type of presentation where quality, copyright free music is required.
This is especially important for keeping your web-based presentations 100% above board and legal!
One of the great features of this music is the software that is used, Sonic Fire Pro. Sonci Fire Pro allows music to be "composed" from "basic" genres, styles, moods, instrumentation criteria to fit any specified playback time. It even allows the creator to generate different "moods" within a composition to allow for different types of coordination with other audio elements, like narration or sound effects or with visual elements in a move or powerpoint presentation.
AND..... most importantly....IT"S EASY TO LEARN AND USE!!
For a preview of how Sonic Fire Pro works, visit the company's demo/tutorial website at: http://www.smartsound.com/sonicfire/demos/index.html 
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