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Equipment & Software in the Vitale Digital Media Lab
The Vitale Digital Media Lab is available to faculty, staff, and students at the University of Pennsylvania to support the integration of digital media in academic work. The lab will be available for scheduled group activities, such as special workshops or class session, and for individual walk-in users.
Students using the digital media lab will be able to
  • Digitize, edit, and publish audio & video
  • Convert audio/video materials between different formats
  • Scan images and text documents
  • Edit images and other graphics
  • Create print and web documents
  • Print in color or black and white
Hardware; all devices are accessible from any station in the lab:
  • Apple G5 workstations (11; 10 for students 1 for teacher/lab attendant)
  • HDV video player/recorder (3)
  • DV/VHS combination player/recorder (1)
  • Region-free, multi-standard VCR (1)
  • CD/cassette combination deck (1)
  • DVD player (1)
  • DVD-R player/recorder (1)
  • Flatbed scanner (2)
  • Document scanner (1)
  • Projection system (1)
  • Color laser printer (1); B&W laser printer (1)
  • 35mm slide scanner (1)
  • large format color printer (1)
Software
  • Apple iLife suite (iMovie HD, iPhoto, iDVD, iTunes, Garage Band)
  • Apple Final Cut Pro Studio (Final Cut Pro, Soundtrack Pro, DVD Studio Pro)
  • Adobe Creative Suite 2 (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, GoLive, Acrobat)
  • Audacity (audio recording program)
  • Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Powerpoint)
  • Scanning utilities
  • Media players (Quicktime, Real, Windows Media)
  • Macromedia Studio 8 (Fireworks, Dreamweaver, Contribute, Flash)
 
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