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Digital Media Studio
Digital Media Studio Hours:
Friday, March 17, 2006 - 10am-4pm
Saturday, March 18, 2006 - CLOSED
Sunday, March 19, 2006 - 1pm-5pm
From March 17-19, network (J) drives, student web servers and quota-based printing are NOT available.
Contact the DMS at (817) 272-1345 or send an instant message (AIM: dmsreception). Note: from March 17-19 email to the DMS is not available.
The Digital Media Studio (DMS) is a UT Arlington-community resource offering expertise and facilities to assist, support, and promote the use of digital technologies in teaching, learning, and research at UT Arlington. In keeping with this goal, projects pursued in the DMS may be either academic or non-academic in nature.
| These projects could be, but are not limited to: |
- Scanning slides with the Nikon Super CoolScan 5000
- Creating Web pages with Macromedia Dreamweaver MX
- Making a presentation or advertising banner/poster with Adobe Photoshop
- Burning DVDs or CDs with Roxio Easy CD/Toast or Apple DVD Pro
- Capturing and editing video and audio with Apple FinalCut Pro
- Capturing and editing video and audio with Avid Xpress Pro
- Converting analog video/audio to digital video/audio with Adobe Premiere Pro
- Converting and editing audio content with Sony SoundForge
- Write movie or play scripts using FinalDraft or MovieMagic (coming soon)
- Designing graphic logos with Adobe Illustrator
- Creating animations for the web with Macromedia Flash MX
- Modeling 3D virtual reality worlds with Maya, Lightwave, and 3D Studio Max
- Writing computer software with Visual Studio .NET
- Optimizing web graphics with Adobe ImageReady
- Making PDF files with Adobe Acrobat Professional
- Publishing on the desktop with Quark or Adobe InDesign
- Signing photos with the Wacom Graphire Pen Tablet
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The DMS is located in the basement (room B29) of the Central Library and is open weekdays from 10am to 7pm and weekends 1pm to 5pm, except where otherwise noted. No reservation is required in order to use the DMS, but certain computers in the DMS can be reserved in advance. These reservations can be made by contacting DMS staff at (817) 272-1345.
The DMS is primarily a self-service learning and multimedia production facility, but staff on duty can provide limited assistance with the available hardware and software. If more in-depth assistance is needed, then a visit to the DMS should be planned to take advantage of posted DMS staff office hours. Alternatively, an appointment can be arranged with DMS staff by emailing dms@uta.edu. (Note: from March 17-19 email to DMS is not available.)
The DMS is available for closure requests by UT Arlington faculty during their class for student training and review. Please be aware that the DMS will require at least a 14-day notice for reservation and that usage is limited to software already installed on the DMS computers. Reservation is on a first come, first served basis. In order to request a closure, please send an email to dms@uta.edu with the information below. The DMS has the right to deny or change a request at any time due to time, staff, or technical limits.
(Note: from March 17-19 email to DMS is not available.)
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- Class Name
- Instructor Name
- Instructor Email
- Requested Date & Time
- Purpose of Closure
- Software Needed
- Will a DMS staff member be needed for instruction? Yes/No
| Hardware available in the DMS includes equipment for developing nearly any type of multimedia project: |
- 16 state-of-the-art computers (12 PCs and 4 Macs)
- a 42-inch color plotter for banners and poster-size printouts
(limited to 1 print per unique orignal)
- a color printer expressly for 8.5 x 11 to 11 x 17 printouts
(limited to 1 print per unique orignal)
- NTSC video monitors
- VCRs
- cassette decks
- a Hi8/Digital 8 tape deck
- MiniDV tape decks
- DVD/CD players
- headphones
- slide and flatbed scanners
- Zip drives
- graphics tablets
- jog and shuttle controllers
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| Software available in the DMS includes support for website authoring, desktop publishing, audio/video editing, animation, graphics creation, 3D modeling, photo editing, computer programming, and distance education: |
- 3D Studio Max
- Adobe Acrobat
- Adobe After Effects
- Adobe GoLive
- Adobe Illustrator
- Adobe InDesign
- Adobe Live Motion
- Adobe Photoshop
- Adobe Premiere
- AlienSkin EyeCandy
- Apple FinalCut Pro
- Apple QuickTime Pro
- Apple QuickTime VR
- Apple Soundtrack
- Avid Xpress Pro
- Bryce
- Discreet Cleaner
- DVDStudio
- Encore
- Final Draft
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- Lightwave
- Macromedia Authorware
- Macromedia Director
- Macromedia Dreamweaver
- Macromedia Fireworks
- Macromedia Flash
- Macromedia Freehand
- Maya Complete
- Maya Unlimited
- MovieMagic
- Poser
- ProCoder
- Procreate KPT Effects
- QuarkXPress (International Version)
- Roxio EasyCD/Toast
- ScanSoft OmniPage Pro
- Sony SoundForge
- Sorenson Video
- Visual Studio .NET
- WebCT
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