Video Workstations
Common tasks specific to these workstations:
- Capture video from VHS, DVD, miniDV or Hi8 format
- Edit video files
- Prepare video files for streaming server, iPod or other special formats
- Burn video to DVD
- Create a screen recording
- Scan slides or negatives (Video station A only)
Hardware specifications:
Video Station A
- Apple G5 PowerPC, four processors
- Mac OS 10.5 (Leopard)
- 2.5 GHz | 2 GB RAM | 500 GB
- Apple G5 Intel, eight processors, dual boot
- Mac OS 10.5 (Leopard) and Windows Vista Ultimate
- 2.5 GHz | 2 GB RAM | 500 GB
Special hardware installed:
- Sony miniDV camera for capturing miniDV tapes
- Sony Media Converter for importing video from older media to digital format
- Multi-standard VCR for recording VHS videotapes
- VHS VCR for capturing domestic VHS videotapes
- Multi-region DVD player for capturing video from DVD
- Nikon Super Coolscan 5000 ED Scanner for scanning slides and negatives (Video station A only)
- Sony Digital 8 / Video 8 / Hi 8 deck (on request)
Software for Mac OS 10.5 (Video Station A and Video Station B):
- iLife '09, including:
- iMovie for capturing and editing video
- iDVD for creating video DVDs
- iPhoto for editing photos
- iTunes for organizing music
- iWeb for creating websites
- GarageBand for creating and editing music
- iWork '08, including:
- Keynote for presentations
- Numbers for spreadsheets
- Pages for word processing
- Final Cut Studio 5.1 (Video station A only), including:
- Final Cut Pro for capturing and editing video
- DVD Studio Pro
- Cinema Tools
- Compressor
- LiveType
- Soundtrack Pro
- Final Cut Express (Video station B only)
- Adobe Creative Suite 3 Master Collection (Video station B only) (20 Adobe applications including Acrobat, Premiere, Photoshop, Dreamweaver, Flash, Illustrator, InDesign, Fireworks, Contribute, After Effects, Soundbooth and Encore)
- QuickTime Pro 7
- Microsoft Office 2008 (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
- AudioBook Builder
- Comic Life
- ProfCast
- Snapz Pro X Movie Capture
- Nikon scanning software (Video station A only)
Software for Windows Vista Ultimate (Video Station B):
- Adobe Creative Suite 3 Master Collection (20 Adobe applications including Acrobat, Premiere, Photoshop, Dreamweaver, Flash, Illustrator, InDesign, Fireworks, Contribute, After Effects, Soundbooth and Encore)
- Microsoft Office 2007 (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
- QuickTime Pro 7 for formatting and viewing digital movies
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Last modified August 6, 2009 6:10:39 PM EDT
