Multimedia Workroom Description

Three professional Multimedia Workrooms are available to all University of Michigan faculty, students and staff. Users can reserve session times in advance on the web, making it easy to guarantee your work times. Each Multimedia Workroom is equipped with an Apple Dual Quad-Core Xeon Pro Mac computer, dual HD LCD displays, CD/DVD burners and easy I/O for connecting external FireWire drives or analog devices. Installed software provides the latest Standard Definition and High Definition video editing applications, media conversion and manipulation tools, DVD authoring and professional image compositing.  Tape acquisition is DV/HDV and video-editing software supports all Standard and HD formats.

Hardware

 - Dual Quad-Core Mac Pro
 - 2 HD 1600x1200 computer displays
 - Dual Layer +/- DVD burner
 - High fidelity audio monitoring system
 - Sony HVR-M15U HDV/DV/DVCAM tape deck
 - 4 port FireWire hub for connecting external drives/camcorders
 - USB audio interface for voice-over/audio recording
 - 15" NTSC/PAL video preview monitor
 - High fidelity audio monitoring system

Software

 Final Cut Pro Studio 2
 - Final Cut Pro 6
 - Motion 3
 - Soundtrack Pro 2
 - Color
 - Compressor 3
 - DVD Studio Pro 4
 - LiveType
 - QuickTime Pro 7

 iLife 08
 - iMovie 08
 - iDVD
 - GarageBand
 - iPhoto
 - iTunes

 iLife 06
 - iMovie 06

 Adobe Master Suite
 - Photoshop CS3
 - Illustrator CS3
 - Flash CS3
 - After Effects Professional CS3
 - Soundbooth CS3
 - Encore CS3
 - Premiere Pro CS3

 Visual Hub
 iSquint
 Handbrake

WHO CAN USE THE FACILITIES

Any faculty, student or staff member of the University of Michigan can use the Multimedia Rooms after first attending a Video Editing Workshop or by demonstrating a knowledgeable understanding of the tools to be used.