The Graphics Lab is located on the fourth floor of the Charles Royal Building. The lab is a broad collection of technologies in support of the programs of the School of Communications Design and the students enrolled in them. Hardware and software are installed throughout 3 rooms that allows work in desktop publishing, image creation, correction and manipulation, audio and video post-production, animation and web design.
The labs include 38 state-of-the-art Macintosh computers kept current with up-to-date software (such as Adobe's Creative Suite, Apple's Final Cut, and Macromedia's Flash and Dreamweaver) spread throughout 3 working areas. One room incorporates 21 stations, which when using the unique screen sharing software, offer an efficient and dynamic classroom environment for learning software techniques. All of the stations include CD/DVD-R burners for data, audio, and/or video, as well as FireWire connections for digital cameras, camcorders, and other equipment. Most of the workstations are equipped with high-end photo-quality scanners.
Software resources for users include over 2000 fonts (and software to help manage, preview and choose them), and an image database of over 100,000 royalty-free images, all of which are searchable and retrievable via a single source database. Output options (printing) are all chosen first for quality, and include fast high-resolution black and white laser printers, a color laser printer (up to tabloid-extra size), and a 36 inch 6-color Postscript color poster printer.
Graphic by Mark Chapman (M.A. '97) demonstrating the poster printer. Click for a larger version of the image. The Media Labs are located on the 3rd floor of the same building, and offer several rooms designed for specific interests. The large audio facility includes a variety of audio sources, and offers a 32x8x2 audio console, which when combined with the 8 track digital audio recorder and separate 8 channel digital console with Pro Tools software offer the state-of-the-art in audio post-production. In addition, there's a smaller audio room that offers several audio sources and an 8x2 digital console with Pro Tools for smaller projects and assignments. Remote recording gear (audi, video, lighting, etc...) is also available when needed for assignments. Both rooms offer Final Cut video editing software. A large classroom with tracked curtains, dimmable lighting, and cabling access can double as a studio facility.
The labs are open seven days (and evening) a week, and are always staffed with graduate assistants for students with questions or for troubleshooting needs.
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