Software
Each station in the Design Lab has iMovie for digital video editing, along with the latest print design software with the Adobe Creative Suite CS which includes InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator and GoLive. The G-5s are loaded with Macromedia Suites for web design, including Dreamweaver, Director, Fireworks, Flash, and Freehand. Each station has a full complement of digital presentation software including iLife, with iPhoto, iWeb, iTunes, and Garageband; iWork with Keynote and Pages; and Microsoft Office which includes PowerPoint. The PCs have Visual Communicator and Camtasia Studio.Scanning Stations
There are four scanning stations, one for every two computers and one large format scanner that scans up to 12x18 inches. The scanning stations have optical character recognition software to enable documents to be scanned in as editable text, in addition to scanning high quality and large format photos and images for high-impact visual presentations.
Transfer Stations
A variety of transfer stations are set up just outside the Graphics Room and Design Lab area that can transfer VHS, DVD and other video formats, including Hi8, Super8 (must bring camera and cables for transfer), into miniDV format for importing and editing on the Design Lab computers. A DVD recorder enables patrons to burn DVDs from all of these formats, also.
Printers
Two color laser printers are available for print in the Lab. The Tektronix Phaser 750 and the Hewlett Packard Color Laser Printer 5500 that prints up to 11x17 tabloid size. There is also a HP DesignJet 800 ps that prints poster size prints up to 24 inches wide. There is no charge for use of the computers in the Design Lab, the only charge is for printing.
