Media Design Lab: Equipment

Software

Workstations feature all programs in the Adobe software suite, including Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Acrobat, Premiere, After Effects, Lightroom and Audition.

Other popular programs include Final Cut Pro, Camtasia, iMovie, Audacity, GIMP, Sketchbook, ArcGIS and QGIS.
 

Hardware

Mac Studio 2022 workstations (10)

• Apple Studio Display 27-inch
• Chip: Apple M1 Max
• Memory: 64 GB
• OS X Ventura

PC workstation (1)

• 27 inch display
• Processor: 13th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-13700 2.10 GHz
• Memory: 32 GB
• Windows 10 Enterprise

Wacom Intuos Pen and Touch Tablets (14)

• Paint, draw, sketch, edit photos
• Multi-touch gestures to scroll, zoom, and rotate
• Small Bluetooth Tablets (10): 7.9 x 6.3 inches
• Large Tablets (4): 10.4 x 7.8 inches

Epson Perfection V700 Photo Scanner

• Max document size: 8.5” x 11.7”
• Max optical resolution: 4800 dpi
• Scans reflective mediums as well as film slides/negatives

Additional equipment

• Headphones and headphone multi-ports (for up to 5 people working at a single computer)
• Memory card readers
• Storage drives for saving video project files are available upon request (in-lab use only, not for checkout)
• Foot pedals to assist with captioning video content or transcribing audio
• DVCAM decks for loading footage recorded on digital videotape
• VCR decks for loading footage recorded on VHS tape
• Duplication equipment for format transfers and copying media

CONTACT
mediadesignlab@unca.edu

828.251.6659

You can check out cameras, microphones and more at the library circulation desk. If you need help operating equipment or editing your recorded material, you may drop by the Media Design Lab for assistance.