Expression College for Digital Arts occupies over 102,000 square feet and consists of offices, classrooms and laboratories, and faculty and student lounges.  The information here describes our most significant equipment and facilities on campus, for all of the programs.

Acoustically-Designed Classrooms
Renowned studio architect John Storyk (of New York’s Walters/Storyk Design Group) has designed many of Expression’s classrooms to include 5.1 surround sound systems, high resolution projected-video monitoring and an advanced audio mixing system for exceptional classroom audio/visual production.

507 and 508 LABS
Equipment/Description

Base Unit:
Dell Precision 690 Mini-Tower Quad Core Xeon Proc X5355 2.66GHz, 2 X 4MB L2 Cache 1333MHz (222-7368)

Memory:
4GB, DDR2 ECC SDRAM Memory 667MHz, 4X1GB in Riser, Dell Precision 690, Factory Install (311-6353)

Monitor:
Dell UltraSharp 2407FP,Wide Flat Panel w/Height AdjustableStand,24.0 Inch VIS,OptiPlex and Precision (320-4334)

Video Card:
nVidia,Quadro FX 4500, 512MB PCIe x16, dual VGA or DVI Graphics Card, Dell Precision 690 1KW (320-4831)

Hard Drive:
160GB SATA 3.0Gb/s, 7200RPM HardDrive with 8MB DataBurst Cache, Dell Precision 690 (341-3730)

Operating System:
WINDOWS XP PRO SP2, with MediaDell Precision,English Factory Install (420-4860)

CD-ROM or DVD-ROM Drive:
16X DVD+/-RW w/Cyberlink PowerDVD,Roxio Digital Creator DellEdition,Dell Precision X90 (313-4287)

NIC:
Broadcom NetXtreme gigabit network card

Additional Storage Products:
250GB SATA 3.0Gb/s, 7200RPM Additional HardDrive with 8MB DataBurst Cache, Dell Precision 690 (341-3733)

BAYVIEW and WINTZEN LABS
Equipment/Description

Base Unit:
Dell Precision 670 Mini-tower Dual-Core 2.80GHz,XEON w/ 2x2ML2, 800FSB (222-0388)

Memory:
4GB, DDR2 ECC SDRAM Memory, 400MHz, 4X1GB, Dell Precision 470/670 Factory Install (310-4971)

Monitor:
Dell UltraSharp 2405FP,Wide Flat Panel w/Height AdjustableStand,24.0 Inch VIS for Dell Precision (320-4188)

Video Card:
nVidia,Quadro FX 4500, 512MB dual VGA or DVI, Graphics CardDell Precision 470/670 (320-4491)

Hard Drive:
160GB Serial ATA 7200RPM Hard Drive with DataBurst Cache, NON-RAID,Precision 470/670 (341-1139)

Operating System:
WINDOWS XP PRO SP2, with MediaDell Precision,English Factory Install (420-4860)

NIC:
Intel Pro 1000 gigabit network card

CD-ROM or DVD-ROM Drive:
16XDVD+/-RW w/Sonic Digital Media plus CyberLink PowerDVD Dell Precision 470/670 (313-3379)

Additional Storage Products:
250GB Serial ATA 7200RPM Addl Hard Drive with DataBurst Cache,Precision 470/670 (341-1156)

APPLE LMW LAB
Equipment/Description
Apple G5 2GHz Processor
160GB Hard Drive
ATI RADEON 9600 video card
DVD-R/W drive
18” LCD Flat Screen Monitor

Purpose/Experience
Basic computer skills, graphics applications

Apple G5 Dual 2.7 GHz processors
ProTools HD, Nuendo
Waves Platinum Bundle

MARSHALL MCLUHAN LAB
Equipment/Description
Dell Precision 530
Dual Pentium 4 Xeon 2.4Ghz processors
NVidia Geforce 6800 GT 256MB
160GB primary HD
200GB secondary HD
USB 2.0
Firewire
Epson 1270 printer
Epson Perfection 1640SU scanner
UMAX Power Look 3 scanner
Tektronics 750 Phaser color laser printer

Purpose/Experience
3D Animation and Modeling using Maya
After Effects, Flash, Vicon Workstation, Alias Motion Builder

THE DEN
Equipment/Description
Equipment/Description
Dell Precision 530
Dual Pentium 4 Xeon 2.4Ghz processors
NVidia Geforce 6800 GT 256MB
160GB primary HD
200GB secondary HD
USB 2.0
Firewire
Epson 1270 printer

Purpose/Experience
High-end Digital Graphic Design, including 3D Max and 3D animation
Creating digital photography, interactive design, web design, digital video, motion graphics and Flash design
3D Animation and Modeling using Maya

DVD AUTHORING LAB
Equipment/Description
Sonic Solution DVD Authoring workstations used for making DVD Video disks from start to finish
Dell Dual 1.8 GHz PC CPUS equipped with Sonic DVDit!, Adobe Encore, and Dual Layer DVDR drives
Pioneer DVRS-210 DVD Burner
6 NTSC Monitors for Proofing
Quantum DVD 8000 drive for DVD imaging

Purpose/Experience
Apple G-4’s combined with Sonic Solutions
DVD Creator, Peak, After Effects, Photoshop, and Illustrator for advanced DVD Authoring and Master Disc burning
Any format of Surround or Stereo Audio Encoding Capabilities:
DTS, AC-3, PCM
Full Video Encode Station: Digi-S, Beta SP, Mini DV
Real time proofing of DVD Disks

FINAL CUT PRO SUITES
Equipment/Description
Apple G5 Dual 2.0 GHz processors
160GB system HD
250GB media drive
Nvidia Geforce 6800 GT w/256MB video card
SuperDrive
Dual 17 inch Dell flat screen displays
Sony DSR-25 miniDV/DVCAM deck
DigiDesign M-Box
FCP 5
Adobe CS 2
Protools LE

Purpose/Experience
Non-Linear Digital Video and Audio Editing

FINAL CUT PRO HD SUITES
Equipment/Description
Apple G5 Dual 2.0 GHz processors
2GB RAM, 160GB system HD
700GB internal SATA RAID
Nvidia Geforce 6800 GT w/ 256MB video card
SuperDrive
23 inch Apple Cinema display
Sony DSR-25 mini DV/DVCAM deck
JVC Digital S-Video Deck
AJA Io encoder w/ SDI, S-video
Composite and Component in out
FCP HD
DVD Studio Pro
Adobe CS 2
After Effects

Purpose/Experience
Non-Linear Digital Video Editing System

NETWORKING CENTER
Equipment/Description
Cisco Catalyst 4006 Switch, 144 FastEthernet Ports
4 Cisco Catalyst 3524 Switches, 24 FastEthernet Ports each
Cisco 3640 Router
4 T1 Connections to Internet
700+ network drops to classrooms and labs

Purpose/Experience
Central network for entire school

RAY HARRYHAUSEN ANIMATION LAB
Equipment/Description
Dell Precision 530
Dual Pentium 4 Xeon 2.4Ghz processors
NVidia Geforce 6800 GT 256MB
160GB primary HD
200GB secondary HD
USB 2.0
Firewire
Epson 1280 printer
Epson Perfection 1640SU scanner

Purpose/Experience
3D Animation and Modeling using Maya
After Effects, Flash, Vicon Workstation, Alias Motion Builder