Studios, Suites and Equipment Details
Expression College for Digital Arts occupies over 100,000 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.
Wintzen and Bayview Labs
Equipment/Description
HP Z600 Workstation:
Genuine Windows 7 Professional 64-bit
HP Z600 650W 85% Efficient Chassis
Memory:
HP 12GB (6x2GB) DDR3-1333 ECC 2-CPU RAM
Processor:
Two Intel® Xeon® E5520 2.26 8MB/1066 QC CPU processors with hyperthreading -
Graphics card:
NVIDIA Quadro FX4800 1.5GB Graphics
Hard Drive:
HP 1000GB SATA 7200 1st HDD
HP 1000GB SATA 7200 2nd HDD
DVD-ROM Drive:
HP 16X DVD+-RW SuperMulti SATA 1st Drive
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
64MB NVIDIA Quadro 2 Pro
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
Vicon MX (Capture System) Area (east end)
Equipment/Description
12 Vicon T40 cameras
Purpose/Experience
These cameras are capable of shooting 2,000 frames per second in 2352 x 1728 pixels with 10 bit grayscale and 4 megapixel resolution.
THE DEN
Equipment/Description
Apple Mac Pro
2.26 Quad Core Intel Xeon
8 Gb RAM
NVIDIA GeForce GT120
USB 2.0
Firewire 800/400
640Gb Boot Drive
1Tb secondary drive
Print server with Epson 1280
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
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)
