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Multimedia Presentation Center

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MPC Hardware/Infrastructure

The MPC features professional class hardware and a robust network infrastructure, specifically designed to handle the rigors of multimedia authoring:

 

Apple iMacs (21) 
3.06 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo Processors
4GB RAM, 500GB Hard Disk
SuperDrive (CD-RW/DVD-RW)
Gigibit Ethernet (10/100/1000BASE-T)
NVIDIA GeForce 8800GS Graphics Card
24" Display
Mac OS X

  

EPSON Large Format Printers (2)
EPSON Stylus Pro 9880
1440 x 720 dpi
8 Color UltraChrome Ink (3-Black, Vivid Magenta)
44" Wide, 3" Cored Roll Media
ProofMaster X Grande RIP (PostScript 3, PDF)

  

HP Medium Format Laser Printers (3)
HP 4200n (Black/White)
35 ppm, 1200 x 1200 dpi, Duplexer
32MB Ram

 

HP 5550dn (Color)
27 ppm (BW/Color) 600 x 600 dpi

11 x 17 Paper Size, Duplexer
160MB Ram, 20GB Hard Disk
PostScript Level 3

 

HP 9500n (Color)
24 ppm (BW/Color), 1200 x 1200 dpi
12 x 18 Paper Size, Duplexer
160MB Ram, 20GB Hard Disk
PostScript Level 3

 

Supporting Peripherals
EPSON Expression 10000 Large Format Scanner (2)
EPSON Perfection 2450 Photo Flatbed Scanner (6)
Nikon Super Coolscan 5000ED Film Scanner (2)
Panasonic AG-DVC20P Mini-DV (digital video) Camera (10)
Panasonic PV-GS500 Mini-DV Camera (18)
Nikon P5100 Digital Still Camera (6)
M-Audio Recorders (5)
SONY HVR-M15U HDV VTR (Mini-DV deck) (2)
SONY HDV GVHD700 (Portable Mini-DV deck) (8)
SONY VHS/DVD combo player (2)
JVC NTSC Video Monitor (2)
Plantronics DSP-400 USB Headset/Microphone (25)

Infrastructure

 

Apple Xserve, dual 1 GHz PowerPC G4 processors w/ 1 GB Ram, 480 GB internal RAID, 1.8 TB external RAID and 2GB network connection.

 
Fiber-optic connection to Hamilton's network core

Gigabit ethernet connections on Apple workstations

 

MPC Software

To complement its hardware, the MPC features entry-level and professional-level multimedia authoring applications, based on the QuickTime media architecture:

 

Standard Software
Microsoft Office
Mozilla Firefox

Safari

 

Multimedia Software
QuickTime Pro
iLife: iPhoto, iTunes, iMovie, iDVD, Garage Band, iWeb
Final Cut Pro, DVD Studio Pro, Motion, LiveType, Compressor
ProTools, Sound Studio, Soundtrack
Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Dreamweaver, Flash
Alias Maya, VR Worx
LaserSoft SilverFast, Toast Titanium
Google Earth, Inspirtation

 

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