| The Cyberart Studio enables students who take
modules in the studio to be trained in various fields. These include
cyberart, digital media production, cyberculture, information society
and scientific visualisation through intensive studio-based workshops,
seminars and guest lectures. The Cyberart Studio houses 22 Macintosh
G5 PowerMac stations capable of handling digital painting, digital
photography, video editing, animation, midi, internet technologies,
etc.
Students taking modules in the studio can access
the Cyberart Studio using their matriculation card 8:30am
– 6:00pm (Mondays to Thurs) and 8:30am – 5:30pm
(Friday).
Rules & Regulations
- Students are advised to save their work files into zip disks
or burn them into CD rather than clutter the computer desktop
with their files.
- Students are not allowed to take any user manuals or tutorial
booklets out of the studio without permission from the lecturer
or studio administrator.
- Students should not be working in the studio if another class
is in progress. (Students can check available time slots for
the studio from the timetable pasted outside the studio. Alternatively,
they can contact the studio administrator.)
- Students should keep the studio clean at all times.
Students should contact the studio administrator
in #05-02 if they encounter the following difficulties:
- Difficulty in Accessing the studio door with their matriculation card.
- Difficulty in Using Macintosh G5 PowerMac and other resources.
- Difficulty in Backup their work files.
Equipment List
The Cyberart Studio houses a variety of equipment
designed to cater to students involved in digital projects:
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The lecturer's console is equipped with a computer, microphones, a mixer, a VCR player, a DVD player and an amplifier which is ideal for presentations and movie screening. |
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These computers are for video editing projects done by students. |
Software List
The Cyberart Studio computer terminals contain a host of multimedia software titles available for usage:
| Software Name |
Description |
| Acrobat Reader |
Reads PDF files |
| Adobe Photoshop CS |
Professional image-editing software |
| Dreamweaver 8 |
Building websites and internet applications |
| DVD Player |
DVD playing software |
| DVD Studio Pro 1.5 |
DVD-Video authoring software |
| Fetch 4 |
FTP client software |
| FreeHand MX |
Create illustration and layout for print and web |
| Fireworks 8 |
Builds interactive web graphics |
| Flash 8 |
Creates interactive and engaging Web content |
| iDVD 2 |
DVD creation software |
| Internet Explorer |
Internet browsing software |
| iPhoto 2 |
Import photos from digital camera and organize them |
| iTunes 5 |
Music digitisation |
| Microsoft Office X |
Views or creates Word / Excel / Powerpoint files |
| Quicktime 6 Pro |
Playing, interacting with or viewing video, audio, VR or graphics files |
| Remote Desktop |
Desktop management software |
| Safari |
Internet browsing software |
| Toast Titanium 5 |
Creates CD or DVD |
| Windows Media Player 7 |
Playback Windows Media format |
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