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Updated: Mon, Mar 17, 2008
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Graphics Lab Services:


Facilities

The Graphics Lab is located in 526 Wilson Hall (module map can be found here). The lab is designed to assist VVRC faculty with graphic design matters. The lab has a very generous office space and work stations for design mockups and design meetings. The VVRC Graphics Lab phone number is (615) 343-5070.


Graphics Drop

If you have large digital files that need to be printed or produced, they can be easily transferred to the Graphics Drop Box. The Graphics Drop Box is a place to drop larger image files for production. The Graphics Drop Box can be found on the Psychology server under Users 1. Please contact the VVRC graphic designer with instructions for the files and time frame needed.


Poster Design

Information on poster design and printing can be found here - VVRC Poster Webpage.


Graphics Software

Each faculty member and/or personnel in their lab will be responsible for the purchase of software programs they wish to use. The campus bookstore sells discounted programs, and they can order requested programs as well. ITS also has many programs site licensed for departmental use. For more information on Vanderbilt's site licensed programs & policies please visit this website: http://www.vanderbilt.edu/acis/license/. If you would like to try out a particular program before purchasing it, please call the graphics lab to see if we own the program.


Supplies

Art supplies, books, slide projector, etc. can be checked out and returned within one week. If you use any of these supplies: Phaser prints, transparencies, speciality papers, CD's, zip disks, floppy disks or slide film please be sure to record them on the Materials Charged List located in the Graphics Lab.


Video Editing

The graphics lab is equipped to do minor video editing. The lab has a TV/VCR unit that hooks into a Dazzle device. This device switches analog to digital and vise versa. Video or picture files are edited in iMovie, and then can be saved as QuickTime files, or be recorded onto video tape. Sound can be imported in from the video tape or cd's. If you have any questions about video editing please contact the VVRC graphic designer.


Slides

The VVRC Graphics Lab owns a Lasergraphics Personal LFR Pro digital slide maker. This slide maker produces slides with excellent quality and speed. Extra time does need to be considered for developing slide film. Film is developed by the Medical Center Arts Group or Chromatics. Both places have specific film pickup and drop off times, which may require extra time needed to process your job.
If you design your slide files, Powerpoint is the best program to use for slide production.





Graphics Lab Equipment:


Computer Equipment

• G5 Macintosh Computer, Dual 2.5 GHz
• G4 Macintosh Computer with 640 megabytes of ram
• Power Macintosh G3 with a 6 gigabyte hard drive and 280 megabytes of ram.
• PC Monarch Computer with 37 GB hard drive and a 16x CD burner


Printing Equipment

• HP Color Laserjet 4550 DN Printer (Andy Warhol)
• HP 800ps Large Format Poster Printer (42", 36", & 24" paper sizes)
• Kodak Professional 1400 digital photo printer (Dye-Sub)
• Lasergraphics Personal LFR Pro digital film recorder (slide maker)


Scanning Equipment

• HP Scanjet 8300 color flat bed scanner
• Epson 1200C color flat bed scanner
• Polaroid Sprintscan 35 slide scanner with super high resolution


CD Writing

• Lacie CD/DVD writer
• 16x CD burner internal on PC Monarch computer
• CD/DVD writer on G5 Macintosh G5 computer.


Mac Software

• Adobe Acrobat 8.0
• Adobe GoLive CS2
• Adobe Dreamweaver CS3
• Adobe Flash CS3
• Adobe Illustrator CS3
• Adobe ImageReady CS2
• Adobe InDesign CS2
• Adobe Photoshop CS3
• Canvas 10
• iLife: iMovie, iPhoto, iDVD, iTunes, and Garage Band
• Microsoft Office 2004
• QuarkXpress 7
• Art Explosion: 250,000 Clip art images and various high & low resolution images.


PC Software

• Windows 2000 Operating System
• Acrobat 7.0
• Photoshop CS2
• Illustrator CS2
• Image Ready CS2
• InDesign CS2
• Live Motion 2
• Microsoft Office 2003
• WordPerfect 10


Art Supplies

• Various Papers
• Markers
• Paper Cutters - Large & small
• Rulers & Right Angles
• Glue - Rubber Cement & Spray Mount
• Tape
• Xacto Knife & Scissors
• Erasers


Supplies used within the Lab

• Blank CD's
• Mac & PC Zip Disks
• Mac & PC Floppy Disks
• Kodak Slide film - 24 exp & 36 exp (No 12 exp)


Photography Equipment

• Sony DSC-P10 Cyber-shot 5.0 mega pixel digital camera with an optical 3X zoom
• Mamiya/sekor camera
• Digital Camera - Kodak DC120 Digital Zoom Camera
• Nikon F4 Camera


Video Equipment

• TV/VCR combo
• Dazzle Device