The Central Media Lab
The Central Media Lab is equipped with the latest in Macintosh and PC hardware, digital print, video and audio equipment, capture equipment - scanners, digital cameras, digital audio- and editing equipment. Print output equipment includes everything from laser printers through large format inkjets up to 60” plotters. The Lab licenses and supports most of the popular Mac and PC software – products offered by Adobe, Macromedia, and Microsoft, and their applications such as FormZ, Final Cut Pro, Digidesign ProTools, and Sonic Foundry. There is 24 hour on-line interactive training for dozens of software programs from the most basic level to advanced level uses. Regular workshops are offered in basic use of digital technology through advanced training in new professional level software as its being introduced. The new Lab that opened in 2003 has a training and demonstration space, stereolithography and video production labs with chroma-key capabilities. Many opportunities for unusual techniques and outsourcing are also available in the metropolitan area, as Detroit is an industrial hub for new technologies.
Central Media Lab (CML)
- Mac and PC workstations with popular supported software
- Print Services, high speed laser-color, b&w, oversize Inkjet to 60", archival ink systems
- 3D Rapid Prototype Printer (Zprint 310)
- Scanning, including high res film and oversize to 11 x 17
- Equipment checkout includes audio, video and presentation gear
Production Studio & Staging Area
- Available by reservation to all students and staff
- Cyclorama wall with studio lighting
- Control booth with audio isolation booth
- Video and Audio gear including truckable boom
- Seamless backdrop support system
- Workbench for electronic project fabrication
Viewing Room
- Viewing Room
- Available by reservation to all students and staff
- Tiered seating accmmodates up to 25 comfortably
- Equipped with LCD projection & surround sound
Department Pod labs
Each Department supports digital technology specific to mission
Pod labs are networked to the Academy file server and Central print services
