Digital Experimentation, Video, and Media Editing Resources
This cluster of computers is not intended to be an instructional space and is not configured to support instruction sessions for classes. It is for individuals to create and edit multimedia materials in support of the general academic program at Kenyon, including student working on assignments, faculty developing scholarly materials, and administrative staff working on advertising or educational materials.Digital recording and production equipment, such as camcorders and tripods, may be checked out at the Circulation desk in Chalmers Library.
Recognizing that this group of computers is a shared resource for the Kenyon community and that working with digital multimedia materials require extraordinary computing and time resources, LBIS has developed policies (scroll down) to help ensure access to these resources to the broader community as necessary.
Digital Video, Audio, and Experimentation Stations
Hardware:- Six high-end 24" iMacs with Retina Displays (Tech Center)
- 16 high-end 23" HP All-in-One computers (3rd floor Digital Collaborative Studio)
Software:
- Adobe Creative Cloud: (Photoshop, Dreamweaver, InDesign, Premiere Pro, After Effects, Illustrator.)
- Microsoft Office (Word, PowerPoint, Excel)
- GarageBand, and iMovie
- Audacity
- Blender
- Sketchup Make
- Image Editing: Gimp
- Skype, VLC Media Player, iTunes
Instructions
General Tips: Working with digital video requires very robust resources, including hardware, software, storage capacity and time. For storage, five minutes of raw digital video footage requires one gigabyte of media. The time required to finish an editing project is directly related to the level of complexity of the project. For complex projects including multiple transitions, titles, and other effects, one can expect to spend up to 100 minutes digitizing, editing, and outputting one minute of final video. Thus a five-minute video could require up to 500 minutes of editing time to complete.A portable USB or thunderbolt drive is recommended for most video projects.
Access Policies
- Members of the Kenyon Community wishing to use this station may do so on a first-come, first-served basis.
- Work should not be saved to the local drive. LBIS recommends saving all work to a portable external drive. LBIS is not responsible for and will not guarantee that files stored overnight locally on this machine will be available the following day.
- This workstation will be regularly cleaned and restored to default settings. This will automatically delete any user files stored on this machine.
- LBIS reserves the right to make additions, revisions, or deletions to these policies during the course of the academic year.