Digital Media Studio
The Digital Media Studio (DMS) is a UT Arlington-community resource offering expertise and facilities to assist, support, and promote the use of digital technologies in teaching, learning, and research at UT Arlington. In keeping with this goal, projects pursued in the DMS may be either academic or non-academic in nature.
Location: Central Library, B29 (in the basement)
Hours: see here
Phone: (817) 272-1345
Email: dms@uta.edu
Workstation reservations accepted but not required
One-on-one assistance primarily by appointment - Request a Training Appointment
Reserve the DMS for a class - Request a Reservation
| DMS projects could be, but are not limited to: |
- Scanning slides with the Nikon Super CoolScan 5000
- Creating Web pages with Macromedia Dreamweaver MX
- Making a presentation or advertising banner/poster with Adobe Photoshop
- Burning DVDs or CDs with Roxio Easy CD/Toast or Apple DVD Pro
- Capturing and editing video and audio with Apple FinalCut Pro
- Capturing and editing video and audio with Avid Xpress Pro
- Converting analog video/audio to digital video/audio with Adobe Premiere Pro
- Converting and editing audio content with Sony SoundForge
- Designing graphic logos with Adobe Illustrator
- Creating animations for the web with Macromedia Flash MX
- Modeling 3D virtual reality worlds with Maya and Lightwave
- Optimizing web graphics with Adobe ImageReady
- Making PDF files with Adobe Acrobat Professional
- Publishing on the desktop with Quark or Adobe InDesign
- Signing photos with the Wacom Graphire Pen Tablet
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The DMS is primarily a self-service learning and multimedia production facility, but staff on duty can provide limited assistance with the available hardware and software. If more in-depth assistance is needed, then a visit to the DMS should be planned to take advantage of posted DMS staff office hours. Alternatively, an appointment can be arranged with DMS staff by submitting a training request.
The DMS is available for closure requests by UT Arlington faculty during their class for student training and review. Please be aware that the DMS will require at least a 14-day notice for reservation and that usage is limited to software already installed on the DMS computers. Reservation is on a first come, first served basis. In order to request a closure, please send an email to dms@uta.edu with the information below. The DMS has the right to deny or change a request at any time due to time, staff, or technical limits.
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- Class Name
- Instructor Name
- Instructor Email
- Requested Date & Time
- Purpose of Closure
- Software Needed
- Will a DMS staff member be needed for instruction? Yes/No
| Hardware available in the DMS includes equipment for developing nearly any type of multimedia project: |
- 16 state-of-the-art computers (12 PCs and 4 Macs)
- a 42-inch color plotter for banners and poster-size printouts
(limited to 1 print per unique orignal)
- a color printer expressly for 8.5 x 11 to 11 x 17 printouts
NOTE: printing to the color printer is shut down 15 minutes before DMS closing
- NTSC video monitors
- VCRs
- cassette decks
- a Hi8/Digital 8 tape deck
- MiniDV tape decks
- DVD/CD players
- headphones
- slide and flatbed scanners
- Zip drives
- graphics tablets
- jog and shuttle controllers
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| Software available in the DMS includes support for website authoring, desktop publishing, audio/video editing, animation, graphics creation, 3D modeling, photo editing, computer programming, and distance education: |
- Adobe Acrobat Professional
- Adobe After Effects
- Adobe GoLive
- Adobe Illustrator
- Adobe InDesign
- Adobe Photoshop
- Adobe Premiere
- Apple FinalCut Studio
- Apple QuickTime Pro
- Apple iLife Suite
- Apple iWork
- Apple Motion
- Apple Soundtrack
- Avid Xpress Pro
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- Blender
- Bryce
- Lightwave 3D
- Macromedia Director
- Macromedia Studio 8
- Maya Unlimited
- Poser
- ProCoder
- Procreate KPT Effects
- QuarkXPress (International Version)
- Roxio Media Creator
- Roxio Toast
- Sony Sound Forge
- Sorenson Squeeze
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DMS Supported Software & Appointment Offerings
| Installed Software |
Supported By DMS |
Appointments Offered |
Adobe Photoshop |
Yes |
Yes |
Adobe Illustrator |
Yes |
Yes |
Adobe After Effects |
Yes |
Yes |
Adobe Audition |
Yes |
Limited Assistance Available |
Adobe Encore DVD |
Yes |
Limited Assistance Available |
Adobe LiveMotion |
No |
No |
Adobe Acrobat Pro |
Yes |
Yes |
Adobe GoLive |
No |
No |
Adobe InDesign |
Yes |
Yes |
Adobe Premiere |
Yes |
Yes |
Macromedia Flash |
Yes |
Yes |
Macromedia Dreamweaver |
Yes |
Yes |
Macromedia Director |
Yes |
Limited Assistance Available |
Macromedia Captivate |
Yes |
Yes |
Macromedia Freehand |
Yes |
Limited Assistance Available |
Macromedia Contribute |
No |
No |
Macromedia Fireworks |
Yes |
Limited Assistance Available |
Microsoft Word |
No |
No |
Microsoft Excel |
No |
No |
Microsoft PowerPoint |
Yes |
No |
Microsoft Access |
No |
No |
Avid Media Composer |
Yes |
Limited Assistance Available |
Audacity |
Yes |
Limited Assistance Available |
iTunes |
Yes |
Yes |
Final Draft |
Yes |
No |
Blender |
Yes |
Limited Assistance Available |
Bryce |
Yes |
Limited Assistance Available |
Alias Maya |
Yes |
No |
Newtek Lightwave 3d |
Yes |
No |
OmniPage Pro |
Yes |
Yes |
Poser |
Yes |
No |
Canopus ProCoder |
Yes |
Yes |
QuarkXPress |
Yes |
No |
Roxio Media Creator |
Yes |
Yes |
Sony Soundforge |
Yes |
Yes |
Swift3d |
Yes |
Yes |
SwishMax |
Yes |
Yes |
Sorenson Squeeze |
Yes |
Yes |
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| Macintosh Only |
Final Cut Pro |
Yes |
Yes |
Soundtrack Pro |
Yes |
Limited Assistance Available |
Motion |
Yes |
Yes |
DVD Studio Pro |
Yes |
Yes |
iMovie |
Yes |
Yes |
iDVD |
Yes |
Yes |
Garageband |
Yes |
Limited Assistance Available |
Roxio Toast |
Yes |
Yes |
iWork |
Yes |
Limited Assistance Available |
Supported: The DMS supports the use of this software
Unsupported: Although installed on the DMS computers, it is not supported by DMS staff
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