Student Multimedia Design Center

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Well, it's the final countdown.  It seems like only yesterday that I wandered into the Student Multimedia Design Center, excited and nervous to begin what I now know as the definitive impact of ...

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Here at SMDC, we sometimes get asked some pretty random questions. Usually, I'm prepared for iMovie questions or PDF formatting questions. However, last week, a guy came up to the desk with a que...

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It's time for us seniors to go the way of the dinosaurs.  Underground and eating sandwich halves that fall into sewer grates.  It's a meager existence, but an honorable one.  After all, it's w...

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If you're new to using 3D software such as Blender, Maya, or 3D Studio, it can be beneficial to study models created by more experienced users. There are few great resources for observing and dow...

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The other day Nadine showed me a trick that allows you to delete Mac files from flash drives while on a PC. It can make things a little easier on you if you don't have access to a Mac or if you j...

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No I'm serious, they really are some interesting facts so quit the eye rolling. The advanced camera's battery charging station has two ports for two batteries. However, you can only charge one...

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This morning, a student reported that his professor told him his poster should be printed transverse, which puzzled everyone at the desk. What is transverse printing? Should we go down to Transve...

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Recently, there have been many questions about filming directly into iMovie with the cameras in the studios. Due to the update in iMovie, the camera will not film directly into iMovie without som...

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And we are back like the giant second form of a previously defeated power rangers' monster! Here is part one if you missed it (in my unbiased opinion, it's a pretty spectacular read) and so you...

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HELLO UD STUDENTS! NEED A CAMPUS JOB THAT WILL PROVIDE YOU WITH THE HANDS-ON EXPERIENCE REQUIRED TO COMPETE IN THIS MULTIMEDIA-SATURATED JOB MARKET?  LOOK NO FURTHER! The Student Mult...

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Hi everyone! Every now and then students bring back equipment that comes in colored cases, like these: This equipment does not go upfront with the rest of our equipment it goes into the c...

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Hey guys! It's getting to that busy time of the year. I just wanted to remind everyone to take optional pieces out of the kits when you are checking them back in. Things like extra batteries, h...

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A student came to the desk with a problem printing. She was trying to use the "Pages per Sheet" function in the printer settings to print 4 images on one sheet of paper. Unfortunately, when her f...

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Hey everyone, Someone came in today asking to use one of the studios to work on a podcast project. They asked which program to use for such a task and whoever was at the desk at the time sugges...

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Hey everyone this is just a reminder of the studio rules with the end of the semester nearing and the center getting much busier. Lately I've noticed several of the studio doors left unlocked. Re...

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Hi everyone, It looks like we are wrapping up that time of year when posters are being printed quite frequently for the Blue Hen Leadership Program. During what we affectionately know as "Poster...

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Today, an advanced camera kit was returned but the corresponding active checklist was not in the folder. We discovered that it was in the returned checklist and had been wrongly checked in yester...

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You may start a project in one program and later realize that you don't have access to that same program at a later date. For example, if you started a 3D model in Autodesk's popular 3D computer ...

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Awhile ago I was making a video and wanted to put two video clips side by side in the same frame on Premiere, I thought it would be tricky but it's actually really easy to do. First, you just...

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Hello everyone, Although Audacity is a pretty simple way to record and edit sound, there are some troubles with sending it to friends/group members via email or just using the .aup on another c...

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A few patrons have had questions about sending an iMovie project to another group member so they can continue to edit the video.  The new version of iMovie makes this pretty simple by consolida...

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Hello Everyone, Now that the semester is almost ending we will be seeing a lot more groups using out Group-Link tables. So here is a quick review: Each table has the capacity to display 4 ...

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Hi everyone, On Monday night I was helping two students work on an iMovie project when we encountered a few challenges. They were working on the movie in one of the Macs outside of Room A, when...

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Hi everyone, So lately we have had a lot of people coming up to the desk to print posters, mostly for BHLP, and I just wanted to remind everyone of other printing options around campus. SMDC (...

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