multimedia @ VU

multimedia @ VU

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www.cs.vu.nl/~eliens/multimedia/zaal.html

new -- may 2007
previous -- nov 2006

student/faculty licence: flex 2 builder
free download(s): flex 2 sdk / students.autodesk.nl (en)

multimedia zaal S353

flash CS3 and flex 2 SDK are installed

flash CS3 and flex 2 SDK are installed

flash CS3 and flex 2 SDK are installed

new -- video net & screen capture tools

replay capture suite -- applian.com/avscs/index.php
camtasia -- www.techsmith.com/camtasia.asp

These tools are installed to support the new course (project) interactive multimedia.

target user group(s)

The multimedia zaal S353 is primarily meant for students doing practical work for multimedia-related courses or projects, and for courses or presentations related to multimedia. Some students refer to this new facility already as the multimedia temple.

beamer & sound

There is a 4500 lumen beamer and a 500W Logitech Z 5500 Digital (5-1) surround sound system, with Soundblaster Audigy 2. For using these facilities, contact the helpdesk.

primary users/courses

multimedia authoring -- sept/oct
intelligent multimedia technology -- nov/dec
multimedia casus -- nov/dec/jan
visual design -- februari-april (tbd)
introduction multimedia -- april/may
computer graphics -- oct-dec (?)
project interactive multimedia -- june
project(s) multimedia / game development -- whole year

tbd = to be determined

demo(s)

computers

14 fujitsu siemens scenico P320, AMD64 3400+ MHz, 1G memory, 80 GB serial ATA disk, 6 x USB, XFX Geforce 6600 GT 128 Mb AGP, dual display, 2 LCD monitors

image

recent/request(s)

flash 8 Pro -- www.adobe.com/products/flash
flex 3 (sdk) -- www.adobe.com/products/flex/sdk/
fcsh -- labs.adobe.com/wiki/index.php/Flex_Compiler_Shell
flex ant tasks -- labs.adobe.com/wiki/index.php/Flex_Ant_Tasks
ant (builder) -- ant.apache.org/
flashdevelop (2.0.2) -- www.flashdevelop.org/community/viewforum.php?f=11
blender -- www.blender.org/
python -- www.python.org/ (required by blender)
xml editor -- sourceforge.net/projects/xml-copy-editor/
cygwin -- www.cygwin.com/ (for command-line development)
XNA -- msdn.microsoft.com/xna

As software for online flash games (including 3D and physics) this collection of software (all open source) will be installed (hopefully) september 2007.

software may 2007

Parallel Graphics VrmlPad -- site license
Alias Maya Complete (5.0 & 6.0) -- 10 floating licenses
3D Studio Max 7 -- 15 floating licenses
Adobe Photoshop CS -- www.adobe.com/products/photoshop
Adobe Illustrator CS -- www.adobe.com/products/illustrator/
DirectX9c SDK -- www.microsoft.com/directx
CG Toolkit -- developer.nvidia.com/object/cg_download.html
RenderMonkey & SDK -- www.ati.com/developer/rendermonkey
virtools -- www.virtools.com
Half Life 2 SDK -- www.valve-erc.com/srcsdk

installed (april 2006)

LightWave3D (5 lics, dongle) -- www.twintek.nl/lightwave.html
SoftImage/XSI (2 lics, dongle) -- www.softimage.com/products/
Milkshape -- www.swissquake.ch/chumbalum-soft/ms3d/download.html
Wirefusion 4.1 -- www.demicron.com

installed -- nov 2006

sketchup -- sketchup.google.com/download.html
google earth -- earth.google.com
delta3d game engine -- www.delta3d.org
amico -- amico.sourceforge.net

Both LightWave and SoftImage/XSI is installed on all machines, but need a USB dongle to function. 3DSom and e-on VUE are only available on a limited number of machines.

update(s)

Consult any of the following references for updates, workarounds or solutions to problems.

http://www.cs.vu.nl/~eliens/multimedia/update.html

remarks

The hardware and software requirements are stated in notitie: update onderwijs multimedia.
Send any comments or complaints about malfunctioning or lacking software to eliens@cs.vu.nl

credits

The multimedia room is finacially supported by the management team Infomatica, and has been made possible by the efforts of Henk Schut, Mikhael Zouskov and Emil Petkov.

A. Eliens

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