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MEDIASUITEIntroductionAsset System and Space Induction

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Hannah MerridaleMedia Production Technician

Tracey TuttMedia Suite Manager

Matthew NorthMedia Production Technician

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MEDIA SUITE SPACES

• Creative Practice Lab 0.20• 9 dedicated Edit Suites – these only have video editing software on• Vocal Booth - upstairs• Recording Studio – upstairs• Digitisation Lab – with 3 scanners and a copy table

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AVAILABLE EQUIPMENT

• Video Cameras – Canon XF-100• Tripods• Lavalier (clip) microphones• Boom Mics• Macbooks• Scanners

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SOFTWARE

• Avid Media Composer – high-end video editing software• Full Adobe Creative Cloud - Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Premiere Pro, etc• Apple free software Garage Band, iMovie• Microsoft Office• Google Sketchup – Architectural 3D software• Microsoft Suite – Powerpoint, Word, Excel

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USING THE MEDIA SUITE SPACES

• No eating or drinking in any of the Media Suite Rooms, bottled water only please

• Do not unplug anything to charge personal items

• If you open a window, please close it before you leave

• If using an edit suite, make sure the door is shut firmly when you leave

• Any questions or problems, just come and see us in the Media Suite Office

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SPACE AVAILABILITY

• The Creative Practice Lab is primarily for taught sessions on modules, but it also has open access times for self-study that are posted on the door of 0.20 and also available on the home page of our booking system https://uea.siso.co/ (on a first come first served basis so no pre-booking is required)

• All other rooms are bookable through the same system, this includes the edit suites and recording rooms upstairs

• You will need to register on our booking system before you can access any equipment or book any rooms

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BOOKING SYSTEM (SISO)

Go tohttps://uea.siso.co/

Click on the link to registerNote availability for self-study in the Creative Practice Lab is posted here

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Use same number from your student card for both fields

Please use your uea email address

Tick to use same home and contact address

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• Once you have submitted your registration details these will come to the Media Suite Team to be processed, this can take up to 24 hours, you will receive an email notification as soon as it has been activated

• Then you can return to the siso site to login and begin booking items• https://uea.siso.co/

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EITHER BROWSE OR SEARCH FOR THE STOCK ITEMS

YOU NEED TO BOOK, OR CLICK ON FIND ROOMS FOR EDIT SUITES,

DIGITISATION LAB AND SOUND

ROOMS

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SAVING DOCUMENTS

• All of the Macs are connected to the UEA Network so that you can centrally save and retrieve files.

• This central ’My Documents’ folder is accessed through the iMac Dock.• If you use the Finder menu you will only see your local ‘My Documents’ folder

which only exists on the machine while you are working on it• You can also use a USB or external drive to safely save your work

Saving and accessing your work in the Media Lab.All of the Macs have a networked document folder so that you can access your work from wherever you are (providing you have the right software) and from any computer connected to the UEA network.Unfortunately these Macs also have a local documents folder which you cannot access either away from the lab or even the machine that you save your files into. This folder also gets wiped on a weekly basis so the only sure way to keep your work safe is to use your networked documents folder.

Accessing your network documents folderThe networked documents folder can be found in the dock (the bottom bar with all of the icons in) of the Mac on the right hand side, it looks like a little graphic of folders behind folders.Right click to expand the folder and click the folder called documents, this is your networked/shared folder, which should now pop open.

Your Networked Documents Folder acccessed from the data folder within the ‘dock’

Machine only Local Documents Folder accessed from the ‘Finder

1. Create a folder on the desktop which you will work from, and then move a copy of this folder into your shared folder. (this relies on you remembering to transfer the files and giving yourself time to do this at the end of your session)

2. Save directly to your network drive using an Alias shortcut. (Saving and editing multiple or large files over the network could impact the speed of your machine and it’s responsiveness)

There are now two ways of making sure you don’t lose your work. (Obviously you could also use a USB or external drive)

Once you have the networked documents folder open, make a new folder for your project, right click it, and select ‘Make Alias’ then drag this alias folder onto your desktop.

This essentially makes a shortcut to your networked folder that is available through the save menu, via the desktop.

Be aware that the alias is only created on the ‘local’ machine, so it will disappear, but you can easily drag the alias back onto the desktop the next time you need it.

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SAVING DOCUMENTS

• To make it easier to save onto your UEA network folder we can make an alias on the desktop, which will function like a shortcut, and we can browse to from software save menus.

• Open the networked documents folder from the ‘data’ folder on the Dock.

• Right click and select ‘Make Alias’.

Saving and accessing your work in the Media Lab.All of the Macs have a networked document folder so that you can access your work from wherever you are (providing you have the right software) and from any computer connected to the UEA network.Unfortunately these Macs also have a local documents folder which you cannot access either away from the lab or even the machine that you save your files into. This folder also gets wiped on a weekly basis so the only sure way to keep your work safe is to use your networked documents folder.

Accessing your network documents folderThe networked documents folder can be found in the dock (the bottom bar with all of the icons in) of the Mac on the right hand side, it looks like a little graphic of folders behind folders.Right click to expand the folder and click the folder called documents, this is your networked/shared folder, which should now pop open.

Your Networked Documents Folder acccessed from the data folder within the ‘dock’

Machine only Local Documents Folder accessed from the ‘Finder

1. Create a folder on the desktop which you will work from, and then move a copy of this folder into your shared folder. (this relies on you remembering to transfer the files and giving yourself time to do this at the end of your session)

2. Save directly to your network drive using an Alias shortcut. (Saving and editing multiple or large files over the network could impact the speed of your machine and it’s responsiveness)

There are now two ways of making sure you don’t lose your work. (Obviously you could also use a USB or external drive)

Once you have the networked documents folder open, make a new folder for your project, right click it, and select ‘Make Alias’ then drag this alias folder onto your desktop.

This essentially makes a shortcut to your networked folder that is available through the save menu, via the desktop.

Be aware that the alias is only created on the ‘local’ machine, so it will disappear, but you can easily drag the alias back onto the desktop the next time you need it.

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SAVING DOCUMENTS

• Then drag this alias folder onto the desktop

Saving and accessing your work in the Media Lab.All of the Macs have a networked document folder so that you can access your work from wherever you are (providing you have the right software) and from any computer connected to the UEA network.Unfortunately these Macs also have a local documents folder which you cannot access either away from the lab or even the machine that you save your files into. This folder also gets wiped on a weekly basis so the only sure way to keep your work safe is to use your networked documents folder.

Accessing your network documents folderThe networked documents folder can be found in the dock (the bottom bar with all of the icons in) of the Mac on the right hand side, it looks like a little graphic of folders behind folders.Right click to expand the folder and click the folder called documents, this is your networked/shared folder, which should now pop open.

Your Networked Documents Folder acccessed from the data folder within the ‘dock’

Machine only Local Documents Folder accessed from the ‘Finder

1. Create a folder on the desktop which you will work from, and then move a copy of this folder into your shared folder. (this relies on you remembering to transfer the files and giving yourself time to do this at the end of your session)

2. Save directly to your network drive using an Alias shortcut. (Saving and editing multiple or large files over the network could impact the speed of your machine and it’s responsiveness)

There are now two ways of making sure you don’t lose your work. (Obviously you could also use a USB or external drive)

Once you have the networked documents folder open, make a new folder for your project, right click it, and select ‘Make Alias’ then drag this alias folder onto your desktop.

This essentially makes a shortcut to your networked folder that is available through the save menu, via the desktop.

Be aware that the alias is only created on the ‘local’ machine, so it will disappear, but you can easily drag the alias back onto the desktop the next time you need it.

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SAVING DOCUMENTS

• When saving files from within any of the programs on the iMac you will now be able to browse to your alias folder.

Saving and accessing your work in the Media Lab.All of the Macs have a networked document folder so that you can access your work from wherever you are (providing you have the right software) and from any computer connected to the UEA network.Unfortunately these Macs also have a local documents folder which you cannot access either away from the lab or even the machine that you save your files into. This folder also gets wiped on a weekly basis so the only sure way to keep your work safe is to use your networked documents folder.

Accessing your network documents folderThe networked documents folder can be found in the dock (the bottom bar with all of the icons in) of the Mac on the right hand side, it looks like a little graphic of folders behind folders.Right click to expand the folder and click the folder called documents, this is your networked/shared folder, which should now pop open.

Your Networked Documents Folder acccessed from the data folder within the ‘dock’

Machine only Local Documents Folder accessed from the ‘Finder

1. Create a folder on the desktop which you will work from, and then move a copy of this folder into your shared folder. (this relies on you remembering to transfer the files and giving yourself time to do this at the end of your session)

2. Save directly to your network drive using an Alias shortcut. (Saving and editing multiple or large files over the network could impact the speed of your machine and it’s responsiveness)

There are now two ways of making sure you don’t lose your work. (Obviously you could also use a USB or external drive)

Once you have the networked documents folder open, make a new folder for your project, right click it, and select ‘Make Alias’ then drag this alias folder onto your desktop.

This essentially makes a shortcut to your networked folder that is available through the save menu, via the desktop.

Be aware that the alias is only created on the ‘local’ machine, so it will disappear, but you can easily drag the alias back onto the desktop the next time you need it.