Recommended Software/Hardware
Often students and parents ask about equipment needed to do Freestyle work at home. The list below is not required but for those families that can afford it, here is what is currently used at Freestyle. Note - Freestyle will be using Adobe CS3 software until June 2009 and then switch to Adobe CS4 in the fall of 2009.
- All students use Adobe CS3/CS4 Design Premium - student prices (Acrobat 9 Pro, InDesign CS3/CS4, Illustrator CS3/CS4, Photoshop CS3/CS4 Extended, Flash CS3/CS4 Professional, Dreamweaver CS3/CS4 and Fireworks® CS3/CS4) for both PC and Mac. All students also use digital drawing pads (we use 6x8 pads), digital point-n-shoot camera, and SLR cameras (we use Canon Rebel XTs and 30Ds)
- All students also use Adobe After Effects CS3 Professional (not included with Design Premium bundle) for both PC and Mac
- Film students also use Apple Final Cut Studio 2 (requires a Mac computer) and for film footage storage, an external Firewire 800 hard drive 250 GB
- Both Film and WebAudio students use Apple Garageband 4 - requires a Mac computer
- WebAudio students also use Digidesign Pro Tools LE & M-Powered together with MBox 2, McDSP Emerald Pack plug-ins, Propellerhead Reason 4 and external flash memory card for file transfer to/from home - 16 GB is sufficient, all available for both PC and Mac
- For either PC or Mac computers, the above applications work best with 2 GB or more of RAM. Any Mac Pro, MacBook Pro, MacBook or iMac running Mac OS 10.5 (Leopard) would simulate the environment at Freestyle. The Apple Education Store has some deals for students. Speak to Mr. Florendo about a PC recommendation.
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