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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>For years this debate will rage on, Katie.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>For the students sake do not move over to PC. The underlying principles that we have been adhering to throughout our educational lives has been MAC oriented.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Mac has truly won the educational war when it comes to secondary education. Graphic design applications and video applications have always been dominated by MAC.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Gaming computers are better run on the windows platform due to microsoft’s brilliant direct x …but then again u need a dedicated video card that handles direct x.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Which inadvertently means that if you are running Autodesk Products or gaming engines you are better off staying with an IBM PC.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>If you were to run a mac lab you definitely need more ram for your computer. Instead of 8Gb I would highly recommend a 16 gb ram computer. This is the first step.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Then you need to purchase a dedicated video card that has at least 1.5gb - 2 Gb on board RAM.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>And then also making sure you have a decent hard drive that is reasonably quick and has a lot of space.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Why do I recommend at least 16 gb of RAM you say? Well the answer is Adobe!!!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>In order to run Photoshop or Bridge or Premiere and After Effects at the same time you need the extra grunt because of the way adobe utilizes its media cache…It uses shared RAM for all these applications because of shared driver link libraries ie .dll’s such as media encoder and dynamic link…an 8GB ram system just isn’t going to cut it anymore in this world of heavy resourced applications.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>I hope this helps.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Yours sincerely,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Mario Yannakakis<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Sessional Lecturer at Billy Blue College of Design.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>(Motion Design and Animation)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> vet-mm-bounces@edulists.com.au [mailto:vet-mm-bounces@edulists.com.au] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Katie Pinder<br><b>Sent:</b> 23 November, 2015 7:00 PM<br><b>To:</b> vet list<br><b>Subject:</b> [vet-mm] Mac vs PC. for video<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>HI lister, <o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>I would really appreciate some feedback on the MAC /PC debate for Video production and the Adobe Creative Suite. <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>After several.years of errors and problem with our IT department, they have suggested we just bite the bullet.and move to PC..Which I don't think is the option. <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Their argument is that it is just the same software, however I've spoken to a few people who think MAC is still the standard in real world video production and at universities that specialize in Media.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Others have told me that a PC that has the same power would cost much more anyway. <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>I'd love some feed back. <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Thanks, <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Katie<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><div><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><hr size=2 width="100%" align=center id=stopSpelling></span></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Date: Thu, 12 Nov 2015 10:47:39 +1100<br>From: <a href="mailto:joanne.brodie@academyofdesign.edu.au">joanne.brodie@academyofdesign.edu.au</a><br>To: <a href="mailto:vet-mm@edulists.com.au">vet-mm@edulists.com.au</a><br>Subject: [vet-mm] Free Creative Workshops - Thursday 3 December 3pm-7pm<br><br></span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>As part of the Academy of Design’s Summer Open Day on Thursday 3 December from 3pm-7pm we are excited to offer a number of free creative workshops:<br><br><b>Post Production Editing Workshop<br></b>This workshops covers postproduction editing techniques using a short film “Sin” submitted by Academy staff and students to the 2016 Sundance Film Festival. Learn to build meaning and drama through editing skill. Covering editing, color correction and the addition of music and sound the workshop is for everyone interested in turning raw footage into cinema!<br><br>Date: Thursday 3 December<br>Time: 3pm-7pm<br>To Register: <u><span style='color:#0000FE'><a href="http://www.academyofdesign.edu.au/news/Events/Post-Production-Editing-workshop.aspx" target="_blank">http://www.academyofdesign.edu.au/news/Events/Post-Production-Editing-workshop.aspx</a><br></span></u>Venue: Academy of Design Australia, 220 Ingles Street Port Melbourne <br><br>Street Art Workshop:<br>Acclaimed international street artist Buff-Dis collaborates with staff and students to transform the walls of the theatre into an expansive mural. Unfolding during the course of open day the ambitious project will see the space totally transform through Buff’s unique linear style. <br><br>Date: Thursday 3 December<br>Time: 3pm-7pm<br>To Register: <u><span style='color:blue'><a href="http://www.academyofdesign.edu.au/news/Events/Street-Art-Workshop-Dec2015.aspx" target="_blank">http://www.academyofdesign.edu.au/news/Events/Street-Art-Workshop-Dec2015.aspx</a><br></span></u>Venue: Academy of Design Australia, 220 Ingles Street Port Melbourne <br><br>Other Free Workshops include:<br><br>Communication Design meets Graphic Design Workshop:<br>Where participants will work to develop and execute an advertising campaign to promote a music festival. The workshop will cover the essentials of designing a poster, a tagline for the event, the production of stencils and associated art work set up through to the production of edgy marketing collateral with street appeal. The workshop is for all students interested in knowing more about Communication design and Graphic Design and exploring how the different elements work together in a real-time project. <br><br>Date: Thursday 3 December<br>Time: 3pm-7pm<br>To Register: <u><span style='color:blue'><a href="http://www.academyofdesign.edu.au/news/Events/Communication-Design-meets-Graphic-Design-workshop.aspx" target="_blank">http://www.academyofdesign.edu.au/news/Events/Communication-Design-meets-Graphic-Design-workshop.aspx</a><br></span></u>Venue: Academy of Design Australia, 220 Ingles Street Port Melbourne <br><br>Fashion Illustration Workshop:<br>This exciting and innovative workshop explores Fashion Illustration to express rendering styles through technique. Drawing from a fashion model, participants will experiment with a variety of mediums to convey typical elements of stylization and elongation. <br>Themed with music and set in a drawing studio environment, participants will consider Twentieth-century beginnings, Illustration’s heyday before Photography, it’s resurgence in the 1960’s - 1980’s and contemporary use.<br><br>Date: Thursday 3 December<br>Time: 3pm-7pm<br>To Register: <u><span style='color:blue'><a href="http://www.academyofdesign.edu.au/news/Events/Fashion-Illustration-Workshop.aspx" target="_blank">http://www.academyofdesign.edu.au/news/Events/Fashion-Illustration-Workshop.aspx</a><br></span></u>Venue: Academy of Design Australia, 220 Ingles Street Port Melbourne <br><br>For further queries please contact Joanne Brodie <u><span style='color:blue'><a href="https://joanne.brodie@academyofdesign.edu.au" target="_blank">joanne.brodie@academyofdesign.edu.au</a></span></u> or 9676 9000<br><br><img border=0 width=500 height=250 id="_x0000_i1026" src="cid:image001.jpg@01D1263C.D4485B20"><br><br><br></span><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><br>_______________________________________________ <a href="http://www.edulists.com.au">http://www.edulists.com.au</a> - FAQ, resources, subscribe, unsubscribe VET Multimedia Mailing List kindly supported by <a href="http://www.vcaa.vic.edu.au/vet/programs/multimedia/multimedia.html">http://www.vcaa.vic.edu.au/vet/programs/multimedia/multimedia.html</a> - Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority and <a href="http://www.pixeled.org.au">http://www.pixeled.org.au</a> - PixelEd Multimedia Teachers Association <a href="http://www.swinburne.edu.au/ict/schools">http://www.swinburne.edu.au/ict/schools</a> - Swinburne University<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>