Spring 2008 Announcements
Patriots' Day Weekend Lab Hours
Posted April 10, 2008
The Comm Labs will be open the following hours for Patriots' Day Weekend:
| Date | Open | Close |
|---|---|---|
| Friday, April 18 | 9:00am | 4:00pm |
| Saturday, April 19 | CLOSED | |
| Sunday, April 20 | 12:00pm | 8:00pm |
| Monday, April 21 | 12:00pm | 9:30pm |
The Communicator | Volume 5, Issue 7
Posted April 10, 2008
- Simmons Alumna Receives Award at NEPA Convention 2008!
- Simmons Marketing Club!
- Simmons College Radio Wants You!
- Old Wrongs New Rights Book Release
The Communicator | Volume 5, Issue 6
Posted March 17, 2008
- Simmons Alumna Wins American Package Design Award
- Pr Advanced: Prssa Goes 2.0
- Boston University Career and Internship Fair
- Employment Opportunity
The Ultimate Guide to Designing with Black
Posted March 3, 2008
Think black is black? Wrong. Learn about how to specify different blacks in Photoshop for print jobs.
Spring Break Lab Hours
Posted February 28, 2008
| Date | Open | Close |
|---|---|---|
| Friday, March 7 | 9:00am | 4:00pm |
| Saturday, March 10 – Saturday, March 15 | CLOSED | |
| Sunday, March 16 | 12:00pm | 9:30pm |
Blank CDs and DVDs Available
Posted January 24, 2008
Starting this semester, we will now have blank CDs and DVDs available for purchase in the Comm Labs. The computers in the Comm Labs can burn both CDs and DVDs. Please ask a Lab Monitor if you would like to purchase a CD or DVD.
| Type | Size | Cost |
|---|---|---|
| CD-R | 700MB | 10¢ |
| DVD+R | 4.7GB | 25¢ |
New Features: Spring 2008
Posted January 24, 2008
We now have 34 brand new Aluminum iMac computers in the Communications Labs. These computers also have 4GB of RAM so they should be quite zippy when you are working in applications like Photoshop and Lightwave.
Every computer in the lab has both a 4-6 pin and 6-6 pin firewire cable attached to it for use with digital cameras and external hard drives. Please note that there is only one 6 pin firewire port on each computer, so you must make sure that the correct firewire cable is plugged into the back of the computer before use.
December Lab Hours
Posted December 12, 2007
| Date | Open | Close |
|---|---|---|
| Mon, Dec 10 | 9:00am | 9:30pm |
| Tues, Dec 11 | 9:00am | 9:30pm |
| Wed, Dec 12 | 9:00am | 9:30pm |
| Thurs, Dec 13 | 9:00am | 9:30pm |
| Fri, Dec 14 | 9:00am | 4:30pm |
| Sat, Dec 15 | 1:00pm | 4:00pm |
| Sun, Dec 16 | noon | 9:30pm |
| Mon, Dec 17 | 9:00am | 9:30pm |
| Tues, Dec 18 | 9:00am | 4:30pm |
| Wed, Dec 19 | 9:30am | 4:30pm |
| Thurs, Dec 20 | 9:30am | 4:30pm |
The CommLabs will be closed from December 21 – January 22 for Winter Break.
Document Raster Effects in Illustrator
Posted December 12, 2007
Have you ever gotten this warning when trying to print a document in Illustrator?
To learn how to fix this, see the Illustrator QuickFix – Document Raster Effects guide.
High Quality Printing
Posted November 16, 2007
Learn about how to make high quality color prints on the Comm Lab printers.
The Communicator | Volume 5, Issue 4
Posted November 9, 2007
- Registration
- Veteran’s Day Weekend Lab Hours
- Featured Alumna — Marcia Emerson
- Bookbuilders Scholarship is $7,600
- Free Classes at the PTRC
- Featured Student
New Printing Resources Page
Posted October 31, 2007
The old printing page has been revamped and now sports much more information on printing in the Comm Labs.
- How To Print
- Available Papers & Sizes
- Communications Lab Printers (B/W & Color)
- Download Printer and Paper Guide (pdf)
The Communicator | Volume 5, Issue 3
Posted October 19, 2007
- Reception and Showcase this Tues!
- Communications Lab Hours
- Com Media Film Festival
- Bookbuilders Scholarship
- Featured Internships
- Dr. Grabiner
- Academy
The Communicator | Volume 5, Issue 2
Posted October 4, 2007
- Communications is Hosting Alumna
- Featured Alumna – Lauren Hendriks
- Graphic and Design Specialist Needed
- Internship – Detroit Free Press
- Moonage Nightmare
Columbus Day Weekend Hours
- Friday, Oct. 5: 9am – 4:30pm
- Saturday, Oct. 6: Closed
- Sunday, Oct. 7: Closed
- Monday, Oct. 8: 2pm – 9:30
- Tuesday, Oct. 9: 9am – 9:30pm
New Features — Fall 2007
Application Upgrades
- Adobe Acrobat 8 Professional
- Adobe Dreamweaver CS3
- Adobe Flash CS3
- Adobe Illustrator CS3
- Adobe InDesign CS3
- Adobe Photoshop CS3
- Lightwave 9
- Quark 7
For those of you interested in learning more about what’s new in the Adobe CS3 suite, check out the Adobe CS3 Video Workshop located in the Applications folder of each computer.
Final Cut Studio
We have upgraded to Final Cut Studio 2 this semester. This includes Final Cut Pro 6. Final Cut Studio is available on the following computers in LEF321:
- Ivy
- Talim
- Xianghua
Available Browsers
For those of you who don’t like Safari and Firefox or you’re taking COMM-244, there are several other browsers installed on the lab computers.
- Camino 1.5
- Firefox 2.0
- Lynx 2.8.6 (a text-only browser)
- Mozilla 1.7
- Opera 9.21
- WebKit
All of the available web browsers are located inside the Web Browsers folder in the Applications folder.
Quota Limits
Did you know that you are only allowed to store up to 1GB of data in you Comm Lab user account? Starting this semester there is now a menu bar item that monitors your disk usage and lets you know when you are running low on space. You will see it in you menu bar:
Quicksilver
Are you interested in an easier way to open applications and search for files in the labs? If so, try using Quicksilver.
To get started, just click on the Quicksilver icon in the Applications folder.