Click on Finder to explore the contents of the hard drive. You can see in the applications folders other programs and utilities, some of which may be available to you. Look in the Documentation/ folder for software and hardware manuals and tutorials.
Internet Explorer is for browsing the Internet.
There is a scanner on the table. You can use Scan tools to capture an image and experiment with Scan OCR to convert it to text.
iPhoto, iMovie, and iDVD are integrated packages to make it easy to work with multimedia. See the tutorial for the process to convert a DV or VHS tape to DVD, and for information on saving files and recycling space. Please do not leave any files on the machine between sessions. Get your own firewire drive to allow you to save and restore files from one day to another.
Photoshop (Elements), Final Cut Pro, and DVD Studio Pro are the advanced versions if you need more power working with pictures, video, and authoring, respectively.
DVD player can be used to play a DVD or test an image you've created before burning it.
Garage Band is a simple sequencer. Soundtrack is used to create backgrounds for movies.
Pro Tools is the professional recording, mixing, and editing environment. It works with the Digidesign Mbox interface.
Quicktime is for playing movies.
All file storage on this machine is temporary. Anything you leave on the machine is subject to removal. We want to keep as much space free as possible in order to do video editing and DVD creation. As soon as you are finished with a project, please drag it into the trash, and then delete the trash.
If you leave a transfer or DVD burn underway, leave a piece of paper on the keyboard with your name, what job you have left, and when you expect to return. The best time to leave a DVD burn is overnight, so that other users may use the machine during the day.
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