Computer Labs on Campus
ECU has several labs on campus. Access may be restricted by program area and/or the student’s year of enrolment.
Important: When using these computers save all your files to a cloud storage solution, such as Microsoft OneDrive, or an external storage device. Files that are saved locally on the lab computers will be removed throughout the term.

Mac Labs
ECU has four Mac labs on campus. Please use our Shared Devices + Labs to request software or settings changes. Computer login uses your M365 username followed by @ecuad.ca and MYEC password.
B1122: Media Arts
Hardware
- 21 Mac Studios
- 21 5K 27″ Apple Studio Displays (5120 x 2880)
- 10-core M1 Max
- 32 GB RAM
- 1 TB SSD
- SDXC slot
Peripherals
- 12-1 Media Card Readers available on some stations
Instructor Station
- Film / Reflective Scanner
- Projector (class use only)
- Speakers
Software: macOS 15 Sequoia
Adobe Creative Cloud
- Acrobat
- Distiller
- After Effects
- Animate
- Audition
- Bridge
- Character Animator
- Dimension
- Illustrator
- InCopy
- Lightroom
- LightroomClassic
- InDesign
- Media Encoder
- Photoshop
- Premiere
- Substance
Office
- Excel
- PowerPoint
- Word
iWork
- Pages
- Numbers
- Keynote
Developer Software
- GitHub
- MAMP
- Processing
Final Cut Suite
- Final Cut Pro
- Compressor
- Motion
Additional Software
- Audacity
- Ableton Live
- Books
- BBEdit
- Blender
- Canva
- DaVinci Resolve
- Fetch
- Firefox
- Font Book
- Garage Band
- Google Chrome
- Harmony Premium
- ImageCapture
- iMovie
- Photos
- Max
- Pro Tools
- Rhino
- Quicktime Player
- Reaper
- SilverFast
- TextWrangler
- VLC
- Visual Studio Code
B1110: Continuing Studies
Hardware
- 26 iMacs
- 24″ (4480×2520)
- 8-core M3
- 16 GB RAM
- 512 GB SSD
Peripherals
- 12-1 Media Card Readers available on some stations
Instructor Station
- Film / Reflective Scanner
- Projector (class use only)
- Speakers
Software: macOS 15 Sequoia
Adobe Creative Cloud
- Acrobat
- Distiller
- After Effects
- Animate
- Audition
- Bridge
- Character Animator
- Dimension
- Illustrator
- InCopy
- Lightroom
- LightroomClassic
- InDesign
- Media Encoder
- Photoshop
- Premiere
- Substance
Office
- Excel
- PowerPoint
- Word
iWork
- Pages
- Numbers
- Keynote
Developer Software
- GitHub
- MAMP
- Processing
Final Cut Suite
- Final Cut Pro
- Compressor
- Motion
Additional Software
- Audacity
- Ableton Live
- Books
- BBEdit
- Blender
- Canva
- DaVinci Resolve
- Fetch
- Firefox
- Font Book
- Garage Band
- Google Chrome
- Harmony Premium
- ImageCapture
- iMovie
- Photos
- Max
- Pro Tools
- Rhino
- Quicktime Player
- Reaper
- SilverFast
- TextWrangler
- VLC
- Visual Studio Code
D3360: Foundation
Hardware
- 21 iMacs
- 24″ 4.5K nano-texture (4480 x 2520)
- 10-core M4
- 16 GB RAM
- 512 GB SSD
Instructor Station
- Film / Reflective Scanner
- Projector (class use only)
- Speakers
Software: macOS 15 Sequoia
Adobe Creative Cloud
- Acrobat
- Distiller
- After Effects
- Animate
- Audition
- Bridge
- Character Animator
- Dimension
- Illustrator
- InCopy
- Lightroom
- LightroomClassic
- InDesign
- Media Encoder
- Photoshop
- Premiere
- Substance
Office
- Excel
- PowerPoint
- Word
iWork
- Pages
- Numbers
- Keynote
Developer Software
- Eclipse
- GitHub
- Xcode
- XnConvert
Final Cut Suite
- Final Cut Pro
- Compressor
- Motion
Additional Software
- Audacity
- Ableton Live
- BBEdit
- Blender
- Books
- Da Vinci Resolve
- Fetch
- Firefox
- Font Book
- Garage Band
- Google Chrome
- Harmony Premium
- ImageCapture
- iMovie
- Photos
- Max
- Meta Spark Studio
- Quicktime Player X
- SilverFast
- VLC
- Visual Studio Code
B4115: Fine Arts
Hardware
- 21 iMacs
- 24″ 4.5K (4480 x 2520)
- 8-core M1
- 16 GB RAM
- 512 GB SSD
Peripherals
- 12-1 Media Card Readers available on some stations
Instructor Station
- Film / Reflective Scanner
- Projector (class use only)
- Speakers
Software: macOS 15 Sequoia
Adobe Creative Cloud
- Acrobat
- Distiller
- After Effects
- Animate
- Audition
- Bridge
- Character Animator
- Dimension
- Illustrator
- InCopy
- InDesign
- Lightroom
- Media Encoder
- Photoshop
- Premiere Pro
- Substance
Office
- Excel
- PowerPoint
- Word
iWork
- Pages
- Numbers
- Keynote
Developer Software
- GitHub
- MAMP
- Processing
Final Cut Suite
- Final Cut Pro
- Compressor
- Motion
Additional Software
- Ableton Live Suite
- Audacity
- BBEdit
- Books
- DaVinci Resolve
- Fetch
- Firefox
- Font Book
- GIMP
- Google Chrome
- ImageCapture
- InkScape
- iMovie
- Photos
- Max
- Quicktime Player X
- SilverFast
- VLC
- Visual Studio Code
D4315: Illustration
Hardware
- 22 Mac minis
- 22 5K 27″ Apple Studio Displays (5120 x 2880)
- 16-core M2 Pro
- 16 GB RAM
- 512 GB SSD
Peripherals
- 22 Wacom Cintiq Pro 24″
Instructor Station
- Projector (class use only)
- Wacom Cintiq Pro 24″
Software: macOS 15 Sequoia
Adobe Creative Cloud
- Acrobat
- Distiller
- After Effects
- Animate
- Audition
- Bridge
- Character Animator
- Dimension
- Illustrator
- InCopy
- InDesign
- Lightroom
- Media Encoder
- Photoshop
- Premiere Pro
- Substance
Office
- Excel
- PowerPoint
- Word
iWork
- Pages
- Numbers
- Keynote
Developer Software
- GitHub
- MAMP
- Processing
Final Cut Suite
- Compressor
- Motion
Additional Software
- Ableton Live Suite
- Audacity
- BBEdit
- Books
- DaVinci Resolve
- Fetch
- Firefox
- Font Book
- GIMP
- Google Chrome
- ImageCapture
- InkScape
- iMovie
- Photos
- Max
- Quicktime Player X
- VLC
- Visual Studio Code
PC Labs
ECU has four PC labs on campus. Please contact Shared Devices + Labs to request software or settings changes. Computer login uses your M365 username and MYEC password.
C1220: Design + Dynamic Media
Hardware
- 23 Lenovo ThinkStation P620
- 27″ Full HD Dell Displays
- AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5945WX 12-core 24-threads
- NVIDIA RTX A4000 16GB GDDR6
- 64 GB RAM
- 2 TB SSD
Software: Windows 11
Adobe Creative Cloud
- Acrobat
- Distiller
- After Effects
- Animate
- Audition
- Bridge
- Character Animator
- Dimension
- Illustrator
- InCopy
- Lightroom
- InDesign
- Media Encoder
- Muse
- Photoshop
- Premiere
- Substance
Office
- Excel
- PowerPoint
- Word
- OneDrive
Foundry Collective
- Katana
- Mari
- Modo
- Nuke
2D Animation
- ToonBoom Harmony 24 Premium
- TV Paint
3D Animation & Rendering
- Blender
- Houdini
- Keyframe MP 2
- Maya (2020, 2022, 2023)
- Arnold
- Bifrost
- Redshift
- vRay
Modelling
- Rhino
- Solidworks
- Unity
A3030: Animation Studio
Hardware
- 28 Dell XPS 8930
- 8-core i9 CPU
- RTX 2060 GPU
- 64GB RAM
- 500GB – 2TB SSD
- 19 Dell Precision 3660
- 16-core i9-12900K
- RTX 3080 GPU
- 64GB RAM
- 1TB SSD
- 15 Lenovo Thinkstation P3 Towers
- 24-core i9-13900K
- RTX 3080 GPU
- 64GB RAM
- 2TB SSD
Peripherals
- Most stations are equipped with a Wacom Cintiq Pro 24″
Software: Windows 11
Adobe Creative Cloud
- Acrobat
- Distiller
- After Effects
- Animate
- Audition
- Bridge
- Character Animator
- Dimension
- Illustrator
- InCopy
- Lightroom
- InDesign
- Media Encoder
- Muse
- Photoshop
- Premiere
- Substance
Office
- Excel
- PowerPoint
- Word
- OneDrive
Foundry Collective
- Katana
- Mari
- Modo
- Nuke
2D Animation
- ToonBoom Harmony 24 Premium
- TV Paint
3D Animation
- Blender
Modelling
Unity
Rhino
Solidworks
A3080: Animation Pen Tablet
Hardware
- 21 Precision 3650 Tower
- 10-core i9
- RTX 3080
- 32GB RAM
- 1TB SSD
Software: Windows 11
Adobe Creative Cloud
- Acrobat
- Distiller
- After Effects
- Animate
- Audition
- Bridge
- Character Animator
- Dimension
- Illustrator
- InCopy
- Lightroom
- InDesign
- Media Encoder
- Muse
- Photoshop
- Premiere
- Substance
Office
- Excel
- PowerPoint
- Word
- OneDrive
Foundry Collective
- Katana
- Mari
- Modo
- Nuke
2D Animation
- ToonBoom Harmony 24 Premium
- TV Paint
3D Animation
- Blender
Modelling
- Rhino
- Solidworks
- Unity
C3234: Animation Pen Display
Hardware
- 23 Lenovo ThinkStation P3 Tower
- 13th-gen i9 Intel
- RTX 3080
- 64GB RAM
- 2TB SSD
Software: Windows 11
Adobe Creative Cloud
- Acrobat
- Distiller
- After Effects
- Animate
- Audition
- Bridge
- Character Animator
- Dimension
- Illustrator
- InCopy
- Lightroom
- InDesign
- Media Encoder
- Muse
- Photoshop
- Premiere
- Substance
Office
- Excel
- PowerPoint
- Word
- OneDrive
Foundry Collective
- Katana
- Mari
- Modo
- Nuke
2D Animation
- ToonBoom Harmony 24 Premium
- TV Paint
3D Animation
- Blender
Modelling
- Unity
- Rhino
- Solidworks