Life at ECU | Campus Services

IT Services

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Life at ECU | Campus Services

IT Services

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.

A wide shot of a computer lab where many students work at large monitors and drawing tablets. The room is bright, with posters of animated films on the walls. Students focus on digital projects in a collaborative classroom environment.

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