The Digital Post-Production is located on the 7th and 8th floors of the Ansin building, 180 Tremont Street.

DPL facilities are open to all Visual & Media Arts students in the post-production phase of their projects. The DPL helps students thoroughly understand the post-production process by offering professional, up-to-date hardware and software, with a professionally-trained staff and student assistants to help with any workflow or technical issues.

For more information please contact the Post Production Facilities Manager at x8864.

Digital Production Lab (DPL) 1 | Ansin 803

DPL1 is located on the 8th floor of Ansin. This 16-workstation Digital Production Laboratory features Mac Pros connected to Emerson's high-speed Isilon server. Resources include:

  • 16 Mac Stations with Thunderbolt and USB 3.0 capability
  • Adobe Creative Cloud
  • Final Cut Pro X
  • DaVinci Resolve Lite with Control Surface
  • Autodesk Maya 3D animation
  • The Foundry's NUKE compositing
  • DVD/BluRay burners and testing station

Digital Production Lab (DPL) 2 | Ansin 703

DPL2 is located on the 7th floor of Ansin.  This 18-workstation Digital Production Laboratory features iMacs dedicated to the first Digital Production course (VM 120) and connected to Emerson’s high-speed network Isilon server. Resources include:

  • 18 iMacs with Thunderbolt and USB 3.0 capability
  • Adobe Creative Cloud
  • Final Cut Pro X
  • Autodesk Maya 3D animation
  • The Foundry's NUKE compositing
  • Wacom Bamboo graphic tablets
  • Latest Avid Pro Tools Software
  • Midi Keyboards
  • DVD/BluRay burners

Video Editing Lab (VEL) | Ansin 803

The VEL is located on the 8th floor of Ansin. The Video Editing Laboratory is a 13-workstation lab with iMacs dedicated to supporting Intro and Advanced level Editing courses.  All workstations are connected to Emerson’s high-speed network Isilon server. Resources include:

  • 13 iMacs with Thunderbolt and USB 3.0 capability
  • Avid Media Composer with Symphony option
  • Adobe Creative Cloud
  • Final Cut Pro X
  • DVD/BluRay burners

Post Production Suites | Ansin 8

Our post-production suites are equipped with the latest Mac Pros and dual monitors, available to advanced undergraduate students and graduate students for longer-length, upper-level projects. All suites are connected to Emerson’s high-speed network Isilon server. Resources include:

  • Avid Media Composer with Symphony option
  • Adobe Creative Cloud
  • Final Cut Pro X
  • Sorenson Squeeze Pro
  • DaVinci Resolve Lite with Control Surface
  • Flanders Scientific broadcast monitor
  • Blackmagic Design UltraStudio hardware
  • Two suites are equipped with full DaVinci Resolve Color Correction software with Control Surface
  • One suite is equipped with a Wacom Cintiq monitor