Monthly Archives: October 2009

Keep your PNG quality consistent across browsers

By faber | Published: October 27, 2009

From the always helpful swissmiss, a quick tip for keeping PNG file quality consistent between different web browsers.

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HD video export tutorial: Compressor 3 to Vimeo

By faber | Published: October 27, 2009

Vimeo was the first mainstream video site to allow high-definition video uploads. And while YouTube and Viddler both now offer this functionality, Vimeo (in our opinion), remains the best. Plus the community on Vimeo is generally more artistically inclined. For those that like analogies, Vimeo is to YouTube as Flickr is to Facebook. The following [...]

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Two tips to make Photoshop faster

By faber | Published: October 22, 2009

Adobe Photoshop can be slow. Very slow. In fact, it can get slow enough that the program often becomes almost unusable on older computers. But all is not lost. Web designer Dan Rubin has created a single serving site, appropriately named Make Photoshop Faster, with two tips that can drastically improve the performance of image editing [...]

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Copyright, Fair Use, and How to Apply it

By faber | Published: October 19, 2009

UPDATE 10-2010 – In July of this year, the DMCA came out with a new set of rules.  Some of the information below is no longer accurate.  Please see our post DMCA Rules, or Kevin Smith’s post Reading the Fine Print for more details about those rules. Issues of Intellectual Property and Copyright occur regularly [...]

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Big list of print design tutorials

By faber | Published: October 14, 2009

A round-up of print design tutorials from around the Web.

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Welcome to The Spark!

By faber | Published: October 7, 2009

Welcome to The Spark: the Multimedia Project Studio‘s official blog. The goal of the site is to help members of the Duke community (and beyond!) with their various digital creative projects, as well as sharing interesting projects happening at Duke and on elsewhere on the Internet. As a blog, content will appear in the form [...]

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  • New MPS West Now Open!

    The new MPS in 006 Bostock is officially open! Come see us in our new location near the Link in the lower level of Bostock.

    The Old Chem branch of the Multimedia Project Studio is now permanently closed.

  • What is the MPS?

    The Multimedia Project Studios are a series of high-end computer labs located at Duke University. We feature cutting edge equipment and industry standard software and are staffed by a corps of student Multimedia Consultants who are available to help you out with your project on a one-on-one basis, but are not able to do production work on your behalf.
    MPS Lab Locations & Hours
    MPS East
    115 Lilly Library
    The MPS in Lilly is open whenever the library is open. Check their site for hours, which can change during holidays and academic breaks.

    MPS West
    006 Bostock
    The MPS in Bostock is open whenever the library is open. Check their site for hours, which can change during holidays and academic breaks.



    Staffed Hours for Both Locations

    Winter, summer, and other break hours will vary, according to student consultant availability. To check consultants' availability, view our Live Schedule.

    Sunday - Thursday: noon to midnight
    Friday: noon to six
    Be sure to check our Live Schedule to see who will be on staff and our staff page to meet our talented consultants.