Programs, Programs Everywhere...(Part Two/Epic Conclusion)

And we are back like the giant second form of a previously defeated power rangers' monster! Here is part one if you missed it (in my unbiased opinion, it's a pretty spectacular read) and so you don't have to reread the thing (though again, pretty spectacular...), here's a brief summary:

Programs are a thing on computers. The center's computers have a ton of awesome ones. This is a (non-exhaustive) list of those programs I had never heard of before, plus simple descriptions, woo-hoo!

Now, as Captain Li Shang sang to us in one of my personal Disney favorites, let's get down to business...

I'm not entirely sure what version this is, but according to the ableton website, "Ableton Live 9 Lite is a customized version of the music making software" and includes such things as "Professional-quality audio recording and MIDI sequencing on up to 8 tracks".

Mac Only (Studio 6)

 

So, according to their website, this is a statistical analysis program. Since the website is up to version 17, here is a PDF introduction by the Statistics Group of the IOMS department, just in case someone has an in depth question. Oh, and the 8 licenses in parenthesis over there just means that only 8 people can use it at a time here at the center.

Windows Only

I'm just lumping these guys together because they're the same program, just different versions. From Apple's overview of Motion 5 this seems to be how you would go about making your own transitions and titles.

Mac Only (Motion 5 Studios 3 and 4)

According to what I believe is it's website, this "is a powerful free video converter, player, editor for Mac and Windows."


Mac and Windows

Numbers' Wikipedia page describes it as "a spreadsheet application developed by Apple Inc. as part of the iWork productivity suite alongside Keynote and Pages."


Mac Only

This User guide I found is actually for version 4.5 so it'll be great for a description, but if you're ever actually having trouble with it you might want to do a little more digging. According to the PDF this is used to create high-quality screencasts (recordings of computer screen output) and export them.

Mac Only (studios 3,4, and 5)

This user manual describes Soundtrack as being "designed to serve the art of motion picture sound post-production..." and that it "gives you many specialized tools and powerful features that you can use to create high-quality audio."

Mac Only

The actual name of this (according to its wikipedia) is Secure Shell and it "is a cryptographic network protocol for initiating text-based shell sessions on remote machines in a secure way." If that's a little heavy on the technical jargon, this site clarifies a bit, calling it a "UNIX-based command interface and protocol for securely getting access to a remote computer."

Windows Only

According to this website Textwrangler is "a general-purpose text editor for light-duty composition, data-file editing...and manipulation of text-oriented data."

Mac Only

Here's a manual for Toast Titanium 10 and a YouTube video for version 11. From the manual this program is described as including "everything you need to edit, copy , burn, and share your videos, movies, photos, music and data files on CD, DVD, and Blu-ray Disc™.

Mac Only (ten-5 and 6/eleven-3 and 4)

In this very amusing users guide VisualHub is said to "allow people to convert video to many popular formats with ease."

Mac Only

On its webpage VLC is described as a "simple, fast and powerful media player" that "plays everything: files, discs, webcams, devices and streams."


Mac and Windows




And with that, we made it! Thank you for sticking with me through this thoroughly (you can't deny it) exciting roller-coaster of programs and their mini descriptions.

Catch you all later! :)