LFHS Art Students Discover
New Equipment in the Graphic Design and Photography Labs… And
31 faculty and staff across the school benefit!
Sept. 2009 Students in Graphic Design and Photography found new Macintosh computers and Apple LED Cinema Displays in the labs when they returned to school this year. These newly equipped labs, which previously operated with a PC platform, were made possible by a grant from the LFHS Foundation. The Mac platform is well regarded as the industry standard in Graphic Design and Photography applications as it has faster processing speeds and is specifically designed to handle image-editing and page layout software. “The new platform will allow students to take their work to a higher level,” said Carolyn Bielski, a faculty member in the Art Department. “The faster processing speeds will allow us to complete more projects each semester.” “In the Photography Lab, students will find that the intuitive nature of the Mac makes it easier for learning. Photoshop also runs more efficiently,” said Deb Zare, one of the photography teachers. “The larger monitors will allow students to make more accurate color adjustments to their photographs. What the students see on their screen will now be what they see on their prints.” Wendy Antrim, the Instructional Director for the Art Department, watched the technology team work over the course of the summer to install the new machines. “We were speechless when we first heard about our grant award. It’s so nice to see it become a reality. Our students will benefit so much from having the technology that artists in the creative industry use on a daily basis. Students who leave LFHS and pursue this course of study tell us their colleges and universities also consistently use the Mac platform.” The value these new computers add to the Art classes does not represent the full value of the grant. According to Cornelius DuBose, Technology Director at LFHS, the personal computers previously being used in the lab were redeployed throughout the high school to replace some of the oldest equipment being used by other faculty and staff. “We were able to retire an incremental 31 computers from the back-end of our inventory saving us approximately $30,000.”
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