TUITION

Estimated Cost of Expendable Supplies & Equipment (by Program)

DESIGNING FOR FASHION

• Sewing Machine (approx. $264)
• Serger (approx. $330)
• Iron (approx. $20)
• Dress Form (approx. $299
• Drafting Supplies (approx. $125)
• Pattern Drafting Book (approx. $116)
• Drafting Paper
• Oak Tag
• Tracing Paper
• Muslin

Software

Adobe Creative Cloud Student Membership ($20/month)

VIDEO PRODUCTION

• DSLR Camera (ranges from $279 – $6,000):  or Prosumer documentary camera ($2000 – $10,000):                                                                         **Note 4k camera output is optional but highly recommended for future personal use
• Lenses (if camera does not have a fixed lens) external primes and/or zoom lenses (ranges from $100-$5000 ea):  or iPhone X or later model ($1000-$1500)
• Shotgun on-camera Microphone ($99 – $499)
• 1TB Hard drive (Approx. $100-200)
• 2 SD Cards, 128GB recommended ($79- $120 ea.)
• Tripod with fluid head ($99 – $499)
• Wireless lav mic ($100-$500)
• Small LED light ($150-$1000) optional
• Gimbal stabilizer ($150-$1000) optional (highly recommended for DSLR or smart phone use)
• Slider ($100-$1000) optional

Windows

• Intel® 6th Generation or newer, or AMD equivalent processor; 64-bit support required
• Windows 8, Windows 8.1, or Windows 10
• 16 GB of RAM (32 GB recommended)
• 15 GB of available hard-disk space for installation; additional free space required during installation (cannot install on removable flash storage devices)
• Additional disk space required for preview files and other working files (25 GB recommended for Premiere and 50GB for Pro Tools 11)
• 1280 x 800 display
• 7200 RPM or faster hard drive (multiple fast disk drives, preferably RAID 0 configured, recommended)
• Sound card compatible with ASIO protocol or Microsoft Windows Driver Model
• QuickTime 7.6.6 software required for QuickTime features

Mac OS

• Intel® 6th Generation or newer processor with 64-bit support
• Mac OS v 10.13 or later
• 8 GB of RAM (16-32 GB recommended for Pro Tools)
• 15 GB of available hard-disk space for installation; additional free space required during installation (cannot install on a volume that uses a case-sensitive file system or on removable flash storage devices)
• Additional disk space required for preview files and other working files (25 GB recommended for Premiere, and 50 GB for Pro Tools)
• 1280 x 800 display
• 7200 RPM hard drive (multiple fast disk drives, preferably RAID 0 configured, recommended)
• QuickTime 7.6.6 software required for QuickTime features

Software Information

*Adobe Creative Cloud Student Membership ($19.99 USD per month)

*For Editing courses beginning in Term 2

GRAPHIC DESIGN & INTERACTIVE MEDIA

Desktop*

Optimal: iMac Pro – turnkey

Preferred : iMac with Retina display 21.5” or 27” models – turnkey

Sufficient: iMac 21.5” model – turnkey

*Comparable PC with Windows based operating system

Laptop*

Preferred: MacBook Pro with Retina display 16” – turnkey

*Comparable Laptop with Windows based operating system

Software

Adobe Creative Cloud Student Membership: download Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator, After Effects + Acrobat Pro

Equipment/Set-Up

Camera with the ability to take high resolution images – most phones have powerful digital cameras and are perfectly suited for this

Colour Desktop Printer

Unlimited bandwidth is recommended as there will be weekly uploading and downloading of assets, resources and projects

WRITING FOR FILM & TV

Final Draft (Final Draft Educational is available at a discount for students)

OR

Other industry standard screenwriting software.

VIDEO GAME ANIMATION

PC

• Intel® Core™2 Duo or AMD Phenom® II processor; 64-bit support required
• Windows 10
• 8 GB of RAM
• 1TB Hard Drive

Macbook Pro

• 2.9GHz dual-core Intel Core i5 processor, Turbo Boost up to 3.3GHz
• 8GB 2133MHz memory
• 512GB PCIe-based SSD
• Intel Iris Graphics 550
• Backlit Keyboard (English) & User’s Guide
• Four Thunderbolt 3 ports
• Touch Bar and Touch ID
• Windows

Software Information

Adobe Creative Cloud
www.adobe.com/ca/creativecloud/buy/students.html

Autodesk Entertainment Suite
www.autodesk.com/education/home

ZBrush (available at 50% discount for students)
http://store.pixologic.com/ZBrush-4R7-Academic-and-Educational-License/

Marvelous Designer
http://www.marvelousdesigner.com/product/pricing

Unreal Engine
https://www.epicgames.com/

The Wacom Intuos Pro Small tablet
http://www.wacom.com/en-us/products/pen-tablets/intuos-pro-small/

VISUAL EFFECTS FOR FILM & TV

HARDWARE REQUIREMENTS

The following are the minimum hardware requirements to run the software in this course.

To be updated yearly

Windows

• OS – Win 10 64-bit
• CPU – Intel 64-bit multi-core processor (min 2.5GB+ quad-core)
• GPU – 4GB+ memory
• GPUs approved by Autodesk for Maya: https://knowledge.autodesk.com/sites/default/files/HardwareCertification_Maya_Arnold_MotionBuilder_Mudbox2019.1_v02.pdf
• GPUs approved by SideFX for Houdini: https://www.sidefx.com/Support/system-requirements/supported-graphics-cards
• RAM – 32GB
• Disk Space – 2-3TB (can be increased incrementally through the program)
• Monitor – 1920×1080 min
• 3-button mouse required

Recommended:

• Wacom tablet
• Solid State Drive for Data and Scratch Disks

Mac OS

• MacOS 10.12 and up, Mac Pro 4.1, 6.1, iMac 13.2
• RAM – 32GB
• Disk Space – 2-3TB (can be increased incrementally through the program)
• Monitor – 1920×1080 min 

SOFTWARE REQUIREMENTS

Adobe After Effects – Please check the link for the most current pricing
https://www.adobe.com/ca/creative-cloud/plans.html?filter=video-audio

Adobe Photoshop -Please check the link for the most current pricing
https://www.adobe.com/ca/creative-cloud/plans.html?filter=video-audio

Autodesk Maya (Free for students)
https://www.autodesk.com/education/free-software/maya

Side FX Houdini (Free for students)
https://www.sidefx.com/products/houd-ini-apprentice/

Foundry Mari (Free for non-commercial use)
https://www.foundry.com/education/students

Foundry Nuke (Free for non-commercial use)
https://www.foundry.com/education/students

Substance Painter (Free for students)
https://www.substance3d.com/educa-tion/

Unreal Engine (Free for students)
https://www.unrealengine.com/en-US/download

ZBrush (Please check the link for the most current pricing)
https://store.pixologic.com/zbrush-2020/
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