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Using the Freedman Center Lab

Assistance for in-person use of the Freedman Center technology lab

Workstation Lab Software List

This page details software on each cluster of computers. To see a full software list and the lab layout, use the left-hand navigation. All software with an * requires a little extra setup the first time a CWRU network ID holder logs in. See this page for more info. 

Software on All Computers

  1. 7-Zip
  2. Artisteer
  3. Audacity
  4. Browsers: Edge, Firefox, and Chrome
  5. Gephi
  6. Google Earth Pro
  7. iMazing HEIC Converter
  8. Leawo Bluray Player
  9. Notepad++
  10. Open Broadcaster Software (OBS)
  11. Omnipage Ultimate 19
  12. Python
  13. R
  14. RStudio Desktop
  15. Stereo Photo Maker
  16. Stereo Video Maker
  17. Tableau Reader
  18. Visual Studio Code (VS Code)
  19. VLC media player
  20. Zoom

Cyan (triangle ▲): Audio and Video Capture

All packages listed under Software on All Computers (Above) and additionally:

  1. *Adobe Creative Cloud Suite selected programs: Acrobat, Animate, Audition, Bridge, and Camera Raw, Dreamweaver, Illustrator, InDesign, Media Encoder, and Photoshop
  2. Drivers that support digitization equipment
  3. Winxdvd ripper

Magenta (box ■): Data Analysis, GIS Mapping, and VR

All packages listed under Software on All Computers (Above) and additionally:

  1. *Adobe Creative Cloud Suite: all programs except Lightroom
  2. Agisoft Metashape
  3. *ArcGIS Pro
  4. *Autodesk selected programs: 3DS Max, AutoCAD, Fusion with FeatureCAM, Inventor Professional, Maya, MotionBuilder, Mudbox, Netfabb Premium, ReCap Pro, and Revit
  5. Blender
  6. Handbrake
  7. Insta360 Studio
  8. Mathtype
  9. Nvivo
  10. Origin
  11. QGIS
  12. Subtitle Edit
  13. TMPGEnc Authoring Works 6
  14. TMPGEnc Video Mastering Works 7
  15. Zephyr Free

Yellow (sun ☀): Digitization and Scanning

All packages listed under Software on All Computers (Above) and additionally:

  1. *Adobe Creative Cloud Suite selected programs: Acrobat, Animate, Audition, Bridge, and Camera Raw, Dreamweaver, Illustrator, InDesign, Media Encoder, and Photoshop
  2. Drivers that support digitization equipment

Black (diamond ♦): AI Sandboxes

All packages listed under Software on All Computers (Above) and additionally:

  1. *Adobe Creative Cloud Suite: all programs except Lightroom
  2. Agisoft Metashape
  3. Anything LLM
  4. *ArcGIS Pro with deep learning libraries
  5. *Autodesk selected programs: 3DS Max, AutoCAD, Fusion with FeatureCAM, Inventor Professional, Maya, MotionBuilder, Mudbox, Netfabb Premium, ReCap Pro, and Revit
  6. Blender
  7. HWInfo
  8. LM Studio
  9. Mathtype
  10. *Msty
  11. Nvivo
  12. *Ollama
  13. Origin
  14. QGIS
  15. Unsloth
  16. Zephyr Free

All software with an * requires a little extra setup the first time a CWRU network ID holder logs in. See this page for more info. 

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