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Item 1B City Council Work Session Page 3 3 playback on stand-along DVD players are created. This process takes about 20-50 minutes. Working at CTV means that for each of these computer intensive processes, the editor sits around waiting for the computer to be available again. Having an edit station right at the City of Mounds View means that during these times, the editor could be multi-tasking – answering email or phone calls, working on the PC workstation, updating graphics on the Compix PC. The wasted downtime at CTV becomes useful, productive time. As an example of the time savings possible, take editing one episode of Seniors on the Run. One hour of tape was shot on each of two cameras, meaning two hours of capturing. Rendering took about 30 minutes, exporting the QuickTime file was 12 minutes, the DVDrop transfer was 19.5 minutes, DVD creation 45 minutes, and burning three copies of the DVD about 25 minutes each, for another 75 minutes. This makes a little more than 5 hours, costing $130.45 at the rate of $26.09/hour. In addition to the productivity gains possible by having the editing system on site, it also becomes possible to leave these processes running unattended overnight which is not feasible in a public space like CTV. Assuming three productions per month of a similar complexity to the Seniors on the Run example, the lost productivity of editing at CTV adds up to $4696/year. Add in the cost of getting there, $3470, for a total of $8166 and in less than 13 months the cost savings would cover the purchase price of the system. Continued Access to CTV Resources CTV and Mounds View both are on the Metro iNet, and the common network allows us to retain the benefits of their resources while having the advantages of our own editing system. • Ability to log into CTV file servers and use shared resources such as the Network Music royalty-free music collection and Digital Juice video transition and elements collection. • Ability to digitally submit programs from Mounds View using DV Drop. The production tracking form may be faxed in allowing programs to be submitted for playback from their playback servers without a physical trip to CTV. • Technical support through the 100 hours program. Recommended Software Apple Final Cut Studio 2, consisting of: • Final Cut Pro 6 video editing • Motion 3 motion graphics • Soundtrack Pro 2 audio editing • Color color correction