SCA Post-Production & Animation Labs (CDM-020)
Summary 🟡 ~
- Owner Unit: Jarvis College of Computing and Digital Media
- Sub-unit: School of Cinematic Arts
- Content Type: infrastructure
- Campus/Location: Loop + Lincoln Park
- Last Verified: May 30, 2026
Description & capabilities
Editing, color, ADR/foley/mix studios, animation labs, and campus Mac/PC labs listed for SCA finishing and animation.
Access status
- Level: yellow (
Negotiated Access) - Rationale: Post-production and animation lab pages describe SCA facilities; access is tied to cinematic-arts coursework and production authorization rather than published open hours.
- Access URL: www.cdm.depaul.edu/school-of-cinematic-arts/production-res…
- Verification date: 2026-05-30
- Source URLs:
- www.cdm.depaul.edu/school-of-cinematic-arts/production-res…
- scaproduction.depaul.edu/post-production.md
Verification
- Status: likely (
~) - Confidence: 79/100
- Rationale: SCA post-production and animation resources pages and handbook links remain active for enrolled production students.
- Last verified: 2026-05-30
- Evidence:
- CDM post-production and animation official page
- SCA post-production handbook link
- Tied to active Cinespace and Jarvis Center resources
Equipment
Find this resource from the Equipment catalog or site search (e.g. “3D printers”, “laser cutter”, “NMR”).
| Category | Specific equipment |
|---|---|
| Post-production, color, and editing suites | CDM Daley 201–204 editing suites; CDM 922 Advanced Editing Lab; CDM 724 Recording Sound Studio; CDM 600A Mixing Sound Studio; DaVinci Resolve Micro Panel; Mac Pro (12-core Xeon) edit stations; Color and editing suites at Cinespace (see CDM-016) |
| Animation and motion capture labs | CDM 527 Animation Lab; CDM 722 Animation Lab; CDM 803 Animation Lab; OptiTrack motion capture equipment |
| Creative workstations | CDM 526 Mac Lab; CDM 632 Mac Lab; CDM 5th and 9th floor workstations; DePaul Center C106-B PC Lab / C106-C Mac Lab; Daley 210 / 506 / 513 Mac Labs; Lincoln Park Student Center 331 Mac Lab |
Source: SCA post-production page and handbook (May 2026). Last verified: May 28, 2026.
Contacts (resource-level)
- Website: Post-Production and Animation
- Website: SCA Post-Production (handbook)
Last verified: May 28, 2026.
People & contacts
Named contacts from the people registry when publicly documented.
- Meghann Artes (Director) — martes@cdm.depaul.edu · Profile
- Sandy Gordon (Manager) — s.gordon@depaul.edu · Profile
Source URL
Official links and email are listed under Contacts above.
Documented Relationships
Finishing pipeline for CDM-016 production; OptiTrack also used by game/XR programs.
Linked Relationship IDs
Related courses (documented)
POST 380
- Catalog course page: CUR-491
- Relationship: uses_facility
- Rationale: DePaul course catalog description references SCA post-production labs. Catalog text matches SCA post-production labs.
- Source URLs:
- catalog.depaul.edu/course-descriptions/post
POST 480
- Catalog course page: CUR-496
- Relationship: uses_facility
- Rationale: DePaul course catalog description references SCA post-production labs. Catalog text matches SCA post-production labs.
- Source URLs:
- catalog.depaul.edu/course-descriptions/post
Notes
Added from SCA/CSH/library facilities research (May 2026).