Hobby room Visio

Hobby room Visio is located in the Main library Metso. In Visio, you can work independently on a variety of graphic and visual works. In Visio, there is a media workstation with a powerful computer as well as an all-in-one printer you can use to print images on poster or photo paper, sticker sheets or heat transfer materials pressed on textiles, among other things. Visio also has a machine for making button badges, a heat press and a laminating machine. 

How to use Visio

1. Book the device in the reservation system, from Music department's info, by phone 040 806 4918 or via email [email protected]. All-in-one printer and media workstation can be reserved for four hours a day. Reservations can be made up to eight days in advance and you can have a maximum of three reservations.
2. Read the rules of use.
3. Show your library card at the music department's info and you will be let in Visio. Your reservation will expire if you are more that 10 minutes late.

Instructions and help

There are instruction videos for Visio's device. Videos are in Finnish. Instructions can also be found on paper in Visio.

In case of problems you can contact our AV support team [email protected]. They can give instructions via email or make an appointment if necessary.

We will help with technical problems where possible. Please note that staff familiar with the equipment may not be present at all times.

Visio's equipment and software

Large-format printer

• RolandTrueVIS2 SG2-300 
  • Materials: poster paper, thermal transfer film, sticker paper, photo paper
• A computer for printing and editing images
  • Software: Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, VersaWorks

Media workshop

• A computer, OMEN 30L Desktop GT13-1xxx
  • Processor: AMD Ryzen 9 5900X 12-Core Processor 3,70 Ghz
  • Installed RAM: 32,0 Gt
  • System type 64-bit
  • Windows 10 Home
• Display, Eizo ColorEdge CG279X 27” 2560x1440
  • NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080
• Adobe software: Photoshop 2023, Illustrator 2023, Premiere 2023, Premiere Rush 2023, After Effects 2023, InDesign 2023, Lightroom ja Lightroom Classic
• Wacom Cintiq 22 drawing board 
  • Drawing applications such as Krita and Photoshop
• Scanner, Canon 9000F Mark II 
  • Possibility to scan slides, negatives and 120 films

Other equipment

• Pinback button maker 25 mm
• Pinback button maker 38 mm
• Pinback button maker 59 mm
• Heat press
• Laminator (A4 and A3 films)

You can get the materials from the staff.

In addition, Visio offers customers scissors, a carpet knife, a putty knife for sticker materials, clipping tools and tweezers for heat transfer materials, and a paper cutter for cutting posters, for example.

The customer is responsible for the quality and resolution of the image they print. A material fee will also be charged for failed prints.