Project LaunchBox complements Full Sail’s programs across six different disciplines by providing students with a mobile studio comprising of a MacBook Pro loaded with software such as the Final Cut Studio video production suite. Full Sail selected the pro Apple laptop because it provides desktop performance in a thin sleek notebook design, making it ideal for intensive creative tasks involving graphics, video editing and music encoding that are the lifeblood for students interested in pursuing careers in the entertainment industry, says Garry Jones, president of Full Sail.

"Apple has proven over time to be a pioneer and a leader in the creative industries, making its products and solutions the obvious choice for Full Sail," he adds. "With a MacBook Pro and powerful software such as Final Cut Studio, Project LaunchBox enables students to express unique stories digitally without limits."
                                 
With Project LaunchBox, students have access to Apple’s line of creative software tools: iLife, Apple’s suite of digital applications that includes iPhoto, iMovie, iDVD, GarageBand and iWeb; and iWork, Apple’s productivity suite that includes Pages and Keynote. The customized sets of pro-level applications include software packages such as Logic Pro 7 for music and audio creation and Final Cut Studio for real-time video and motion-graphics production.

At, Full Sail Real World Education, students experience a “real world” education with a professional class structure of 8-12 hours per day and a 24-hour around the clock schedule that earned Full Sail the “Most Innovative Program” Award by the Florida Association of Postsecondary Schools and Colleges. The college has also been named: one of the top three entertainment media colleges by Shift Magazine (alongside the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and New York University); one of the Top Five Game Degree Programs in the world by Electronic Gaming Monthly; one of the “Best Music Programs” in the country by Rolling Stone magazine; one of the “Best Music Business Departments” in the Schools That Rock: The Rolling Stone College Guide; and one of the Best Film Programs in the country by UNleashed Magazine.

"Full Sail is one of the country's most creative and technically savvy colleges," says John Couch, Apple's vice president of Education. "We are thrilled to work with Full Sail on this exciting new adventure for the school’s students and faculty and can't wait to see the creative projects they produce."