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- Day 1: Rest & Renewal Starting Your Christmas Season Right In the rush toward Christmas productions, livestreams, and special services, our first call isn’t to do more—it’s to rest. Yes, rest. Right at the beginning of the busiest season. Jesus himself modele…
- Filo 2021 Below are notes from the Companion Breakout at FILO 21. Feel free to comment with questions! General Links: Companion by Bitfocus Companion Slack Channel Companion Facebook Group Midi-Relay Downloads Enclosure post on Facebook Enclosure…
- Stream Deck + Companion General Links: Companion by Bitfocus Companion Slack Channel Companion Facebook Group Icons: ProPresenter 7 Icon Set Native Icon Directory Aurora – Free Icon Set Stream Deck Key Creator Note: For best results use these settings: Size (wi…
- Filo 2020 How Many Screens can your Mac NATIVELY Handle? iMac with 2 USB-C: 2 external displays iMac Pro: 4 external displays Macbook Pro (no touch bar): 2 external displays Macbook Pro (with touchbar): 4 external displays Mac Mini (18/19): 2 exte…
- ProPresenter + Live Streaming Notes and links from the Filo 2019 breakout. ProPresenter Lower 3rd options Multi Screen Module Module – $199 Triplehead2go / duelhead2go – $179 – $449 Datapath x4 – $1,098 Alpha Key Module Module – $999 Blackmagic UltraStudio HD Mini (U…
- Musicbed Membership vs Soundstripe Soundstripe has long been a long favorite for churches looking for quality music at an affordable price, but even the the biggest Soundstripe fans know that The Musicbed has the high quality music from some of the biggest names. The issu…
- Create Multilingual Slides and Songs in ProPresenter Learn how to create multilingual slides and templates in ProPresenter. Download 6 Free multilingual templates
- Create & Share Custom ProPresenter Templates Learn how to create custom templates that can be shared with other ProPresenter users. This tutorial is a companion video to “Pastors Guide to Creating Teaching Notes in ProPresenter“. Download the Template File
- Pastors Guide to Creating Teaching Notes in ProPresenter Pastors and Teachers learn how to create your own teaching notes directly in ProPresenter. This tutorial will walk you through everything you need to know. Introduction & Downloading ProPresenter – 0:00 Creating New Documents – 0:53 Bull…
- Up Your Instagram Game Many churches struggle to know how to use social media effectively, often times it is a last minute thought and feels very haphazard. This video is not about tricks to get followers or the best way to edit filters. It is about how create…
- DIY Drum Enclosure Links Whiteley Solutions Drum Enclosure (approx. $2,500 – $7,000) Clear Sonic Drum Shields (approx. $500 – $2000) Circle Arc Calculator DIY Floor Plan – PDF Notes about the DIY enclosure The aluminium frame was all 90 degree angled piece…
- Easy Ink Reveals Inside After Effects Dan Stevers brings you a mind bogglingly simple tutorial to help you create your own ink bleeds.
- How To Create Hand Drawn Worship Lyrics Hi, I’m Michael Slater and I’ve made this tutorial to help you bring life to your lyrics through this hand-drawn style, inspired by Hillsong Young & Free. I hope this tutorial and the resource attached will really be a great help for yo…
- Creating Your First Presentation in ProPresenter 6 In this fast-paced comprehensive tutorial, you will learn all of the basics of creating presentations and working with them within ProPresenter 6.
- Announcement Loops in ProPresenter 6 ProPresenter makes creating loops of slides and media easy with announcement loops.
- The Cue Palette in ProPresenter 6 The Cue palette allows you to make multiple things happen when a slide is clicked.
- Social Media Integration in ProPresenter 6 ProPresenter makes the display of Instragram and Twitter feeds extremely easy. This tutorial shows how to use this powerful function.
- Media Effects & Organization in ProPresenter 6 There is a great deal you can do with media within ProPresenter, and this tutorial is designed to show you the basics and advanced topics.
- Creating & Importing Songs in ProPresenter 6 There are a variety of ways to create presentations with song lyrics in ProPresenter 6. This tutorial shows all of them.
- Transitions in ProPresenter 6 ProPresenter 6 offers a great many transitions to help you achieve professional results. This tutorial walks through how you can use these transitions effectively with various options.
- Advanced Slide Design in ProPresenter 6 There is a wealth of features and options for building slides in ProPresenter 6, and this comprehensive tutorial will show you creative design strategies you’ll want to incorporate in your presentations.
- Slide Builds In ProPresenter 6 ProPresenter 6 offers some great new tools for creating dynamic slides, which are covered in this tutorial.
- Templates in ProPresenter 6 The fastest way to achieve a cohesive look for your presentation is by using templates. This tutorial walks you through how to use templates effectively in ProPresenter 6.
- ProPresenter 6 Interface Overview The interface of ProPresenter 6 is designed to be easy to use, and customizable to fit your specific needs.
- Props in ProPresenter 6 The Props layer in ProPresenter is useful for persistent objects that you want to appear above the other content within ProPresenter.
- Working with Bibles in ProPresenter 6 Having quick access to scripture is very important to churches. ProPresenter 6 has a great many features to present even the last minute scripture references professionally.
- Telestrator in ProPresenter 6 The telestrator function of ProPresenter 6 gives you the ability to annotate slides in real-time during a presentation. This tutorial shows how you can use this powerful tool effectively.
- Reflow Editor in ProPresenter 6 The Text Reflow Editor in ProPresenter makes making edits to song presentations as easy as editing a text document.
- Importing & Exporting in ProPresenter 6 ProPresenter offers a multitude of ways bringing in and sharing content. This tutorial explains how.
- Arrangements in ProPresenter 6 ProPresenter’s arrangements function make it easy to customize the ordering of slides without creating separate presentations. This tutorial shows you how.
- Planning Center Online Integration in ProPresenter 6 ProPresenter 6 offers tight integration with the services provided by Planning Center Online. This tutorial deals the various ways these two great Church offerings work together.
- Masking in ProPresenter 6 The Masks layer in ProPresenter sits on top of all other layers and is designed for easily masking out sections of your output. This tutorial explains how this function works.
- Stage Display in ProPresenter 6 The Stage Display output in ProPresenter is one of its most powerful features, giving a great deal of flexibility to the information you want to see at a glance. This tutorial walks you through the many options available when working wit…
- Audio Bin In ProPresenter 6
- Clocks & Timers in ProPresenter 6
- Live Video in ProPresenter 6
- Local Sync In ProPresenter 6
- Using The Timeline in ProPresenter 6
- Settings and Preferences in ProPresenter 6 Because there are a wide variety of environments in which ProPresenter is a worthy tool, there are a lot of settings that can customize ProPresenter for your particular needs.
- Corner Pinning in ProPresenter 6 Sometimes you can’t align projectors ideally for a screen. ProPresenter 6 has corner pinning tools to assist you in correcting for this scenario.
- Installing ProPresenter 6 on a Mac This tutorial walks through the installation of ProPresenter 6 on the MacOS platform.
- Printing in ProPresenter 6 ProPresenter 6 offers a number of ways to print your presentations, as this tutorial demonstrates.
- CCLI Reporting in ProPresenter 6 If your organization subscribes to CCLI, there are reporting tools you can take advantage of within ProPresenter 6
- Vintage Stamped Text Tutorial Links Vincent Font Pacifico Font Rolled Ink Textures Unsplash.com – Free Photos Download Download the graphic package that was created using this tutorial here.
- Control ProPresenter with an Apple Remote Learn how to easily get content onto TV’s in smaller venues like classrooms or meetings spaces, while keeping it simple so any volunteer can control it. Also we talk about how to remotely connect to a Mac with no mouse or keyboard. Links…
- Low Cost In-Ear Monitors Learn how you get set up In-ear monitors for your entire band without breaking the bank! Links: Rolls Headphone Preamp Monoprice 15ft headphone extension MEElectonics headphones Sansamp Bass Preamp
- Trapcode Particular Essentials, Everything You Need to Know This tutorial from DanStevers.com covers dust, rain, snow, sparks, Fireworks, layer emitters, custom particles, snow w/custom particles and light emitters.
- Show Your iPad On Your Projector Without An Apple TV Episode 137: In this tutorial learn how to show your iPad, iPhone or iPod on your projector without an Apple tv. We also give you apps and ideas on how you can use this in your ministry.
- Pre-Comping Like A Pro Unravel the mysteries of pre-comping with your host Dan Stevers.
- Fisheye Camera in After Effects A quicktip to help you achieve a fisheye look in your compositions.
- Curtain Closing in After Effects Dan Stevers bring an After Effects tutorial that shows you how to create a swaying curtain using the Puppet Pin tool.