This entry is part 9 of 10 in the series 10 Steps to Improve Your Church MediaWe’re in the home stretch, and today’s tip is extremely practical and easy to implement. It may take a little bit of digging to get the information you need, but the next way you can improve your church media right now is:
Know & work your resolution.
Diving into projector resolution and aspect ratios can...
May 04, 2011
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This entry is part 8 of 10 in the series 10 Steps to Improve Your Church MediaYou have to admire a man like Jack Bauer. He can make anyone tell him what he needs to know, at any time. He doesn’t blink when it comes to asking the tough questions, making the hard calls, or meeting his deadline. I sometimes fantasize that I have that same ability in moments of great frustration. Moments like, s...
Apr 28, 2011
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This entry is part 7 of 10 in the series 10 Steps to Improve Your Church MediaNo one likes cookie cutter design, but everyone loves cookies. Our step for today is about being efficient and working under time pressures in unique situations. This shouldn’t be your default action when asked to create graphics, but when someone is requiring you to bake a dozen cookies immediately, you’ll b...
Apr 27, 2011
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I talked yesterday about the importance of keeping up-to-date and organized bookmarks, but didn’t get to really address the organization side of things. Most modern browsers have a “bookmarks bar” option. My suggestion for you is that you utilize this feature for organizing your most oft-used site resources.
Now, for me, my bookmarks toolbar in Firefox looks like this:
I have a ...
Apr 27, 2011
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This entry is part 6 of 10 in the series 10 Steps to Improve Your Church MediaFor our next step I’m going to assume that the computer you create church graphics on is connected to the internet. I know of several churches that refuse to allow their media computer online access, afraid that something terrible will pop on the screen during a service. While those concerns aren’t entirely w...
Apr 26, 2011
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Psalms 22 is a Messianic Psalm. It begins “My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?” and is written as though the Messiah is speaking. This whole chapter is amazing, written approximately 1,000 years before the birth of Christ, and centuries before the punishment of crucifixion would even be invented. Yet it perfectly illustrates, down to the words spoken and things that Jesus would ...
Apr 25, 2011
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This entry is part 5 of 10 in the series 10 Steps to Improve Your Church MediaWe’ve covered a lot of ground on some pretty in depth subjects so far ranging from the importance of a great default screen to a crash course on fonts and typography. I’m going to take it a little easy on you today with our next step:
Czech You’re Spelingg and Grammer.
I hold myself to a pretty high sta...
Apr 25, 2011
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This entry is part 4 of 10 in the series 10 Steps to Improve Your Church MediaWe’re making great progress! If you’ve been following along, so far we’ve addressed three big issues with simple solutions: the default screen, understanding our software, and image problems. This next step may not feel all that important, but it’s a valuable time saver that has made the differenc...
Apr 22, 2011
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This entry is part 3 of 10 in the series 10 Steps to Improve Your Church MediaSo far we’ve talked about the importance of a great default screen, and the power of learning hidden features in your presentation software. This next step may require a little more practice and discipline to pull off, but it will directly impact every graphic you create.
The rule I’m going to introduce here ...
Apr 21, 2011
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This entry is part 2 of 10 in the series 10 Steps to Improve Your Church MediaHopefully you were inspired by yesterday’s post to either create a fantastic logo/default screen for your media system, or have it on your “to do” list for the very near future.
Today’s tip is a little more practical and doesn’t require any design skill to accomplish. It’s so unbelieva...
Apr 20, 2011
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