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VJing @Church with GrandVJ and Ohm64

March 27th, 2010

Just a quick post, we had youth worship event last night, about 180 kids, and I mixed visuals, projected on the front wall with GrandVJ and the Ohm64 controller…

View from Below (click for larger view)

View from Above (click for larger view)

I’ll post again later on with more info on how I got on with the software and hardware – but overall it was very good, having 8 channels of video to mix with is great, and the ease of use makes selecting videos quick… during one song I did have 7 layers of video in use at the same time!

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Posted in Hardware, Presentation Software, Projection

Tags: environmental projection Hardware projector Software Worship VJ

Video Mixing Software and Hardware

March 12th, 2010

I have a collection of video loops, backgrounds, footage etc, and I like to mix/blend them during worship events, as “Worship VJ”.

I started mixing VHS tapes (eg the original Images for Worship VHS tapes from onbd.org), with a Panasonic MX50 mixer connected to a couple VHS players. This was great with lyrics keyed in over the top…. I started doing this about 12 years or so ago…

Now I have a growing collection of video files and have been looking for the best way to locate, mix and control video mixing of these files – mpgs, movs etc…

I have recently been using 2 laptops with their SVIDEO output connected to an Edirol video mixer, and then connect the output of the edirol to a projector.

However, I’ve been looking for a better solution, and I’ve decided on this:

Software Mixer: Arkaos Grand VJ

Arkaos GrandVJ

MIDI Controller: Livid Instruments Ohm64

Ohm64

They are currently on order, but the idea is, that the software can mix 8 channels of videos, and apply effects etc and more, and using the MIDI controller will make make the physical mixing/settings etc quick and easy…

I’ll post back with how it goes, I have an event on March 28 at which I’ll be using this…

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Posted in Hardware, Presentation Software, Projection

Tags: Hardware Software Video Worship VJ

Create Word Cloud Images

September 30th, 2009

Ephesians

I’ve just come across Wordle – it’s a web based program that can make images (like the one here, click for a bigger version) from a load of text – here we have the text from Ephesians! It figures out the most popular word (by count) and makes those words bigger.

» Read more: Create Word Cloud Images

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Posted in Free Stuff, Images, Presentation Software

EasyWorship 2009 Released!

September 18th, 2009

img feature ew foldback EasyWorship 2009 Released! EasyWorship have released a new version of the very popular (and great) presentation software! » Read more: EasyWorship 2009 Released!

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Posted in Presentation Software

Tags: Audio Easyworship projector

Spell Check EasyWorship Songs

September 5th, 2009

I’ve just found this free program that lets you spell check anything within Windows… It’s able to spell check songs in EasyWorship too. » Read more: Spell Check EasyWorship Songs

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Posted in Free Stuff, Presentation Software

Tags: Easyworship

PowerPoint Test Pattern for Calibrating Projectors

September 2nd, 2009

Setting up a video projector isn’t as easy as you first may think. Leaving the settings on the default values may not give you the best image possible. » Read more: PowerPoint Test Pattern for Calibrating Projectors

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Tags: powerpoint projector

Create stunning looking Photo and Video Slideshows

August 28th, 2009

animoto logo sm whiteBkgd Create stunning looking Photo and Video Slideshows animoto.com is a website where you can create photo slide shows – this is much more than your usual ‘Ken Burns Effect‘ slide show, there are more special effects, and the system works in -time with your music too.