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!

Anyway, this is what I did at our carol services this year…

As you can see in the images, our front wall has 5 arches (one with a wooden cross infront)- they actually used to be windows, but years ago we built behind the wall, and they are now filled in.

I created a mask, and edited some videos using the mask, so as to only project video in the arches, it was a great effect and people loved it!

I projected with a 5000 lumen Christie projector from the back of the room, the mask was actually made in OpenOffice Impress (the PowerPoint equivalent), only because I thought it was the quickest and easiest way to draw arches – I created the mask whilst at the church with the projector connected. I then exported the file as a jpeg and used it in Premiere and Photoshop to create the images and videos.

The photos show our usual projection which displayed lyrics, camera and other media during the services.

Click the photos below for a larger version – sorry for the poor quality, they were taken on my phone.

Snow falling

Stained Glass Nativity

Angels - during Hark the herald angel...

Animated star of Bethlehem

Candles flickering in the arches

Post a reply below if you have any questions or have done something similar yourself!

Here I’m projecting images of a stained glass Christmas scene on to an otherwise blank wall, but I’ve masked out sections so that the image is only projected in the arches of the wall. An effective way to bring some Christmas decoration on to an otherwise empty wall!