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On today’s Tech, No Babel: Church Tech Volunteers: Where to find them

Looking for church tech volunteers? Here’s what to look for:Click To Tweet

1. Fall in love with your ministry.

2. Don’t short-sell the vision.

3. Look for older children and teens who can help out.

4. Look for people with transferable skills.

5. Look for people who are interested, but not yet skilled, in the subject.

6. Always be looking for people who want to volunteer.

7. Don’t say their “no” for them.

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Tech, No Babel is a weekly podcast recorded live every Thursday at 11a edt, 8a pdt, 3p utc on http://churchtechcast.com. Watch it live and join the chat then.

But, if you miss the live show, I’ll put up the edited show later (usually on the same day) right here.

If you do video or graphic design to advance your church’s mission, this show is for you.

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On today’s Tech, No Babel: Does your church tech team suffer from this mindset?

I get in a lot of conversations on-line and more and more I hear this. “We want to (fill-in-the-blank with something that should cost a lot of money) and we only have (fill-in-the-blank with much too little to do it).”

Usually, one of two answers comes back: either, “that’s too little; you can’t do it for that” or “you can do it with crappy equipment that’s very outdated which really ought to be thrown away.” I don’t think either is the right answer.

If God is God and if He’s called you to it, He’ll equip you in whatever way He sees fit.Click To Tweet

If God is God and if He’s called you to it, He’ll equip you in whatever way He sees fit. We shouldn’t settle or make excuses. We shouldn’t go ahead of Him either, telling Him what we’re called to. We need to be careful about what we’re actually called to do, but we shouldn’t just assume that impossible means anything to Him. It doesn’t.

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About this show:

Tech, No Babel is a weekly podcast recorded live every Thursday at 11a edt, 8a pdt, 3p utc on http://churchtechcast.com. Watch it live and join the chat then.

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If you do video or graphic design to advance your church’s mission, this show is for you.

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On today’s ChurchTechCast.com Q & A, questions on: Audio software, Splitting HDMI, Free software, & more

Here are the latest questions:

Nick on Twitter:

What audio editing software should I use? I’ve tried most of the free stuff, but am looking for something more powerful.

Justin Leif on ChurchTech on G+

Ok, here goes… Mac mini (brand new) Thunder bolt > DVI for main user screen. HDMI – How does one run two LCD HDMI screens off of one HDMI port?

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Sandip Kumar on ChurchTech on G+

Guys – i need good editing Software ( free sources ) for my Fellowship ministry.

Also , Live telecasting with free open sources. Please suggest me.

‘I have Propresenter5 and livestream producer installed in the same PC.’ Have church tech questions?Click To Tweet

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rajivharris on CMN

Hi,

I have propresenter5 and livestream producer installed in the same pc (dell optiplex). Our aim is to use Propresenter to mix the video and lyrics and directly feed the video output to livestream which is installed in the same PC. I am not sure whether is it possible. Please advise me on this.

Thanks,

Rajiv.

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kennydow on CMN

printable email buliten

hi I have recently taken over our churches weekly newsletter after we refreshed our website.

We currently produce a printed paper copy in MS publisher and then create a duplicate copy in mailchimp to email.

this works ok but is fairly time consuming and I have been tasked to try and stream line the system so we only create one copy each week.

I have tried printing directly from mailchimp with various settings but it always ends up splitting a news item across 2 pages some where along the lines.

what I’m looking for is if there is a set up for mailchimp I have missed or another system that can do what I’m asking of it.

I have looked into creating pdf files in publisher and that’s an option but if I could I would like to move to something that doesn’t require dedicated software so I can hand it back to the volunteers with out any issues.

thanks

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About this show:

The ChurchTechCast.com Q & A show is a weekly podcast recorded live every Friday at 11a edt, 8a pdt, 3p utc on http://churchtechcast.com. Watch it live and join the chat then.

But, if you miss the live show, I’ll put up the edited show later (usually on the same day) right here.

This show started is meant to help church techies the world over get their questions answered. Paul Alan Clifford specializes in video, graphic design, social media, new media, and the web. If there is something you want to know that’s outside these areas of expertise, given some time, he’ll do his best to find the answer from other experts he knows.

If you do tech at your church or you use computers to advance your church’s mission, this show is for you.

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On today’s Tech, No Babel: Video production: What’s a DA and how do you use it?

DA doesn’t stand for district attorney (in this case). It’s distribution amplifier. Let’s look at those words. Distribution means to send something to different places. An amplifier increases signal. So, a DA amplifies and then splits the signal. That’s important. A splitter takes a signal and splits it in half. A DA starts with a signal of a certain strength and then splits it to send the same strength signal to both locations.

If you want to send the same thing to two locations, a DA is a perfect choice.Click To Tweet

Why would you use it?

If you want to send the same thing to two locations, a DA is a perfect choice. Looping out of the projector might not give you the best results.

There are multiple types of DAs. The most basic ones are 1 in and 2 out. Others can be 1 in 4 out. One of these might be a great idea for lobby TVs or to a local monitor, two projectors, and a confidence monitor.

I won a Kramer Electronics’ Twitter contest. You won’t believe how they surprised me!

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About this show:

Tech, No Babel is a weekly podcast recorded live every Thursday at 11a edt, 8a pdt, 3p utc on http://churchtechcast.com. Watch it live and join the chat then.

But, if you miss the live show, I’ll put up the edited show later (usually on the same day) right here.

If you do video or graphic design to advance your church’s mission, this show is for you.

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On today’s Tech, No Babel: 5 mistakes your video team is making

1. Not considering the audience type.

2. Ignoring copyright or justifying breaking it.

3. Not leading up when your leader is making a mistake (or not doing so humbly and with alternatives).

4. Not training new people or not doing ongoing training.

5. Not using transitions correctly.

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About this show:

Tech, No Babel is a weekly podcast recorded live every Thursday at 11a edt, 8a pdt, 3p utc on http://churchtechcast.com. Watch it live and join the chat then.

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If you do video or graphic design to advance your church’s mission, this show is for you.

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On today’s Tech, No Babel: Making slow motion video

Let’s start with the camera. You can use a normal camera. Set it to the highest frame rate you can and make sure the shutter speed is fast enough that you don’t get motion blur. As a starting point, try 2x the frame rate. If you’re shooting at 60 fps, start with a 1/120th shutter speed. Shorter will give you a crisper image, but will require more light.

Now slow that down in your editor to 30 fps or 24 fps. To get slower, you can use your editor and sometimes third-party plug-ins. There are limits though.

If you want to see something really fast, like a bullet, you need a special camera that can record hundreds or thousands of frames per second.

If you want to freeze and examine a moment, consider firing multiple still cameras at the same time, This is how they did it in The Matrix. You can also put several cameras in a row along the path of a moving object and trigger them quickly for an alternative slow motion effect.

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About this show:

Tech, No Babel is a weekly podcast recorded live every Thursday at 11a edt, 8a pdt, 3p utc on http://churchtechcast.com. Watch it live and join the chat then.

But, if you miss the live show, I’ll put up the edited show later (usually on the same day) right here.

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http://TrinityDigitalMedia.com/church-tech On today’s Tech, No Babel: DSLR Lenses and their uses

When you’re looking at cameras and their lenses, it can get confusing fast. There are all sorts of measurements. What’s an 18-55mm 3.5-5.6 IS lens anyway?

The first number (18-55mm) is the focal length. Smaller numbers take wider pictures and larger numbers take closer pictures. 3.5-5.6 means that it has an aperture that at it’s widest is either f 3.5 (when zoomed out) or f 5.6 (when zoomed in). This means that you can set the picture at one focal length, but it might be too bright or dim at another when you changed nothing but the zoom.

Longer lenses like my 70-150mm lens are great for getting close to the action, but tend to have smaller maximum apertures (in this case f 4.5).

If you want a fast lens (one that can open wide), a 50mm prime (no zoom) lens is great. Mine opens all the way to f.1.8. The downside is that 50mm is pretty close for what I do indoors.

Add one other thing to the mix. Sometimes lenses with identical numbers might cost radically different amounts of money. This is normally the result of how sharp the lens is. The cheaper lens will focus well, but the better lens will be really sharp.

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About this show:

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http://TrinityDigitalMedia.com/church-tech On today’s Tech, No Babel: Taking video with a smartphone

-Know the phone’s limits & work within them.

-Get a steady shot.

-Use the best sound you can.

-Get the best lighting you can.

-Record in the highest resolution.

-Minimize times you edit.

-Lock focus & exposure

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About this show:

Tech, No Babel is a weekly podcast recorded live every Thursday at 11a edt, 8a pdt, 3p utc on http://churchtechcast.com. Watch it live and join the chat then.

But, if you miss the live show, I’ll put up the edited show later (usually on the same day) right here.

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On today’s Tech, No Babel: What I’ve learned from using entry-level editing software

When you’re in church tech, sometimes you just don’t have the money for what you really need. As a result, you make do. There are sometimes problems with that approach, though.

I first edited video using a linear editing system, from one tape to another. Then, I started using Final Cut Pro and loved it so much that I switched to a Mac.

With the change over from tape to tapeless recording, I initially tried to transcode my footage so that I could still use Final Cut Studio. It was very time consuming.

I really need either Final Cut X or Premiere Pro to do what I do. Here’s the thing. I’m used to the power of high-level software, but I don’t have the money for the ones that can do what I want.

So, I’m trying to use what I do have: Camtasia and iMovie (which are better for non-tape work). The problem is that I want to use them like the higher-end stuff and they just can’t do it.

Watch today to find out the lessons I’ve learned.

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About this show:

Tech, No Babl is a weekly podcast recorded live every Thursday at 11a edt, 8a pdt, 3p utc on http://churchtechcast.com. Watch it live and join the chat then.

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On today’s Tech, No Babel: Video software that you might have, but don’t know about

You know that Photoshop (affiliate link where you can get it for only $10 a month, along with LightRoom) is the industry standard for graphic design, but did you know that you can also use it for video?

I first figured this out when I was making a cinemagraph (aka subtly moving animated gif). Then, a couple of weeks ago, a friend of mine sent me this article from Cnet about editing video in Photoshop, so a few days ago I tried it.

I’d been in a rush to make a video (before the sun went down) and hadn’t white balanced like I should have. As a result the whole scene had a blue-green hue. So I brought it into Photoshop, converted it into a smart object (so that changes affected the whole clip) and used an adjustment layer to first white balance and de-saturate the clip.

If you want to see the final product, look at the landing page for my Video School 101 course. It’s not to my normal standards, but it’s much better than it would have been and I didn’t need to reshoot.

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