Welcome to The Visual in Worship Using Technology
Aims of the first day... ● To think why the visual is relevant in worship ● To explain why digital projectors are an important tool in bring the visual into worship ● To introduce equipment that can be used ● To show the basics of using such equipment ● Link to resources: ●
Why bring the visual into Worship ● A picture paints a thousand words... ● Communication is changing – visual comes full circle? ● Can we communcate through the visual?
'For nothing changes here'....? ● How do we learn? ● V ● A ● K ● Seeing, hearing doing, to name but 3!
Digital Projectors as visual tools ● Nothing new under the sun: blackboard, slides, whiteboard, OHP, projector... ● Digital technology and the digital age
Projectors & Pcs What they can do... ● Project anything that a computer or tv screen can show... ● PCs allow relatively easy creation of material for the screen
Equipment: Projector ● Digital Projector ● Also called computer projector, LCD projector ● Key info: ● Lumens (brightness) ● Resolution ● LCD or DLP
Equipment: Screen ● Tripod ● Freestanding ● Wall mounted ● White wall ● Electric ● Rear projection ● Mirrored
Equipment: PC or laptop ● What spec? ● What software? ● What extras?
Equipment: PC or laptop ● What spec? ● What software? ● What extras?
Equipment: Video link between Projectors and PCs HDMI VGA phono composite
Equipment: Video link between Projectors and PCs
Connecting: Getting the picture from the laptop/PC ● Display Properties ● Identify screens ● Attach 2 nd screen ● Cloned desktop ● Extended desktop ● Fn (Function) keys on laptops
Display Resolutions
Evergrowing number of Resolutions!
Equipment: Video link between Projectors and PCs
Aims of the second session... ● To introduce software that is helpful ● To discuss issues that arise when presenting visuals on screen ● To give introductory training in the use of two key tools used on computer ● To think about next steps - where do we go from here?