This week @ seminars4worship (in Bradenton, FL), we tried out environmental projection for the first time ever. Not only was this my first time to VJ using this creative yet simple technique, but it was also my first time to see it first hand. i’ve seen lots of pictures…i’ve even taught on the concept. But experiencing it live and hearing the feedback from those with me, i’m still blown away.

For those of you wondering, i’ll break down the technology a bit:

- MacBook Pro running ProVideoPlayer (for all image playback)…

- …which outputs into a Matrox TripleHead2Go…

- …which is tied directly into three 5K projectors set up on a ledge in the back of the room.

- MacBook Pro running ProPresenter…

- …tied directly into the house video system, where white on black lyrics were run (hitting the house screens which were splashed with the environmental projection)

- lighting by ProGear Warehouse (Elation LED fixtures), LD was Greg Moore, one of the best worship lighting guys i’ve ever worked with.

In no way do i take full credit….we had an AMAZING production team & volunteers help in the set-up. I also have to give credit where credit is due, as i learned from the master.

If you are thinking about doing this in your church, tread cautiously. B/c if you don’t have the right content & VJ it tastefully, you can create the biggest distraction ever. i’ll blog more about that later.

It’s really exciting to do something that is really so simple and relatively cheap, which can transform a stark-white, boring room into a place of inspiration and creativity that hopefully draws people in and points them to Jesus.

Before.

After.

Colt Sammons, bravig the ledge.

p.s. sorry for the bad quality photos, my iPhone is cool but not that cool. the Canon 50D is being ordered this week!

Tags: CREATIVITY, EVENTS, Hardware, ProPresenter, ProVideoPlayer, Software, VISUAL WORSHIP, VJ COMMUNITY, VJ GEAR, WORSHIP, apple, conferences, environmental projection, integrity live, seminars4worship by proctor
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This is the Pancake Pantry. It’s a Nashville Tradition (as u can see).

On the left, we have Sweet Potato pancakes.

On the right, Swiss Chocolate Chip pancakes.

This is Luke McElroy. He owns Orange Thread Media.

This is Camron Ware. You might know him from VisualWorshiper.com.

And then we have Brandon Horner. Motion graphics artist & VJ extraordinaire.

And then you have me. Scary, I know. And I own a little establishment known to the locals as gi*inc.

Today was pretty cool ’cause we all met up for breakfast, had some unhealthy but really good food, & had some amazing conversations about visual worship. It was great building community with a few other like-minded friends that are passionate about the same things.

We’re dreaming big, and I can’t wait to see some of our ideas become a reality.

More to come.

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New friend and fellow VJ, Camron Ware, is the owner of VisualWorshiper.com and has an incredible blog. I check it every day and am inspired by his work. What he’s accomplished with what he has termed “architectural projection” is jaw-dropping. He also just bought his first Mac (one of the new 15″ MacBook Pros)…so let’s throw a party and welcome him to the Mac community!

Camron just posted an article on his blog that was very intriguing…concerning the use of iMAG (image magnification/live video) during worship gatherings. This was something i thought about blogging about at some point, but he did the topic great justice. so go check it out!

Tags: CREATIVITY, Hardware, STYLE, VISUAL WORSHIP, VJ COMMUNITY, apple, iMAG by proctor
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another great motion lyric project by Brandon Horner.

to read more on the art of motion lyrics, read my previous post.

have you created any cool motion lyrics? links?

Tags: CREATIVITY, VJ COMMUNITY, custom content, motion lyrics by proctor
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Magnetosphere revisited (audio by Tosca) from flight404 on Vimeo.

our friend and fellow VJ Allan White (aka “Wazungu”) has made what could be a very exciting discovery that has gotten some major media attention in the world of Mac.

he has blogged about & VJ’d some “trippy visuals” from Magnetosphere, and has proclaimed that this could be the new visualizer in iTunes 8, scheduled to release next week at Apple’s Sept 9th event.

MacRumors.com recently had posted a quote from an Apple Exec saying that “the new iTunes 8.0 visualizations are really trippy - there is one with planet like objects wrapping around each other w/stars/light streams”

VJ Wazungu decided to do a little more research…and it resulted in his find being published on MacRumors.com today!

to read more about Allan’s “visual prophecy” check out his blog. He’s a great VJ that I met on the road a few years back when VJ-ing for the Luis Palau Festival in DC, and he is currently working for the Luis Palau organization now. He was one of the first guys to ever comment on this blog and has been a huge encouragement in launching the worship VJ blog. I follow him on Twitter and so can you!

and to be mesmerized by this amazing visualization and soon to be VJ tool of mine, watch this video!

Tags: CREATIVITY, VJ COMMUNITY, VJ-ing, loops by proctor
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