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1. Behavior ouo eciam Bleu ER a s DENN I Capitalization sound Effects Window system Requirements songscreen is a highly scaleable application designed to be useful and cost effective to small and large churches alike Because of this there are two sets of system requirements The minimum requirements are for basic operation with minimal use of video and other resource intensive media Meeting the recommended requirements will enable SongScreen to easily handle intensive media operations Minimum System Requirements Any G3 or better computer Mac OS X 10 2 128 MB of physical RAM 650 MB of free space on hard drive 800x600 or better monitor resolution on primary monitor Second monitor output capable of 640x480 resolution for display CD ROM or DVD drive Recommended System Requirements Dual 1Ghz 04 or better computer Mac OS X 10 2 1 GB of physical RAM 2 GB of free space on a 7200 RPM hard drive 1024x768 or better monitor resolution on primary monitor Second monitor output capable of 640x480 resolution for display CD ROM or DVD drive Page 4 of 36 Introduction Thank you for using SongScreen Liquid SongScreen Liquid is an integrated song and scripture media display package It is designed to provide you and your staff and volunteers an easy interface for displaying song lyrics2. No Fade 1 1 Figure 11 You also have the option of loading an overlay image with the style if you leave the field blank or the image does not exist then nothing will happen when you apply a style but if there is a valid image Page 24 of 36 assigned then it will be loaded as the overlay image when you apply the style If you don t want your text to have a drop shadow just set the drop shadow offset to O Text Fade Often times you want to fade text either from verse to verse or just when fading in and out SongScreen allows this through the text fade settings in the styles window You have three options Fade Everywhere This cause the text to cross fade between song verses and when going to and coming from a blank screen Fade to from blank This fades the text in and out when going to and coming from a blank screen No Fade This causes the text to cut from verse to verse and to and from blank When you have one of the fading options turned on you can set the fades to be either slow or fast fades Page 25 of 36 Monitor Window Most installed SongScreen applications have the operator looking at two monitors to run SongScreen The first is the control monitor and the second is a program out Sometimes this is not practical for one reason or another If this is the case you can use the monitor window which is a small window that you can position on your control
3. etc instantly for your services and productions The sound effects window is capable of holding twelve cues at any time Lists can be saved and recalled to expand this number 6 SongScreen Sound FX Sound FX Click on the F button to load sounds play stop with the F Keys or the Play Stop Button Figure 17 Load a sound into a cue by clicking the corresponding f button e g F1 Its name will appear in the field to the right You can adjust the volume for each individual cue using the slider below the name field Checking the loop checkbox will cause the sound to repeat until you stop it Once you have cue set up the way you want it you trigger it using the F Keys on your keyboard i e type F1 to trigger the first cue or using the play button next to its name This is also the way you stop a cue The play button becomes a stop button while the cue is playing and the same F Key used to trigger the effect is used to stop it You can also fade a playing cue out by clicking its fade button Using the open list and save list buttons you can create pages of cues that you can open in sequence for a production requiring more than twelve cues When you save a list the settings for each cue are saved as well Page 35 of 36 Cues will stop playing if you close the window however you can switch to another window or application and the cues will play to completion For the F Keys to work you need to make sure that the sound e
4. 3a D Verse 3b Verse 4a Verse 4b rr SY I7 rr 7 ry I7 I7 f f Change Case Spit Arrange Song Title For Screen Display Fairest Lord Jesus Alternate Title For Searching Fairest Lord Jesus Author Hymn by Gesangbuch Herr Jesu St Elizabeth Preview Song Copyright Information Public Domain Print Song Song ID CCLI Member Song Creation Date 10 DEMO 5 16 2004 Cancel OK Figure 13 song Verses To edit the verses you use the verse editor which is the black portion of the window The currently selected verse is indicated by the radio button next to the verse labels In addition to being able to edit verse text you can customize the labels for each verse to make it easier for the operator to follow the flow of a song Page 28 of 36 You can change the case of the text of the current verse by clicking on the change case button and selecting one of the options from the menu that pops up Using standard capitalization rules for all of your songs will give your presentation a more professional In addition to formatting the song you have the option to override certain capitalization rules by changing options in the preferences window lf you have the text of a song in a document or web page you can use the split function to make the addition of the song to your database easier Just
5. Bible verses PowerPoint video clips and more seamlessly during your services SongScreen is designed to be as easy to use as possible with as many controls at your fingertips as possible Many churches make extensive use of volunteers for various technical responsibilities Songscreen is easy enough to use that you can train a volunteer to use it minutes before a service begins That frees you up to take care of other responsibilities yourself Or maybe you re a volunteer yourself and don t have time to learn complicated software Songscreen is intuitive and logical and can be learned by using it though this manual will give you a jump start and show you some of the details that may be missed How to Use This Manual Organization This manual is organized by the various screens you will encounter while using SongScreen Use it as a quick reference or read through it to learn how to use SongScreen more effectively Conventions Button and window names are printed in bold to allow you to easily identify them Tips and Hints boxes are placed throughout the manual to provide you with shortcuts and alternative commands Page 5 of 36 The Control Panel songscreen song menu T x 3 n DOC announcements J CU tale e ET 1 BB SS T 1 i X ra t a Y ovid Conon SongsScreen for Mac OS X 2004 Josh Hudnall All Rights Reserved Based on SongScreen 2004 Kevin Morehouse Figure 1 The cont
6. control panel or the announce editor button on the main control window O A SongScreen Announcement List Active Announcement Title kd Cafe Service Times Welcome Figure 15 From this window you can create edit and delete announcements using the buttons shown You can also indicate how long each slide should stay on the screen before advancing to the next The active checkbox to the left of an announcement indicates whether or not it is included in the announcement rotation Clicking on the create or edit buttons will bring up the announcement editor where you can edit the announcement text announcement title and font and background settings Announcements can use colors or pictures as a background Page 31 of 36 SongScreen Announcement Editor Remember new service times starting next Font week Background j 9 00am 11 30am 6 30pm Announcement Tithe Service Times Announcement ID 3 Creation Date 8 28 04 Termination Date 8 11 2004 Cancel Preferences Many of the features of SongScreen interface are controlled in the preferences window There are four categories that you can customize Behavior This is where you select options relating to the interface of SongScreen Log Songs SongScreen can keep track of all of the songs that are displayed for usage information Show Tool Tips When you hover your mouse over a button or field a tool tip will appear giving you
7. Page 1 of 36 Users Manual Scr Table of Contents Bee e 0 i ren DIEN 1 ee een nee ener eee eee eee ee eee 2 SYSTEM Requirements ssn 4 RIEKE ElSe i a MEC ees A ante ere 5 HOW TOSS 11 8111610 11211 oe UM 5 a NZa OD a 5 CONVE NUON NEN E NUM 5 TAE 2 MEUS T UMP 6 SONT Eaa 8 BSI OES 1 OO 9 Main Control 00 eode suere sass 10 JONO EIE CUO MIENNE RR E DE 11 nT DS eE EEE P 11 S eei ir NUT T T TI S 12 SONT ES 18 0 61 13 Main Control Window 15 TOONS E E 17 1 T TE 18 Background ConitrOol sn 19 52014010 01101 ADE o aE RRR RE SEA RARER E 19 LIV NGS o 21 1 0 O E 21 EN pre pene 22 ci cum eT 24 Inf 00008 24 1121 000 N E A poeesereectenerence 25 MOROF I NOON ea Sea ae ibaa aaa a 26 NUSO AIGO as EEE EE 27 Creating and SONGS reassessed aaa Paci qeu ma usas ta SAE EE 28 rene O E EE 28 SONG INONMA UON T 29 Page 2 of 36 Page 3 of 36 song Arrangement and Key Range Previewing Verses Printing the Song Announcements 0685
8. access this feature Quit exits the program and returns you to the Finder Page 7 of 36 Song Edit Menu The song edit menu accessible from the control panel allows you to create edit and delete songs and song lists without entering the display portion of SongScreen This allows you to install Songscreen on multiple computers for the purposes of editing SongScreen Song Edit Menu song Edit Menu song Editing Options Eso Delete Song Extra Options List Builder PrintList Figure 2 You can perform the following operations they are detailed farther along in this manual New Song Creates a new song and opens the song editor window Edit Song Allows you to select a song from the database to edit and brings up the song editor window Delete Song Allows you to select a song for deletion List Builder Opens the list builder window so you can build and print song lists Page 8 of 36 Database Settings This will probably be your first stop when you launch SongScreen for the first time Use the database path load button to locate and load a Lit aia a database for use with SongScreen Your installation songScreen installation comes with a default database in your use the backup and Applications SongScreen Liquid folder Unless you restore database have another database you would like to use you should functions in this window co
9. d their termination date Stops them if they are already running Announce Editor Opens the announcement list window from there you can create edit and delete announcements Calibration Screens Reserved for future use Reset Display If you have problems with your display or your layers seem to be out of order use this menu Page 17 of 36 Media Menu The media menu contains four audio related items Three of them point you to iTunes a free audio player from Apple The other is an internal sound effects player for SongScreen The reason for the inclusion is that Windows versions of SongScreen contain the various players but when SongScreen for Mac OS X was developed it was decided that instead of reinventing the wheel we would use the great tools already available to us The menu items are there for those still used to having them in windows Page 18 of 36 Background Control The SongScreen Liquid display window is made up of several layers This layering technique allows for great control of the look and feel of your display Layering allows cross fading between backgrounds and song verses and allows for the inclusion of live video overlays and the Background placement of Nursery Alert numbers ri Fader Video Overlay over PowerPoint SongsScreen Layers are arranged as follows from back to front Background Layer 1 Background Layer 2 Live Video Layer Overlay Layer Tex
10. e These buttons do exactly what their name implies and can be used to easily transition from one layer to the other If they are pressed while the layers are mixed they will transition to the layer lesser active layer Page 20 of 36 Finally double clicking on an item in one of the lists will load that background and initiate a fast fade to it Like most other parts of Songscreen you can right click on an item and it will bring up a list of actions which include transitions mentioned before that videos in the clips list have a few special differences from the other three background types Because clips are not usually used as backgrounds having song or Bible verses in front of it would most likely be distracting and annoying The same goes for the overlay layer and the live video layer Because of this when you load a clip into the inactive layer and take it to the screen using the C F S buttons it will remove all of those elements from the screen and then start the movie If you don t want this to happen use the manual fader and those elements will remain unchanged Live Video SongScreen also has the ability to place text over video imported from a capture card USB camera or FireWire camera The best quality is going to come from a good capture card as iye Video FireWire and USB cameras do not preview well on computers Most capture cards should be supported by SongScreen but there is no guarantee that a capture card will wo
11. e Republic COME THOU FOUNT OF EVERY BLESSING Fairest Lord Jesus Holy Holy Holy Hymn surrender all My Jesus Love Thee D Holy Night Silent Might Add Song to List 4 Remove Song from List Song List Silent Might Amazing Grace surrender all COME THOU FOUNT OF EVERY BLESSING Verse 1b Thee willl cherish Thee will honor Thou my soul s glory joy And crown toe neon Cig Verse 2b Jesus is fairer Jesus is purer Who makes the Woeful heart to sing 1 1 Verse 3a Fair is the sunshine Fairer still the moonlight And all the twinkling Starry host Verse 3b Jesus shines brighter Jesus shines purer Than all the angels Heav n can boast Verse 4a Beautiful Savior Lord of all nations Son of God and Son of Man Verse 4b Glory and Honor Praise adoration Now and forevermore be thine List Builder t Blackout Off Nursery Alert C Fonero Song Editor Announcements c O CO Ca CO CD COO EO Figure 3 The songs section is the default section that opens when you launch SongScreen You switch between song and scripture display using the two tabs at the top of Song creen Liquid the window Scriptures The songs section can be divided up into three areas Song Selection Song Display Options Page 10 of 36 Song Selection The song selection area is used to search for select and organize songs Using the command line you can search for so
12. e list click the remove song from list button while the song is selected The song list builder button opens up the song list builder window which provides advanced list building options The song list builder window is discussed in depth in the following section song Display The song display area is where song verses are actually sent to the screen is simply made up of 9 verse preview fields 9 verse select buttons and a clear button This simple layout makes it easy to put the correct verse to the screen regardless of the order the song is played To load a song into the song display area simply click on a song in either the master song list or the song list Once a song is loaded a verse can be put to the screen in any of three ways Click on the verse select button Click on the verse preview field Page 11 of 36 Use the appropriate number on your numeric keypad The number keys across the top of your keyboard will not work because they are used to type numbers into the command line Options Area There are several buttons in the options area They are used to activate different functions and modes of SongScreen Blackout Toggles blackout of the display screen it covers all layers including PowerPoint Monitor Toggles the monitor window The monitor window is a picture of the display screen that you can position on your main screen to provide a reference of what s being displayed Nursery Al
13. ed its path is displayed in the field next to the load button Use the Overlay controls to fade the image in and out The fade controls only affect non transparent parts of the image This means you can fade in an overlay image to 100 and still see through the transparent parts of the image to the live video and or background layers If the image looks weird or the wrong areas are transparent try checking the invert alpha button Because SongScreen supports so many formats this is sometimes necessary because of the way certain files store transparency information Audio Options When you load movies into SongScreen many of them will have audio tracks that accompany them There are times when this is desirable and times when it is not appropriate Therefore you have a couple of options Audio Follow When selected the level of the audio will be the same as the opacity of the video it accompanies In other words if a video is faded all the way out then so is the audio If it is faded to 50 then so is the audio and so on This is the default setting and allows you to easily transition from video to video or from a background to a video clip Page 22 of 36 Mute This simply mutes all tracks of audio This function supercedes the audio follow function Page 23 of 36 Style Control Styles If your church has several different groups that meet in your meeting room it is likely that everyone will have a different opi
14. ert Opens the Nursery Alert control window PowerPoint Launches PowerPoint if it is installed on your system Edit Song Brings up the song editor for the currently loaded song Announcements Starts the announcement loop if there are announcements selected for display that have not passed their termination date Stops them if they are already running Preferences Opens up the preferences window Most operational settings are found there New Song Like song editor but creates a new song and brings up the song editor window Announce Editor Opens the announcement list window from there you can create edit and delete announcements Page 12 of 36 Song List Builder SongScreen Song List Builder Song List Builder Master Song List Song List All Hail The Power Amazing Grace America the Beautiful Battle Hymn of The Republic OME THOU FOUNT OF EVERY BLESSING Fairest Lord Jesus Holy Holy Holy Hymn surrender all My Jesus Love Thee O Holy Night he Star Spangled Banner Edit the text Insert Blank Line Search Remove Song 3 Clear Song List p Song Text C Song ID O Key Author Print List Print Songs Clipboard Song text includes any fields you have selected for search under Global Settings Author search is case sensitive Search for Figure 4 The song list builder window is an extension of the song selection area of the main window It has several extra
15. ffects window Is the active window Page 36 of 36
16. functions that are not available on the main window because of space constraints It functions in much the same way as the song selection area of the main window You search for songs using the search field and any songs found will display in the master song list From there they can be added to the song list by double clicking in the list clicking add song or insert song You can also add blank lines to the song list using the add blank line and insert blank line buttons These are useful for inserting separations into your list for clarity The main difference in this window from the main window is the ability to search based on Song ID Key and Author To search based on one of these fields select the appropriate radio button below the search field Sometimes when searching for a song you may come up with two or more songs that have the same or similar names If this happens you can see all of the verses of a song by right clicking hold ctrl and click if you have a one button mouse on the song in Page 13 of 36 the list When you release the mouse button the preview will disappear Once a song is in the song list you can edit the text that displays in the list You can do this to add descriptions to the list to help you identify a song more easily This also works for blank lines this way you can create descriptive separators Once you have built a list you can print the list print a copy of all of the songs in the list and c
17. gure 13 would look like this D Fair Bm est Lord A Je D sus oongScreen automatically interprets these codes and places the chords in their appropriate places above the line of text D Fai Bm rest Lord A Je D sus Ruler Bm of all A na D ture D O G Thou of D God G D and Em ma Bm n th A e Son remet Figure 14 Page 29 of 36 You can also build a key range that you commonly play a song by using the key range area of the song editor window Just select a chord select sharp or flat if appropriate and minor if it is a minor chord and click the add button This will add the chord to the list This allows you to search for songs based on the key you play them in Previewing Verses If you click on the preview button you will be presented with a pop up menu where you can select a screen size Selecting one of the sizes will display a full size preview of the currently selected verse using the current style settings Printing the Song If you click on the print song button you will be presented with a printer dialog for your printer where you can adjust your standard settings If a song has an arrangement built in it will be printed along with the song otherwise only the lyrics will be printed Page 30 of 36 Announcements Songscreen can create a list of rotating announcements for you to display before and after your services You enter the announcement editor using the announcements button on the
18. monitor that contains a picture of what is being sent to the screen Whenever you update the text being sent to the screen the monitor updates automatically It does not update for changes to the background layers or PowerPoint more on this later If you would like to manually update the monitor window just click in the window The monitor window is activated using the monitor button on the main window or selecting monitor from the tools menu Page 26 of 36 Nursery Alerts From time to time you will need to put up call numbers for a child in your children s department SongScreen has this ability built in and at your fingertips Simply press the nursery alert button on the main window and the nursery alert SongScreen Nursery Alert control window will open Number Add The controls are easy to use enter the number you want to display into the Queue number field and hit add and it will be added to the bottom of the queue Numbers letters and symbols are allowed meaning you could put names or messages up Adjust the time on screen to the number of seconds you want This is the Remove amount of time each number is on the screen not the total time Time on Screen 30 seconds Set 2 7 Then click the run button the alerts will display in order and will stop when there are no more to display or you press the Font Font Size stop or clear button pa M C5 You can adjust the f
19. more information about its function Strip Extra Line Breaks This will remove any line breaks from the top and bottom of a verse before displaying it This is very useful for keeping text centered between the top and bottom of the window Display Open Display Settings Opens a window where you can set the display bounds for the text and the title of a song Search Although a song search is always performed on the title of a song you can select to have any of the verses searched as well The more fields you select the more likely you are to return a match to your search While this can be a bit overwhelming on some searches it can be a great help in finding a song you don t know the title to A good compromise would be to turn on search in verses 1 4 and off in verses 5 9 Capitalization The capitalization settings are applied to all songs before they are displayed The songs are not permanently modified Capitalize all words Capitalizes the first letter of all words in a verse Page 33 of 36 Capitalize the first word of a line For a cleaner appearance use this option to capitalize the first letter of the first word of each line Capitalize these words Use this to capitalize the words in the list You can modify the list to include words you need Page 34 of 36 Sound Effects Window SongScreen is includes a sound effects panel designed to allow you to cue music sound bytes sound effects
20. ngs Simply type in all or part of the name of a song and all matches will appear in the search list Searches are also performed on the verses of songs This means that a search on amazing would return Amazing Grace et al And a search on how sweet the sound would also return Amazing Grace The search is always performed on the title of a song but you can select which verses you want searches to be performed on This is done in the preferences window discussed further along in the manual Once you have located the song you are looking for you can click on it in to load it into the song display area ready for display You can also add it to the song list to build a list Of Alternate Method the songs that your worship leader plans on vou can drag and doing in the service Use the add song to list drop or double click button to move a song to the song list You can an item in the search add a song multiple times if you desire You can st to add it to the also double click a song drag and drop or right click on a song in the search list to add it to the song list song list The song list functions in much the same way as the search list with a few exceptions You can re order the songs in the song list if there are changes to your list You can also add or remove songs from the song list Clicking on a song in the song list loads a song into the song display area readying it for display To remove a song from th
21. nion of how the text should look To make this easier to manage SongScreen uses styles Using styles you can set your text to look exactly how you want it to and then save it for easy access SongScreen has two default styles that can be edited but cannot be deleted Normal and Scriptures Normal is likely what you would use for your main services and Scriptures is what is used to display Bible verses All available styles appear in the list and are activated by double clicking on them The change happens the next time you put text to the screen This means that a verse on the screen when you apply a style will not reflect the change but the next verse will You create and edit styles using the new style and edit style buttons respectively These buttons open up a window that allows you to define your font characteristics You have control over the following Font Size Justification Bold Italic and Underline Font Color Drop Shadow Offset Drop Shadow Color e Fast Fade Style Contral Styles Double click to apply Current Style Normal Scriptures New Swe ait Ste Summary Name Normal Font Arial Vertical Justification Middle Horizontal Justification Center Bold TRUE Italic FALSE Underline FALSE Size 30 Drop Shadow Offset 3 Font Color White Shadow Color Black Tent Fade Speed 3 Fade Everywhere J Fade to from blank Slow Fade fe
22. nnect to this one If you accidentally deleted that sols lo ee l 1 l Both versions use the database you can find a copy of it on your installation same format for a CD The database used by the Mac OS X version of database backup file SongScreen is different than the one used by the Windows version Mac SongScreen databases have the extension rbd while a Windows database will have the mdb extension The backup database function takes the database located in the database path field and backs it up to a file that can be stored as a backup or can be used to transfer songs between the Mac OS X and PC versions of SongScreen The restore database function takes the backup file created by the backup database function and creates a new database with it The compact repair re index and rebuild buttons are not active in the Mac version of SongScreen They are there for possible future use if their need becomes apparent Page 9 of 36 Main Control Window Songs The main control window is where you will probably soend most of your time in SongScreen It is where all of the display functions are contained It is divided up into two sections Songs and Scriptures SongScreen Liquid Scriptures Command Line Current Song Fairest Lord Jesus 10 Verse la Fairest Lord Jesus Ruler of all nature O Thou of God and man the Son S Search List 12 Songs All Hail The Power Amazing Grace America the Beautiful Battle Hymn of Th
23. ont settings using Drop Shadow Offset C Bold the controls in the lower portion of the 2 W CF italic window Click save to activate the settings The changes will take effect Font Color C Underline with the next number displayed If you press the position button a Drop Shadow Color window will open where you can set the Position position of the alerts The changes will take effect with the next number displayed You do not need to press the save button Figure 12 Page 27 of 36 Creating and Editing Songs At the core of SongScreen is creating and editing songs Though SongScreen ships with over 4000 songs you will undoubtedly need to add your own and modify the ones that come standard This can be accomplished in a couple of ways either through the song menu which is accessed from the control panel You can also access it from the SongScreen main screen Those methods are detailed elsewhere in the manual However once you are in the song editor the interface is pretty straightforward As you see in the picture you can edit the title of a song alternate title author copyright information key and of course the verses of the song SongScreen Song Editor Fair is the sunshine Key fairer still the moonlight and all the twinkling starry host Verse la Verse ib Build in the key range in which this song is commonly played Verse 2a A Verse 2b Verse
24. opy the list to the clipboard You can also use the clear song list button to remove all songs from the song list Page 14 of 36 Main Control Window Scriptures The second part of the main control window is scripture display This is where you display Bible verses to the screen The interface is just as simple as the song display portion of SongScreen SongScreen Liquid Genesis 1 1 KJV Saved References OOO0 z 00 2 And the earth was without form and void and darkness was upon the face of the deep And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters 1 Scripture Reference Add Remove Blackout Off Monitor Nursery Alert d a Figure 5 To access the scripture display portion of SongScreen simply click on the scripture tab at the top of the main window The interface is simple on the left side of the screen is the verse preview and search area The three fields at the top are your previews of the verse you want to display They contain the previous verse current verse and next verse to be displayed The middle or current verse field holds the verse that is being displayed or will be displayed when active To put a verse to the screen just click on any of the three verse preview fields and the corresponding verse will go to the screen You can deactivate this auto display feature at any time by selecting display off Page 15 of 36 To search for a verse type in the refe
25. paste the entire song into the first verse place the insertion point at the beginning of the first line of the second verse and press the split button Then click on the button for the second verse place the insertion point at the same point for the third verse and press the split button Repeat this procedure until each verse is separated to your satisfaction song Information Each song can contain information about its author and copyright information Leaving this information blank is never a good idea and could lead to legal complications It is well worth the effort to do a little research and find out who wrote a song and who holds copyright to it This information is displayed along with the title and your CCLI number at the bottom of the display screen If a song is in the public domain indicate that in the copyright information field song Arrangement and Key Range You can create lead sheets for your musicians inside of the song editor by clicking on the arrange button D Bm AD i i Fairest Lord Jesus This will bring up a window where Bm AD you can enter special codes into your Ruler of all nature l do de DG D G DEm Bm A text that will be invisible for display O Thou of God and man the Son but allow SongScreen to print songs with the proper chord arrangements The code to insert a chord into a song is simply the letter of the chord surrounded by brackets e g D The first line of the song in Fi
26. rence into the scripture reference field and press enter If the reference is found it will become active in the current verse preview field and the previous and next verse will populate their respective fields The verse in the current verse field will automatically go to the screen unless you have display off selected Once a verse is loaded move back and forward by using the left and right arrow keys clicking on the back lt lt and forward gt gt or clicking on the previous and next verse fields If you are building a list of verses for use in a service or come to a verse your pastor may go back to you can click the add button on the right side of the window This will put the current scripture reference into the saved references field for later retrieval You can reorder the verses in the list by dragging them to the position you want To take a saved verse to the screen simply double click on it in the list This will load it into the verse preview fields and if display on is selected will take it to the screen The saved reference list also saves the currently selected translation with the reference so when you recall a reference it will be displayed in the translation used to save it if it is available If the translation is no longer available for some reason then it will be displayed using the King James Version of the Bible To clear a verse from the screen push the clear button To change translations simply push
27. rk with SongScreen In order for songscreen to activate the live video feed you must have a camera connected and turned on before launching SongScreen To use a live video feed simply use the controls at the top of the window under the heading of Live Video These controls are the same as the controls for the background layers Figure 9 Because the live video layer is above the two background layers it will take precedence over them and if faded all the way in will block them out entirely Overlay Layer The next layer forward is the overlay layer It is similar to loading a picture into one of the background layers with some differences Because the overlay layer is above the previous three background layers it can be used to superimpose an image like a logo on the screen The overlay layer has full alpha channel support and support for GIF transparency This means that if you create an image in Adobe Photoshop or some other image editing application that supports Page 21 of 36 alpha transparency and load it into the SongScreen overlay layer all 255 levels of transparency will be preserved If you load an image that does not have an alpha channel it will load with full Opacity In other words there will be no transparent areas of the image but it will still display Video Fader Live Video 5 fa CO Figure 10 Use the load button to load an image into the overlay layer When an image is load
28. rol panel is the first screen you see when you start SongScreen It provides access to the various features of the program There are five options available from this screen SongScreen Song Menu Announcements Database Settings Quit SongScreen opens up the display portion of the software This is where you display songs scriptures and other media It is available only on licensed computers Song Menu brings up an interface for you to create edit and delete songs You can also create a song list here This section is available to any user with SongScreen installed regardless of whether it is licensed or not This allows you to give other users e g your music department the ability to add new songs to the database or edit existing songs This eliminates the need for your worship leader to give you lyrics to new songs Announcements gives you access to the announcement list builder and announcement editor You can use these tools to Page 6 of 36 create a rotating announcement list that you can run before and after your services Announcements can use any font styles available on your system and can have colors or pictures as your background This section is also available regardless of license Database Settings is where you set up your song database You can back up your database for transfer to another computer or restore a backup to a database Like the Song Menu and Announcement Editor you do not need a license to
29. solid colors Figure 7 Only one background layer can be fully active at a time so when you select a new background from the list it will be assigned to the inactive layer ready to be displayed If neither of the layers are active as will be seen below the new background will not be assigned to any layer Once you have assigned a video to a layer it is ready to be taken to the screen This can be done regardless of what is on the text overlay or nursery alert layers To take the inactive layer to the screen you can do one of several things Perhaps the Video Fader most obvious is using the controls at the top of the window under the heading video fader There is a slider control and three buttons labeled C F and S that are all used to control the background on display The slider transitions between the two layers of video manually you can move it as slow or as fast as you want You can also leave it somewhere in the middle to mix two backgrounds As before only one layer can be fully active at a time but in this state neither layer is fully active and therefore if you were to try to assign a new background in this state the change would be immediate and probably distracting This is why a new background can only be assigned to inactive layers Figure 8 If you want a simple cut or fade between layers use the C F S buttons C stands for cut F stands for fast fade and S stands for slow fad
30. t Layer PowerPoint Layer 1 Black Nursery Alert Layer 2 Black Blackout Audio W Audio Follow Mute The first four of those layers make up ops Clips Pics Colors the background group The Background Control window allows you to control 0022 MotionBack NTSC DV mov the background group Background The first two layers Background 1 and 2 are grouped together and only one can be fully visible at a time The content ER c Remove File of these layers is changed by selecting a al medium from the lists in the bottom Import Folder portion of the window There are four types of media that can be used as a background Looping Videos Video clips that loop continuously as a subtle or hyper background You can Figure 6 Page 19 of 36 load any video file that QuickTime supports Video Clips These are seldom used as backgrounds and are instead usually clips that are played as an illustration promo or other service element Video clips have a few special properties that are discussed in detail below You can load any video file gt loops Clips Pics Colors that QuickTime supports 0022 MotionBack NTSC DV mov Pictures Like looping videos pictures are used to provide a background for your text Because QuickTime is used you can load most any common image format including bmp files Colors Colors are exactly like pictures but they are
31. the radio button of the translation you want to use If a translation is not available it will be grayed out Songscreen includes the following translations out of the box KJV NIV NIrV and the TNIV when published Additional translations can be purchased see http www SongScreen com for more information The options area here is the same as the one on the song display control with the difference that the new song and edit song buttons are disabled Page 16 of 36 Tools Menu The tools menu is very similar to the options buttons of the main window with a few additions Blackout Toggles blackout of the display screen it covers all layers including PowerPoint Monitor Toggles the monitor window The monitor window is a picture of the display screen that you can position on your main screen to provide a reference of what s being displayed Background Control Opens up the background control window if it is not already open Style Control Opens up the style control window if it is not already PowerPoint Launches PowerPoint if it is installed on your system Edit Song Brings up the song editor for the currently loaded song New Song Like song editor but creates a new song and brings up the song editor window Nursery Alert Opens the Nursery Alert control window Announcements Starts the announcement loop if there are announcements selected for display that have not passe
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