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5 steps to better worship projection:
There's an epidemic of bad worship projection
in churches. Weird transitions, ugly fonts
and cheesy graphics. Remember, just because
your software can perform a snazzy trick
doesn't mean you need to implement that trick
into your worship service. A gimmicky slide
transition can only distract from worship
- something we don't want!
These 5 guidelines can help you create a
professional and pleasing worship projection
presentation. Once you have the simple basics
down, then slowly start adding some razzle-dazzle.
 1. Don't underline your song titles - it produces a cluttered look. Bold them instead, and make them a few points
larger than your lyrics. (Let's say your
lyrics are 40 points - try 50 points for
the song title.).
2. Avoid the over-used Times Roman font.
The sleeker Verdana or Arial (Helvetica)
fonts (or something similar) are more modern
and are on most computers. Never use decorative
fonts for song lyrics.
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3. Use a similar background theme, texture
and/or color to tie your entire worship service
together - song lyrics and sermon.
4. Make your song lyrics flush left (lyrics
line up at the left) not centered. Centered
lyrics tire the eye as it has to search for
the beginning of each new line. Think of
newspapers and magazines - they all line
up text at the left margin for easy reading.
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 centered lyrics = bad
Times Roman font = bad
underlined song title = bad |
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flush left lyrics = good
larger, bold song title = good
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5. Don't have too many lines of lyrics per
slide. Bite-sized chunks of lyrics are easier
to digest (aim for no more than 2 slides
for each verse and chorus.)
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By the way, notice how WorshipView song title
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6. Okay, one more. Use smooth transitions
(also called dissolves) between slides if
your software has this capability. Swirling,
swooping and sliding lyrics are tacky. Think
of television and film: movies dissolve between
scenes, whereas used car commercials use
swirling, swooping and sliding transitions.
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gimmicky transition = tacky |
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