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It is common for a speaker on stage to desire to control their own slide changes. Presentation Remotes or “clickers” can be a great solution for this. There are 3 main options for this: generic and cheap remotes, the production industry standard, and apps which can provide more flexibility and control.

Zoom has become incredibly popular, with many organizations using it for meetings, town halls, worship services, funerals, classroom teaching, and more.

Syphon is a powerful technology that enables you to share ProPresenter’s features and functionality with other applications on the same computer, but often the documentation assumes you already know what it is. This is a basic overview of Syphon, and how to use it in ProPresenter.

Learn when to upgrade your macOS and Windows operating systems to ensure compatibility with ProPresenter’s video presentation software for seamless live productions.

In late 2020, Apple released the first set of computers made with their own processors, dubbed “Apple Silicon”. The first new chip released was the entry-level processor called the M1, and it honestly lives up to the hype. As an entry-level processor, it performs similarly to the top-end MacBook Pro’s with Intel chipsets, and even competes with many of the larger iMacs for performance. To get similar performance from an Intel Mac is double or even triple the cost of an M1 computer. If an organization budgeted $2899 for a new iMac to run ProPresenter on 4 screens plus live streaming, now the same scenario can be accomplished on a $799 M1-based Mac Mini. That’s an insane amount of performance for the price!Update: in Fall 2021 Apple released two new MacBook Pro’s with M1 chips: the M1 Pro and M1 Max. Starting at $2000 and $3500 respectively, the M1 Pro can natively support 3 displays (built-in screen + 2 external), and the M1 Max can natively support 5 displays (built-in screen + 4 external). This article is to add more displays than a system officially supports, and the examples listed are based on the original M1 release, which only supports 2 displays.

Daystar Church is a large multi-site church located in Alabama with impressive stage designs and creative processes. We caught up with their Production Manager, Dennis Carr, to get some insight into their thought process when it comes to designing a new stage look.

There are more technologies to deliver your video content from your computer today than ever before, but unlike days of yore that had full words to describe these technologies, such as “Composite, Component, and S-Video”, today we are faced with an alphabet soup of acronyms and technical classifications. It is difficult to keep up with all of the changes that are taking place so this article is written to assist you with an understanding of these technologies.

If you’re reading this, you likely have been involved with some sort of big production. Whether it’s a large conference, a big holiday (like Easter), a significant event your organization is putting on, or even being on the road working a concert tour. All these types of events and other similar productions can be exhausting. The time spent planning, implementing, and producing mixed with the physical, emotional, spiritual, and mental labor take a toll on a person, and because of that, it’s important to be intentional about recovery.

In our last article, we took a look at a few of the benefits of automating lyrics with ProPresenter 7. You can read it here. This week we’re going to take a look at how to get started with automating lyrics in ProPresenter 7 with Ableton Live. Let’s get started by looking at what you’ll need to make this happen.