Documenting is a way of keeping a record for not only for our own benefit but for those also affected by what we do. It is how we make sure that others aren’t incapacitated in our absence. And, in some ways also helpful in training others. We’ve explored these and other reasons in earlier posts. And, in a post preceding (Best Documenting Practices) this one in the Document It series, we explored some best practices. This series would be incomplete without looking at how to document.
Why You Should Record Sermons & How to Get Started
Week after week pastors around the world spend countless hours reading, studying, praying, and writing. They do it for the sake of the Gospel in hopes of speaking life changing truths to their congregations and any visitors that walk through their church doors. What they have to say is not only valuable, it’s vital. If you’re at church, you have the privilege of benefiting from the hard work that goes into preparing and delivering a sermon. But is one delivery enough?
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DIY Emoji Easter Eggs
If you’re going to be making some Easter eggs this year, why not make some emoji Easter eggs!?!
These are really fun—not to mention, way cool.
There are plenty of emjois to mimic, but you could even make up some of your own—check these out:
10 Minute Film School
Video is an amazing medium. It has become a huge part of our culture. From a religious standpoint it is being integrated into our church environments, teaching, and homes. There are a few resources out there that do it well in the Christian world, but as it becomes more prevalent we will all begin to feel the need for more personalized content. Especially in light of the fact that the affordability of doing video well continues to increase.
This is my attempt to download the things I have learned over the years from friends in the industry as well as trial and error. This 10-minute film school should give you an easy to follow workflow to help bring your video production quality and quantity up. I welcome any tips and tricks, as well as criticism’s you may have as I am still learning also.
Quick Photoshop Tip: Using Guides for Images [Video]
Whenever I used Photoshop to create featured images for blog posts—like this one—the cropped thumbnail doesn’t always turn out right. While some WordPress plugins and social media spaces won’t crop an image, others will.
Popular post plugins, related post plugins, social media shares, etc… will sometimes grabbed the tiny cropped image that WordPress produces. The default is usually 150×150, an Instagram square style.
Using Photoshop’s built-in guides, you can quickly and easily add some guides to help keep this cropping in mind, so you don’t risk having vital verbiage, logos or images cropped in awkward places.
Here’s how to do it:
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How to Edit and Upload Edited Videos to Instagram [Video]
I recently read a post by Eric Dye about posting professional videos to Instagram. This idea was sent to him by Alex Welgraven, video producer for Radiant Church. I was immediately fascinated with this idea and researched it and created a video tutorial on how to create to do this.
Watch the tutorial below and learn how to do it:
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