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This is great news. ProPresenter 5 will be released in the Winter of 2011. Just a few months. The great news is anyone who purchases ProPresenter 4 after October 1, 2011 will receive a free upgrade to ProPresenter 5! What an amazing deal. You get to use ProPresenter 4 now learning all the features and get ProPresenter 5 free to take advantage of all the new features.
To get your copy of ProPresenter with FREE media go here.
New interface preview:
ProPresenter 5 Interface
ProPresenter version 5 (minimum Mac specifications)
- Processor: 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor or better
- OS: MacOS X 10.5.8 or later
- RAM: 2 GB RAM (4 GB recommended)
- Video Card: Dual display with screen spanning capability (a dedicated graphics card with 512MB VRAM is recommended)
- Stage Display: Additional output required for stage display function (third video out – PCI or USB)
ProPresenter version 5 (minimum Windows specifications)
- Processor: 2.0GHz Core Duo or above
- OS: Windows 7 ONLY, with Service Pack 1. Win7 32-bit or 64-versions are supported.
- RAM: 4 GB RAM
- Video Card: A dedicated/discreet video card is required. We recommend an NVIDIA GeForce series or ATI Radeon HD series card with a minimum of 512MB of dedicated memory. DirectX 9.0c or later is required. (Intel video cards are not supported and we don’t recommend NVIDIA Quadro series cards.)
- Stage Display: Additional output required for stage display function (third video out – PCI or USB)
NOTE: For heavy or advanced use of video (i.e. multiple video clips per slide, HD content, etc.), a faster system is advised.
Learn how to choose the correct motion backgrounds for your worship software. This information table is extremely helpful in understanding your options.
Choosing Background Sizes
There are two sizes you can choose from when it comes to worship backgrounds. The sizes really are aspect ratios and not pixel dimensions. There are 4:3 and 16:9 ratios. This determines the width and hight of your projector screen and area of coverage. This also determines your worship backgrounds both motion and still. For motion backgrounds we refer to 4:3 as 480p and 16:9 as 720p.
4:3 aspect ratio
This is the original and still widely used screen dimension. With this screen you would want to choose 480p (640×480) for motion backgrounds . Choosing these sizes for 4:3 aspect screens ensures there is no stretching of the video on the screen and it will fill the screen as expected. This motion backgrounds screen size is available in MOV h.264 & WMV formats.
16:9 aspect ratio
This is a very popular screen size today. With a wider screen you have more screen real estate to work with and opens the door to HD movie play back. If you are using motion backgrounds you should use 1080p (1920×1080) or 720p (1280×720) motion clips. Using these sizes will eliminate any image stretching or distortion. This motion background screen size is available in MOV h.264 and WMV formats.
HD Motion Backgrounds are large video files and should only use MOV h.264 encoding or WMV advanced encoding to preserve video quality in playback.
The long awaited release of ProPresenter 4 is finally here.
Now before I touch on the new features keep in mind that ProPresenter has been around for 10 years. This is a very mature worship presentation software and highly admired in the large worship center communities around the world.
You can get a bundle deal from various worship resource sites including Worship Media Pro. They are offering all of their backgrounds (Motion, still etc) with your purchase for free. Here is the bundle offer link.
Here is a glimpse at ProPresenter’s new features.
1. Enhanced Interface – Movie controls and audio bins help keep your media organized.
2. Multiple Libraries – Create libraries for sermons, songs, video, music etc.
3. Web View – Queue web sites for presentation
4. Library Sync – Sync libraries over a network
5. Countdowns and Alerts
6. Custom Templates
7. Presentation Layers – Overlay live feed, text and motion video to a projector.
8. Import PowerPoint – Directly into the application verses the old manual process.
9. Stage Display – Use a simple USB video adapter
10. Presentation Views – See all slides in your schedule to know what is coming up next.
MUCH MORE!
Don’t forget about all the core features that has made ProPresenter so popular for over 10 years. Text over motion (now HD), Video Jockey (Mini-movie playback), Bible Engine, and more.
Are you looking for a Mac OS X based worship presentation software? If so here is the only worship software I would recommend. ProPresenter (Currently ProPresenter 3) is a powerful presentation software built for the worship community who will not part with their prized Macs.
Since it is built on a very reliable platform the software is flawless in operation and plays stunning HD mini-movies and motion loop backgrounds.
The interface is like other presentation software with a smooth flow of scheduling, queuing and ‘go live’.
If you want to get more details of the features and take advantage of bundled backgrounds check out Worship Media Pro’s website for a ProPresenter bundle here.
Please let know your personal experience with ProPresenter and how you use it.
Blessings,
Tony
