Last week, during our weekend planning meeting, our worship pastor asked if he could use a whiteboard for his message this last weekend.
I am not a huge fan of the white board on camera, for one the wash out of white, and second for the the size that the markers make. In the past we have used a 3M large yellow pad with a large marker so it can be seen a bit easier on the camera.
So the thought came, how can we take it to a new step. How about we use our large 60″ TV in a lift case with an iPad2 onstage.
We worked with a few proofs of concepts using the HDMI output and PenUltimate and Sketch Up Plus Apps but we weren’t getting a fullscreen solution.
So I asked @stanylst, who is the Associate Director of Tech Arts at Windsor Crossings, how they integrate their onstage iPad with their video system. He suggested Adobe Ideas, as it outputs fullscreen from the iPad and doesn’t show the tools bars that the operator sees.
After messing with it we realized we could also layer in a graphic, so we created a graphic for the base information that the pastor wanted to start with which gave him the ability to write ontop of it.
Not a new concept, but new for us so I thought I would share.
By the way, it was a great message on margin:
