Where do you serve? It’s fun because I don’t serve at a single church alone so I get the amazing pleasure of experiencing many styles of worship and creativity. The…
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This week I had the opportunity to lead a workshop on color meaning to the visual production community at my church. I enjoyed sharing these important principals to the group and thought you…
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A common request on the Facebook Group is for Planning Center Online Templates. Members of the Group want to see how other churches are scheduling their services using Planning Center's "Plans".…
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Do you think you are a worship lyric slide master? Can you see a worship lyric slide mistake from a mile away? Take the five tests below and see if you…
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On March 25th, 2015 I asked my Facebook Group to post their Easter series branding graphics. Over the course of a few hours I was flooded with creative and beautifully crafted…
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Are you looking for high-quality motion backgrounds that don't suck? Check out these top 3 downloads from 2014. 2014 was an amazing year. I released 12 stunning CMG Packs, published The…
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1. Portable Digital Media Player One step up from using the USB port on your TV is to use a portable digital media player such as the AGPteEK 1080p Full-HD Ultra…
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When creating new stage designs and places of worship what questions do you ask yourself and your team during the design process? How do you be intentional about your design…
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The number one request I get from CMG Monthly Pack subscribers is, "can you include After Effects templates in your Packs?" There is a good number of people who would…
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When it comes to purchasing equipment, software or services it seems like leaders want to spend the very least amount of money possible while still meeting or exceeding their needs.…
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David Kennedy posted a great question to our Facebook Group. He asked, "what are indispensable tips or tricks that you wish every church knew?" Here are some of the insightful…
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My friend Duncan Campbell showed me some beautiful huge 3D letters he created using affordable corrugated plastic. This is what he said about his innovative project. If you’ve ever wanted some…
Leading is the distance between the baselines (the line upon which letters “sit”) of successive lines of type. Most presentation programs use a default leading value of 1.0 or 0…
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Visual silence is a powerful tool that removes visual distractions in an environment in order to amplify other focal points. When your community has fewer competing visuals to be stimulated…
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Tracking is an overlooked adjustment that can make your text become more readable. This setting is an adjustment that adds or subtracts space between the letters in your lines of…
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Adding an outline stroke around each letter is another way to help separate your text from your background. This is especially helpful when you are placing text on a neutral-colored…
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Here it is! The top 10 CMG blog posts our community consumed in 2014. Take a look, learn something new and enjoy. It was a pleasure releasing over one-hundred posts in 2014…
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As of right now we don't offer triple-wide HD moving backgrounds from our website, but that doesn't mean you can't still use our media on a triple-wide HD screen. A lot…
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It is hard being leader of a small church and maintaining a modest media budget. Popular worship lyric presentation software like ProPresenter, MediaShout and EasyWorship are wonderful pieces of software,…
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Are you looking to attend a church media conference in 2015? Here is a list of high quality conferences that you and your team might want to check out. Conferences are…
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