CrashPresenter (ProPresenter)
How to use this wonderfully crafted, totally bug-free, and absolutely intuitive piece of software perfection!

Troubleshooting
If there is an issue with ProPresenter, restart the app 

 This will fix 95% of all issues 

 If that doesn't work, restart the whole computer 

 This will fix 99% of all issues

Basics of running Propres

Opening ProPres
The ProPresenter app is in the picture below, just click on it and this will open the app ready to go. If you get a pop-up asking to update ProPresenter, ignore that. Never EVER update ProPresenter on a show day! EVER!!!

Importing from Planning Center for Chapel/Vespers
What is a Planning Center (aka Planning Center Online aka PCO)?? 

 An online planning resource we use to schedule chapel, vespers, and other worship events. It can be found under the Benson Links webpage and use the login info that can be found in the password vault that Jason has yet to set up.  

 

 

 Navigate up to the plus icon in the library section. 

 

 Hit that plus icon and navigate to the Planning Center Service Option. 

 

 

 Sign in (if needed) and click on the right folder that would contain the event that you are running (Mon chapel v. Wed chapel v. Vespers). The event will be titled the date of the event.  

 

 

 Click on the right event and then hit select, this will then import the planning center data into ProPresenter and open the playlist. At this point, you are ready to start importing songs. 

Importing from other sources for other events
presentation

 

 download as a microsoft powerpoint and import 

 no pdfs!!!!!!! 

 drag and drop jpegs 

 

 

 audio: also can drag and drop but don't do this in propres plz. qLab is preferred in almost every instance. 

 video: drag and drop, or import as media from local location on computer

Linking songs to the chapel/vespers playlist
On a song, select the magnifying glass icon (photo) 

   

 first navigate to library (photo) and see if the song is already in, if so, click on link and it will automatically import it into the playlist, next step is arrangements from here. 

   

 if not, go to song select/ ccli to import the song, (photos walking through this)

Creating an arrangement
Definition:  

   

 go up to the top and click on the button in the photo 

 

 then navigate to the place that says "master"  and click on the blue arrow, this will give a pop-down menu and you can choose "new arrangement" 

 PHOTOS 

 

 from here, name a new arrangement "YYYY-MM-DD Event" and hit "Ok". 

Formatting the Songs
2-3 lines per slide, break on natural vocal breaks (whether it is a completed phrase or due to natural pacing) include a video with examples? 

   

 same with slide breaks, but more extreme (breath = slide break, different phrases/sentences, also according to natural line breaks) 

 if they are changing fast, consider combining into one slide 

 slow transitions, break it up, trying to keep time on each slide to be similar without leaving one slide up for too long 

 pretty instinctive 

 include link or pdf to complete handbook 

   

   

  

Editing a slide
Editing mode and quick edit

Etiquette for running slides
Rule of thumb is to always have the slide up before the audience and band get to it.  

 make things faster to get stuff up by using shortcuts! 

 the band is in-charge of the arrangement technically, you follow them and they don't follow you 

  

Creating a New Presentation
  

 else: 

 go up to top and click on plus icon and then go to "new presentation"  

 click that, add to correct library and playlist, and there you go 

 also, can use command + n to make one

Creating a new slide
go to plus icon at bottom, click either add new blank slide or in the theme you want 

 it will add it after the currently selected slide

Order of Events (How to setup and run ProPres from the moment you come in to the end of the event)
Pre-Event: 

 

 turn confidence monitor on 

 log into computer (password in vault JASON has yet to set up) 

 Turn projector on, bring screen down 

 open propres 

 Planning Center Import 

 link songs 

 import and link presenter slides (whenever they get to you :)) 

 link 10:20 video and bumper video 

 link any announcements 

 start working on song formatting

 

 help orphans and widows 

 make the slide transitions flow (make 1 or 3-line slides if needed) 

 make sure the theme is correct 

 

 

 create an arrangement  

 make a blank, intro, and copyright slide if they don't exist 

 get slides in order using arrangement as the band practices, just follow them and hope for the best 

 

   

 During Event: 

 

 cry 

 murder propres 

 

 Post-Event: 

 

 turn projector off and bring screen up if needed 

 go to a blank slide 

 turn confidence monitor off 

Macros
Macros are awesome! With them, you can control a lot of different things and aspects of both ProPres and other software/hardware that is connected. Below are the sections of Macros that we use most often and what they specifically do. 

Chapel Elements
When to Use Them: 

 

 Band macro on song with lyrics when the band is singing 

 Speaker macro when someone is presenting or talking with slides on the screen 

 Nick bug and talking macro are currently not being used 

 

   

 Macro List: 

 Band Macro: 

 

 Changes confidence monitor to lyric display (confidence monitor = tv on seats at the front of the stage so the people on stage can see what lyrics or slides are next) 

 Starts a timer (not used currently) 

 Makes the lyrics also go to lower 3rds (the lyrics at the bottom of the screen for the recording, whether that is on or off is controlled by the ProPres Operator) 

 

 Speaker Macro: 

 

 Changes confidence monitor to speaker display (definition above) 

 Another unused timer  

 Removed the lower 3rds (definition above) 

 

 Talking Macro (No Lower 3rds): 

 

 Just removes the lower 3rds 

 

 Nick Bug: 

 - Adds a title in the lower right corner saying the name of the speaker and their title. These are edited in props. 

Projector Things
When to Use Macros: 

 

 Screen Up/Down: self-explanatory, use when you need to move the screen 

 Projector On/Off: same, use when you need to turn the projector on/off 

 Projector Off and Screen Up: Use at the end of an event to save having to push an extra button 

 Projector On and Screen Down: Use at the beginning of the event 

 

 Macros: 

 

 Screen Down/Up: makes the projector screen go down/up. If it is not working, you should find the remote (picture) in the drawer at FOH and click that. It is a finicky thing at best, so waving your arm around and walking up and down the aisles while clicking the button will usually let you find somewhere that it works 

 Projector On/Off: turns the projector on/off. If it is not working, go to Benson Links and choose "Organ Projector" (picture) and then turn it on/off (standby) from there (picture) 

 Projector Off and Screen Up: just a group of the two macros 

 Projector On and Screen Down: just a group of the two macros

Outside Sources with Macros
This is a really cool feature where you can control things like MadMapper with ProPresenter. This will be used to control the video wall automatically. Once set up, it works just like a macro.  

   

 For setup, that would require googling or getting Jason to fill out this section since he has done it.

How to Create a Macro
Plus icon in top right 

 adds a macro 

 rename it however you wish 

 right-click to add actions  

 right-click for a lot more options 

 video walking through all right click options

Layers
ProPresenter is based on Layers. This is one of the key concepts to know in how to design and work with ProPres. Starting from bottom up, the layers are: Video, Media, Slide, Announcements, Props, Messages, and Audio. This means that if a media and slide element are being used and the slide is full-screen, it will cover up media, and the same for announcements, and up. It is just a system of various things on top of each other, starting with video and going up to audio. 
If there isn't a book for a layer, that means that we generally don't use it. 

Video


Media


Slide Content


Announcements


Props


Audio


Library


Media Bin


The different viewing tabs
Show, Edit, Reflow, Bible, ect.

Show
This is the default view that you see when you initially open ProPresenter. 

 In this view you can find: 

 

 libraries 

 playlists 

 media bin (have to press a button though) 

 view of the screen 

 slides! 

 audio 

 props (have to press a button) 

 macros (have to press a button) 

 stage displays (have to press a button) 

 and other stuff to update later!! 

 

 Long list! This is basically your home page, where you can find most things that you would need to use during an event.  

 Picture with arrows! 

  

Edit


Reflow


Bible
we don't use this

Stage Editor (under the More button)


Theme Editor (under the More button)


Timers


Themes

BGH Default


Others