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Audio/Video Editing
Bible,
Graphics
Misc.
Presentation Software
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AUDIO/VIDEO EDITING

Video Wave. I purchased the Roxio Suite and it came with Video Wave. I've put together many great looking videos using this program. It's biggest draw back, like so many lower end programs is you can only work with one video track, but it works very well. What I like most that you can create great looking DVD menus and how Video Wave works seamlessly with all the programs in the Roxio Suite.

Adobe Premiere Elements  - I have been using Elements for years. It's a scaled down versoin of the full program but has always allowed me to do everything I've ever wanted to do. I like that you can add multiple video layers along with multiple audio layers. It will let you use blue or green screen effects to name just a few. Elements also has some pre-made DVD menus included to build fun DVDs without a separate program.

MULTIQUENCE - This is a program from the makers of Goldwave. It  is flexible multi-track digital audio and video mixing program. This is great when prerecording puppet scripts and creating a Audio CD.

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BIBLE PROGRAMS

Glo - Here's a great Bible program. Well, it's much more than just a Bible program. It contains pictures, multimedia, video tours, articles and so much more. Throw in the search feature that let's you search all the elements and lays them out for you to browse through.

iLumina - You've simple got to see this program to appreciate it. It combines electronic Bibles, commentaries, and other resource works with virtual and video tours of the holy lands. Video footage include interviews with Bible Archaeologists, satellite images of the holy lands and much more. Also included, are some incredible computer generated animations of some of your favorite Bible stories. Hook up a projector or TV to your computer and you've got one incredible teaching tool.

e-sword - Here's a incredible little Bible program. Okay, it's not really that little, but it is incredible. You can download various Bible translations, commentaries, dictionaries, and graphics files for this program. You can read a translation, parallel two translations or compare a verse in various translations and much more. Oh, and did I mention it's free! There's also a download for those of us with a Pocket PC PDA.

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GRAPHICS

Animation Station  - though not actual software, this is a membership site with some of the highest quality animated pictures for your every web need. Well worth the yearly membership. They have also started posting great Power Point templates and backgrounds, not to mention their still photo selections. Animation Station has now added video backgrounds for DVD menus (though I've been using them to make intro videos and commercials for our children's church - just dump them into your favorite video editing program!).

Adobe Photoshop Elements - Here's an incredible digital picture editor! This is a scaled down version to the full program (which was much more expensive!) and does what I need it to do. Check out what your needing in an editing program and see if Elements will work. Lots of tools in the package. Look for it on sale and save even more!
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MISCELLANEOUS 

Roxio Suite - I have been using the Roxio Suite for years. The Suite offers CD/DVD burning, audio and video editing and much more. It will do just about anything with any kind of media I have.

DVD Profiler - I love this program. I've just got the freebie version, but it's wonderful to have my entire DVD collection recorded on my computer. My friend's love to browse what they call "Greg's DVD Library." I can keep up with who has what DVD with the loan feature. I love that it looks up every bit of information just from the UPC number.

Prompt
Prompt is a great little teleprompter program that let's your actors read their lines as they scroll up. The speed is controllable, and so is the font size. This is great if you do a lot of live character interview videos. You can use the program on a laptop or computer monitor or TV with your camera directly above (or below) and your character will appear to be looking into the camera - where in reality they are reading their lines from the screen above or below the camera. At $44.00 this little program is well worth the money after your first video! I use a laptop in front of me for puppet videos, and output my laptop signal to a TV for my live character shots.

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PRESENTATION SOFTWARE

 Media Shout!  -We use Media Shout in our Children's Ministry, Youth Ministry and also in our Adult Worship Service. I run all media for my Children's Church through Media Shout, including song lyrics, Bible versions, audio and video files, DVD video and images. You can also display web pages (with internet connection) and PDF files.

Microsoft Power Point - Power Point is a part of the Microsoft Office Suite and a simple way to present images, text on a project screen or television. You can also embed audio and video files into slides for use in your class or children's church.

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WEB PAGE DEVELOPMENT

Front Page - This is a Microsoft's web page program. I use it to create all of my web pages. If you're like me and want things simple and easy to update this program works great. If you can use a desktop publishing program then you can use Front Page. This is all I use and have three pages up and running at all times.

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