Baptisms are one of the most exciting events here at Life.Church; they are so special that we bring out extra tools just for these special weekends. One of these tools, is the Baptism camera. With the Baptism camera come extra steps that need to happen to smoothly display it onto the screens. To help with this transition, our team has created a button that performs the necessary actions for you. This article will go over this specialized button and how to operate it.
This button can save a lot of time and stress, but it is important to know what happens when this button is pressed, so we can get a solid grasp on the operations that are being performed.
There are two visible things that happen when you press the "Baptism" button:
- The Camera is displayed onto the Side Screens.
- Protools is placed on the Scenic Screen.
This all happens immediately, so please make sure to press this button at the exact moment the camera needs to be displayed on the side screens.
After the last Baptism has finished, fade the Side PJ layer back to "Pro Tools" and everything is set back to normal. After this process, you can sit back and relax as you run the service as normal.
| Side PJ Layer | Scenic PJ Layer |
|---|---|
| Start - ProTools in PGM // ProPre in PVW | Start - Protools in PGM // BLK in PVW |
| - Button - | - Button - |
| CAM in PVW, CAM Transitions to PGM | ProTools in PGM |
| ProTools placed in PVW |
Side PJ Layer
In Worship, we start with ProTools on our PGM bus (top row of Side PJ layer), with ProPre in our PVW bus (bottom row on Side PJ layer). When you press the Baptism button, the first thing that happens is the CAM gets placed into the PVW bus on this layer. This is quickly followed by a transition to bring CAM to PGM, which creates a smooth transition onto the side screens. After that transition is finished, the switcher will place ProTools in the PVW bus of the Side PJ layer, if it is not already there, in preparation for the transition from the of baptisms.
Scenic PJ Layer
When the Baptism button is hit, the Scenic PJ layer makes sure that ProTools is "hardlined" to the Scenic screen to ensure that it stays on ProTools while the Side Screens transition to CAM. You can leave this layer alone throughout worship, because our "180" button takes care of any transitions that need to happen to apply our 180 image onto the Scenic screen.