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GRAPHIC/FONT INTEGRATION: |
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Will the software handle all the graphic formats that you need? (jpg,
gif, bmp, png, tiff, etc.) |
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Does the software provide for graphic resizing or tiling to fill the
screen or do you have to pre-edit the to a certain size? |
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What fonts are allowed, limited fonts or all Windows and true type
fonts? |
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Does the software provide font shadows to improve clarity? |
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Does the software provide for font shadow sizing and color? |
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Does the software provide font outlining to improve clarity? |
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Are the fonts smooth or jagged? |
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How many free backgrounds and graphics come with the software? |
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What is the quality of the free backgrounds and graphics? |
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Does the software allow control of background brightness, contrast, etc? |
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Can you blur the graphic, pixelize, fade, control transparency or
brushstroke the image backgrounds? |
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Does the software provide for gradient backgrounds and color control? |
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Will the software display web pages? |
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Does the software allow you to assigned a specified color as
transparent? |
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Does the software allow you to specify the location and size of a
graphic on the screen? |
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Does the software allow you to preview a thumbnail of the graphic before
selecting it for the presentation? |
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Does the software provide for a "blackboard" type feature where user can
actively type in or draw on screen during presentation? |
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Can you automatically change all fonts on a slide to all caps or mixed
caps/small case? |
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Can you control, center text or align text right or align text left? |
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Can you make both global changes to all song fonts or attributes and
individual changes to certain stanzas? |
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Can you save specific graphics with a particular song in the database? |
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Can you assign graphics to a song for that schedule only? |
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What file formats are natively supported: .jpg, .bmp, .tiff, .png
(preserves transparency), .psd (photoshop native), others? |
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Can you drag and drop graphics/videos to the schedule on their own
(without the creation of "dummy" songs)? |
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Can you drag graphics from the database onto a scheduled item? |
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N/A |
Nice |
Critical |
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MOVIE/ANIMATION/VIDEO INTEGRATION: |
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Will the software handle all the movie or animation formats that you
need? |
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Consider WMV, mpeg, mpeg-2, mpeg-4, avi, MOV, flash, M1V, MP2, MPA, MPE,
MPV2, and M3U , animated gif, etc. |
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How smoothly does the software transition back and forth to movie or
animation format? |
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How well does the software integrate with DVD or VCR input? |
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Does the software provide play, pause, fast forward, slow, rewind
controls? Are the controls only seen by the controller or by the
audience? |
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Does the software provide for live video feed integration? |
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Does the software allow for motion backgrounds? |
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How smoothly does the software handle transitioning back to the
beginning of the loop on looped videos? (jerky or smooth) |
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How many free video or animations come as part of the software? |
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What is the quality of the free videos and animations? |
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How smoothly does the software handle transitions from one video to
another? |
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Does the software provide text overlayed on a video/animation
background? |
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Can you control the size of the video on the screen (shrink/expand)? |
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Does the software have animated transitions such as page flip, spin,
roll, zoom, etc? |
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