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March 2005       

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One Way Ticket

by Celina Worley

She thought it was odd. The back porch light was out. "Oh well, it must just be acting up." She unlocked the door and moved to step out. In shocked fear she locked eyes with a man. He was masked and armed. There was a knife, and pushing, punching, biting, then choking.

She was so shocked, all she could do was scream at first. He shoved her down and started to suffocate her. As she gasped to suck in air and get loose from his grip, the idea of praying flashed through her mind.

"PRAY? What are you talking about?" an inner voice yelled. "God is letting this happen to you. He doesn´t care one bit. He´ s just up there laughing. God doesn´ t care about you. He doesn´t care about you."

That night, just two days after Christmas, my sister faced a battle that was as intensely spiritual as it was physical. Both battles were in an effort to preserve her very life. Gently, yet with forced mental resolve, my sister chose that night, in her mind, to pray anyway. "I had just given too much of my life to God that I couldn´ t not ask for His help."

God came near.

Read the rest of One Way Ticket.


PowerPoint Quick Tips

Fixing broken links to Movies and Sound

Movies are always linked in PowerPoint. So are all sounds but WAVs.

WAV sounds are linked if their file size exceeds your settings in tools>>options

To avoid linking problems:

  • Pick (or create) the folder in which you want to store your presentation and movies/sounds. Save your presentation to that folder.
  • Copy sound and movie files to the same folder.
  • Insert the sounds and movies into your presentation from that folder.
  • When you move the PPT file to another computer, be sure to move all the movie and sound files, too. As long as you put them in the same folder as the PPT file, the links will usually not break.



    • Product Showcase
     Oxygen InMotion: Motion Backgrounds with Impact

      You can't have gone very far down the path of Church Multimedia without the idea of motion coming into view. Many companies are starting to offer different forms of motion for use in services, each with its own personal flare.

      Oxygen's InMotion line of moving backgrounds offers a new idea on this powerful concept. Each InMotion background takes our inspirational graphics and creates an effective yet subtle motion background that is perfect for creating impact in your worship service. Each motion background is original in the way we bring it to life. Some of the images are blended together for a powerful collage, and others move slowly across the screen to add a brilliant effect. Right now we have 4 different motion products and hope to have more available within the next month.

      Each motion background comes in an MPEG 1 file type, designed for easy use with any worship software. We have currently had many requests for motion backgrounds that work in PowerPoint. Unfortunately, PowerPoint is not a very robust program when it comes to video. Although we have not had time to test it, Crytal Graphics located at www.crystalgraphics.com claims to have a plug-in that allows for text over video in PowerPoint. Feel free to take a look, however most worship software will be better suited for the church environment.

      See our new InMotion Backgrounds.



        New for Members
        Survey Results and New Free Stuff

        Thank you.

        We always appreciate when our members let us know how we can serve you more effectively in the trenches. Our mission as a resource provider is dependent on your communication. We received an excellent response to our motion background survey and with that information and thoughtful prayer, we feel armed to start work on our new InMotion line. As our way of saying thanks, we are placing all of the motion backgrounds you reviewed into the Premier Member section. They are available for you to download absolutely free, just for giving us your advice.

        As Premier members, you can also expect to receive Oxygen Vol. 10 in the mail sometime in mid-April. We'll have some of the graphics up earlier in the Premier Member section so you can get a head start on using some of the new awesome images.

        As usual, Deluxe Member coupons will be released on the 25th of this month. By then, you will be able to access the new images on our website. The motion line is available for purchase and we have designed our new coupons to cover 100% of any individual image download. This means no extra fees for the more expensive downloads will be charged as long as they are standard motion or still downloads. We hope this added benefit will be a blessing to you and your ministry.


        To find out more about the benefits of membership Click Here.

        To enter your Premier Member section (for members only) Click Here.






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        I-VIEW: An easy way to get around
        By Jonathan Natiuk

        Some of you may not be aware that there is a quick and easy way to browse the hundreds of images and backgrounds found on Oxygen volumes. Each CD-ROM, beginning with Volume 6, contains an image catalog in the Extras folder. To use this catalog you must first install the IView™ Catalog Reader.

        PC Users:
        Double-click on install_catalog_reader.exe

        Mac Users:
        Drag iView Catalog Reader to your Applications folder.

        After the software is installed, go to your CD-ROM, open the Extras folder, and find the catalog file - for example, "OXYGEN 10.ivc" Double-click the file and it should open in iView Catalog Reader.
           

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        Jonathan Natiuk has been instrumental in the development of Oxygen. Jonathan's primary tasks at Oxygen include studio and field photography, DVD authoring, video post-production, and product development. In Jonathan's free time he enjoys golf, volleyball and assisting his wife, Julie, with her photography studio.




        Until next month, go with God and be powerful for His Kingdom,

        The Oxygen Team




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