VideoPsalm

This method enables the systematic display of one (or more) additional Bible translations.
Lets consider that you always want to display the French translation under your English translation.

​To set the French Bible as an additional translation that will always be displayed under any other translation:

• Click the French Bible:

From now on, any Bible verse will automatically be displayed in conjunction with the corresponding verse in this Bible:

To add another Bible translation, repeat the operation.
The order in which the additional translations appear on screen is dictated by their "Position" property:

Save the changes that you did to your Bibles:

Note that per default, VideoPsalm will silently ignore to save changes that you do to Bibles.
You have to first enable this in the options:

This method enables the ad hoc display of Bible verses in two or more translations.
​The same method applies to displaying song lyrics in two languages.​

Let's display Romans 3:19-24 in the NIV (English translation) and in the Colombe (French translation).

Step 1: Proceed like usual: Select the Bible translation verses by typing their reference into the search field, and add them to the agenda:

Then click on the “Add” button to add the verse selection to the agenda.

You end up with the NIV Bible verses into your agenda:

Step 2: Select the second Bible (French Colombe) and then click again on the “Add” button, to add the same verses to the agenda.

Step 3: Now comes the important point:
​Link the first Bible verse selection (NIV) with the next one (Colombe), like so:

When you display the NIV verses, they now get displayed with the Colombe corresponding verses:

These steps can be done even during the service, as they require only a few seconds and do not interfere with the current presentation progress if you activate the shield icon.

The same principle works for songs:

It is also possible to highlight some words or phrases:

See more details here: How to display Bible verses to your attendance (at the bottom) to learn how to select Bible verses and add them to the agenda.

This article describes:

• How to change the “Base” background,
• How to assign the same background to all the slides of a song,
• How to assign a different background to each slide of some Bible verses.

See also:
How to assign a background to a song verse or to the whole song - Cascading styles - Part two

1. The “Base” style level is displayed when no slide is displayed.

2. It specifies how the slides are displayed:
their background, font, font size, font color, header and footer template, etc.

3. The “Base” style can be overridden at higher levels (song, Bible, verse, etc.).
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4. You can force the display of the base background at any moment by pressing the “Moon” button:

By default, the base background consists into a black background, which simulates a switched off video-projector.
A black background is usually the desired behavior.

1. Select the “Base” style level:

2. Assign a background image to this “Base” style level, for example a light blue cross on a black background:

3. Save your changes, like described here.
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1. Use the color picker located to the right of the image gallery:

2. Save your changes, so that you get your settings back the next time you start VideoPsalm:

Note that VideoPsalm would not prompt you for saving changes when you close the program, if the only changes you did, concerned global styles (this might be ameliorated in a later version).

Global styles are:

• The “Base” style
• The “SongBooks” style
• The “Bibles” style

So, remember to save your changes after editing these global styles.

Notes

• Instead of an image, you can assign a colored background or a video loop at any style level.
• Any slide that does not have its own specific background will inherit from the “Base” background.
  In other words, a slide will be displayed with this “Base” background if the higher style levels don't have any specific background:

This “Cascading” mechanism enables you to change the settings for a whole range of slides in a simple and rapid way.

To pursue this mechanism further, what I usually end up doing, is assigning a specific background to the “Songbooks” style level, and a different one to the “Bibles” style level.
This way, each song that hasn't any specific style setting, gets displayed with the “Songbooks” style settings.
The same applies similarly to Bible verses.

1. ​select the “Songbooks” style level, either like so:

Or simply by clicking the “Songbooks” button. This automatically selects the “Songbooks” style level:

2. Assign the background of your choice to the “Songbooks” style level, in the same manner you did before to the “Base” style level, for example a piano keyboard:

3. To make your changes permanent (ie. getting them back the next time you start VideoPsalm), you need to save them, like described here.

1. Click on the “Bibles” button. This selects the “Bibles” style level:

You can see that the “Bibles” style gets automatically selected in the style level selector :

(Alternatively, you could select the “Bibles” style level from this drop down).

2. Select an image background, for example a Bible:

After selecting this background image, every Bible verse will be displayed with it, except those that have a more specific image (for example defined at a higher style level, like the Bible, Testament, Bible book, chapter or verse level).

3. To make your changes permanent (ie. getting them back the next time you start VideoPsalm), save you changes:

Note that by default, changes that you do to Bibles are not saved.
You need to enable this in the VideoPsalm settings:

The “Brush” icon enables you to clear all style attributes defined at the selected level.
This icon is enabled when at least one style attribute is defined at this level.

A style attribute may consist of the following:

• Background (image, color, video loop).
• Text attribute (font, font size, bold, italic, underlined, horizontal alignment, vertical alignment),
• For the body, header and footer.
• Position and size of the body, header and footer frame.

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In case you need to clear a specific style attribute, use the style explorer.

1. Open the style explorer by clicking on the small ribbon button:

This opens the Style Explorer panel:

The style properties that are defined at this style level are displayed in bold.

2. Clear their value by clicking on their “Brush” icon.

​3. Save your changes like described here.
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1. Click the song.
This will select the “Song” style level:

2. Select the image that you want to assign to that song from the image gallery.

3. Save your changes.

1. Click the song verse.

2. Select an image from the image gallery.
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The same method applies to following style levels: Bible, Testament, Bible books, chapters, verses.

​When exiting VideoPsalm, it will remind you that there are unsaved changes:

Click “Yes” if you want your changes to be permanent, ie. to get the same backgrounds or any other change that you did, the next time you open VideoPsalm. This applies also to song changes or new songs that you may have typed in.

If you have any further question, please contact us.

You will sure need to experiment a bit with the VideoPsalm cascading styles. Once you get used to it, you will appreciate how simple it is to prepare your presentation with VideoPsalm.

See also:
How to assign a background to a song verse or to the whole song - Cascading styles - Part two