PLEASE NOTE:
You are using an outdated browser that is no longer suitable for modern web standards.
Please update (or change) your browser to view our site as it is intended to be seen. Thank you.
poppy field

Foxvideo Productions



Having spent the best part of 40 years looking through a viewfinder of a stills or video camera, sitting in front of a computer editing photos or videos, producing websites and managing content and social media accounts for organisations or individuals, it’s a very strange feeling to now say “I’m retired".

Despite no longer taking on commercial paid work, it’s virtually impossible to suddenly stop what you’ve been doing for the best part of your working life so, for the past few years I’ve been taking on work on a ‘pro-bono’ basis for church, charity or voluntary organisations. I hope that my experience, skills and equipment can now be put to good use by those who perhaps, don’t have the budget or funding to produce what they want or need for their media requirements.

Composite image

Freeshow

written by: Dave Farrants
Stacks Image 1484
Having used WorshipTools Presenter (free version) for several years, I recently found FreeShow. I tested it for a month before deciding to go live for the first time with a new Mac Air M4. It was all set up 20 minutes before the service, 15 minutes before the service, the screen went black, the audio cut out and then it all came back in less than 2 seconds! 10 mins before the service it happened again, so I switched to a backup 2018 Mac Mini and WorshipTools Presenter. Perplexity tells me it's probably a low spec HDMI cable or an HDMI switcher fault. A new Thunderbolt to HDMI has been ordered, so I"ll have time to test it before the next service.

UPDATE.

New HDMI cable seemed to work, I've now used FreeShow for 4 weeks without any issues (even stopped taking a backup Mac Mini along!). I'm probably only using 25% of the features but getting more used to it each week, it's a better program than WorshipTools Presenter (and being free, it's cheaper than ProPresenter!), I'm surprised more people are not using it.
Stacks Image 1494
Back
< Previous Post   Next Post >

©2026 Foxvideo Productions, Dymock. Gloucestershire, GL18 2AU