Free American Flag Loop for Memorial Day Weekend

Igniter Media has an awesome United States Flag loop that you can download for free. Use it for Memorial Day, and save it again for the 4th of July. It's a handy little item to add to your toolkit and break out for many occasions.

I like the contemporary feeling that the distressing adds to the flag. I also like it because it doesn't feel like it's been so s-l-o-w-e-d down for a moment in a Hallmark Movie.

Although the flag is about idealism, we earned it with toil, blood, sweat, tears, controversy, and strife. Even through all that grunge, Old Glory still brings out some pride and honor to nearly everyone who sees her.

If you'll be honoring our fallen heroes this weekend, this might be just the backdrop you need. I'll be using it on our center screen; it will be right above a Marine veteran in full dress uniform as he prays for this moment of remembrance, as well as for the safety of our active civilian and military members out of country.

Here's the free United States of America Flag Loop from Igniter Media.

Free Video Loop: Grass in Breeze

Sermon Spice gives away a video each month. Sometimes it is an illustration, sometimes it's thematic for the time of the year. Let's face it, some are better than others, too.


May's free video is a Loop - a looping landscape of some grass blowing in the breeze at sunset. It's not so busy it will get in the way of lyrics.

FREE Grass in Breeze LOOP
Try it behind "I Will Rise" or "Beautiful One".

It should be a very useful loop especially for the summer season.

Free offer ends the last day in May.

FREE: Church Picnic Graphics from Midnight OIl

The Midnight Oil Guys give away one of their graphic sets every month. For May, it's a video and graphics for a Church Picnic theme. Complete with red-checkered tablecloth and everything!

Use it for any number of Summer Activities. There's a blank screen, and one with a box on it for you to 'write' over - plus, as usual for their products, they include the layered Photoshop file.

FREE download until the end of May - get it while you can!

Affordable Video: Hymn History - Come Thou Fount

Come Thou Fount Of Every Blessing

This video puts a modern face to the background of this beloved hymn - and does it successfully! A contemporary styling, timeless message, and complete affordability mark this video for consideration for your media library.



Forget $20.00+ videos! Your group will take notice of this presentation for a fraction of the cost - it's downloadble for only $1.99. It crosses generation lines easily, and uses symbols of the faith with the unforgettable music and lyrics to bring the viewer back home to Jesus on a personal level.

Preview the video in its entirety at the BlueFishTV website - and I think you'll agree.

Another score from the folks at BlueFishTV; a non-profit ministry.

FREEBIE: Copper Lettering for Photoshop

Freebie Good Until: May 19, 2009

AtomicCupcake.com is offering a free copper effect action for Photoshop and Photoshop Elements this week.

I used it on a script font (Splendid ES) - and here's the results. I like the 'pipeness' of the look, but feel their copper color is just a tad too pink on my monitor (which is calibrated for our print-outs) so I added a warming filter to it. You can see the original color, and my 'warmed up' one below it in the image:



Your mileage may vary on the colors, I know well the vagaries of monitor displays.

Have fun with this one!