LumenStage guide

Step-by-step help for everything LumenStage does — from your first slide to running a whole service.

1. 01

   Getting started

   Install LumenStage on your Mac, make your first presentation and find your way around the four screens.

2. 02

   Making slides

   Add, type on, format and arrange slides in LumenStage, with pictures, video, shapes, transitions and timing.

3. 03

   Songs and lyrics

   Turn pasted song words into slides, organise them into parts like Verse and Chorus, style every slide at once and fill in CCLI details.

4. 04

   Library and importing

   Find, organise and import presentations in the LumenStage library, back it up, and export slides or a CCLI report.

5. 05

   Playlists

   Plan a service in LumenStage with a playlist of songs, Bible passages, headers, breaks and messages, then run it in order.

6. 06

   Bible verses

   Look up, search and show Bible verses in LumenStage, save them as slides, add them to a playlist and install more translations.

7. 07

   Running the show

   Present slides on the projector with LumenStage, move between slides, black out the screen, show a logo or a quick Bible verse, and stop the show.

8. 08

   Stage display

   Give musicians and the speaker their own screen with the current and next slide, notes, a clock, a timer and messages from the operator.

9. 09

   Settings

   Every LumenStage settings tab explained, from choosing the projector and slide shape to language, Bible, remote control and updates.

10. 10

    Remote control

    Run LumenStage from a phone or tablet with the web remote, or from lighting desks with OSC and foot pedals with MIDI.

11. 11

    Keyboard shortcuts

    Every LumenStage keyboard shortcut for making presentations and running the show, in one place.

12. 12

    Troubleshooting

    Fixes for common LumenStage problems, such as a black projector, a shape mismatch, keys that do nothing, and finding or backing up your library.

Screenshots are taken from the app itself, in this language.