Create Flexible & Editable Text With Tons of Style

Watch Webinar We had a great webinar with our guest Sully Sullivan on our recent Road to SALT episode. He taught a detailed and practical tutorial on how to create flexible & editable text with tons of style in Illustrator. Saving Time Without Sacrificing Style By utilizing all the tools at your disposal in Adobe […]

7 Free Alternatives to Photoshop

One of the biggest pain points on our team is the need to design tools for multiple team members, however many of these other team members either don’t know Adobe Photoshop, or don’t use it enough to justify a $650-900/year membership (for the entire creative suite). So I needed to find some alternatives to Adobe […]

3 Tips on Creating Atmosphere

What do you see when you look at your particular sanctuary, room or venue? Does it need lighting, visuals, scenic elements or stage design to create the atmosphere you want or does the room speak for itself? Creating atmosphere can be tricky. Do you start with the lighting, the set design, video or maybe the […]

The 4 Essentials of Multi-Campus Church Branding

When I came on staff at Brentwood Baptist, we had two campuses — and we were just beginning to dream about a third. That dreaming quickly turned into doing… which then turned into us launching **three more campuses in 45 days**. Yes, you read that right. We went from two campuses to five in a […]

3 Reasons Brand Standards Are Needed in the Church

Innovation. Sounds cool and sexy. Disrupters. The word drips from one’s lips. Change agent. Sign me up. Standardization? Sounds like the chaperone who makes everyone uncomfortable at the dance. Innovation and standardization are two sides of the organizational coin. Without one, the other fails. Innovation without standardization is like playing tag with no home base. […]

Backstage: Design & Branding

As we’ve shown before in our backstage series, every little detail matters when we’re trying to create atmosphere and affect the moment. But one topic we haven’t talked about in this backstage series is the role our design and branding takes. Sarah Linebaugh Rivero is our SALT Creative Director. And though every aspect of SALT […]

21 Amazing Free Photos sites

We know first hand, the cost of a good stock photo isn’t very “budget-friendly.” So we scoured the web to find the best free photos websites out there, where you can benefit from a beautiful portfolio of great photos. Whether you are looking for that perfect image to put behind your next series graphic, or […]