This page replaces one of our most popular blog posts and includes advice about hardware requirements for processing videos quickly. This is probably the most demanding task for a photo booth computer.
Breeze apps offer unparalled creative control over what guests see and experience at your booth. The power and flexibility of touch screen actions are key to this experience.
When Breeze Booth apps are powered by touch screens, touch screen actions control what happens when a guest touches the screen.
I have added a new tutorial to the website to help DSLR Remote Pro, Multi-Camera, Webcam Photobooth & Flipbook Photobooth users use these actions to take control of the guest interface. Find Customizing Breeze Screenshere
Breeze DSLR Remote Pro 3.16.1 & Hub 1.2.6.1 were released today, fixing an issue adding attachments to emails as file attachments.
DSLR Remote Pro 3.16.1 also fixes an issue with UIDs not being updated in stills photo booth mode when the keyboard shortcut F5 is used to start the shooting sequence.
We recommend everyone using Hub 1.2.6 and DSLR Remote Pro 3.16 upgrades to these releases.
DSLR Remote Pro is also known as Breeze Booth (DSLR+ Windows)
Do I need to pay to upgrade to DSLR Remote Pro 3.16.1?
A quick note about XML files stored with your photos. Several of you asked recently what they are for and how to get rid of them. These files are not just gobbledegook – they contain useful and sometimes essential information.
Email and text XML
DSLR Remote Pro 3.16 onwards shares emails and texts in the background. To make this work the app stores email addresses, cell phone numbers and other essential information in small XML files.
email_……….xml contains sharing information for emails.
text_….xml holds similar information about texts.
When sharing MP4s these files are stored in the MP4 folder. If you share prints they are stored in the prints folder.
Icon for email xml file Breeze DSLR Remote Pro 3.16
You need email and text xmls to
Send all emails and texts
Send emails and texts after the event if processing was interrupted for any reason
Do not delete these files until you are confident they are no longer needed. They use very little space on your computer.
Photobooth Summary XML
Breeze apps create a small file containing information about each photo booth session which is stored alongside the photos. Typically they are called IMG_nnnn.XML
Breeze DSLR Remote Pro PhotoBoothImages folder showing Photobooth summary files for each session
They are not essential for most users, but they take up very little space and we suggest almost all of you keep them.
This major upgrade to Breeze Booth (Windows+DSLR) aka DLSR Remote Pro is packed full of new features and improvements.
DSLR Remote Pro 3.16 improves sharing, simplifies set up for digital booths, adds built in reporting tools for event and survey stats, and supports touch free mobile and credit card payment systems.
Guests can now choose between different print templates either at the start or close of their session.
12 January 2022: DSLR Remote Pro 3.16.1 fixes an issue adding attachments to emails as file attachments. Users who send emails from DSLR Remote Pro are recommended to upgrade to v3.16.1 instead of using v3.16.
DSLR Remote Pro 3.16.1 is a free upgrade for all customers entitled to use DSLR Remote Pro 3.16.
Retro booth – 21st century payment. Take Apple Pay, Google Pay, Sumsung Pay and cards as well as cash or bills with Breeze.
Improved sharing
No more waiting for images to upload before the next session starts – DSLR Remote Pro 3.16 sends emails & texts in the background
Share high quality MP4 copies of GIFs as standard
Full control over email attachments
Report event sharing stats to your clients
New Scan at startup option to spot and share any unsent texts and emails
Digital booths made simpler
Whether your customers love digital or you can’t get your hands on any media this holiday, digital booths are everywhere. DSLR Remote Pro 3.16 makes it easier to switch to print free events.
Set up a print free digital booth with a single click using the updated Photo booth Setup Wizard
Captions generated by the setup wizard have been updated to suit both print and digital booths ( English only)
Built in Analytics
New reporting tools analyse sharing stats, survey results and session data from DSLR Remote Pro
Sharing report shows the number of sessions, quantity of emails and texts sent, and lists each email address and cell phone number.
Event statistics summarizes data from one or many booths, identifying the busiest periods and devices. This report also shows the total number of sessions broken down by photos, GIFs and video, ad sharing figures for the event.
Survey Data details guest responses to your surveys. The report can also combine responses from other booths running DSLR Remote Pro, Breeze Booth for iPad and Webcam Photobooth.
Rapid export to Excel and other spreadsheets: Copy and paste data from all DSLR Remote Pro reports into spreadsheets for further analysis and creation of graphical reports.
Choose between backgrounds and overlays after the photos are taken
Superb with AI background removal. Guests check how they look in up to 6 different environments before printing and sharing their photos.
Improvements to the Photo booth Setup Wizard
The Breeze Photobooth Setup Wizard is a fast, simple and reliable way to generate a working booth. DSLR Remote Pro 3.16 adds
New Digital booth option
New Create Slideshow GIF option
Photos shared as animated GIFs converted to MP4s*
Higher quality images shared as standard**
*Print layouts (especially strips) often work better on paper than online. Add interest by sharing the same photos as a GIF converted to an MP4.
** You can still tweak the DSLR Remote Pro settings to find the best balance between sharing high quality images and sharing images quickly.
Total control over email attachments
DSLR Remote Pro 3.16 gives total control over the quality and images you share by email. You have complete freedom to choose whether to share photos, GIFs, print layouts &/or movies.
Support for contactless mobile and credit card payments
Our powerful new payments utility improves support for taking payments from unattended booths. Great for clubs, retail, theme parks, bars and museums.
Payment based photo booths accept Apple Pay, Google Pay, Samsung Pay and other mobile and NFC payments, debit & credit cards, notes or cash using the Breeze MDB Payment Utility.
Option to disable line drawing on prints so that users can only add emojis or stickers to prints
Option to create events with slideshow GIFs or MP4s and for “digital only” events when running the photo booth setup wizard
The processed image now supports a background image named processed_photo_background.jpg. When using the transparent background option when shooting green screen or using AI background removal the optional greenscreen_background.jpg image is added to the photo’s background before it is added to the processed image
The time the reprinting.jpg/processing.jpg screen is displayed when reprinting from the reprint selection screen is now configurable
Ability to scan in the event name and event strings when scanning QR codes.
A few fixes
Updated URL shortening for SMS+image text messages due to changes made by TinyUrl.com
Fixed issue with the live view 4:3 aspect ratio option not cropping the live view
Fixed issue with the sizing of preview images in photo booth mode with some screen sizes andorientations
Finally
Support for legacy print layout which was replaced by the print layout editor in DSLR Remote Pro v3.0 has been removed
Upgrade to DSLR Remote Pro 3.16.1 today
DSLR Remote Pro 3.16.1 fixes an issue adding attachments to emails as file attachments. Users who send emails from DSLR Remote Pro are recommended to upgrade to v3.16.1 instead of using v3.16.
DSLR Remote Pro 3.16.1 is a free upgrade for all registered users who purchased DSLR Remote Pro after 15th December 2020.. Customers with older licenses need to buy an upgrade license to use this release.
Booth (iPad+iPhone) v2.2 introduces overlay blend modes for prints, and adds twelve new blend modes you can apply to your prints and GIFs.
This release also fixes issues in the App gallery and Hub.
What’s new?
16 blend modes for print overlays
12 more blend modes for GIF overlays
Fix for an issue which could cause the app to crash when displaying a gallery
Fix for an issue cropping photos when sending emails through Hub
Overlay blend modes
Blend modes can be used creatively to achieve many different effects. Booth (iPad+iPhone) now includes normal, lighten, darken, overlay, screen, hard light, soft light, multiply, difference, exclusion, color dodge, color burn, hue, saturation, color and luminosity blend modes.
User notes
To use blend modes with Breeze for iPad
Add your overlay(s) to the screens folder
Choose your blend mode from the drop down list
Save your changes in the Event Editor
Update the event in the App
Applying blend modes to Prints
Overlay blend modes are applied to print overlays using the Photos tab in the Event Editor. (Image shows applying a multiply blend to the print overlay overlay.png)
Applying blend modes to GIF Overlays
Overlay blend modes are applied to GIF overlays using the Slideshow and Burst GIF tabs in the Event Editor. (Image shows applying a saturation blend to the sllideshow GIF overlay)
Platforms Supported (updated October 2021): All iPads and iPhones running iPadOS 15, iPadOS 14, iPadOS 13, iOS14, iOS 13. Versions 15 and 14 are recommended.
Cameras Supported: iPad and iPhone front and rear facing integral cameras. Most Canon EOS DSLR and R series cameras, Canon’s mirrorless M50 Mk II, M50, M200, M6 Mark II PowerShot SX70 HS, G5 X Mark II & G7 X Mark III.
Trial version/While logged out: There’s no need to use a subscription while you test Breeze for iPad or work on new events. Watermarks are added after the first 10 images each day.
We are really excited to release Breeze Booth (iPad+iPhone) 2.1 just as many of you are dusting down your booths and running events again. This release adds a fantastic skin softening filter and overlay blend modes for GIF overlays.
Skin softening filter
What party guest doesn’t want to see themself with smooth, flawless skin? Add a touch of glamour to your photos and GIFs with the new skin softening filter.
Breeze Booth’s new softening filter includes 10 levels of softening.
Original image [left] and with 0.4 strength smoothing filter applied [right]
Same original image [left] and with stronger 0.7 strength smoothing filter applied [right]
Breeze Booth 2.1 also introduces overlay blend modes for both slideshow and burst GIF overlays.
Blend modes can be used creatively to achieve many different effects. These examples are kindly provided by The Photo Booth Guys
Original [left] and Caption blend overlay applied [right]
Original [left] and Lighten blend overlay applied [right]
Original [left] and Darken blend overlay applied [right]
More
Breeze Booth for iPad 2.1 also adds
alignment options for print captions
printing from the gallery sharing screen
fixes for issues sharing images through Hub and from the gallery
Enhancement to QR code based touch free operation
Several users asked for the ability to touch the screen to run a new session with the previous QR code details, so guests don’t have to scan the same QR code repeatedly.
This has been included with Breeze (iPad+iPhone) 2.1
Add or remove skin softening in the Event Editor. You can vary the stength of this filter betweem 0 and 1.0. We suggest using the default value (0.4) for most events.
To apply skin softening in a new event, check Apply skin smoothing filter at Step 2 of the Event Creator (Breeze Booth Event Editor)
For existing events switch skin softening on or off, and adjust the strength by checking Apply skin smoothing filter in the Event Editor General screen (Breeze Booth Event Editor)
Applying blend modes to GIF Overlays
Overlay blend modes are applied to overlays using the Slideshow and Burst GIF tab in the Event Editor. (Image shows applying a lighten blend mode to the sllideshow GIF overlay)
Technical Stuff
Platforms Supported (updated October 2021): All iPads and iPhones running iPadOS 15, iPadOS 15, iOS14, iPadOS 14, iPadOS 13, iOS14, iOS 13. Versions 15 and 14 are recommended.
Cameras Supported: iPad and iPhone front and rear facing integral cameras. Most Canon EOS DSLR and R series cameras, Canon’s mirrorless M50 Mk II, M50, M200, M6 Mark II PowerShot SX70 HS, G5 X Mark II & G7 X Mark III.
Trial version/While logged out: There’s no need to use a subscription while you test Breeze for iPad or work on new events. Watermarks are added after the first 10 images each day.
Breeze Booth for iPad 2.0 includes a free email service
Updated April 2022
New Breeze email service
Send up to 1000 emails/month/subscription using the new Breeze email service*. There’s no setup required – use this service as soon as you load your first event.
What you get
Your own Reply to address
Emails sent in the background
Email log
Sharing statistics
Complete control over email content
Include photos and GIFs in the email body
Attach MP4s, photos and GIFs to emails
Privacy as standard – guests cannot see each others email addressess
Prefer to use your own email host?
There’s no extra charge to use your own email host. Just toggle a switch on the Breeze Booth for iPad settings screen and add your email account details.
What you get – everything included in the free email service, plus
Unlimited emails from your own email address
Your own From Name & email address
Total control over storage of personal data**
Breeze Booth for iPad no longer supports Gmail.
Switching between email hosts
To switch between the Breeze email service and your own provider just toggle a switch on the Breeze Booth for iPad settings screen.
What about iOS mail?
The new Breeze email service is a much better solution for photo booth use than iOS mail and works without any set up. iOS mail has been removed from Breeze Booth for iPad 2.0.
What about Breeze Hub?
Most users are now best sending emails directly from Breeze Booth for iPad. You can still send emails from Hub if you wish.
Keep syncing email and text data to Hub to log of email addresses and cell phone numbers used by guests, and generate sharing statistics.
*Is there any limit to the number of emails I can send?
Breeze don’t limit the number of emails sent using your own email service. The Breeze email service includes up to 1000 emails/month/subscription, which is plenty for most customers. If you expect to send more emails than this, just switch to your own email provider.
**GDPR, Personal data and the Breeze email service
Breeze aren’t in business to track your customers, so the Breeze email service does not include any tracking cookies in emails sent from the App.
Our email service provider retains the To address, Subject and body of emails for a limited period. They do not store attachments ie guesy photos and GIFs- whether sent as attachments or in the boady of emails. Breeze Systems are allowed access to this data, but would only view this information when it is necessary to provide operational support.
If you need total control over access to and storage of personal data we recommend using your own email host. Full Privacy Policy
Breeze hold no information about emails sent from Breeze Booth for iPad using your own email host.
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