Thanks to Steve Bliesner & Photo Booth Guys Australia for letting us share this video of their latest activation for Amazon.
Steve writes
Working in harmony to create high end activations that go out for, not $100-200 an hour.. but $1000 – $ 2000 an hour.
I used every trick in the Breeze book to pull this one off.
Breeze for iPad was running a very custom survey to collect data on guests, to determine what Drag Queen they would be and what personalised text they wanted on their GIF and Print. Additionally, guests entered their email address (so they didn’t have to use a sharing station later).
That data was sent via Breeze Hub, to Breeze Kiosk, where a QR code had been generated, and was then scanned in via a barcode reader, by our staff, in to Breeze Webcam.
Webcam had a customised interface that was live streamed to two large screens… (that masked any sensitive information and removed any interface control elements).
With one scan, that QR code kicked off the session, auto chose the chosen Drag Queen, personalised their print and GIF and emailed the image to the guest.
There is only one company that makes software that allows people like you and me to do stuff like this.
Meet Steve at the Breeze stand (#1113) at Photo Booth Expo next week.
We have released two new Breeze Booth upgrades in the last few weeks. These upgrades are free to all Breeze Booth for iPad/iPhone users.
Breeze Booth 1.0.8 introduces QR codes on prints, and increases the number of menus from 2 to 4.
Breeze Booth 1.0.7 improved customization of the Start button.
Why put QR codes on my prints?
QR (Quick Response) codes are a fast and simple way to drive guests to
Online gallery/microsites for your event
Guests’ own images in your microsite
Specific landing page and website
Discounts and promotions
QR codes are increasingly popular, as many smart phone cameras include a built in QR code reader. ( There is no need to download a special app, just point the camera at the QR code.)
Menus are a simple way to offer guests choices such as virtual props or filter style. Use up to 4 different menus in your ready screens.
Start button customization
Do you want to deploy remote and unattended iPads without fear of clients knowing what software you use?
Breeze Booth features the most powerful and flexible interface designer of any iPad app in the industry. You can already customize the Breeze Booth start screen and Start button . Breeze Booth 1.0.7 improved customization of the Start button.
The flexibility built in to our interface design is also great for localization and creative interface design.
Open Breeze Booth and select Settings. The program version is displayed at the very end of this screen.
You can also check whether there are updates available by selecting Breeze Booth in the App Store. If you are running an older release you should see a blue UPDATE button.
Event Editor and Hub
Start the program, click on Help then About… . The program version is displayed in a small pop up window.
More fluid screen transitions with optional fading between overlays
Ability to dynamically select print and GIF backgrounds and overlays e.g. in response to survey data
Improved support for AirPrint
Improved handling of SMTP email errors when using a poor quality internet connection
v1.0.6 also fixes an issue selecting manual exposure in the camera settings, and an AirPrint issue where only the first session was printed.
New in Event Editor
Easier rebranding of events using a default background image for screens
Touchscreen editor can display the JPEG background screen image when an overlay is selected
Event creator updated to create screens with default_background.jpg screen and overlays instead of separate backgrounds for each screen
Event Editor 1.3.3 also fixes an issue with the default gif_background.jpg image not being added to animated GIFs
New in Hub
New statistics tool
New survey tool
Hub now auto rotates JPEG images using the EXIF orientation data when sending emails
Hub 1.1.1 also fixes an issue cropping JPEG attachments when emailing photos
Event statistics in Hub
The new Hub statistics tool can display statistics of sessions and shares from your booths. Hub works with both Breeze Booth for iPad and our Windows based photo booth apps.
Breeze Hub event statistics
Link your iPads to Hub to see
Total number of sessions
Breakdown of sessions by photo and GIF
Total shares
Shares by email and text*
Busiest device**
Busiest hour and day
Summary data for last 30 days
*Hub statistics show SMTP emails, and texts shared using Twilio.
** iOS devices only
Rapid export to Excel and other spreadsheets
Copy and paste data from the Hub statistics page into spreadsheets such as Microsoft Excel to create graphs for corporate clients.
Copy and paste event data from Breeze Hub into your spreadsheet
View survey statistics in Hub
Sample Breeze Booth for iPad survey screen
The survey data tool can create a report showing survey responses from Breeze Booth for iPad and our Windows based photo booth apps.
Rapid export to Excel and other spreadsheets
You can also copy and paste data from the Hub survey page into spreadsheets to create graphs for corporate clients.
Sync Breeze Booth survey data to Hub, then copy and paste into Excel or other spreadsheets for corporate clients
Download Breeze Booth, Hub & the Event Editor
There’s no charge to upgrade to the latest versions of Breeze Booth for iPad, Hub and the Event Editor. Download all three apps here
Breeze Booth for iPad runs on iPads and iPhones running iPadOS, iOS13 and iOS 12
Breeze Hub and Event Editor run on Windows 10, 8 and 7
Breeze Booth for Windows (DSLR Remote Pro and Webcam Photobooth) users can also use Hub free of charge.
New command line options to auto run and to load XML settings from file when running BreezeGallery Uploader
New command line options to auto login and to load XML settings from file when running the SmugMug Uploader
Breeze Viewer support for displaying adverts in mosaic modes with animated GIFs
Improved error reporting if a hashtag is not found when running the Hashtag Monitor
Fixes for issues uploading MP4 videos using Breeze Gallery Uploader and printing (when copies set to 0 and output set to print only inHotfolder Prints)
Hotfolder Prints 1.8.1 is a free upgrade for all registered users who purchased Hotfolder after 4th December 2018. Customers with older licenses need to buy an upgrade license to use this release.
Option to send emails and texts in the background via Breeze Hub
Option to see Webcam statistics in Breeze Hub
Fix for issue printing logos
Webcam Photobooth 2.5.1 introduces an option to create xml copies of emails and texts so they can be sent in the background using Hub.
Webcam Photobooth 2.5.1 is a free upgrade for all registered users who purchased Webcam Photobooth after 4th December 2018. Customers with older licenses need to buy an upgrade license to use this release.
Hub is a free utility provided by Breeze which can run on the same PC as Webcam Photobooth. You can run Hub with Breeze Booth for iPad and DSLR Remote Pro as well as Webcam Photobooth.
Share images in the background
Hub sends and shares your images in the background of other tasks, via email and SMS. No more waiting for images to upload before the next session starts.
View event statistics
Hub can also display statistics of sessions and shares from your booth.
Breeze Hub statistics
Run Hub with Webcam Photobooth to see
Total number of sessions
Breakdown of sessions by photo, GIF and video
Total shares
Shares by email and text
Busiest hour and day
Summary data for last 30 days
Rapid export to Excel and other spreadsheets
Copy and paste data from the Hub statistics page into spreadsheets (such as Microsoft Excel) to create graphs for corporate clients.
Copy and paste event data from Breeze Hub into your spreadsheet
Note: Hub is currently downloaded with the Breeze Booth for iPad Event Editor. Ignore or uninstall the Event Editor if you are not a Breeze Booth for iPad user.
There is a whole collection of goodies in the latest update to Breeze Booth & companion apps released today, including a new Event Creator, Bluetooth control of LEDs and other devices from the iPad, and passcode controlled updates to events.
What’s new?
Three step Event Creator builds working events from scratch
Link lighting effects to countdown and other screens*
Save power : switch off or dim lights during idle time*
Control Breeze Booth from other devices including payment systems, remote triggers and proximity sensors*
Passcode controlled update of events
Add audio to screens
Choice of print sizeand printer from the App
*requires compatible Bluetooth devices
Creating and customizing your own events
You love the Breeze Booth App and the power and flexibility of the Editor, but found it difficult to get started. We have simplified the Editor’s interface, added an easy to use event creator and buttons taking you straight to detailed help.
Easier editing
Simple Event Creator helps you build new events from scratch
Existing events are loaded automatically when you open the Editor
Free professional Chameleon theme as standard (use Chameleon with the Creator)
Screens folder is clearly named
Buttons link to detailed help for the current screen
Advanced options (including profiles) have been moved to a separate screen
Create working events in three steps
Three step Event creator builds working events for any iPad or iPhone ** using the new Chameleon theme:
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When you have built an event either transfer it straight to your booths, or add extra features such as virtual props, html emails and engaging surveys.
Give users a unique 6 digit passcode which will automatically download the latest version of the event to their device, and run it. More details …
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Where to find the latest releases
Breeze Booth 1.0.2 is a free upgrade which you can download from the App Store
Download Breeze Booth Event Editor 1.2 and Breeze Hub here
Can I try this for free?
You don’t need to buy a license to create events for Breeze Booth . Just download and install Breeze Booth Event Editor 1.2 onto a Windows PC. You can try out Breeze Booth and companion Apps Event Editor and Breeze Hub free of charge.
* Devices must run iOS 12. At time of writing (May 2019) Breeze Booth supports iPad Pro 11 and iPhone X series and well as iPads with 4:3 screens and iPhones with 16:9 screens
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Breeze Hub is a simple (but powerful) utility, that can manage the process of printing, emailing and the SMS* of images from other Breeze software products such as: Breeze Booth for iPad, Breeze Booth for Windows (DSLR Remote Pro) and Breeze Kiosk.
*SMS is designed for sending images via a microsite and does not currently send the actual image.
Breeze Hub, showing 2 iPads connected over a local network, and several emails that have been sent.
Where it started
Hub was initially developed as a print server app, to enable the printing of images from Breeze iPad based photo booths to professional dye sub printers. Additionally, it was designed as a way to easily sync images back to a Windows PC across a local network from your iPad.
Since then, the capabilities of Hub have expanded, and it can now also be used to email and SMS* images from Breeze Booth for Windows (DSLR Remote Pro), Breeze Kiosk and of course, Breeze Booth for iPad.
Breeze Booth for iPad
Breeze Booth for iPad + Breeze Hub
If you are using Breeze Booth for iPad and you want to print at your event, Hub is the fastest and best way to do so. Hub can run on a small, low powered Windows PC, that connects to your printer via USB. The iPad then connects to Hub over WIFI, and quickly sends the images to be printed. At the same time, Hub can also share your images via email and SMS.
Breeze Booth for Windows (Aka DSLR Remote Pro)
Breeze Booth for Windows running Breeze Hub
If you send emails from Breeze Booth for Windows (DSLR Remote Pro), Hub can run on the same PC, which then allows you to send emails in the background (no waiting for images to upload before next session starts) AND it allows you to attach all images, layouts and GIFs from each session as well as designing more attractive email templates, that can include the thumbnail images.
To get started, configure your emails in Breeze Booth as normal, ensuring that you have enabled XML logging. You can then configure your attachment settings to suit your needs (see GIF below).
Configure the email settings in Breeze Booth for Windows, ensuring that XML logging is enabled. Keep in mind, Breeze Booth requires SMTP settings to be entered, but these will be ignored, as the email will be sent from Breeze Hub instead.
Configure Breeze Hub to enable emails, ensuring you have entered your SMTP details.
When designing your email template, if you are using thumbnails in the body of the email, you need to ensure that you are using the relevant tags to display the images:
{image1} – the thumbnail of the print layout or GIF/mp4
{image2} {image4} {image6} etc – the thumbnail of the first, second and third photos in the session
{image3}{image5}{image7} – the high-resolution image of the first, second and third photos in the session (though typically, you would not embed the high resolution images in the email body)
Send emails from Breeze Booth for Windows that attach all images and GIFs/mp4’s from the photo booth session
Where do you install it?
Breeze Hub can be run locally on a PC at your event (for example, on your photo booth/kiosk PC, or on the PC acting as your print server); OR it can be run on a PC in your office, where images from multiple Windows/iPad based Breeze photo booths and Kiosks, can be emailed or sent via SMS* from one central location – essentially creating your own mini cloud solution.
Breeze Booth for iPad is a powerful photo booth app that has been designed with flexibility, redundancy and creativity in mind. Design unique, custom interfaces/user experiences and quickly deploy them to a fleet of iPads using trusted cloud services (Dropbox, iCloud etc) or via your own private and secure web servers.
Click video above to see Breeze Booth for iPad in action
Key Features
Centralised set up of events, interfaces and image branding via a Windows-based app
The industry’s most flexible interface designer
Make digital photos, prints and GIFs and use digital A/R props
White label the app interface and sharing features (as a standard inclusion)
Standalone capability and redundancy (events can run offline, deploy your own private and securesync and image sharing servers)
Advanced features for power users (profiles, tokens, unique ID’s, keyboard shortcuts, access to XML information etc)
Breeze Booth Standalone Operation
Breee Booth can run as a simple photo booth app, with loads of features available out of the box.
Shoot still images, slideshow and boomerang/burst GIFs
Virtual props
Standard image filters and effects: Color, B&W, sepia, comic and mirror effects
Create and import your own custom photo filters
Control camera settings (digital zoom, ISO, shutter speed, white balance, tint)
Switch between front and rear cameras
Printing of images (including AirPrint printers)
Email images directly from the iPad
Local storage of photos, prints and GIFs on the iPad
Sync images & XML data to Windows PC for sharing, printing and export to other Apps
Sync images to Dropbox
Log email addresses and cell phone numbers
Collect guest survey and consent data
Display privacy statements, terms & conditions, and other information screens
Sync events from Dropbox or your own private and secure web server
Transfer events to your iPad via AirDrop (no internet required)
Password protect events and App settings
Run events without an Internet connection
Retain complete control of images and guest data
Breeze Booth + Breeze Hub at your event
Extend the power of Breeze Booth and add Breeze Hub to the mix. Breeze Hub is a small but powerful Windows companion app that can be run at your event, to allow for single or multiple Breeze Booth iPads to print to any Windows printer. In addition, it can also share images via email and SMS without having to use external cloud services. All done locally at your event.
Print to any Windows printer (including professional dye sub printers)
Offline sharing of photos, animated GIFs, and MP4 files
Support sharing from multiple iPads, DLSR based booths and Kiosks with a single Internet connection at your event
Monitor local iPads & display current status and images taken
Share event name and other event data with local iPads
Breeze Booth + Breeze Hub + Event Editor at your office
For power users, centrally manage the syncing of multiple events, and sharing of images from your office, home or secure web server. With Breeze Hub and Event Editor, you can completely control how data is shared to your iPads and how images are sent to your guests; allowing you to create a redundant, secure and private system.
Create, adapt and update events for use worldwide from your PC
Design screens, prints, GIFs and email content for multiple events
Sync new & updated events through your own private and secure webserver
Sync new & updated events with iPads via Dropbox
Centrally share images from multiple events, iPad and DLSR based booths and kiosks from your own office or server.
Run external commands on images as they are received
Creative Outputs
Prints with custom background, overlay, captions graphics and logos
Change text on prints locally/on the iPad
Slideshow GIFs ( with animated overlays, backgrounds and titles)
Boomerang/burst GIFs (also with animated overlays, backgrounds and titles)
Share images by email and text (sharing by text requires microsite)
Industry standard image formats are suitable for sharing with other devices and programs, and uploading to the cloud
Applications
Social events
Corporate activations
360 degree rotating and slider systems
Slider systems
Fixed installations
Trade shows and conventions
Unattended booth in a box rental
Large multi-location events with unlimited number of iPads
White label events
Additional features include
Screens
animate screens and count down with animated GIFs
create menu driven interfaces
design for 4:3 and iPad Pro 11
drag and drop screen editor
pre-designed interfaces
interface and captions in any language
configurable optional and mandatory surveys
design for both landscape and portrait-oriented iPads
Print Layout Editor
drag and drop layout editor
add custom background, overlay, captions and logos
add jpg or png logos to prints
multiple captions
Captions can include date, event and other tokens
Design for multiple print sizes and dpi
Prints
Print strips, landscape, portrait, square, panorama and other designs
supports high speed professional printers
Supports any printer with full Windows drivers for Windows 10, 8 or 7 (using Hub)
AirPrint directly from iPad
Animated GIFs
create simple multi photo gifs from your photo session
print high quality images from your gif
make short boomerang / burst gifs
apply animated overlays and backgrounds
optional sharing as MP4 movie
Sharing by email and text
Online and offline sharing of photos, animated GIFs and MP4s
Email address and cell phone logging
Email directly from iPad
Share via Breeze Hub
White label html emails
Customise email ‘From’ address, subject and content
Automate customisation using event, date, media type and other Breeze tokens
SMS texting to both Apple and Android cell phones
User Privacy
Custom consent and privacy notice support
Rejected images deleted automatically
Photos saved to different folders by privacy options/answers to survey questions
The following notes are intended as a quick reference to some of the details in the video.
Some of the Breeze DSLR Remote Pro tokens used in this tutorial
Event tokens are special tokens which can be shared between different Breeze programs running on the same PC. They include the event name {eventName} , and several print counters.
Note: Tokens are case sensitive.
Print layouts
Tokens can be used to print information like today’s date less 8 hours {dateLess8h}) without editing the print layout each time it is used.
Why ‘date less 8 hours’? Use when events run past midnight, but you don’t want the images created after midnight to be stored under a different date. If your booths are always fast asleep before midnight you can use %d or %L token instead
{survey1_text1} stores the text a guest enters in response to the first question on the first survey screen
Information screens containing detailed information such as a Privacy Statement ot Terms and Conditions can also be added in DSLR Remote Pro 3.11.1 and later releases.
Tokens for check box surveys
Example of a checkbox survey used to obtained consent to specific uses of images taken in a booth. Breeze DSLR Remote Pro 3.11.1
In this example {survey1_chkbox1} will contain the value 1 if the first box (live feed) is checked, or 0 if it is not checked.
{survey1_chkbox2} will contain the value 1 if the second box (use for advertising) is checked, or 0 if it is not checked.
Check box surveys can also have multiple questions over several screens.
Friendly names for folders and images based on check box surveys
Example of separating images into two folders – one for images where guests have agreed that they are shared in a live feed, the other for images where guests have declined this.
Tokens can be included in the pathname for the follder where images are stored during an event. In this example images are separated into two download folders based on the guest’s answer to the live feed question in the survey. (DSLR Remote Pro 3.11.1)
DSLR Remote Pro creates the folders and stores images in appropriate folders as they are created
Print counters : DSLR Remote Pro 3.11 introduces tokens for accessing the print counters : {printQuotaUsed},{printCounterEvent} and {printCounterLocal}. Print counters can be used to automate a photo booth with a fixed print quota e.g. by loading a “share only” profile when the print quota has been used.. They can also be displayed in print captions.
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