Breeze Booth for iPad supports both iOS and SMTP emails. You can find a new tutorial which explains the difference and how to send both here
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Removing branding from Breeze Booth for iPad sample events
Breeze Booth comes with five sample events as standard, professionally designed to run on iPads. You can tweak or customize these examples to use at your own events.
This new Breeze Booth for iPad tutorial shows you how to adjust these designs for your own use.
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BoothCon 2020 – Breeze Masterclass tickets going fast
If you are lucky enough to be planning to attend BoothCon in Brisbane next January head over to their website and book your ticket today.
Steve Bliesner will be running a free Breeze Masterclass Mastering Breeze for Ipad and Iphone on the Wednesday afternoon. Justin tells me that after just 2 days the class is 50% full, and he expects it to sell out soon.
Breeze Booth for iPad
Launched in March, Breeze Booth for iPad is a powerful photo booth app that lets you create GIFs, print digital images and design custom interfaces and experiences across multiple iOS devices. A perfect fit for fixed installations, roaming and stationary devices at events.
Custom interfaces and experiences
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.
Set up events
Enjoy centralised set up of events, interfaces and image branding via a handy Windows-based app. Team up with Breeze Event Editor to professionally control and customise each area of your event.
Standalone capability and redundancy
If necessary your events can run offline, using your own private, secure sync and image sharing servers.
Can’t wait until January?
- Download Breeze Booth from the App Store and try it for yourself today.
- Browse the introductory tutorials here
- Main product page
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Breeze Booth 1.0.4 is here
Breeze Booth (iPad + iPhone) 1.0.4 and companion app Event Editor 1.3.1 are released today.
What’s new?
- MP3 soundtracks for MP4 slideshows and boomerangs
- Support for multiple props in each image
- Display virtual prop text correctly both in live view and outputs
- Improved AirPrint support
- Support for iPadOS and iOS 13
Vary the props in your GIFs and photos
You can find a tutorial outlining how to add virtual props here, and more details in the online manual.
Display virtual text correctly in both live view and outputs
Photo booth live view is usually mirrored so that guests see themselves as they would in a mirror. This causes problems with text in virtual props because the text is also mirrored. Breeze Booth 1.0.4 solves this problem.
Soundtracks for MP4 videos
Add a soundtrack to MP4 copies of both slideshow and burst GIFs. How to add sound tracks.
Support for iPadOS and iOS 13
Booth (iPad and iPhones) 1.0.4 supports both Apple’s new iPadOS and iOs13 as well as iOS 12.
How do I upgrade to this release?
Breeze Booth 1.0.4 and Event Editor v1.3.1 were released on 30th September and are free upgrades for all Breeze Booth (iPad + iPhone) subscribers.
Download Breeze Booth from the App Store
Download the Windows based companion apps Event Editor and Hub here
Can I try this for free?
Yes! Download and try Breeze Booth from the App Store, and companion Apps Event Editor and Breeze Hub from our website. There’s no charge for this. You don’t even need to buy a license to create your own events. Just download and install Breeze Booth Event Editor 1.3.1 onto a Windows PC.
* Devices must run iPadOS, iOS 13 or iOS 12.
How to buy a Breeze Booth subscription
Breeze Booth subscriptions cost just US $49 /month or US $440 /per year. Open an account at breezebooth.net before you buy a subscription.
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Breeze Booth for iPad launched
Breeze Booth for iPad is a powerful photo booth app designed with flexibility, redundancy and creativity in mind.
Breeze Booth features the most powerful and flexible interface designer of any iPad app in the industry. Create graphically stunning designs, complex multi-menu navigations, engaging data surveys and customised keyboards. Quickly deploy them to a fleet of iPads using trusted cloud services (Dropbox, iCloud etc) or via your own private and secure web servers.
Make it yours. Make it your clients. Breeze Booth can be re-skinned to make it look like your very own photo booth software. All from just US $49/month or US $440/year.
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Extra Breeze iPad Master class at Photo Booth Expo 2019 – Monday at 3pm!
Latest: Additional iPad class on Monday 25th February at 3pm – book now!
Book your place at Introducing Breeze Booth for iPad on Monday at 3pm (The password is PBX)
I have reserved places for the folks on the iPad waiting list for this class – please drop me an email and confirm whether you would like to take them up.
Chris and Steve are running two Breeze Master Classes at Photo Booth Expo this year – Introducing Breeze Booth for iPad, and Interface design for DSLR Remote Pro and Multi-Camera. Tickets are free to PBX Key Pass holders. The original classes have been fully booked for some time.
Both will also give Keynote presentations at PBX. Steve will open on Sunday at 12 with What I’ve Learned From Doing 1000 Events A Year. Chris will cover Choosing the Right Camera for your Booth on Tuesday at 9am. You don’t need to book for Keynote presentations, which are open to all PBX Key Pass holders.
Introducing Breeze Booth for iPad
Monday 25th February 11-12.30 & 3-4.30 Steve Bliesner & Chris Breeze
Get the low down on the latest Breeze App from Steve Bliesner (Breeze Brand Ambassador and Photo Booth Guys) and Chris Breeze (Breeze founder and developer).
Book your place at Introducing Breeze Booth for iPad (The password is PBX)
If you can no longer use your ticket, please email sales@breezesys.com so that I can give it to someone else. Thank you.
As most of you know, Chris is founder and developer in chief at Breeze. Steve Bliesner is our Breeze Brand Ambassador as well as running the Photo Booth Guys and Wilkes Photobooth. Steve’s Breeze class at BoothCon 2019 was standing room only; we expect both the PBX classes to be packed.
This is the fifth Year of Photo Booth Expo, the world’s largest Photo Booth Show. It’s a great chance to catch up with you all as well as showing the latest Breeze offerings at our booth. See you soon.
Sue & Chris
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Syncing events with Dropbox – Breeze Booth for iPad
How to use Dropbox to transfer new and updated events from the Event Editor 1.2 (on a Windows PC) to your iPads. This post includes a trouble shooting section.
June 2019: Post updated to clarify that events can be saved straight to Dropbox
May 2019: Some images and text in this post have been updated to reflect the latest releases of the Breeze Booth App and Event Editor 1.2
Introduction
When you download Breeze Booth from the App Store, you are prompted to sync (ie download) sample events from Breeze servers at https://bb4ipad/com/sync
When you create your own events you also need to transfer them to your devices. The simplest way to do this is to use Dropbox. This post explains how to set up Dropbox on each iPad (or iPhone) and download events using Dropbox.
Note: Breeze Booth now supports both iPads and iPhones running iOS12. References to iPads in this post also refer to iPhones.
Setting up Dropbox on your iPad
- Install the official Dropbox app on your iPad (this can be downloaded from the Apple App Store).
- Select Sign in to Dropbox in Breeze Booth for iPad’s app settings and authorize the app. This will create a “Breeze Booth for iPad” folder in your Dropbox “Apps” folder.
Copy the events on your PC to your Dropbox folder
Once you have set up Dropbox for Breeze Booth you need to copy your folder of events into the correct Dropbox folder to transfer them to the iPad.
Copy the events folder from C:\Users\yourname\Documents\Breeze Booth for iPad
to C:\Users\yourname\Dropbox\Apps\Breeze Booth for iPad
Note: When you sync the events using Dropbox on your iPad, the program will look for this folder. You must name it correctly, or the App will not find your events.
Note to advanced users: You can use tokens including {eventName} in your Dropbox folder naming. This post does not cover this.
Saving events straight to Dropbox
Once the initial set of events have been copied to Dropbox, you can either save new and updated events directly into Dropbox, or continue using an intermediate folder and manually copy them. Saving events straight to Dropbox is simpler and faster.
To direct the Event Editor to load and save events in Dropbox, select File then Open, navigate to C:\Users\…\Dropbox\Apps\Breeze Booth for iPad\events and open events.xml
When you return to the main Event Editor screen note that the folder name at the top has changed:
You will be prompted to save your changes before closing the Event Editor
Tell Breeze Booth for iPad to sync events using Dropbox
As there are several ways to sync events, you need to tell your iPad which to choose. In Breeze Booth for iPad go to Settings and select the Sync via Dropbox.
Import the latest version of your events into Breeze Booth for iPad from Dropbox
You can choose whether to update (‘sync’) all your events at the same time, or update a single event. Updating all events is the best way to check everything on the iPad is up to date, but may be slower than updating a single event (especially if you have a poor Internet connection).
You can also update the event list before updating individual events.
Get an updated list of events
Get the latest version of all your events
Get the latest version of a single event
Once the event(s) have been updated, you are ready to run them
Concerned about guests getting access to your Dropbox files from the iPad?
Advanced users: Signing into the Dropbox App on an iPad and signing Breeze Booth for iPad into your Dropbox account are not the same. Once your events are set up correctly, you can secure your Dropbox account by:
either signing out from the Dropbox App and keeping Breeze Booth for iPad signed into Dropbox
or Deleting the Dropbox App from the iPad
Only delete the Dropbox App from the iPad when Breeze Booth for iPad is signed in to DropBox. If you sign Breeze Booth for iPad out from Dropbox, you will need to reinstall the official Dropbox app before signing back in again.
You can also set an exit password to keep guests from accessing the Breeze Booth for iPad settings page
Using an exit password to keep sticky fingered guests from the Breeze Booth for iPad settings page
Keep life simple when syncing with Dropbox
- Do name your folders correctly
- Do not uninstall Breeze Booth for iPad from your iPads
- Do not delete the Breeze Booth for iPad folder in Dropbox
Stuck? Getting out of trouble
iPad App can’t find my new/updated events
Path not found errors occur when the App cannot find the event files. Causes:
- Dropbox has not finished syncing the files to the iPad
- Dropbox folders or files are not named correctly
Motr
Error: not logged into Dropbox occurs if Breeze Booth for iPad is not signed into Dropbox
Check the iPad settings screen:
More places to find help
Breeze Booth for iPad has detailed help files online
If you can’t find an answer in the help files, feel free to email support@breezesys.com or post in the Breeze User group on Facebook
Summary
This post explained how to transfer new and updated events from a PC to Breeze Booth for iPad using Dropbox. You will need a Dropbox account and an Internet connection for this to work.
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Build your own iPad events with Event Editor 1.1
This post explains how to create and edit your own events for Breeze Booth for iPad using the Breeze Booth Event Editor 1.1 on a Windows PC, and covers
- what’s new in this release
- first steps : how to download, install and run the Event Editor on your PC
- loading events into the event editor
- cloning an event as a start point for a custom design
- portrait and landscape events
- editing an event
- transferring events to your iPad(s)
April 4th: The version of the Event Editor described below has been replaced by v1.1.2, which can be downloaded here . You can find detailed instructions for the Event Editor in the new help files. Breeze Booth 1.0.1 is now available in the App Store, find the App here . The beta program is now closed.
Breeze Booth Event Editor v1.1 works with Breeze Booth for iPad beta build 25, and was released on February 16th, 2019
Introduction
The Breeze Booth Event Editor is a powerful Windows based program which can be used to create and edit events for Breeze Booth for iPad.
Do join the beta program and explore Breeze Booth for iPad before using the editor. Play with ‘Designer‘ (the first event) to get a feel for what you can achieve with Breeze Booth for iPad.
New in this release…
Easier editing – you will find it much simpler to load events into the Editor, copy them and save your work.
- Simpler cloning of events
- Ability to import events from elsewhere
- Improved event format
- Simpler manifest regeneration
Chris has also added the ability to set up both initial and default profiles for an event, & load profiles from menu 1 or menu 2
Download and install Breeze Booth Event Editor & sample events
Event Editor runs on a Windows 10, 8 or 7 computer. Download it from here.
You will also automatically download Breeze Hub and the designs for nine sample events. When you install the event editor, these events will automatically be saved in your Documents folder C:\Users\…\Documents\Breeze Booth for iPad\events
There is a sub-folder for each sample event, and a file called events.xml which you need to open in the Event Editor:
Run Breeze Booth Event Editor
Start the Event Editor, and select Open.
Load the list of existing events by selecting events.xml in C:\Users\…\Documents\Breeze Booth for iPad\events
Initial list of sample events displayed in BBEE
The first event is called Designer and showcases many of the features included with Breeze Booth for iPad. You are welcome to use this design (or parts of it) with Breeze Booth for iPad at your own events.
The remaining 8 events are much simpler. They are intended to help you create your own designs.
This post will show you how to copy one of these simple events (Photos with virtual props) and edit it for your own use.
Photos with virtual props takes one photo and shares it on a custom background. Guests choose between 3 virtual props. They can also choose whether to shoot in color, B&W, sepia, comic effect or using a filter. The photo can be shared by email .
Cloning ‘Photos with virtual props’
Right click on Photos with virtual props and select Clone Event…
You can change the name, description and folder name of the new event:
Editing an event
Portrait, landscape or both?
Breeze Booth for iPad lets guests switch between portrait and landscape orientation on the fly (great for roaming booths like the Ring Roamer). My virtual props event can be used in both portrait and landscape orientation, so has designs for both.
If you will always run an event in the same orientation, you don’t need to create both designs.
Open My virtual props
We will just edit the portrait version of My virtual props event today. Click on the portrait Edit button:
This brings us to the Photo Booth Settings screen, where you can start to customize your design
The original Photos with virtual props takes one photo and shares it on a colored background with a custom logo. Guests choose between 3 virtual props. They can also choose whether to shoot in color, B&W, sepia, comic effect or using a filter. The photo can be shared by email .
We are going to change My virtual props event to
- take 2 square photos
- remove the branded background print layout
- add a new background color, 2 logos* and a caption to the print layout
- create a slideshow GIF from the 2 photos
- customize the wording of the email
- share the slideshow GIF instead of the print layout
*You can add up to 5 different png or jpg logos to each print layout in addition to the background and overlay. This is a simple way of branding a design for a particular event, and can also be used as a quick way to add an image of the bride and groom (taken earlier in the day) to wedding photo booths.
Photo Booth Settings Screen
The Photo Booth Settings Screen is displayed for the profile you selected. It has 5 tabs : General, Photos, Slideshow GIFs, Burst GIFs, and Share. You can access powerful editors to design your screens, prints and GIFs from these settings.
Photo Booth Settings – General tab
11) Change the aspect ratio of the photos to square
You can find a full list of Breeze Booth for iPad screens here
Photo Booth Settings – Photos tab
12) Change the number of photos to 2
13) Change the countdown text color to black
14) Open the Print Layout Editor
Print Layout Editor
Use the Print layout editor to customize your prints. In the slideshow below I will:
15) Remove the branded background
16) Add a new background color to the print
17) Change the printed photo to a square
18) Right click on the background to add the second photo
19) Resize and reposition the two photos
20) Add the two logos
21) Right click on the background to add a caption, then right click again to edit it
22) Save my changes
Note: You can add up to 5 different JPG or PNG logos to a print
Photo Booth Settings – Slideshow GIFs tab
Check Create animated GIF,... to create an animated GIF from the two photos
Photo Booth Settings – Share tab
23) Check Share slideshow first to share the GIF instead of a print layout
24) Open the slideshow email editor to customize the message
Change the subject and email text. You can use Breeze tokens (25) in emails
Before you leave the event editor….
When you have finished editing the event, check OK to save all your changes.
Add an extra countdown GIF and sharing screen to the asset folder
The new event includes has two photos instead of one so we need a second countdown GIF 2.gif . We also need a screen called share_slideshow.jpg to share the new slideshow GIF.
I have copied the existing 1.gif and share.jpg screens to 2.gif and share_slideshow.jpg in C:\Users\sue\Documents\Breeze Booth for iPad\events\My virtual props event\portrait
When you make any changes to this folder you must also go back to the Breeze Booth Event Editor, open the event and regenerate the manifests
Closing the Event Editor
If you make any changes to your events, the Event Editor will prompt you to save changes to your events.xml folder. It is important that you select Yes to save the changes you have made and update the manifest.
Copying events from a PC to your iPads
There are currently 3 ways to copy events from your PC to an iPad:
Method 1: Sync via Dropbox
This is covered in a separate post Syncing events with Dropbox
Method 2: Sync via a secure https web server
Upload the events folder to a folder on a web server, then go the to the settings screen in Breeze Booth for Ipad and edit the URL for the sync server to point to this folder. Then use the events screen in Breeze Booth for iPad to sync the events.
Important: This method can only be used with secure servers that have https e.g. https://breezesys.com. It will not work with http URLs.
Sample events are available by setting the sync server to https://bb4ipad.com/sync in the iPad’s app settings.
Method 3: Copy the files via iCloud
Copy the event folder to a folder on iCloud that is visible on the iPad. Then use the Files app to copy the files to Breeze Booth for iPad’s assets folder.
Printing your photos
You can print using AirPrint or Breeze Hub
25) To print directly from the iPad connect up your printer ( which must support AirPrint) and choose Print using Airprint on the Breeze Booth for iPad Settings screen
26) To print using a Windows PC you need Breeze Hub. Choose Connect to Breeze Hub on the Breeze Booth or iPad Settings screen
Summary
This post has taken you through downloading and installing both the Breeze Booth Event Editor and a set of sample events onto a Windows PC. I have also shown how to create your own event based on one of the samples provided by Breeze, and outlined ways to transfer new and updated events to your iPads. Finally there are short notes about printing using Airprint and a Windows PC.
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Thanks,
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Breeze Booth for iPad – What can it do?
Complete creative freedom
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 secure sync 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
- Control location of saved images
Advanced Features
- Menus
- Breeze profiles
- Breeze tokens
- Random* filename generation {UID}enhances guest privacy (virtually impossible to guess filename)
- Access data from external applications via XML
- Interfaces & captions in any language, international character sets
- Control App with external buttons, motion sensors, USB HIB etc
- Include tokens in update server URL/Dropbox path
*Filenames generated are guaranteed to be unique for at least 2 years on that iPad
Try Breeze Booth for iPad yourself
Images courtesy of PhotoBoothGuys
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How to build your own events for Breeze Booth for iPad
This post explains how to create and edit your own events for Breeze Booth for iPad using the Breeze Booth Event Editor on a Windows PC, and covers
- what’s new in this release
- how to download, install and run the event editor on your PC
- loading a list of existing events into the event editor
- creating a new event
- linking an event to it’s asset folder(s)
- portrait and landscape events
- editing an event
- transferring events to your iPad(s)
December 22nd: I have updated the section Method 1: Sync via Dropbox adding more detail to make it easier to follow.
Breeze Booth Event Editor v1.0 beta 20181116 works with Breeze Booth for iPad beta build 20, and was released on November 16th, 2018
Introduction
The Breeze Booth Event Editor is a powerful Windows based program which can be used to create and edit events for Breeze Booth for iPad.
Do join the beta program and explore Breeze Booth for iPad before using the editor. Play with ‘Designer‘ (the first event) to get a feel for what you can achieve with Breeze Booth for iPad.
New in this release…
- Installer – easier to download and install the Event Editor on your computer
- Sample events are automatically downloaded and copied into PC Documents folder – no need to unzip them
- Menu screens to select styles, mirroring, virtual props etc (less need for profiles)
- Support for choice of up to 10 different virtual props
- Ability to add logos and resize, rotate and position them in the print layout
- Updated sample events
Download and install Breeze Booth Event Editor
Breeze Booth Event Editor runs on a Windows 10, 8 or 7 computer. Download it from here.
You will also automatically download the designs for nine sample events we provide for Breeze Booth for iPad. When you install the event editor, these files will automatically be saved in your Documents folder as shown here
C:\Users\sue\Documents\Breeze Booth for iPad\events
The first event is called Designer and showcases many of the features included with Breeze Booth for iPad. You are welcome to use this design (or parts of it) with Breeze Booth for iPad at your own events.
The remaining 8 events are much simpler. They are intended to help you create your own designs.
This post will show you how to copy one of these simple events (Photos with virtual props) and edit it for your own use.
Photos with virtual props takes one photo and shares it on a custom background. Guests choose between 3 virtual props. They can also choose whether to shoot in color, B&W, sepia, comic effect or using a filter. The photo can be shared by email .
Copy the asset folders from Photos with virtual props
Start by copying the Photos with virtual props folder to a new folder called My virtual props event
Run Breeze Booth Event Editor
Start the Event Editor, and select Open.
Load the list of existing events by selecting events.xml
Initial list of sample events displayed in BBEE
Create a new event ‘My virtual props event‘
1) Give the new event a name
2) Add a description
3) Select the landscape version of ‘My virtual props event‘, by
4) finding the correct folder, opening it and
5) selecting settings.xml
6, 7, 8, ) Repeat for the portrait version of My virtual props event
9) Save your new event
Portrait, landscape or both?
Breeze Booth for iPad lets guests switch between portrait and landscape orientation on the fly (great for roaming booths like the Ring Roamer). My virtual props event can be used in both portrait and landscape orientation, so has designs for both.
If you will always run an event in the same orientation, you don’t need to create both designs.
Editing an event
We will just edit the portrait version of My virtual props event (10) today. Click on the portrait Edit button:
This brings us to the Photo Booth Settings screen, where you can start to customize your design
The original Photos with virtual props takes one photo and shares it on a colored background with a custom logo. Guests choose between 3 virtual props. They can also choose whether to shoot in color, B&W, sepia, comic effect or using a filter. The photo can be shared by email .
We are going to change My virtual props event to
- take 2 square photos
- remove the branded background print layout
- add a new background color, 2 logos* and a caption to the print layout
- create a slideshow GIF from the 2 photos
- customize the wording of the email
- share the slideshow GIF instead of the print layout
*You can add up to 5 different png or jpg logos to each print layout in addition to the background and overlay. This is a simple way of branding a design for a particular event, and can also be used as a quick way to add an image of the bride and groom (taken earlier in the day) to wedding photo booths.
Photo Booth Settings Screen
The Photo Booth Settings Screen is displayed for the profile you selected. It has 5 tabs : General, Photos, Slideshow GIFs, Burst GIFs, and Share. You can access powerful editors to design your screens, prints and GIFs from these settings.
Photo Booth Settings – General tab
11) Change the aspect ratio of the photos to square
You can find a full list of Breeze Booth for iPad screens here
Photo Booth Settings – Photos tab
12) Change the number of photos to 2
13) Change the countdown text color to black
14) Open the Print Layout Editor
Print Layout Editor
Use the Print layout editor to customize your prints. In the slideshow below I will:
15) Remove the branded background
16) Add a new background color to the print
17) Change the printed photo to a square
18) Right click on the background to add the second photo
19) Resize and reposition the two photos
20) Add the two logos
21) Right click on the background to add a caption, then right click again to edit it
22) Save my changes
Note: You can add up to 5 different JPG or PNG logos to a print
Photo Booth Settings – Slideshow GIFs tab
Check Create animated GIF,... to create an animated GIF from the two photos
Photo Booth Settings – Share tab
23) Check Share slideshow first to share the GIF instead of a print layout
24) Open the slideshow email editor to customize the message
Change the subject and email text. You can use Breeze tokens (25) in emails
Before you leave the event editor….
When you have finished editing the event, check OK to save all your changes. You will need to update the list of events (events.xml), the manifest for My virtual props event (manifest.xml) , and the settings file for the event (settings.xml)
Add an extra countdown GIF and sharing screen to the asset folder
The new event includes has two photos instead of one so we need a second countdown GIF 2.gif . We also need a screen called share_slideshow.jpg to share the new slideshow GIF.
I have copied the existing 1.gif and share.jpg screens to 2.gif and share_slideshow.jpg in C:\Users\sue\Documents\Breeze Booth for iPad\events\My virtual props event\portrait
When you make any changes to this folder you must also go back to the Breeze Booth Event Editor and regenerate the manifests
Copying events from a PC to your iPads
There are currently 3 ways to copy events from your PC to an iPad:
Method 1: Sync via Dropbox
- Install the official DropBox app on your iPad (this can be downloaded from the Apple App Store).
- Select Sign in to Dropbox in Breeze Booth for iPad’s app settings and authorize the app. This will create a “Breeze Booth for iPad” folder in your DropBox “Apps” folder.
- Now on your PC copy the whole Breeze Booth for iPad folder
from C:\Users\yourname\Documents\Breeze Booth for iPad
to C:\Users\yourname\Dropbox\Apps
Note: When you sync the events using Dropbox on your iPad, the program will look for this folder. You must name it correctly, or the App will not find your events.
- As there are several ways to sync events, you need to tell your iPad which to choose. In Breeze Booth for iPad go to Settings and select the Sync via Dropbox.
Method 2: Sync via a secure https web server
Upload the events folder to a folder on a web server, then go the to the settings screen in Breeze Booth for Ipad and edit the URL for the sync server to point to this folder. Then use the events screen in Breeze Booth for iPad to sync the events.
Important: This method can only be used with secure servers that have https e.g. https://breezesys.com. It will not work with http URLs.
Sample events are available by setting the sync server to https://bb4ipad.com/sync in the iPad’s app settings.
Method 3: Copy the files via iCloud
Copy the event folder to a folder on iCloud that is visible on the iPad. Then use the Files app to copy the files to Breeze Booth for iPad’s assets folder.
Update Breeze Booth for iPad to use the new event
Before you can run a new event on an iPad, Breeze Booth for iPad needs to update it’s list of events. Once My virtual props event has been added to this list, sync the event to download the new assets and xml files
Syncing the iPad is covered in more detail here
Printing your photos
You can print using AirPrint or Breeze Hub
25) To print directly from the iPad connect up your printer ( which must support AirPrint) and choose Print using Airprint on the Breeze Booth for iPad Settings screen
26) To print using a Windows PC you need Breeze Hub. Choose Connect to Breeze Hub on the Breeze Booth or iPad Settings screen
Summary
This has been quite a marathon post. I have outlined the new features in Breeze Booth Event Editor, how to download and install this program on your PC, how to create your own event based on one of the samples provided by Breeze, and how to download the new event to use on your iPads.
If you found this post useful please share it with others.
Thanks,
Sue
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