Breeze Booth (DSLR+Windows) aka DSLR Remote Pro 3.18.1 was released today.
This release expands the choice of images uploaded by DSLR Remote Pro’s File Uploader.
What’s new in 3.18.1?
File Uploader can upload both original and cropped/resized versions of the print layout
Survey responses can be made available to other apps and scripts by writing them to the Windows registry as soon as the survey has been completed.
New event date and event time tokens{eventDate} and {eventId} provide a way to identify events.
This release also fixes issues where ready overlay screen images were cropped when using profiles and animated GIFs, and email attachments for processed photos and thumbnails not being sent unless the original photos were selected.
Upgrade to DSLR Remote Pro 3.18.1 today
DSLR Remote Pro 3.18.1 is a free upgrade for all registered users who purchased DSLR Remote Pro after 31 October 2021. Customers with older licenses need to buy an upgrade license to use this release.
Breeze Booth (DSLR+Windows) aka DSLR Remote Pro 3.18 was released today, October 4th.
What’s new?
DSLR Remote Pro 3.18 brings
Support for two new R series cameras : Canon’s EOS R10 and EOS R7. Both have excellent face detect autofocus.
Secure, single user QR codes
New pay to share mode for sharing videos, photos and GIFs by email or text
Real time File uploader
Easier display of email and text keyboards at the top of the screen
Export registry settings tool
Video overlays for videos captured in video booth mode
Transparency of video overlays can be controlled using alpha channels
This release also fixes an issue sending emails with cc addresses.
Promising new photo booth camera
DSLR Remote Pro 3.18 adds support for two new Canon cameras, the EOS R10 and EOS R7. Both have excellent face detect auto focus.
Chris believes the face detect auto focus gives the EOS R10 great potential for photo booth use.
Single use QR Code coupons
QR codes offer a fast and safe way for guests to interact with your photo booth and image sharing products.
New single use QR codes are a secure way to issue QR code ‘coupons’ which run the booth for a single session.
Use them at theme parks, events and attractions where each vistor is entitled to a single booth session
Combine them with an online payment mechanism, sending guests a code when their payment has been accepted
Single use QR code option for payments
Secure single use QR codes also make an attractive alternative to conventional payment booths. Take payments online and provide secure single use QR codes which run a single session when scanned.
Single use QR codes start the booth and run a single session (Breeze DLSR Remote Pro)
Breeze MDB payment utility can now be used for pay to share video, photos and GIFs as well as prints.
Take contactless payments to share vimages by email or text (Breeze DSLR Remote Pro 3.18)
Move keyboards to the top of the screen
Mirror booth and other vertical screen users often prefer guests type their contact details at the top or center of the screen.
The Photobooth setup wizard now has an option to place email and text keyboards atthe top or center of your screen.
File Uploader
Upload photos, GIFs and videos from photo booth to online sharing galleries during the event.
DSLR Remote Pro’s File Uploader runs in the background and automatically uploads images to websites and sharing galleries including Event Kite and WordPress Plugin Photobooth Gallery Plugin.
New registry export tool
Upgrading your kit? Expanding the business and need more booths? The new registry export tool saves DSLR ‘s program settings to a file which can be copied to a new PC.
To copy these registry settings back into DSLR Remote Pro on the same or a different PC, double click on the registry settings file in Windows Explorer.
Support for Apple ProRes4444 video overlay with alpha transparency
Add ProRes4444 video overlays to videos captured in video booth mode. The transparency of your video overlays can be controlled using alpha channels.
Upgrade to DSLR Remote Pro 3.18 today
DSLR Remote Pro 3.18 is a free upgrade for all registered users who purchased DSLR Remote Pro after 4 October 2021. Customers with older licenses need to buy an upgrade license to use this release.
Breeze apps offer unparalled creative control over what guests see and experience at your booth and sharing kiosks.
I’ve just added a new tutorial to the website to help DSLR Remote Pro, Kiosk and Webcam Photobooth users change the colors of the keyboard screens used for email and text based sharing.
Breeze Booth (iPad+iPhone) 3.1.1 is released today.
We are also releasing updates to the Breeze Booth companion apps, Event Editor v3.1.1, Breeze Hub v1.2.6.3 and Camera Controller v1.1.1.
What’s new?
Booth 3.1.1 offers
Audio guest book mode
Smoother integration of background removal with live view during count down and capture
Choice of background removal experience before starting each session
New Overlay & Background Suffixes simplify building and repurposing events with a choice of AIBG experience.
Overlay & background suffixes can also select screens displayed during countdown and capture, and print/slideshow GIF overlay and backgrounds
Ability to change screens and outputs to reflect answers to survey questions
Three new free sample events
Professional Background Removal demo has been updated to include background removal during live view and count down
Support for three new Canon R series cameras : EOS R10, EOS R7, and EOS R3, with excellent face detect autofocus.
Breeze Booth 3.1.1 also adds an option to copy profiles from another event, improves performance and reliability when syncing files to Breeze Hub, and fixes an issue sending emails with cc addresses via Hub.
Audio guest book mode
Delight the bride and groom with a collection of audio messages from their guests.
Choosing AI background before the session starts
As soon as Breeze users could apply background removal to live view, they wanted to try the effect of different backgrounds.
Trying the effect of different backgrounds on the Booth ready screen
Use either the new Overlay & Background Suffixes or profiles for this effect.
Try on your own iPad/iPhone – use the AI Background Removal Choices QR code to download this event into Booth 3.1.1 on your own device.
Background replaced during countdown and capture (photos, videos and burst GIFs)
Breeze Booth 3.1 introduced live view with background removal on the photo, GIF and video ready screens.
Booth 3.1.1 takes this further by applying background and overlay images to live view when using local background removal.
Overlay/background suffix
New overlay/background suffixes provide a way to dynamically select screen overlays and backgrounds. They can also be used to dynamically select which screen is displayed.
Screens reflect guests answers to survey questions
Booth’s interface now can be adapted during each session to reflect guests answers to survey questions.
In the video below the countdown GIF, background & print design reflect Chris’ choice of chocolate , pistachio or strawberry ice cream. The photo background is replaced during countdown and on prints and GIFs.
Testing ice cream flavors aka the new sample event (Survey+AI Background removal).
Too hot to work?
Take a trip to the moon. Scan this QR code with your iPad/iPhone’s camera to load the updated Background Removal event into Booth 3.1.1.
New sample events
Scan the QR code below with your iPad/iPhone’s camera to load the new background removal events into the app.
To explore and adapt these events for your own use, download the zip file here and import the events into the Event Editor.
We strongly recommend using fast recent devices when using built in background removal with live view and/or videos. At the time of writing recommended devices include the 2021 iPad Pro, 2022 iPad Air and 2022 iPhone SE.
Promising new photo booth camera
Booth’s Camera Controller v1.1.1 adds support for three new Canon cameras, the EOS R10, EOS R7 and EOS R3. All have excellent face detect auto focus.
Chris is impressed with the excellent face detect auto focus of Canon’s new EOS R10
Chris recently tested the R10 and believes the face detect auto focus gives it great potential for photo booth use. The next release of DSLR Remote Pro will include support for the R10 and R7.
Which iPad/iPhone models can I use with Breeze Booth 3.1.1?
Breeze Booth 3.1.1 runs on all iPads and iPhones running iPadiOS15 and iOS 15.
Background removal including live view runs much better on powerful devices. We strongly recommend using fast recent iPads or iPhones when using background removal.
At the time of writing (August 2022) recommended devices include the 2021 iPad Pro, 2022 iPad Air or 2022 iPhone SE.
The A11 processor (2019 or more recent models) is the minimum which can be used.
New to Booth for iPad?
Try Breeze for iPad completely free of charge. The demonstration and sample events are free to use as well.
You will find help to get you started, more fabulous free events and tutorials here
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.
In the three years since Breeze for iPad was launched, the app has matured into our most powerful photo booth software.
I’m delighted to share with you that Steve has given the iPad homepage a much needed update to reflect the incredible features which have been added along the way.
A huge thank you to Steve for producing this gorgeous page and generously sharing many of the images it includes, such as the example of blend modes at the top of this post.
Breeze Booth 3 and 3.1 add revolutionary video features: 360 Auto Start, locally processed AI Background Removal, Key Framing, Slow Motion and the industry’s most powerful video timeline editor.
In the video booth section of the new page, he includes samples demonstrating some of these effects. To download these video booth events to your own device:
Scan the Video Samples QR code directly into the Breeze Booth app
Note: Videos, slow motion and background removal requiring live view run much better on powerful devices. We strongly recommend using fast recent iPads or iPhones these events. At the time of writing recommended devices include the 2021 iPad Pro, 2022 iPad Air or 2022 iPhone SE.
Scanning this code will replace all events currently loaded into the app with six sample video events. To restore previous events, see below
It may take a little time to download all the events so please be patient.
Breeze Booth Home Screen. Touch (1) to scan a QR code, (2) to start the current event (Grid Effect) , (3) to open the Events window and switch to a different Event
Five sample video events are downloaded to the app:
Grid effect
AI background detection
Video overlays
Size and Placement
Pan and zoom
When the events are first downloaded, the app will be ready to run Grid Effect.
3*3 Grid Effect (Breeze Booth for iPad 3.1)
Switch to any of the others in the Events window by selecting the event name and choosing Run.
Restoring previous events in the app after running the video samples
Scanning the Video Samples QR code into the app replaces whatever events are there at the time.
To reinstall the original demo events, scan this QR code into the Breeze Booth App.
Scanning this code into Breeze Booth will replace all events currently loaded into the app with the initial set of demo events
Adapting these events for your own use
To adapt these events for your own use download them as a zip file and import them into the Event Editor.
Importing an event into Event Editor 3.1: Click on Import Event.. in the Event Editor, open the folder for the event you want to import, click on event_info.xml and press Open
These sample video booth events are free to use whether you have a subscription/voucher or are using the free trial.
AI Background detection blurs the video background
DSLR Remote Pro 3.17.1 is a free upgrade for all registered users who purchased DSLR Remote Pro after 22 March 2021. Customers with older licenses need to buy an upgrade license to use this release.
We are delighted to announce the release of Breeze Booth (iPad+iPhone) 3.0. Jam packed with new features, this release takes the app to a whole new level.
Guests check the effect of switching betwen different backgrounds before printing and sharing their photos (Breeze Booth for iPad with AI background removal)
You can also offer a choice of up to six print templates after the photos are taken:
Switching between print overlays (White, Navy & Black Gilded Garden overlays courtesy of Cherie Irwin Photo Booth Talk)
Video capture and special effects
Breeze for iPad’s fabulous new video tool works with both iPads and iPhones. Features include video capture, post processing, guest preview, 360 spinner support, 360 autostart, and video guest book.
Breeze 360 autostart – works with all spinners
No switches or coding required.
Attach an iPhone or iPad running Booth (iPad+iPhone) 3.0 to any 360 spinner. Once the spinner starts to rotate, video capture starts automatically.
Video creative effects
Breeze for iPad video effects include
Jump cuts
Speed ramping
Slow motion
Fast forward
Reverse direction
Creative combinations of effects
Video intro and outro
Add MP4 soundtrack
Overlay
Control number of loops
Crop and resize videos
Add glitchy boomerangs and jump cuts to Breeze (iPad+iPhone) videos (Courtesy of Steve Bliesner Photo Booth Guys)
Video preview
Guests playback the final video before sharing it.
Video guest book
Guests record video messages for their hosts.
Power Saving
New power saving feature keeps the booth running longer and diaplays a warning when mains power is lost or the battery runs low.
New Crop Photo to Bounding Box option in the GIF layout Editor. More
Minor changes to the naming of temporary files for attachments when sending emails via Hub
Fix for recent issue logging into and out of Dropbox.
Photo Booth Expo 2022
Chris and I are so disappointed not to meet you in person at Photo Booth Expo this year, and thrilled that Steve Bliesner has made it to Vegas from Australia.
Have a a fantastic time, we look forward to catching up with you all at PBX 23.
Free Breeze Master Class
If you are lucky enough to be in Vegas for PBX, make sure you catch Steve’s Free Breeze Master Class on Thursday morning and see Booth (iPad+iPhone) 3.0 in action.
Industry leader, serial entrepreneur and popular speaker at PBX, Steve Bliesner is head honcho at Photo Booth Guys & I’m Steve.
Steve works with some of the biggest names at some of the biggest events all over the world. His business interests include running complex photobooth events, training, consultancy, and professional photography.
Breeze users also know him for his creative, organisational and technical expertise running Breeze apps. Come to Steve’s class to learn about the latest Breeze features at 10am on Thursday 24th.
Photo Booth Talk at PBX
Do drop by Photo Booth Talk and meet Cherie Irwin at the tradeshow – her booth is next to Yo Props. Cherie kindly allowed us to use her lovely designs to bring the new background swapping feature alive. You can find Gilded Garden and the rest of Cherie’s design library at Photo Booth Talk.
Getting started
New to Breeze for iPad?
Try Breeze for iPad completely free of charge. You will find help to get you started, fabulous free events and tutorials here
Video capture is supported for iPad and iPhone built in cameras.
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 have built three sample video events for you all to try. Ready to run, you don’t need a subscription to try them out.
To download the events, run Breeze Quick Setup .
To run these events you need to run Breeze Booth 3.0 or future releases.
Quick Setup
QR code based Quick Setup is a fast and simple way to log in and set up Breeze Booth on your own and your customers devices. This is a great tool for white label, drop off and unattended booths. More
There’s a a unique QR code with the description of each event below. To load this event into your booth using Quick Start;
Open Breeze Booth and select the QR code button on the home screen
Show Breeze Booth the unique QR code for the event
Allow Breeze Booth access to your camera (only needed once)
If you are logged in the event starts straight away
If you running a free trial, or not logged in for any reason touch the start arrow to run the event.
These events switch to a slideshow if left idle. Touch the screen to go back to the Ready screen for the next session.
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.
Finally
Thanks to Steve Bliesner, Cherie Irwin and the fantastic community of Breeze users whose suggestions, encouragement and support make running this business such fun.
Industry leader, serial entrepreneur and popular speaker at PBX, Steve is head honcho at Photo Booth Guys & I’m Steve.
Steve works with some of the biggest names at some of the biggest events all over the world. His business interests include running complex photobooth events, training, consultancy, and professional photography.
Breeze users also know him for his creative, organisational and technical expertise running Breeze apps. Come to Steve’s class to learn about the latest Breeze features at 10am on Thursday 24th.
Upgrade to DSLR Remote Pro 3.17 today
DSLR Remote Pro 3.17 is a free upgrade for all registered users who purchased DSLR Remote Pro after 16th February 2021. Customers with older licenses need to buy an upgrade license to use this release.
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