Category Archives: DSLR Remote Pro

Breeze DSLR Remote Pro 3.18.2.1 & Photo Booth Expo

DSLR Remote Pro 3.18.2.1 release

DSLR Remote Pro 3.18.2.1 was released today, March 9th. This is a minor update, fixing issues in DSLR Remote Pro 3.18.2 where touchscreen keyboards converted all input to upper case and the program could crash when using SHIFT+Ctrl+left click to save the keyboard settings.

Photo Booth Expo 2023

2023 was our busiest Expo for years. Breeze, EventKite and Everybooth shared a stand showcasing Breeze for Windows and Breeze for iPad running on Everybooth’s lovely wooden booths. Images were uploaded to EventKite’s new  microsite and gallery.

Visitors loved  the black and white video and photos taken by DLSR Remote Pro, and were astonished by the power and speed of Breeze for iPad 3.3.

Breeze DSLR Remote Pro 3.18.2 using Canon EOS M50 Mk II

Breeze for iPads’ ability to offer built in background removal  with live view for both video and photos was a hit, as was the ability to pair the iPad with Canons’ mirrorless and DSLR cameras.

 

Grecia Ventura and Mai Trabue trying Breeze Booth for iPad 3.3

 

Thanks Grecia for sharing this image

Sharp eyed visitors may have noticed that overlays on both the DSLR Remote Pro and Breeze for iPad images vary, sharing prime position between the three businesses on the stand. Both Breeze for iPad and DSLR Remote Pro include the ability to randomly vary layouts.

Upgrade to DSLR Remote Pro 3.18.2.1 today

DSLR Remote Pro 3.18.2 is a free upgrade for all registered users who purchased DSLR Remote Pro after 9 March 2022. Customers with older licenses need to buy an upgrade license to use this release.

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It was a joy for Chris and I to work with Peter Leese, Susie Huges, Steve Bliesner, Owen McCrick and Ken Oelschläger on a very busy stand. Thank you all!

Thanks as well to Steve for his stunning interfaces which showcased both apps and booths to perfection, and to Grecia Ventura for kindly allowing us to use her photos.

© Breeze Systems March 2023

Replacing a computer running DSLR Remote Pro

Is it time to replace the computer you use to run DSLR Remote Pro?

Check out these two guides before you start

Choosing a computer for your booth

Breeze Booth (DSLR+Windows) aka DSLR Remote Pro is very efficient, and often runs well on lowered powered devices than apps from other suppliers.

Before getting out your wallet, think about the ways your booth will be used, because this will affect the spec and cost of the computer you need.

  • Do you simply shoot still photos for social events?
  • Will you shoot burst GIFs or video?
  • What about about slow mo and video FX?
  • Will you use filters, background removal or other effects?
  • Do you require lightening fast results, or is a short delay before viewing the images unimportant?

When you are clear about the the services you will offer, Choosing the right computer for your booth helps you find the computer spec which meets your needs.

Making the move

Once you have obtained your new computer, you need to move DSLR Remote Pro from your old machine to the replacement.

Moving Breeze DSLR Remote Pro to a new computer will guide you through this process.

 

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Breeze DSLR Remote Pro 3.18.2 released

Breeze Booth (DSLR+Windows) aka DSLR Remote Pro 3.18.2 was released today, February 14th.

This release adds support for Canon’s fabulous new EOS R6 Mark II camera, introduces a watermark over prints displayed in the print confirmation and sharing screens, and the ability to retry failed uploads.

EOS R6 Mark II support

The mirror-less EOS R6 Mark II is a superb camera for high end photo booth operators, especially those offering slow motion and video. The  R6 Mark II comes with

  • 180 frames/second or 120 frames/second slow motion at 1080p
  • Center hotshoe contact allowing external flash to be triggered
  • Class leading face and eye detect autofocus

DSLR Remote Pro already supports Canon’s EOS R10, R7, R6, R5, R and RP models, several M series cameras, and almost all Canon DSLRs.

Watermark on screen copy of prints

We’re getting a lot of interest in using DSLR Remote Pro for pay to print and pay to share booths at fixed installations.

To discourage guests from taking a photo of the booth screen instead of paying for it, DSLR Remote Pro 3.18.2 can watermark prints displayed in both the print confirmation and sharing screens.

The watermark image must be called print_watermark.png  and placed in the photo booth images folder.

Upgrade to DSLR Remote Pro 3.18.2 today

DSLR Remote Pro 3.18.2 is a free upgrade for all registered users who purchased DSLR Remote Pro after 14 February 2022. Customers with older licenses need to buy an upgrade license to use this release.

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© Breeze Systems February 2023

DSLR Remote Pro 3.18.1.1 released today

Breeze Booth (DSLR+Windows) aka DSLR Remote Pro 3.18.1.1 was released today.

What’s new in 3.18.1.1?

DSLR Remote Pro 3.18.1.1 fixes an issue in v3.18.1 where loading a profile could cause the app to crash.

Upgrade to DSLR Remote Pro 3.18.1.1 today

DSLR Remote Pro 3.18.1.1  is a free upgrade for

  • all registered users of DSLR Remote Pro 3.18.1
  • DSLR Remote Pro users who purchased DSLR Remote Pro after 31 October 2021

Customers with older licenses need to buy an upgrade license to use this release.

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© Breeze Systems November 2022

DSLR Remote Pro 3.18.1 released today

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.

Download DSLR Remote Pro    Buy DSLR Remote Pro

 

© Breeze Systems November 2022

New: DSLR Remote Pro 3.18 supports promising new photo booth camera

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)

Learn more about single use QR codes here

Pay to share by email or text

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.

Download DSLR Remote Pro    Buy DSLR Remote Pro

© Breeze Systems October 2022

New Tutorial – changing the colors of Breeze keyboard screens

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.

Find Changing the colors of keyboard screens here

 

 

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Reminders: Breeze apps require Intel Processors & End of support for 8.1

Important reminders for anyone choosing a new computer, or running machines with old versions of Windows.

ARM Processors

When choosing new computers to run Breeze Windows progams take care to choose models with Intel processors.

Some recent Windows computers (including the Microsoft Surface Pro X) use the new ARM processors. Breeze apps are designed for Intel processors and will not run on ARM processors.

More about choosing a photo booth computer to run Breeze

End of support for Windows 8.1

You may know that Microsoft will end Extended Support for Windows 8.1 on January 10 2023. Microsoft support for Windows 8 ended back in 2016.

Breeze are no longer able to provide support for Windows 8, and will end support for our software running on Windows 8.1 on January 10th 2023.

When Microsoft end support for a version of their operating system, we can no longer test or support our products on this operating system safely.

If you are still running Breeze programs on Windows 8 or 8.1 we strongly recommend you upgrade to Windows 11 as soon as possible.

I’m still running Breeze on Windows 8.1, will the program stop working on January 10th?

If you are already running a Breeze program on Windows 8.1 or Windows 8, we don’t expect it to stop working. However we recommend you upgrade your operating system to Windows 11 as soon as possible. Take a copy of both registration name and code, and deactivate the license before you start in case of problems.

Which versions of Windows will you support after January 11th?

From January 11th we will support Intel processors running Windows 11 and 10 (not Windows 11 S or 10 S).

Can I still upgrade my old Breeze license?

Any customer with a valid license for a current Breeze product can buy an upgrade license. All our Windows products include at least one year of free upgrades from the date the license was issued.

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New: DSLR Remote Pro 3.17.1 & tutorial on Creative Video Effects

Breeze Booth (DSLR+Windows) aka DSLR Remote Pro 3.17.1 was released today, together with a new  tutorial on Post Processing videos.

DSLR Remote Pro 3.17.1

Tihs release improves the video booth post processing built into DSLR Remote Pro  last month.

What’s new in 3.17.1?

  • New Crop  video to square button
  • Ability to import and output combinations of effects in the Video Edit list.
  • Improvements to error checking and validation of video post processing settings

New Video Booth Post Processing tutorial

This tutorial includes

  • Creative effects: Speed ramps, jump cuts, combining effects, reversing direction
  • Slow motion
  • Branding & Presentation: Overlay, Intro, Outro, Sound track and Audio
  • Boomerangs, loops and playback speed
  • Cropping to square and other formats
  • Resizing for efficient sharing
  • Speeding up post processing time
  • Hints and troubleshooting

Read Video booth: Post Processing

Video Booth basics tutorial

Post processing Videos follows on from the first video booth tutorial Video Booth Basics, which ran through

  • Equipment
  • Getting started
  • Customizing your setup
  • Video Booth Settings Window
  • Camera settings
  • Video guest books

Read Video Booth Basics

Upgrade to DSLR Remote Pro 3.17.1 today

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.

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© Breeze Systems March 2022