Breeze Windows apps all include one year’s free upgrades from the date your license is issued. When this year ends, you can keep using the license or buy an upgrade to the latest release using the Buy.. buttons on the website Upgrades page here
We have automated the process of issuing upgrade licenses – generally you should receive your new registration in minutesinstead of hours, providing
existing name and code are entered correctly
same email address is used as the original license
comment field is empty
the existing license is still valid – ie has not already been upgraded, refunded, cancelled etc
There are a few exceptions & Multi-Camera orders are always processed manually.
Processed manually means we check the order before issuing the new registration. This is almost always done within 12 hours of your payment being accepted. Occasionally at weekends and UK Public Holidays it takes a little longer. Very occasionally we take a break at a weekend or Public Holiday and you may might have to wait until the next business day to receive the new registration.
Breeze Booth (DSLR+Windows) aka DSLR Remote Pro 3.19.1 was released today, June 28th.
This release adds support for Canon’s new EOS R100 camera.
Video post processing now supports vertical video for Canon’s EOS R100 and EOS M50 Mk II.
DSLR Remote Pro 3.19.1 also includes a new token {lessThan,str1,str2}, and fixes an issue loading settings from the Photobooth settings dialog when print layouts include rotated photos
EOS R100 support
Canon’s mirror-less EOS R100 is a compact and versatile camera offering good value for money. This camera offers
120 frames/second slow motion at 720p
Wireless video capability
Center hotshoe contact allowing external flash to be triggered
Good quality face detect autofocus in live view
Canon EOS R10 showing hotshoe with center contact (Image courtesy of Canon Europe )
Vertical Video post processing
Video post processing now supports vertical video for the EOS R10 and EOS M50 Mk II
DSLR Remote Pro already supports Canon’s EOS R50, R10, R8, R7, R6 Mk II, R6, R5, R and RP models, several M series cameras, and almost all Canon DSLRs. Full list
Upgrade to DSLR Remote Pro 3.19.1 today
DSLR Remote Pro 3.19.1 is a free upgrade for all registered users who purchased DSLR Remote Pro after 28 June 2022. Customers with older licenses need to buy an upgrade license to use this release.
These notes are intended as a quick guide to the latest release for existing Booth (iPad+iPhone) users.
For more detailed explanations please see the online manual
What’s in this release?
Breeze Booth (iPad+iPhone) 3.4
extends Photographer Mode introduced in v3.3
adds time limited photo booth sessions
adds a privacy option to encrypt guest email addresses and cell phone numbers.
adds actions to delete unwanted photos from the gallery
adds support for the Canon EOS R6 Mark II, Canon EOS R8, Canon EOS R50 and Canon EOS R100
includes EXIF data when saving individual photos from external cameras
processed photos can be placed within a larger canvas
Photographer Mode/Tethered Shooting
Shoot tethered without waiting for photos to download. Switch between landscape and portrait on the fly. Two free Roaming events optimised for mirrorless and DSLR cameras.
Faster Shooting
Run tethered shooting as before. Chris has added a buffer so there is no need to wait for photos to download before taking the next shot.
Switching between landscape and portrait
Photos can be taken in either landscape or portrait orientation and a different print layout can be used for each. Simply rotate the camera to frame photos vertically or horizontally – you don’t need to adjust the app settings.
To enable the automatic selection of the print layout you need to set the event up correctly in the Event Editor:
In the Event Editor
use one of the Roaming events below or create your own event with profiles for both landscape and portrait orientations
print layouts in the landscape profile should be in landscape orientation
print layouts in the portrait profile should be in portrait orientation
Download Roaming Events to the app using the QR code. Two events are downladed. Roaming ( Mirrorless) is designed for Canon’s mirrorless cameras. Roaming ( DSLR) is for Canon DSLR cameras. Live view is switched off, enabling the photographer to use the camera’s view finder.
To adapt these events to meet your requirements download this zip file to your PC and import the events into the Event Editor.
When photos are printed the app uses the orientation information stored in the EXIF shooting data to determine whether it was taken in landscape or portrait.
Photos taken in landscape use the print layout from the landscape profile.
Photos taken in portrait use the print layout from the portrait profile.
Time limited sessions
Switch on Time Limited sessions and set start and end times in the App Settings.
Toggle Timed sessions on and off on the App settings screen. Select the start and end times and add a message for the Before opening screen if desired (Breeze Botoh for iPad 3.4)
The Event Creator will automatically include before_session.jpg and after_session.jpg screens in the Screen folder. Both screens have a hidden exit in the top right corner of the screen.
When adapting existing Breeze Booth designs, add before_session.jpg and after_session.jpg screens to the Screens folder and give these exit actions. Exit actions are essential – without them you cannot exit the event outside booth opening hours. The exit action is called exitFromBeforeAfterSession.
Events running past midnight
End time can be before the start time for events running past midnight, eg start time 21:00 and end time 01:00. (This only works when end time is before 8:00.)
Optional Booth opening message
Text including opening and closing times can be added to the before_session.jpg screen using the Msg field*
Messages can be made up of more than one line of text by adding \n to start a new line. The following tokens can be used:
{startTime} – this is replaced with the start time e.g. 19:00 {endTime} – this is replaced with the end time e.g. 22:30 {timeToStart} – this is replaced with the time until the photo booth opens e.g. 2:34:52
*before_session.jpg and after_session.jpg screens built by the Event Creator include text. If you add your own message, you also need to replace before_session.jpg and after_session.jpg in the Event Editor.
Touch screen actions
Remember to include a hidden exit touchscreen action so that you can exit the event outside opening hours.
You can also add actions to open early and add an extra 10 minutes.
These actions can all be password protected using the standard Exit Password.
Enhanced Privacy of personal data
For additional privacy select Encrypt email addresses and phone numbers for privacy. This will encrypt email addresses and phone numbers when they are stored in the XML email and text files and the journal files so that they can’t be read.
Encrypted addresses and phone numbers are decrypted when sending the email or text, but are always encrypted when saved to file.
There is no option to display the decrypted email address or phone number in the Breeze Booth for iPad app, Event Editor or Breeze Hub’s reporting tools.
Encrypting email address and cell phone numbers for enhanced privacy (Breeze Booth for iPad 3.4)
Removing unwanted photos from the gallery
New touchscreen actions galleryDelete and galleryDeletePermanently allow unwanted or inappropriate images to be removed from the gallery sharing screen gallery_share.png. These options can be protected using a password if required. To do this set the exit password in the iPad’s App Settings screen.
galleryDelete does not delete any files, instead it marks the image as deleted
galleryDeletePermanently deletes the photo booth summary file and all associated photos, GIFs and MP4 files
Breeze Booth (iPad+iPhone) 3.4 was released today.
This release updates the tethered shooting support introduced in the last release, and adds time limited photo booth sessions. A new privacy option encrypts guest email addresses and cell phone numbers. We have also added the ability to delete unwanted photos from the gallery.
Photographer Mode/Tethered shooting
Thank you for the enthusiastic feedback for tethered shooting, introduced earlier this year.
Upgrade to Booth 3.4 to shoot faster, switch freely between landscape and portrait, and save EXIF data with the photos.
Tether your camera to Breeze Booth (iPad+iPhone)
Fast shooting rate
There’s no wait for photos to download before taking the next photo
Switch between landscape and portrait
Switch freely between shooting in landscape and portrait. Booth automatically applies appropriate overlay and background to landscape and portrait oriented prints. Learn more
EXIF Shooting Data
EXIF shooting data is saved with individual photos when external cameras are used.
Timed Sessions
Limit the booth to timed sessions
Set start and end times for an event
Display custom Before Session and After Sessionscreens or videos outside opening hours
Password protected Early Start
Password Protected Extra Time
Privacy Option
For additional privacyemail addresses and phone numbers can be encrypted when they are stored so that they can’t be read.
Improved support for Processed Photos
Processed photoscan now be placed within a larger canvas to allow space for borders etc.
Breeze Booth (iPad+iPhone) supports iPad and iPhone front and rear facing integral cameras. Alternatively choose from a huge range of Canon camera models.
At the time of writing (June 2023) we believe the Canon EOS R100, R10, M50 Mk II and M50 are good choices. These are allcompact models with Canon’s excellent dual pixel AF with face detect in live view.
Booth supports: Canon EOS R100, R50, R10, R8, R7, R6 Mark II, R6, R5, R3, RP, M50 Mk II, M50, M200, M6 Mark II. Most Canon DSLRs. Canon PowerShot SX70 HS, G5 X Mark II, G7 X Mark III.
We’ve had a lot of interest in adding time limits to events in DSLR Remote Pro 3.19, so I have added a tutorial to the website explaining how to use this new feature.
Breeze Booth (DSLR+Windows) aka DSLR Remote Pro 3.19 was released today, bringing users support for two new cameras, an easy to use Survey Generator, Outline/Sticker Mode, Print Compositing and Time Limited events
Included in this release
Booth opens at… and closes at.. screens for time limited events
Outline/Scrapbook feature
Simple Survey Generator
Print Compositing
Support fornew Canon camerasEOS R8 and EOS R50.
Time limited events
Set start and end times for a photo booth session and the booth will only operate between these times.
Display custom screens before and after the event.
Password protected exit buttons can override these settings
DSLR Remote Pro adds suport for Canon’s new EOS R8 and EOS R50 cameras.
Canon EOS R8 camera (Image courtesy of Canon Europe)
Chris’s comments on the EOS R8 and EOS R50
The EOS R8 is a compact, high quality full frame camera with excellent autofocus which is capable of 180fps slow motion video. It’s less expensive and more compact than the Canon EOS R6 Mark II while offering similar autofocus and image quality.
The EOS R50 does not have a center contact on the hotshoe. To use this camera for a photo booth with external flash you need a Canon AD-E1 Multi-Function Shoe Adapter which fits into the hotshoe and provides a hotshoe with a center contact. Please note that this adds to the height of the camera: please ensure there is enough space in your photo booth housing for it to fit.
Did you know that there are several ways to add a simple consent screen or disclaimer to DLSR Remote Pro?
Data is usally collected using a survey. However there are simpler ways to ensure guests agree to disclaimers or terms and conditions at the start. This post runs through three alternatives:
Add a disclaimer to the Welcome/standby screen
Add a disclaimer to the Ready screen (with optional link to detailed T&C)
Use a profile menu screen for the disclaimer
Note: All three methods provide a gate guests pass by answering one question. In the worked examples I use But first.. May we share your photos online. Replace this with any question which suits your purpose.
When you need guests to answer several questions, record or analyze their responses, use a survey instead.
Use the welcome/standby screen
To query consent at the standby screen,:
Check Auto standby in Advanced settings
Add a suitable graphic called welcome.jpg to the PhotoboothImages folder
Add the touchscreen action to switch from standby to your Ready screen
Check Auto standby
Auto standby returns the booth to the Welcome screen instead of the Ready screen at the end of each session.
Start DSLR Remote Pro and click on Advanced Settings. Check Auto standby and save your changes.
Checking Auto standby in Breeze DSLR Remote Pro
Add your welcome.jpg
Make your graphic a jpg image which is the same size as your screen (in pixels). Call the graphic requesting consent to use the photos welcome.jpg and add it to your PhotoboothImages folder.
You can ask the same question on the ready screen instead of the standby screen.
You can also link from the ready screen to Information pages providing detailed term and conditions.
Guests clicking Yes!starts the countdown. Guests choosing No are returned to the standby screen. Guests clicking Maybe are shown information screen(s).
In the example above, ready.jpg is white with Yes, No and Maybe buttons. (Maybe is optional and links to information screens.)
ready_overlay.png provides the question text on a transparent background so that it shows in front of the live view.
Make sure both ready.jpg and ready_overlay.jpg are the same size in pixels as the screen.
You may prefer to switch off live view in the ready screen by checking Disable live view in ready screen in Live View Settings.
Yes/accept to take the guest to the ready screen of a second profile.
No/reject returns the guest to standby using the Switch from ready to standby action
Maybe takes the guest to information screen(s) as above
Before you leave…
Check everything works and save your changes before you finish.
More about guest consent
Collecting data and recording consent
Create custom surveys to collect guest data and record consent.
Survey data can be analysed, displayed in prints, and used to separate images into different folders.
Information screens
To add a detailed GDPR compliant privacy statement, terms and conditions or any other information screen(s) to your booth use DSLR Remote Pro Information screens.
Coming soon
Watch out for DSLR Remote Pro 3.19, which will introduce a new way to create simple surveys.
Truth is you don’t need a special app to run a 360 booth. You need a great photo booth app with video capture, slow motion, video FX and a way to start the session ….. like Breeze.
We recommend using Breeze Booth (iPad+iPhone) for 360 booths with an iPhone running 2022 iPhone SE, iPhone 14 or iPhone 13.
Use the high quality rear camera to shoot your videos, and either share them directly from Breeze Booth, or from a Windows tablet running Breeze Kiosk.
Video FX & Built in AI background removal
Use Breeze Booth for iPad’s powerful AI background removal and video effects.
locally processed AI background removal or blurring, with live view
Auto Start detects when a 360 degree spinner starts spinning – automatically starts the countdown and captures the video.
Auto Start detects when a 360 degree spinner starts spinning, automatically starts the countdown and captures the video (Breeze Booth for iPad 3.3)
Sharing your videos
Videos can be shared directly from Booth (iPad+ iPhone), or a sharing station running Breeze Kiosk.
To share from the iPhone screen set up email and/or SMS sharing as standard for the app.
To share from Kiosk use a local network to wirelessly connect the iPhone to a Windows tablet running Breeze Kiosk.
Connecting the app with Kiosk
To connect the iPhone and Kiosk tablet together you need to set up a local network.
Switch on Personal Hotspot on the iPhone, and Allow Others to join. This creates a your network ( no wifi or mobile signal needed) Set a Wi-Fi password in the iPhone to prevent others accessing the network
Alternatively set up your network with a MiFi or 4G modem router. These can provide a local wi-fi network as well as connecting to a mobile data network
Breeze Kiosk is fully customizable Windows app for guests to display, print and share photos, videos and GIFs from your event.
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