Buying upgrades for Breeze licenses

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 minutes instead 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.
Sue
© Breeze Systems

Breeze DSLR Remote Pro 3.19.1: Canon EOS R100 support

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.

Download DSLR Remote Pro    Buy DSLR Remote Pro

Photos of EOS R100 camera courtesy of Canon Europe

© Breeze Systems Ltd

Breeze Booth for iPad 3.4 Quick Guide

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.

In the App

  • Connect your camera
  • Enable the orientation lock on the iPad/iPhone.
  • 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)

Custom screen names: before_session.jpg, before_session.gif, before_session.mov/mp4, before_session.png; after_session.jpg, after_session.gif, after_session.mov/mp4, after_session.png

Hidden exit buttons

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 Systems 2023

 

Breeze Booth for iPad 3.4 released

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 Session screens or videos outside opening hours
  • Password protected Early Start
  • Password Protected Extra Time

Privacy Option

For additional privacy email addresses and phone numbers can be encrypted when they are stored so that they can’t be read.

Improved support for Processed Photos

Processed photos can now be placed within a larger canvas to allow space for borders etc.

Quick guides to the new features

Learn more about the new features here

What cameras can I use?

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 all compact 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.

Images courtesy of Steve Bliesner and Chris Breeze

Breeze Systems 2023