Breeze are delighted to announce the release of Breeze Booth (iPad + iPhone) 1.1 . This release introduces touch free operation for iPad booths, plus quick set up.
Contactless booth operation is a game changing innovation introduced in our DSLR based booth software earlier this month.
Breeze Booth 1.1, Event Editor 1.4.1 and Hub 1.1.3 also add
quick setup – log in and setup an iPad simply by scanning a QR code
Like magic, but more hygienic. The complete photo booth experience without touching the booth. Breeze touch free booth software takes and shares photos, burst and slideshow GIFs without guests or an attendant touching the booth.
Video showing contactless operation Breeze Booth (iPad + iPhone) courtesy of David Dolder, die-fotokabine.ch
Fantastic for festivals, theme parks and other large venues with multiple booths. Great for groups – everyone quickly scans their details into the sharing screen to receive a copy of the image.
What does a touch free booth offer now and in the longer term?
Better guest experience
Less waiting in line
Improved hygiene
Contactless data collection
Pre registration and data collection support
Quick Setup
Show Breeze Booth a single QR code to log into the App and load events. A totally new way to set up unattended booths, virtual and white label events, and other remote devices.
Quick setup offers
Improved customer experience for unattended booths
Log guest email addresses and cell phone numbers in Breeze Hub 1.1.3.
Originally designed as a companion app to Booth (iPad + iPhone), Hub is free to all Breeze customers and also supports Booth (DSLR + Windows) aka DSLR Remote Pro and Kiosk. Hub sends and shares photos, GIFs and video in the background of other tasks. No more waiting for images to upload before the next session starts, and minimal use of Internet bandwidth at events.
Log of SMS/MMS shares from Breeze Booth photo booth and Kiosk software (Breeze Hub 1.1.3)Log of email shares from Breeze Booth photo booth and Kiosk software (Breeze Hub 1.1.3)
Email and SMS/MMS logs can be copied and pasted into Microsoft Excel and other spreadsheet applications.
AI Background removal
AI based Background removal is a great alternative to green screen. The quality is awesome, there’s no cumbersome backdrop, and lighting is much simpler.
Upgrades to the latest versions of Breeze Booth for iPad, Hub and the Event Editor are all free. Download the current versions here
Breeze Booth for iPad runs on iPads and iPhones running iPadOS and iOS13.
Breeze Hub and Event Editor run on both Windows 10 and Windows 8
Check which version you are currently running on your iPad/iPhones
Open Breeze Booth and select Settings. The program version is displayed at the very end of this screen.
Check which version of Breeze Booth for iPad you are running on the Settings page
You can also check whether there are updates available by selecting Breeze Booth in the App Store. If you are running an older release you should see a blue UPDATE button.
New to Breeze Booth?
There’s no charge to try Breeze Booth – Get started
Breeze Booth for iPad 1.0.9: Green screen … without the screen
AI based Background removal is a great alternative to green screen. The quality is awesome, there’s no cumbersome backdrop, and lighting is much simpler. It doesn’t even matter when your guests wear green.
My clients want green screen… until they see the backdrop. This is what I need (Meir Israel)
You’ve just shifted my entire attitude. This is why I’m here [ Photo Booth Expo 2020]
Background removal for prints and slideshow GIFs
Breeze Booth for iPad 1.0.9 adds support for third party background removal services. At the time of writing, these are available from both Gadbooth and removebg.
Share photos, animated GIFs and MP4 movie files directly to guests’ devices with Apple’s AirDrop.
Add AirDrop sharing to your sharing screens using the touchscreen actions stillsShareAirDrop and gifShareAirDrop
Pre registration
Breeze Booth can be run as a fully functional registration system at trade shows, conferences and large events. Registration iPads capture guest survey data, which can be printed ( with or without a photo) as an ID card .
Pre-registation with background removal on the Breeze stand at Photo Booth Expo 2020 .. ID cards don’t have to be dull.
New demo event for background removal
Check out background removal with the new demonstration event included with Breeze Booth 1.0.9 and Event Editor 1.4.
Note: Existing Breeze Booth users may need to import the new background removal event into Event Editor 1.4 from from C:\….\Documents\Breeze Booth for iPad\events\AI Background Removal . Select events_info.xml
Download Breeze Booth, Hub & the Event Editor
Upgrades to the latest versions of Breeze Booth for iPad, Hub and the Event Editor are all free. Download the current versions here
Breeze Booth for iPad runs on iPads and iPhones running iPadOS, iOS13 and iOS 12
Breeze Hub and Event Editor run on both Windows 10 and Windows 8
Open Breeze Booth and select Settings. The program version is displayed at the very end of this screen.
Check which version of Breeze Booth for iPad you are running on the Settings page
You can also check whether there are updates available by selecting Breeze Booth in the App Store. If you are running an older release you should see a blue UPDATE button.
Event Editor and Hub
Start the program, click on Help then About… . The program version is displayed in a small pop up window.
Check you are running the latest vrsions of Breeze Booth Event Editor & Hub
The new tutorial explains the advantages of both, and how to set them up in Breeze Booth. Find Printing from Breeze Boothhere
You can try Breeze Booth without having or signing in to an account but it will be limited to ten photos or GIFs per day before a watermark is added to the output. Start here.
Thanks to Steve Bliesner & Photo Booth Guys Australia for letting us share this video of their latest activation for Amazon.
Steve writes
Working in harmony to create high end activations that go out for, not $100-200 an hour.. but $1000 – $ 2000 an hour.
I used every trick in the Breeze book to pull this one off.
Breeze for iPad was running a very custom survey to collect data on guests, to determine what Drag Queen they would be and what personalised text they wanted on their GIF and Print. Additionally, guests entered their email address (so they didn’t have to use a sharing station later).
That data was sent via Breeze Hub, to Breeze Kiosk, where a QR code had been generated, and was then scanned in via a barcode reader, by our staff, in to Breeze Webcam.
Webcam had a customised interface that was live streamed to two large screens… (that masked any sensitive information and removed any interface control elements).
With one scan, that QR code kicked off the session, auto chose the chosen Drag Queen, personalised their print and GIF and emailed the image to the guest.
There is only one company that makes software that allows people like you and me to do stuff like this.
Meet Steve at the Breeze stand (#1113) at Photo Booth Expo next week.
We have released two new Breeze Booth upgrades in the last few weeks. These upgrades are free to all Breeze Booth for iPad/iPhone users.
Breeze Booth 1.0.8 introduces QR codes on prints, and increases the number of menus from 2 to 4.
Breeze Booth 1.0.7 improved customization of the Start button.
Why put QR codes on my prints?
QR (Quick Response) codes are a fast and simple way to drive guests to
Online gallery/microsites for your event
Guests’ own images in your microsite
Specific landing page and website
Discounts and promotions
QR codes are increasingly popular, as many smart phone cameras include a built in QR code reader. ( There is no need to download a special app, just point the camera at the QR code.)
Menus are a simple way to offer guests choices such as virtual props or filter style. Use up to 4 different menus in your ready screens.
Start button customization
Do you want to deploy remote and unattended iPads without fear of clients knowing what software you use?
Breeze Booth features the most powerful and flexible interface designer of any iPad app in the industry. You can already customize the Breeze Booth start screen and Start button . Breeze Booth 1.0.7 improved customization of the Start button.
The flexibility built in to our interface design is also great for localization and creative interface design.
Open Breeze Booth and select Settings. The program version is displayed at the very end of this screen.
You can also check whether there are updates available by selecting Breeze Booth in the App Store. If you are running an older release you should see a blue UPDATE button.
Event Editor and Hub
Start the program, click on Help then About… . The program version is displayed in a small pop up window.
More fluid screen transitions with optional fading between overlays
Ability to dynamically select print and GIF backgrounds and overlays e.g. in response to survey data
Improved support for AirPrint
Improved handling of SMTP email errors when using a poor quality internet connection
v1.0.6 also fixes an issue selecting manual exposure in the camera settings, and an AirPrint issue where only the first session was printed.
New in Event Editor
Easier rebranding of events using a default background image for screens
Touchscreen editor can display the JPEG background screen image when an overlay is selected
Event creator updated to create screens with default_background.jpg screen and overlays instead of separate backgrounds for each screen
Event Editor 1.3.3 also fixes an issue with the default gif_background.jpg image not being added to animated GIFs
New in Hub
New statistics tool
New survey tool
Hub now auto rotates JPEG images using the EXIF orientation data when sending emails
Hub 1.1.1 also fixes an issue cropping JPEG attachments when emailing photos
Event statistics in Hub
The new Hub statistics tool can display statistics of sessions and shares from your booths. Hub works with both Breeze Booth for iPad and our Windows based photo booth apps.
Breeze Hub event statistics
Link your iPads to Hub to see
Total number of sessions
Breakdown of sessions by photo and GIF
Total shares
Shares by email and text*
Busiest device**
Busiest hour and day
Summary data for last 30 days
*Hub statistics show SMTP emails, and texts shared using Twilio.
** iOS devices only
Rapid export to Excel and other spreadsheets
Copy and paste data from the Hub statistics page into spreadsheets such as Microsoft Excel to create graphs for corporate clients.
Copy and paste event data from Breeze Hub into your spreadsheet
View survey statistics in Hub
Sample Breeze Booth for iPad survey screen
The survey data tool can create a report showing survey responses from Breeze Booth for iPad and our Windows based photo booth apps.
Rapid export to Excel and other spreadsheets
You can also copy and paste data from the Hub survey page into spreadsheets to create graphs for corporate clients.
Sync Breeze Booth survey data to Hub, then copy and paste into Excel or other spreadsheets for corporate clients
Download Breeze Booth, Hub & the Event Editor
There’s no charge to upgrade to the latest versions of Breeze Booth for iPad, Hub and the Event Editor. Download all three apps here
Breeze Booth for iPad runs on iPads and iPhones running iPadOS, iOS13 and iOS 12
Breeze Hub and Event Editor run on Windows 10, 8 and 7
Breeze Booth for Windows (DSLR Remote Pro and Webcam Photobooth) users can also use Hub free of charge.
New command line options to auto run and to load XML settings from file when running BreezeGallery Uploader
New command line options to auto login and to load XML settings from file when running the SmugMug Uploader
Breeze Viewer support for displaying adverts in mosaic modes with animated GIFs
Improved error reporting if a hashtag is not found when running the Hashtag Monitor
Fixes for issues uploading MP4 videos using Breeze Gallery Uploader and printing (when copies set to 0 and output set to print only inHotfolder Prints)
Hotfolder Prints 1.8.1 is a free upgrade for all registered users who purchased Hotfolder after 4th December 2018. Customers with older licenses need to buy an upgrade license to use this release.
Option to send emails and texts in the background via Breeze Hub
Option to see Webcam statistics in Breeze Hub
Fix for issue printing logos
Webcam Photobooth 2.5.1 introduces an option to create xml copies of emails and texts so they can be sent in the background using Hub.
Webcam Photobooth 2.5.1 is a free upgrade for all registered users who purchased Webcam Photobooth after 4th December 2018. Customers with older licenses need to buy an upgrade license to use this release.
Hub is a free utility provided by Breeze which can run on the same PC as Webcam Photobooth. You can run Hub with Breeze Booth for iPad and DSLR Remote Pro as well as Webcam Photobooth.
Share images in the background
Hub sends and shares your images in the background of other tasks, via email and SMS. No more waiting for images to upload before the next session starts.
View event statistics
Hub can also display statistics of sessions and shares from your booth.
Breeze Hub statistics
Run Hub with Webcam Photobooth to see
Total number of sessions
Breakdown of sessions by photo, GIF and video
Total shares
Shares by email and text
Busiest hour and day
Summary data for last 30 days
Rapid export to Excel and other spreadsheets
Copy and paste data from the Hub statistics page into spreadsheets (such as Microsoft Excel) to create graphs for corporate clients.
Copy and paste event data from Breeze Hub into your spreadsheet
Note: Hub is currently downloaded with the Breeze Booth for iPad Event Editor. Ignore or uninstall the Event Editor if you are not a Breeze Booth for iPad user.
There is a whole collection of goodies in the latest update to Breeze Booth & companion apps released today, including a new Event Creator, Bluetooth control of LEDs and other devices from the iPad, and passcode controlled updates to events.
What’s new?
Three step Event Creator builds working events from scratch
Link lighting effects to countdown and other screens*
Save power : switch off or dim lights during idle time*
Control Breeze Booth from other devices including payment systems, remote triggers and proximity sensors*
Passcode controlled update of events
Add audio to screens
Choice of print sizeand printer from the App
*requires compatible Bluetooth devices
Creating and customizing your own events
You love the Breeze Booth App and the power and flexibility of the Editor, but found it difficult to get started. We have simplified the Editor’s interface, added an easy to use event creator and buttons taking you straight to detailed help.
Easier editing
Simple Event Creator helps you build new events from scratch
Existing events are loaded automatically when you open the Editor
Free professional Chameleon theme as standard (use Chameleon with the Creator)
Screens folder is clearly named
Buttons link to detailed help for the current screen
Advanced options (including profiles) have been moved to a separate screen
Create working events in three steps
Three step Event creator builds working events for any iPad or iPhone ** using the new Chameleon theme:
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When you have built an event either transfer it straight to your booths, or add extra features such as virtual props, html emails and engaging surveys.
Give users a unique 6 digit passcode which will automatically download the latest version of the event to their device, and run it. More details …
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Where to find the latest releases
Breeze Booth 1.0.2 is a free upgrade which you can download from the App Store
Download Breeze Booth Event Editor 1.2 and Breeze Hub here
Can I try this for free?
You don’t need to buy a license to create events for Breeze Booth . Just download and install Breeze Booth Event Editor 1.2 onto a Windows PC. You can try out Breeze Booth and companion Apps Event Editor and Breeze Hub free of charge.
* Devices must run iOS 12. At time of writing (May 2019) Breeze Booth supports iPad Pro 11 and iPhone X series and well as iPads with 4:3 screens and iPhones with 16:9 screens
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