The latest release of Breeze Booth (DSLR+Windows) aka DSLR Remote Pro 3.19 introduces a scrapbook or outline effect.
We have released a YouTube video tutorial explaining how to add this effect to your designs.
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Free upgrades: for one year from the date of purchase
Platforms Supported: Windows 11 and Windows 10
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Have a great week.
Sue
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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
Grab attention with DSLR Remote Pro’s new scrapbook style Outline effect for photos and slideshow GIFs. Guest love them.
Breeze Booth outlines come in any color you choose, and work with both greenscreen and AI background removal.
No Photoshop required!
A whole new level of creative control. Wide range of innovative photo effects ranging from transparency and blurring to filters and blend modes.
Repeated image with varied opacity
DSLR Remote Pro adds suport for Canon’s new EOS R8 and EOS R50 cameras.
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.
Download: free fully functional14 day trial *
Free upgrades: for one year from the date of purchase
Platforms Supported: Windows 11 and Windows 10
Download Breeze DSLR Remote Pro 3.19
Images courtesy of Steve Bliesner and Chris Breeze
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Breeze Booth (iPad+iPhone)’s new Photographer Mode for tethered shooting is proving a huge hit with event photographers.
To find out how to use the app to shoot tethered, see the new tutorial here.
Sue
A quick note about using Breeze with 360 booths.
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.
Use Breeze Booth for iPad’s powerful AI background removal and video effects.
Find more examples of video effects here
Auto Start detects when a 360 degree spinner starts spinning – automatically starts the countdown and captures the video.
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.
To connect the iPhone and Kiosk tablet together you need to set up a local network.
Breeze Kiosk is fully customizable Windows app for guests to display, print and share photos, videos and GIFs from your event.
* Kiosk https://www.breezesys.com/solutions/breeze-kiosk/ is a separate Purchase.
Have a great week,
Sue
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Breeze Blend Modes can be used creatively to achieve many different effects.
Booth (iPad+iPhone) includes normal, lighten, darken, overlay, screen, hard light, soft light, multiply, difference, exclusion, color dodge, color burn, hue, saturation, color and luminosity blend modes.
Original [left] and Lighten blend overlay applied [right]
Depending on the effect you want to achieve, you can use two methods to apply these blends
Here print , slideshow GIF or burst GIF overlay(s) are blended with the print or GIF layout
Original [left] and Darken blend overlay applied [right]
Photo blends can be used for more complex effects.
Use photo blends to
Overlay and logos can also be placed over blended photos.
Individual photo blends are applied to everything behind that photo – including parts of any other photos, logos and background it overlaps.
Blend modes often work best when used with AI background removal so that they only apply to people in the photo and not the background.
Booth (iPad+iPhone) includes normal, lighten, darken, overlay, screen, hard light, soft light, multiply, difference, exclusion, color dodge, color burn, hue, saturation, color and luminosity blend modes.
Blend modes can be used to achieve many different effects, and detailed descriptions of each are beyond the scope of this post.
This wikipedia article is a useful source of information: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blend_modes. Online videos about Photoshop blend modes may also be helpful.
Note: When experimenting with blend modes the free version’s 10 sessions/day limit before adding a watermark may prove frustrating. Please email me (sales@breezesys.com) if you would like a short term Breeze Booth for iPad license to try Breeze blend modes.
Sue Breeze
Blended images courtesy of Steve Bliesner.
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Photo Booth Expo 2023 attendees were wowed by the innovative and powerful print compositing in Breeze Booth for iPad 3.3.
Repeating image with varied opacity (Breeze Booth for iPad Print Compositing)
No Photoshop required!
A whole new level of creative control. Wide range of innovative photo effects ranging from transparency and blurring to filters and blend modes.
Click the thumbnails for larger images of these samples:
Photographer mode puts the photographer in control. Shoot tethered to an iPhone or iPad. Share branded images straight from your iPhone/iPad.
Choose from a huge range of Canon EOS R series, M series, DSLR and PowerShot cameras. Full list
Photographer Mode is included in the standard Breeze Booth for iPad subscription. There are no extra costs for using this feature, and no per event charges.
Grab attention with Booth’s scrapbook style Outline effect for videos, photos and GIFs. Guest love them.
Breeze Booth outlines come in any color you choose, and show up in live view as well as outputs.
Outlines are also supported in video:
Free Trial version & free 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.
Free upgrades: included with all subscriptions.
Platforms Supported: iPads and iPhones running iPadOS 16, iPadOS 15, iOS 16 and iOS 15
We strongly recommend using fast recent devices to post process videos and offer built in background removal with live view.
Download Breeze Booth for iPad 3.3 and try for yourself
Use your camera in landscape to take photos with this event. It is designed to run on a small iPhone (e.g. iPhone SE) connected directly to a Canon camera. The phone can be fixed to the camera in either portrait or landscape orientation. For best results enable the orientation lock on the phone.
Once you have installed Breeze Booth for iPad 3.3, download this event to your iPhone or iPad by scanning this QR code with the device camera:
Images courtesy of Steve Bliesner and Chris Breeze
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I was asked at PBX how to add sharing options to an existing Breeze DSLR Remote Pro event or profile.
Today’s post explains how to add email and SMS/MMS sharing to existing designs in Booth (DSLR+Windows) aka DSLR Remote Pro 3.18.2.1
Add email and text options to Webcam Photobooth events in the same way.
Starting from scratch? Use the Photobooth Setup Wizard instead of these instructions.
Working with profiles? Remember to load the profile before you start, and save the updated profile when you finish.
Start DSLR Remote Pro and if necessary load your design or profile.
Before sending emails from Breeze you need to set up the email server settings. You only need to do this the first time you send emails from the booth. How to add your email account details.
This tells the program that you want to offer guests the option to share by email.
Check whether you already have a sharing screen share.jpg in your PhotoboothImages folder.
The new screen graphic should be the same size in pixels as the other screens. Include buttons for your sharing options and to exit the screen.
NB: You can copy the sharing icons we provide for the setup wizard, or use your own png images
Open the touch screen editor
Working with profiles: remember to save the updated profile before you leave. Troubleshooting profiles
Find out how to collect email addresses used to share images, customize email content, share GIFs and find the best balance between sharing images quickly and sending the highest quality images here
Sharing at large and busy events, touch free sharing and sharing statistics are covered here
Add text based sharing in the same way.
You will need a share.jpg screen in your PhotoboothImages folder, which includes text and exit buttons.
If this is the first time you have added text based sharing, add your Twilio account details to DSLR Remote Pro.
Go bck to the touch screen editor and add the Sharing: Send MMS/SMS action to the sharing screen
Working with profiles: remember to save the updated profile before you leave. Troubleshooting profiles
Not sure whether to send SMS+Image, SMS or MMS texts? Find the answer and learn how to customize text messages, send texts via Breeze Hub or use touch free texting here
Find out how to view cell phone numbers used to share images and sharing statistics here
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Breeze Booth (iPad+iPhone) can shoot photos, GIFs and video with external Canon cameras, as well as the front and rear cameras built into the device.
I have just published a new tutorial explaining how to connect your camera to the iPad/iPhone using a couple of cables and a USB hub with a charging port.
The charging port is needed to charge the device and connect to the camera at the same time.
All the Canon cameras commonly used in the photo booth industry. Choose from the huge range of Canon EOS R series, M series, DSLR and PowerShot cameras here: Full list
You can find the tutorial here
Sue
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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.
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 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
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.
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.
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Chris and I had a blast in Las Vegas at Booth Mastermind and Photo Booth Expo. It was great to catch up with many of you after three years away.
We are taking a vacation driving part of the Pacific Coast Highway before heading back to the UK on Friday.
Many of the Californian state parks along Pacific Coast Highway are closed after the recent storms, but we managed to see the awesome redwoods at Pfeiffer Big Sur State Park. Learning more about these giants was a reminder of National Geographic’s award winning Climbing Redwood Giants (which just happened to use Breeze Multi-Camera)
Once we get home Chris will put the final touches to Breeze Booth for iPad 3.3, which we previewed on the stand at PBX, then move on to the next release of Breeze Booth (DSLR+Windows).
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