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.
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.
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
Overlay blend mode – blend the overlay with the print or GIF layout
Photo blend mode – blend individual photos with the print layout behind the photo.
Overlay blend modes
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]
To use print overlay blends
Open your event in the Event Editor
Open the Print Layout Editor from the Photos tab
Import your overlay (overlay.png) into the Print Layout Editor
Select the overlay blend mode in the Photos tab
Save your changes
To use slideshow GIF overlay blends
Place your overlay (slideshow_gif_overlay.png or slideshow_gif_overlay_1.png, slideshow_gif_overlay_2.png etc) into the Screens folder
Open your event in the Event Editor
Select the overlay blend mode in the Slideshow GIFs tab
Save your changes
To use Burst GIF overlay blends
Place your overlay (gif_overlay.png or gif_overlay_1.png, gif_overlay_2.png etc.) into the Screens folder
Open your event in the Event Editor
Select the overlay blend mode in the Burst GIFs tab
Save your changes
Photo blend modes (prints only)
Photo blends can be used for more complex effects.
Use photo blends to
apply different blend modes to each image on a print
Overlay blend + color wash & contrast adjustment (Breeze for iPad Print Compositing)
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.
To use photo overlay blends
Open your event in the Event Editor
Open the Print Layout Editor from the Photos tab
Select an image you want to blend, and right click anywhere on this image
Choose Edit photo position and effects…
Select the blend mode from the drop down list
Save your changes
Selecting screen photo blend for a single image (Breeze Booth for iPad 3.3)
Combining blend modes with AI background removal
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.
Darken photo blend with AI background removal
Choosing a blend mode
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.
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.
Choose from a huge range of Canon EOS R series, M series, DSLR and PowerShot cameras. Full list
No extra charges
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.
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.
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:
Working with profiles? Remember to load the profile before you start, and save the updated profile when you finish.
Tell DSLR Remote Pro to share photos by email and/or text
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.
Check email sharing on the Output screen
This tells the program that you want to offer guests the option to share by email.
Setting the flag which tells DSLR Remote Pro to offer sharing images by email
Create or update a sharing screen
Check whether you already have a sharing screen share.jpg in your PhotoboothImages folder.
Current PhotoboothImages folder (Breeze DSLR Remote Pro 3.15.5)
Screen graphic share.jpg
If there is no share.jpg in in the PhotoboothImages folder use an image editor to create one.
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.
Sharing screen graphic share.jpg with email and exit buttons (Breeze DSLR Remote Pro 3.15.5)
If you already have a sharing screen,add an email button to share.jpg
NB: You can copy the sharing icons we provide for the setup wizard, or use your own png images
Icons used by the setup wizard can be found at C:\Users\…\Documents\Breeze Systems\DSLR Remote Pro\wizard. Copy these or use your own png image. (Image shows icons used by Tradewind White)
Add touch screen actions to the sharing screen
Open the touch screen editor
Opening the touch screen editor (DSLR Remote Pro 3.15.5)
Right click and select Share: share.jpg screen . This displays your share.jpg graphic, the area of the screen covered by the image, and any actions which have already been already set up.
Adding touch screen actions which match the sharing screen graphic (Breeze DSLR Remote Pro 3.15.5)
Right click on an unused part of the screen
Add the action Sharing: Email photos.
Drag and drop this action to cover your email button (1)
If you don’t already have a close action, add a second action Sharing: Close sharing screen
Drag and drop the Close action over your close button (2)
If these buttons overlay the image area, move/resize the image to separate them (3)
Right click once more to exit the touch screen editor, saving your changes.
Working with profiles: remember to save the updated profile before you leave. Troubleshooting profiles
More about sharing by email
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 imageshere
Sharing at large and busy events, touch free sharing and sharing statistics are covered here
Adding SMS/MMS text sharing to your design
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.
Sharing screen graphic share.jpg with text, email and exit buttons (Breeze DSLR Remote Pro 3.15.5)
Check MMS/SMS sharing on the Output Settings screen
Setting the flag which tells DSLR Remote Pro to offer sharing images by SMS/MMS
Add the MMS/SMS touch screen action to the sharing screen
Go bck to the touch screen editor and add the Sharing: Send MMS/SMS action to the sharing screen
Right click on an unused part of the screen
Add the action Sharing: Send MMS/SMS.
Drag and drop this action to cover your text button
If you don’t already have a close action,, add a second action Sharing: Close sharing screen
Drag and drop the Close action over your close button
If these buttons overlay each other or the image area, move/resize the actions to separate them
Right click once more to exit the touch screen editor, saving your changes.
Working with profiles: remember to save the updated profile before you leave. Troubleshooting profiles
Adding the Sharing: Send MMS/SMS action to the sharing screen graphic (Breeze DSLR Remote Pro 3.15.5)
More about sharing by MMS/SMS
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
The charging port is needed to charge the device and connect to the camera at the same time.
Which cameras can I use?
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
How easy is it to switch between the iPad camera and a external camera?
Very simple. You switch between internal and external camera in the Breeze Booth app.
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.
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.
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.
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.
We have fallen in love with the laid back sea otters
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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