Breeze Booth (DSLR+Windows) aka DSLR Remote Pro 3.18.2 was released today, February 14th.
This release adds support for Canon’s fabulous new EOS R6 Mark II camera, introduces a watermark over prints displayed in the print confirmation and sharing screens, and the ability to retry failed uploads.
EOS R6 Mark II support
The mirror-less EOS R6 Mark II is a superb camera for high end photo booth operators, especially those offering slow motion and video. The R6 Mark II comes with
180 frames/second or 120 frames/second slow motion at 1080p
Center hotshoe contact allowing external flash to be triggered
Class leading face and eye detect autofocus
DSLR Remote Pro already supports Canon’s EOS R10, R7, R6, R5, R and RP models, several M series cameras, and almost all Canon DSLRs.
Watermark on screen copy of prints
We’re getting a lot of interest in using DSLR Remote Pro for pay to print and pay to share booths at fixed installations.
To discourage guests from taking a photo of the booth screen instead of paying for it, DSLR Remote Pro 3.18.2 can watermark prints displayed in both the print confirmation and sharing screens.
The watermark image must be called print_watermark.png and placed in the photo booth images folder.
Upgrade to DSLR Remote Pro 3.18.2 today
DSLR Remote Pro 3.18.2 is a free upgrade for all registered users who purchased DSLR Remote Pro after 14 February 2022. Customers with older licenses need to buy an upgrade license to use this release.
Breeze Booth (DSLR+Windows) aka DSLR Remote Pro 3.18.1 was released today.
This release expands the choice of images uploaded by DSLR Remote Pro’s File Uploader.
What’s new in 3.18.1?
File Uploader can upload both original and cropped/resized versions of the print layout
Survey responses can be made available to other apps and scripts by writing them to the Windows registry as soon as the survey has been completed.
New event date and event time tokens{eventDate} and {eventId} provide a way to identify events.
This release also fixes issues where ready overlay screen images were cropped when using profiles and animated GIFs, and email attachments for processed photos and thumbnails not being sent unless the original photos were selected.
Upgrade to DSLR Remote Pro 3.18.1 today
DSLR Remote Pro 3.18.1 is a free upgrade for all registered users who purchased DSLR Remote Pro after 31 October 2021. Customers with older licenses need to buy an upgrade license to use this release.
Breeze Booth (DSLR+Windows) aka DSLR Remote Pro 3.18 was released today, October 4th.
What’s new?
DSLR Remote Pro 3.18 brings
Support for two new R series cameras : Canon’s EOS R10 and EOS R7. Both have excellent face detect autofocus.
Secure, single user QR codes
New pay to share mode for sharing videos, photos and GIFs by email or text
Real time File uploader
Easier display of email and text keyboards at the top of the screen
Export registry settings tool
Video overlays for videos captured in video booth mode
Transparency of video overlays can be controlled using alpha channels
This release also fixes an issue sending emails with cc addresses.
Promising new photo booth camera
DSLR Remote Pro 3.18 adds support for two new Canon cameras, the EOS R10 and EOS R7. Both have excellent face detect auto focus.
Chris believes the face detect auto focus gives the EOS R10 great potential for photo booth use.
Single use QR Code coupons
QR codes offer a fast and safe way for guests to interact with your photo booth and image sharing products.
New single use QR codes are a secure way to issue QR code ‘coupons’ which run the booth for a single session.
Use them at theme parks, events and attractions where each vistor is entitled to a single booth session
Combine them with an online payment mechanism, sending guests a code when their payment has been accepted
Single use QR code option for payments
Secure single use QR codes also make an attractive alternative to conventional payment booths. Take payments online and provide secure single use QR codes which run a single session when scanned.
Single use QR codes start the booth and run a single session (Breeze DLSR Remote Pro)
Breeze MDB payment utility can now be used for pay to share video, photos and GIFs as well as prints.
Take contactless payments to share vimages by email or text (Breeze DSLR Remote Pro 3.18)
Move keyboards to the top of the screen
Mirror booth and other vertical screen users often prefer guests type their contact details at the top or center of the screen.
The Photobooth setup wizard now has an option to place email and text keyboards atthe top or center of your screen.
File Uploader
Upload photos, GIFs and videos from photo booth to online sharing galleries during the event.
DSLR Remote Pro’s File Uploader runs in the background and automatically uploads images to websites and sharing galleries including Event Kite and WordPress Plugin Photobooth Gallery Plugin.
New registry export tool
Upgrading your kit? Expanding the business and need more booths? The new registry export tool saves DSLR ‘s program settings to a file which can be copied to a new PC.
To copy these registry settings back into DSLR Remote Pro on the same or a different PC, double click on the registry settings file in Windows Explorer.
Support for Apple ProRes4444 video overlay with alpha transparency
Add ProRes4444 video overlays to videos captured in video booth mode. The transparency of your video overlays can be controlled using alpha channels.
Upgrade to DSLR Remote Pro 3.18 today
DSLR Remote Pro 3.18 is a free upgrade for all registered users who purchased DSLR Remote Pro after 4 October 2021. Customers with older licenses need to buy an upgrade license to use this release.
A quick note to let you know that Breeze Hotfolder 1.8.3 has been released today.
This release adds the ability to extract a still image from a video, and fixes the issue creating albums which occured when SmugMug changed their API last week.
Breeze Hotfolder Prints
Hotfolder Prints can now monitor a folder for new MP4 or MOVvideos, extract a still image from the video and include this in a print template. More
Breeze SmugMug Uploader
The SmugMug Uploader has also been updated, fixing the issue creating albums which occurred when SmugMug changed their API recently.
Hotfolder 1.8.3 is a free upgrade for all registered users who purchased Hotfolder after 15th September 2021. Customers with older licenses need to buy an upgrade license to use this release.
Breeze apps offer unparalled creative control over what guests see and experience at your booth and sharing kiosks.
I’ve just added a new tutorial to the website to help DSLR Remote Pro, Kiosk and Webcam Photobooth users change the colors of the keyboard screens used for email and text based sharing.
Important reminders for anyone choosing a new computer, or running machines with old versions of Windows.
ARM Processors
When choosing new computers to run Breeze Windows progams take care to choose models withIntel processors.
Some recent Windows computers (including the Microsoft Surface Pro X) use the new ARM processors. Breeze apps are designed for Intel processors and will not run on ARM processors.
Breeze are no longer able to provide support for Windows 8, and will end support for our software running on Windows 8.1 on January 10th 2023.
When Microsoft end support for a version of their operating system, we can no longer test or support our products on this operating system safely.
If you are still running Breeze programs on Windows 8 or 8.1 we strongly recommend you upgrade to Windows 11 as soon as possible.
I’m still running Breeze on Windows 8.1, will the program stop working on January 10th?
If you are already running a Breeze program on Windows 8.1 or Windows 8, we don’t expect it to stop working. However we recommend you upgrade your operating system to Windows 11 as soon as possible. Take a copy of both registration name and code, and deactivate the license before you start in case of problems.
Which versions of Windows will you support after January 11th?
From January 11th we will support Intel processors running Windows 11 and 10 (not Windows 11 S or 10 S).
Can I still upgrade my old Breeze license?
Any customer with a valid license for a current Breeze product can buy an upgrade license. All our Windows products include at least one year of free upgrades from the date the license was issued.
Breeze Booth (Webcam+Windows) 2.6 aka Webcam Photobooth was released today.
This release adds QR code based touch free operation and sharing, and support for the latest email security protocols
What do I get from Webcam 2.6?
Better guest experience
Hands free operation
Faster, touch free sharing
Less waiting in line
Contactless data collection
Pre registration and data collection support
Support for Gmail authentication
Support for Transport Layer Security (TLS) 1.2
Touch free booth control
Offer your clients totally hands free operation and a better guest experience with contactless data collection, touchless start, and fast hygenic sharing.
Turning the QR code concept on it’s head, you can also display a QR code on your sharing screen for guests to scan with their smart phone. Use this to direct guests to your online gallery for immediate social sharing.
What is Gmail Authentication and how can it affect me?
Google changed the requirements for authenticating Gmail emails in 2020. Gmail users now need to ‘authenticate’ ie approve third party applications which send emails from their gmail accounts.
Adding support for Gmail Authentication to Webcam Photobooth means you can use Gmail to share photos from the booth. More
What is Transport Layer Security and how might it affect me?
You may be familiar with Gmail authentication, but it’s quite likely you never heard of Transport Layer Security (TLS) before.
Transport Layer Security (TLS) is a protocol used to send communications securely over computer networks. Many ISPs send emails using simple mail transfer protocol (SMTP), and SMTP emails use transport layer security (TLS).
A growing number of ISPs require TLS version 1.2, so we have added support for this to Webcam 2.6
By adding support for TLS 1.2 to Webcam 2.6, emails from the booth still work as and when your ISP decides it’s a requirement.
Note TLS 1.2 is also supported in DSLR Remote Pro, Kiosk and Hub. More
Try Webcam Photobooth 2.6 for yourself
Webcam Photobooth 2.6 is a free upgrade for all registered users who purchased Webcam Photobooth after 1st July 2021. Customers with older licenses need to buy an upgrade license to use this release.
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