We’ve had a lot of interest in adding time limits to events in DSLR Remote Pro 3.19, so I have added a tutorial to the website explaining how to use this new feature.
Find Time Limited Events here
Thanks for reading,
Sue
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Breeze DSLR Remote Pro 3.19: Time limited events, Outline mode, Print Compositing and Surveys
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 for new Canon cameras EOS 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
Outline/Sticker mode
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.
Simple Survey Generator
- Fast and simple way to create guest surveys.
- Up to 10 screens to collect data from guests before starting the session.
- Email addresses collected in a survey can be used to automatically share images from the session.
- Use data collected in print captions, emails, directory and file names as well as reports
- Surveys generated can be adapted for more complex layouts
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.
Repeated image with varied opacity
Support for new cameras
DSLR Remote Pro adds suport for Canon’s new EOS R8 and EOS R50 cameras.
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.
Try for yourself
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 Photographer Mode – Shoot tethered with instant sharing
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
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Breeze software for 360 booths
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.
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
- awesome slow motion
- fabulous video FX
Find more examples of video effects here
Breeze for iPad Auto Start
Auto Start detects when a 360 degree spinner starts spinning – automatically starts the countdown and captures the video.
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.
* Kiosk https://www.breezesys.com/solutions/breeze-kiosk/ is a separate Purchase.
Have a great week,
Sue
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Breeze for iPad Blend Modes
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
- layer the effects of different blends
- blend two or more photos together
- combine blends with other print compositing effects
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
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.
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.
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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Breeze for iPad 3.3 adds print compositing & tethered shooting
Photo Booth Expo 2023 attendees were wowed by the innovative and powerful print compositing in Breeze Booth for iPad 3.3.
Now on public release, Breeze for iPad 3.3 introduces
- Print Compositing
- Photographer Mode
- Outline/Scrapbook feature for video, photos and GIFs
Repeating image with varied opacity (Breeze Booth for iPad Print Compositing)
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:
Breeze Booth Photographer mode
Photographer mode puts the photographer in control. Shoot tethered to an iPhone or iPad. Share branded images straight from your iPhone/iPad.
Ideal for roaming photographers
- Capture the action – photos are taken immediately the camera shutter is pressed
- Full control over the camera
- Shoot in landscape or portrait
Instant Sharing
- Display branded photos on your iPhone/iPad ready to share
- Photos automatically branded with your overlays, logos and QR codes
- Built in sharing gallery
- Images queued if internet connection is flakey
- Supports all Print Layout Editor tools
Pair with professional Canon cameras
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.
New outline/sticker mode
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:
Try for yourself
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
Sample event for Roaming Photographers
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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Connecting Canon cameras to Booth (iPad+iPhone)
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.
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.
Where’s this tutorial?
You can find the tutorial here
Sue
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Breeze DSLR Remote Pro 3.18.2.1 & Photo Booth Expo
DSLR Remote Pro 3.18.2.1 release
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 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.
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.
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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.
© Breeze Systems March 2023
PhotoBooth Expo 2023
Tuesday February 21.
The Trade Show at Photo Booth Expo 2023 (PBX) opens this afternoon at Southpoint Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas.
Breeze Trade Show stand
Breeze will be showcasing the latest features of Breeze Booth (DSLR+Windows) and Breeze Booth for iPad at the trade show, opening at 5pm today.
Breeze and Everybooth have neighbouring stands, both showcasing Breeze software running on Everybooth booths. Find us at Booth 801.
EventKite
Many of you know that Steve has been developing a web based back end specifically for Breeze Booth for Windows and iPadOS.
Designed specifically to work with Breeze, Event Kite can host microsites, galleries and survey data from your events
Steve will also demonstrate EventKite on the stand.
We’re also delighted that Ken Oelschläger (photoboothkaufen.de ) will be joining us at the stand on Wednesday afternoon. Long time Breeze expert Ken has been travelling from Germany to PBX since the first Expo in 2015.
PBX Hall of Fame
Chris and I were honored and proud when Rob Savickis announced last July that we will be the first two inductees to the new PBX Hall of Fame at PBX this year.
Rob released the full list of inaugural inductees last week and we are delighted that Jürgen Mayr has also been inducted. Many of you know Jürgen and have benefited from his generous and knowledgeable support to the Breeze community.
Booth Mastermind
We had an incredible time at Booth Mastermind this weekend, listening to highly regarded industry leaders share their business journey, and offering tips and tricks that delegates can use to help grow their own business. Congratulations to Ismail Humet , Ursula Murphy and Sammy English for organising a superb conference.
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Breeze DSLR Remote Pro 3.18.2 released
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.
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© Breeze Systems February 2023
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