This release adds support for four new Canon cameras; an update to the popular M50 mirror-less model, two new R series mirrorless cameras and the latest EOS REBEL.
Support for
850D/Rebel T8i/Kiss X10i
M50 Mark II/Kiss M2
EOS R5
EOS R6
Plus
A new token {field2,n,ch,str} gives additional flexibility extracting data from a longer string
Fixes for issues with AI background removal when mirror output images is selected, and setting the owner string, artist and copyright information on recent camera models.
Support for new cameras
The EOS 850D ( Rebel T8i) replaces Canon’s EOS 800D (Rebel T7i) camera, and the mirrorless M50 Mark II replaces Canon’s popular M50.
The mirrorless R5 and R6 are both superb cameras – Chris waxes lyrical about them. They are an expensive option for photo booth use.
Upgrade to DSLR Remote Pro 3.15.4 today
DSLR Remote Pro 3.15.4 is a free upgrade for all registered users who purchased DSLR Remote Pro after 9th December 2019.. Customers with older licenses need to buy an upgrade license to use this release.
Did you know that Breeze has a proven track record running unattended at tens of thousands of events?
The market for drop off and unattended booths has been growing for several years, and we are seeing significant interest in 2020. Many operators who usually run attended booths are considering switching to drop off booths during the current Covid outbreak.
There’s a new tutorial for DSLR Remote Pro users switching from attended to drop off and other unattended booths, which takes you through
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
We are counting down the days to Photo Booth Expo, and looking forward to seeing many of you in Vegas. Find us in the Exhibition Hall at booth 1113; book your place at Steve Bliesner’s classes (details below).
Steve will be running four classes on Breeze at PBX this year. Classes will cover both Breeze Booth for iPad and Breeze Booth for Windows ( aka DSLR Remote Pro). There are separate classes for beginners and advanced users, with discounts for people booking several classes.
Breeze Booth for iPad, Beginners Class – Wednesday the 26th 11am
Everything you need to get a basic event up and running with the Event Editor, and then synced to the iPad app using Dropbox. The finished event will include the option to take photos, make a GIF, and apply digital props, as well as options to send them via email and SMS, direct from the iPad.
Breeze Booth for iPad, Advanced Users Class – Wednesday the 26th 12pm
For users who are already comfortable cresting events and syncing them to the iPad. This class will work through some of the more advanced features, such as white labelling the iPad App, animated screens and countdown, setting up Event Codes (for easy deployment across multiple booths), using Breeze Hub, Information screens and menus, creative uses of surveys and sending HTML emails.
Breeze Booth for Windows (aka DSLR Remote Pro) Beginners Class – Wednesday the 26th 1pm
The basics of getting up and running with Breeze Booth for Windows. A complete walk through of the using the Setup Wizard, adding print layouts, making some basic interface tweaks through to sending images and GIFs via email and SMS.
Breeze Booth for Windows (aka DSLR Remote Pro) Advanced Users Class – Wednesday the 26th 2pm
For users who already have the basics down and are looking to take advantage of some of the more advanced features. How to structure your setup for fast and efficient handling of multiple events, the best way to deploy events across multiple photo booths, profiles, advanced interface tips and tricks and how to use Breeze Hub for a better way to send emails.
Book your place
Buy your tickets here. You will need to select buy tickets in the top right corner of the page.
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.
Guests can rotate, expand and shrink the icons. You can restrict them to decorating part of the print, and even prevent them from defacing part of it if your clients are sensitive.
Webcam Photobooth 2.5 is a free upgrade for all registered users who purchased Webcam Photobooth after 18th September 2018. Customers with older licenses need to buy an upgrade license to use this release.
Guests choose from a selection of print frames on the signing/drawing screen (DSLR Remote Pro 3.14)
Social sharing totals
Display Sharing totals by selecting Preferences then Photo Booth Event Info ( DSLR Remote Pro 3.14)
DSLR Remote Pro now counts the total number of emails, texts and tweets sent from the booth.
You can reset these counters between events. More details
Print logos placed over the print overlay
You have been able to add logos to your printswithoutusing Photoshop® or other image editors since v3.12. Many of you asked us to place these logos over the print overlay – so we have made this change in v3.14
png and jpg logos added in the Print Layout Editor are now displayed in front of the print overlay (DSLR Remote Pro 3.14)
Support for new camera
DSLR Remote Pro supports almost all Canon DSLR cameras, plus the mirrorless M50 and EOS RP.
DSLR Remote Pro 3.14 adds support for the new EOS 250D/Rebel SL3/EOS 200D II/EOS Kiss X10.
*Enabling guest print frames
Enable signing and drawing on prints in the usual way. (Select Advanced Settings, then Output Options Settings. Check the box marked Sign or draw on photos before printing, and OK as you leave.)
Enabling the signing/drawing on prints screen. Guests can choose a frame as well as drawing on the print and adding custom stamps/emoji (DSLR Remote Pro 3.14)
Your frames should be png images the same size in pixels as the print layout. Place them in the PhotoBoothImages folder for the event. The name of each frame must start frame_ as below:
I also customised the icons to the left of this screen by placing my own images in the PhotoBoothImages folder. You can customise all these icons in the same way. Make this screen your own.
Try DSLR Remote Pro 3.14 for yourself
DSLR Remote Pro 3.14 is a free upgrade for all registered users who purchased DSLR Remote Pro after 24th July 2018. Customers with older licenses need to buy an upgrade license to use this release.
