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This section gives detailed information about the various photo booth settings. If you want to get started as quickly as possible you can use the photo booth setup wizard to set everything up and then come back to this page later to find out more about tweaking the various settings.
First select the number of images to be taken and how they are arranged. This could be a single image on one sheet of paper (1 image, 1 row, 1 column), a passport style strip of images (e.g. 4 images, 4 rows, 1 column), 2x2 grid of 4 images as shown above or any other arrangement of up to 20 images arranged in a grid. Alternatively select "Custom layout" and click on the "Settings..." button next to the checkbox to position each image manually on the page (this is described in more detail later).
Next select the delay before taking each photo and how long the shot just taken is displayed on screen when shooting in full screen photo booth mode (this can be disabled by setting the time to 0). After taking each photo a preview can be displayed on the screen for a specified number of seconds (set this to 0 to disable the preview). The delay before taking the first photo can be set to a different value than that for the remaining photos. This is useful when using a touchscreen as it means a longer delay can be set before the first photo to give people time to move back from the touchscreen.
When the "Minimum duration in seconds before closing 'processing' screen is set to 0 the 'processing' screen will be close as soon as the data has been sent to the printer. The 'processing' screen can be displayed for longer by adjusting this value. This is useful if you want to keep displaying a message such as "Thank you! Your photos are being printed, please leave the booth now" for longer than it takes to print the images.
The live view image can be mirrored so that the user sees the image the same way round as when looking in a mirror. By default preview images displayed after taking each photo are displayed the correct way round (i.e. not mirrored).
Use the height setting to resize the live view images. The live view image can be displayed in portrait orientation by selecting one of the portrait orientations from the View menu in the main window.
Select "Only display live view in ready screen" if you only want the live view to be displayed in the ready screen and hidden during the countdown.
Some users can be confused if the previews don't match the live view images (i.e. they are not mirrored when the live view display is mirrored). Unselect the "Don't mirror preview images" option if this a problem (the photos added to prints will still be the correct way round i.e. not mirrored).
By default photos added to prints and animated GIFs are displayed the normal way round but sometimes it is useful to be able to mirror them e.g. if the camera is mounted so that images are reflected in a mirror or when taking "painting with light" photos when users are writing words which would appear the wrong way round if the images weren't mirrored.
Select the "Auto standby" option to have the booth automatically switch to standby mode at startup and after each set of photos. This option is useful because it automatically disables live view when the booth is not in use which will avoid problems with the camera's sensor overheating. In standby mode the booth displays the welcome.jpg screen image. You can switch back to ready mode by typing F6 (toggle between standby and ready modes) or Ctrl+Alt+F6 (switch from standby to ready mode) or by using the "Toggle standby mode" or "Switch from standby to ready" touchscreen actions.
By default the live view images are displayed centered at the top of the screen with the count down text beneath. The position of the live view images can be adjusted using the "Left offset" and "Top offset" settings. These specify the offset in pixels from the left and top of the screen respectively. If the left offset is set to -1 the live view display will be centered horizontally on the screen.
If the count down text offset is set to 0 the count down text is automatically displayed centered in the spare space above or below the live view images (depending on whether there is more space above or below the live view images). Please make sure there is enough space for the count down text when setting the live view size and position.
Alternatively the countdown text can be manually positioned on the screen by setting the offset to a non-zero value. This value is the number of pixels the text is offset from the top of the screen. If required, the countdown text can be positioned so that it overlays the live view images.
The live view display can be cropped if required by selecting full screen photo booth mode and holding down the Shift key and using the cursor left and right keys to increase or decrease the cropping. Cropping removes equal amounts from the left and right of the live view image when displaying live view images in landscape orientation and from the top and bottom when using portrait orientation. When adjusting the live view cropping a status message showing the amount of cropping is shown briefly in the bottom right hand corner of the screen. Please see this section for more information on cropping live view and photos in the print layout.
Normally the live view display, if enabled, is shown before each image in the sequence is taken. When the "Only display Live View images for the first shot in the sequence" option is selected live view images are only displayed to the user before taking the first shot of the sequence and are hidden during the rest of the sequence. If the "Only display live view in ready screen" option is selected the live view is shown in the ready screen and is hidden when the user starts the shooting sequence.
The live view display can be disabled during printing by selecting the "Disable live view when printing" checkbox. Disabling the live view during printing and displaying a suitable message in the 'processing' screen is a good way of encouraging people to leave the booth after the photos have been taken. For example you could disable live view during printing, set the minimum duration before closing the 'processing' screen to 15 secs and display the message "Thank you! Your photos are being printed and will be ready outside shortly, please leave the booth now" by editing the 'processing screen (processing.jpg).
The "Disable live view when taking photo" option is useful when auto focus is required, particularly when using older models of Canon DSLR. When "Disable live view when taking photo" is selected the it will disable live view immediately before taking each photo allowing the camera to auto focus as normal and then re-enable live after taking the photo. Please note that if the camera's auto focus system is unable to focus properly the camera will not take the photo and the photo booth shooting sequence will fail.
Most photo booth use studio flash units connected via the camera's hotshoe using a hotshoe to PC sync adaptor. If you are using a Rebel series camera (e.g. Canon Rebel T6/EOS 1300D) with a studio strobe and live view is activated in photo booth mode you need to select the "External flash mode" setting otherwise the flash won't be triggered when taking photos.
For simple photo only photo booth set ups the "Camera settings mode:" should be set to "Simple". This will ensure that the live view images are bright and will select a shutter speed of 1/125 sec when taking the photos. For more complicated setups requiring more control over the camera settings (e.g. a photo booth that offers both photos and video using a mid-range Rebel series camera) the "Camera settings mode:" should be be set to "Bank 1" or "Bank 2" and the "Camera Settings" dialog should be used to configure the settings.
Most photo booths use flash when taking photos and have separate lighting to illuminate the booth. For optimal color balance when taking the photos the white balance on the camera should be set to flash but this may result in poor white balance in the live view display because the modeling light has a different color temperature from the flash. When the "Camera settings mode:" is set to "Simple" the white balance used in live view can be adjusted by checking the "Live view white balance" checkbox and selecting the white balance. Select "Auto (ambience)" or "Auto (white)" to use auto white balance (older camera models which don't have separate ambience and white auto settings will use "Auto"). Alternatively select a preset white balance setting such as tungsten to give more consistent white balance in live view.
If a Canon E-TTL compatible flash or the camera's built-in flash is used the "External flash mode" setting does not need to be selected. It is recommended that the exposure mode dial on the camera is set to M with a shutter speed of 1/125 sec, an aperture of f/5.6 or f/8 and an ISO setting between 400 to 1600 when using on camera or E-TTL compatible flash.
Clicker mode allows users or a photographer to choose when to take each photo rather than the standard operation where the software automatically takes the photos at preset intervals. When clicker mode is selected the software will wait until each photo is taken either by a photographer pressing the shutter release on the camera or by users pressing a remote release (the "clicker"). The clicker could be a wireless shutter release which plugs in to the camera's remote shutter release socket or a wireless remote (e.g. a wireless presenter) connected to the PC. The wireless remote should be set up to send Ctrl+Z. The shooting sequence in clicker mode is:
Please note: You can't use a remote release connected to the camera when using external flash mode and clicker mode because the external flash won't be triggered when live view is active. You either need to take each photo via the computer (e.g. by using a wireless presenter or arcade style button which sends Ctrl+Z) or use a mid-range DSLR such as the Canon EOS 80D, Canon EOS 70D or Canon EOS 60D and disable external flash mode then disable live view exposure simulation and silent shooting mode in the camera's live view settings.