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Creating a Photo Filmstrip

28/6/2016

Updated: Jan 2021

During an event whenever a user takes a set of photos, they are normally displayed on the 'Show Photo' screen using a standard white, round cornered border, as shown in this screenshot designed for 3 photos:

This article explains how you can easily alter this style so that your photos appear within a filmstrip.

In the Screen Editor, make sure you are on the Show Photo screen.
Show the Properties Toolbox. Then for each of the image photo placeholders, select them one at a time and set the following properties...
Click the Border Image radio button, then browse the RightBooth Media Library and select the Filmstrip border image
Set the Border Width to 13
Set the Border Corners to 0
Tick the Appearance Stretch property (optional)

You can then re-position all the placeholder images on the screen so that they form a continuous filmstrip as shown in the screen shot opposite.

Note: If the Filmstrip image does not appear when browsing for it, you may need to download and install the RightBooth Media Library

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Adding Your Own Screens To An Event

21/6/2016

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Updated: Jan 2021

During your events, there may be occasions where you want to show your users a screen containing information or perhaps play a video or show some images. This article explains how to add your own customised screens to your events.

Adding a new screen

Go into the Screen Editor
On the Toolbox click the Add items button
On the Add Items Toolbox, click the Screen button.
You will then be asked for the name of your new screen. Enter a name that does not already exist in the screens listed on the Designer Toolbox.
Your new screen name will then be added to the top of the list and the new blank screen will be displayed.

You can now start to add items to the new screen. You can add any item (or combination of items) from the Add Items Toolbox. You could display text, videos, images, countdowns, clocks, etc.

Choosing a Screen Display Timeout

You need to decide how long your new screen will be displayed to your event users.
Open the Properties Toolbox and set the Screen Timeout to one of the following:

Never - The screen will never time out. During the event, when a screen is showing that never times out, you may want to allow the user some means of progressing past the screen. This can be done by adding a Next button to the screen.
On display time - The screen will be displayed for the number of seconds entered into the Display time text box. This is the default timeout setting for most screens in an event.
On screen video - The screen will time out after a screen background video has finished playing. If the screen does not have a video background, the screen will never time out.
On screen audio - The screen will time out after the screen audio has finished played. If the screen does not have an audio file, it never times out.
On video item - The screen will time out after a video item has finished playing. If there are no video items on the screen, the screen will never time out. If there is more than one video item on the screen, the screen will time out after the first video item has finished playing.
On countdown - The screen will time out after a countdown item has finished playing. If there are no countdown items on the screen, the screen will never time out. If there are more than one countdown items on the screen, the screen will time out after the first countdown item has finished playing.

Decide When To Show Your Screen

On the Screen Editor Toolbox, make sure your new screen is selected, then use the Up and Down arrow keys to move your screen up or down the Screen List to the position you would like the screen to appear.

For example, if you would like your new screen to appear immediately after the Choices screen during the event, move the screen down until it is shown below the Choices screen on the Screen List.

Points to Note

You can add as many new screens to your events as you need
Your new screens can have any combination of items on it that you need
When your screen times out, the next screen in the Screen list will be shown to the users

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Using a Camcorder To Record Videos In RightBooth

7/6/2016

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Is it possible to record videos in RightBooth using a camcorder?

The answer is Yes, so long as you have the following:

Your camcorder must have a Firewire output port
Many of them do.
The picture opposite shows what the Firewire port looks like on a typical camcorder:

Your computer must have a Firewire input port
If it doesn't you can obtain a FireWire PCI card at very low cost (less than $12) from stores such as Amazon. You will also need a Firewire cable (less than $5) to attach the camcorder to the FireWire port on your computer, or perhaps your camcorder already has a Firewire cable, in which case Happy Days!

Next you need to download and install the software tool: DVDriver
Search for 'DVDriver'
This piece of software lets you use your camcorder with any software that works with webcams (including RightBooth). It works by fooling Windows into thinking that your camcorder is just an ordinary USB webcam. We've not tested this software, but we know of people using it successfully on their computers.

And that's really all there is to it
Once all the above conditions are met, the DVDriver should appear for selection in the Webcam list within the RightBooth Video settings. Select DVDriver from the Webcam list and you are good to go.

Whilst we have not tried this configuration ourselves we know of RightBooth users who have connected a camcorder this way, and they report that it produces really great video recordings.

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Creating Eye Catching Text Prompts

3/6/2016

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Updated: Feb 2021

The text prompts that appear on the RightBooth event screens are fairly static items.

This article shows how to use a combination of the label and image sequence items to add a bit more pizazz to your text prompts, by walking you through how to create the effect shown in the video

The animated text prompt shown in the video is created using an image sequence item and a label sequence item, as follows:

In the Screen Editor, add a new image sequence item on your chosen screen
Double click the new item to show the Image Sequence Files dialog
Choose Show photos from the File List
Click the Add button to add a number of images to the list
In our example screenshot we have chosen four button images from the RightBooth Image Library
Click OK to return to the Screen Editor

Now show the Image Sequence Properties and set the Animate properties to those shown in the screen shot below:

There are lots of animation types to choose from, so try experimenting with various animations and speeds until you achieve the desired effect. In our example we are applying a radial fade effect between the images. The effect speed is 0.4 seconds with a 0.1 second pause between each animation.

We now need to add the text prompts.

Add a new label sequence item on your chosen screen.
Double click the new item to show the Label Sequence Files dialog.
Choose Show text from Text list.
In the Label Sequence Text box, type some congratulation messages, such as:
- Nice one !
- Super photo !
- Great job !
Click OK to return to the Screen Designer.
Move the new label sequence item over the top of the image sequence item.

Now show the Label Sequence Properties and set the Shadow, Text and Animate properties to those shown in the screen shot below:

Again, you can play with the Animate properties until you obtain the desired animation effect between the text prompts.

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Creating a Photo Filmstrip

Adding Your Own Screens To An Event

Adding a new screen

Choosing a Screen Display Timeout

Decide When To Show Your Screen

Points to Note

Using a Camcorder To Record Videos In RightBooth

Creating Eye Catching Text Prompts

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