Include the Original Photo and the Modified Photo on the Print Layout

You can design your photo capture event to modify the original photo in many ways, including: applying various photo filters,  changing the background, converting the photo to cartoon style, swapping faces or applying numerous AI modifications.

Then after the photo has been modified, the modified photo will replace the original, unmodified photo and it will be used in the rest of the workflow, for example, when showing it to the user and also when printing it on the print layout.

But what if you also want to include the original unmodified photo AND the modified photo side by side on the print layout? 
This article explains how.


1 - Instruct RightBooth to keep the original, unmodified photos

• If you are using a webcam,  go to Settings -> Cameras -> Webcam photo and tick the setting:  Keep original files.
• If you are using a DSLR camera, go to Settings -> Cameras -> DSLR.  Then in the photo section, tick the setting:  Keep original files.
• If you are using a GoPro camera, go to Settings -> Cameras -> GoPro.  Then in the photo section, tick the setting:  Keep original files.

2 - Add a second image item on the Print layout screen
In this example, we have a photo capture event that is designed to take 1 photo, then modify the image in some way and print it.  Here is the simple Print layout screen containing a single image item for Photo 1:

This Photo 1 image item will contain the modified image, not the original photo.

You can now add a second image placeholder item on the Print layout screen as follows:

• On the Screen Editor toolbox, tick the Add items checkbox to show the Add toolbox.
• On the Add toolbox, click the Image button to show the Image selector panel.
• On the Image selector panel, click the Add placeholder button to add a second image item onto the Print layout screen:

3 - Make the second image item show the original photo
You now need to alter this new image item so that it references the original photo as follows:

• On the Screen Editor toolbox, tick the Properties checkbox to show the Properties toolbox.
• Select the new image placeholder item so that its properties appear on Properties toolbox.
• At the top of the Image properties toolbox, choose the image type: Define file from the combo box, then click the Content button to show the Define file panel.
• In the Define file text box, enter the text variable:{ORIGINALPATHPHOTOFILENAME1} and click the OK button:

Now when the event is played, each time the Print layout is displayed and/or printed, RightBooth will include the original photo in the second image item, alongside the modified photo.

Note that it is possible to repeat this process when you have a multi-photo capture event.
In this example, the event is taking 2 photos. The Print layout screen has been altered to include 2 additional image placeholder items that will show the 2 original photos using the text variables {ORIGINALPATHPHOTOFILENAME1} and {ORIGINALPATHPHOTOFILENAME2}:
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For more information about using Text variables in RightBooth, see the RightBooth user manual.