Latest training video showing how to use a dynamic QR code on a Sharing Station Start screen. Note that this feature requires using RightBooth v7.14.17 (or newer).

New features and fixes in RightBooth version 7.14.7...
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• Add the 'Create Watch folder event' option in the RB Event Wizard.  (See video below)
• Add the option to set an item's 'Fade' property to 'Crop' which turns the fade into a straight crop.  (See video below)
• The allowable email timeout range can now be set to any value between 1 and 30 minutes
• Fix: Include the Print copies number in the Maximum print count calculation
• Fix: Logos are now added to photos in Watch folder events. (See video below)
• Fix: Sequential video segment files and audio files are now correctly chosen when applying enhancements
• Fix: Allow AI effects to work when the current user name contains spaces
  

RightBooth version 7.14.4 is now released and contains the following new features:

Add the 'Define file' option to image items, video items and audio files
This allows the inclusion of any RightBooth text variables in the folder and file definitions.

Example:
Using the file definition: 'c:\images\{FIRSTNAME}.jpg', this will take the first name entered on the User Details event screen and insert it into the definition to form a user specific file reference.
So in this example if the first name ‘Nigel’ is entered on the User Details screen, then the above file reference will become: ‘c:\images\Nigel.jpg’ to allow displaying a user specific image on subsequent event screens.

Add the 'Fallback file' option for 'Define file' image items, video items and audio files
This allows a secondary file to be defined  that will be used if the defined file (see above) is not found.

Add the 'Start/Stop' setting: 'Prevent playing events on battery power'
This will force the PC to be connected to mains power when you play any RightBooth event.

Add the DSLR setting: 'Turn off live view for photo capture'
If you are using a non-Canon flash unit this will allow it to fire when RightBooth takes photos.

Add the AI effect setting: 'Use cutout.pro preview images’
This option allows you to reduce the cutout.pro AI credit usage to 0.25 per background removal service call.

You have created a photo capture event where each user will take 3 photos and you would like to apply different AI photo affects to each of the 3 photos:

• the first photo should have no effects applied to it.
• the second photo should have the background automatically replaced.
• the third photo should be converted into a cartoon style.

This article explains how to set up your event so that different AI effects are applied to specific photos in the set.

Include the Background AI and Cartoon AI screens in your event

• Go into the Event Designer --> Event structure --> Photo AI
• In Background AI, choose: 'Ask the user'
• In Cartoon AI, choose: 'Ask the user'...

This will cause the Background Image AI screen to only be used on the second photo.

​Set the Cartoon AI to apply only to the Third Photo

• Choose the Cartoon AI screen
• Open the Screen Properties
• In the 'show with photo' text box enter the number 3...

Now when you play the event,  the second photo will automatically have the background AI effect applied to it and the third photo will automatically have the cartoon AI effect applied to it.

RightBooth version 7.14.0 is now released.
​The full set of new features are listed on the Release Notes page.

Video overview of the main new features:

An update to Windows 11 will be released on September 26th.  It contains a number of AI driven features, including free photo background removal and AI image generation.

The aim will be to find ways to integrate these free features into the RightBooth photo capture workflow.
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Taster video here:

​Full presentation:

Updated October 2023
The AI ship has set sail so I thought I had better jump on board !!
Development work has been completed to add the following AI features into the event workflow of RightBooth:

• photo background replacement using an existing local image chosen by the guest
• photo background replacement using an AI generated image described by the guest with text input
• convert photo to cartoon with style selection
• convert heads in the original photo to cartoon with style selection
• combinations of the above.

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The functionality relies on an Internet connection and also obtaining AI credits from one or more of the many AI service providers.

Here are a few examples of what you can achieve.

The guest types the words:  'beach sunset'  into RightBooth and then the AI background replacement feature automatically generates a totally unique background:

Examples of some of the cartoon replacement styles that are provided:

An example of heads being converted into cartoons, leaving the rest of the original photo untouched:

New features and fixes:

• Improvements to the Event Wizard
• Add warning message when taking GoPro photos larger than 2K x 2K pixels
• Add warning message when processing videos containing Rotate metadata
• Reduce the memory usage when resizing photo files
• Maintain the webcam preview in photo capture events

• Add the Counter type options: 'Numeric' and 'Progress bar' to the Countdown item property toolbox.  Details
• Add the 'Count Up' property to Countdown items. Details
• Allow up to 4 Countdown items to be added to any event screen
• The volume meter item can now be added to the 'Answer' event screen
• Updated the RBCameraController app (v1.0.5)
• Fix: Hide an unnecessary IncDec box on the label item property toolbox
• Fix: FTP file uploading now works when an FTP sub folder is specified in File Copy actions
• Fix: Missing UI translations
• Fix: Video Brightness, Contrast and Saturation post process settings caused problems on systems not using '.' as the decimal separator

​7.12.18 - 21/8/23

• Fix: The event flow was not correct after converting webcam videos to MP4 and then enhancing them

RightBooth version 7.12.10 has the following new features and fixes:

• Add 'Record the session' option for webcam photo capture events. Details
• Add Video Brightness, Contrast and Saturation options in video post processing settings.  Details
• Add 'Keep source filenames' option for Watch folder events
• Add 'Start the event' options in Start/Stop settings.  Allows you to set a preferred start date and time for accessing the playing event.
• Add 'Silence=Stop' option to the Volume meter item to allow webcam video recordings to be automatically stopped if a short period of silence is detected.  Details
• Add 'Silence level %' property in the Webcam Audio settings.  Details
• Show asterisk characters when entering the Settings access password
• Show memory warning message when adding large images to screen backgrounds and print layouts
• Fix: The event 'Stop year' is now correctly saved in Settings
• Fix: A Watch folder event will now use GoPro video settings in video enhancements if GoPro is the selected camera in Settings

New features in this release:
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• Add 'Sort by' Ascending and Descending options in Web Gallery settings
  
• Add the 'Convert to MP4' option in Webcam video settings.  This will immediately convert and replace each webcam AVI or WMV video source recording into an equivalent MP4 file using the Conversion Settings provided.
• Update the Web Gallery each time a Sharing Station starts playing
• Add the 'Remove code' button to the main RB screen.  Allows you to easily remove your Product code from the computer, to allow you to use it on another computer
• Add the 'LAVfilters' button in Settings --> Miscellaneous --> Video player.  This lets you download the latest LAVfilters installer
• The DSLR and GoPro file transfer folder is now set automatically by the app and is no longer shown in Settings
• Do not allow the 'event save folder' to be in the local web server folder structure
• Automatically clear the video cache if app crashes while applying video enhancements
• Add a small threaded delay after DSLR and GoPro file transfers to help prevent file access contention
• In video enhancement, prevent using a reference test video that has a different size to the camera video size
• Fix: Prevent random crashes that can happen infrequently when enhancing videos with video segments that define a start or stop position of 100
• Camera Controller version 1.0.3. Add language selection

New features and fixes in this release:

• A Video and Photo Web Gallery is now created and maintained in Sharing Station events
• Access codes now have usage counts
• Add QR access code generation and printing
• Add the option for QR access code webcam scanning in order to continue past the Start event screen
• Add option to save video and photo files with filenames that include the current access code
• Add option in the Sharing Station to only show videos and photos that include the access code in their filenames
• Add the Personal Web Gallery QR code type, based on the current access code. This can be shown on an event screen to allow guests to view a web gallery containing only their videos and photos
• Multiple video segment definitions and multiple audio files can now be specified in Video Enhancements
• Remove Webcam integration options. Now fixed at Direct
• Webcam video renderer now automatically selects the appropriate renderer for the PC. This can prevent black screen previews
• Provide 2 video player options in Miscellaneous settings: 1) Windows media player and 2) RightBooth player. Switching the player can fix a variety of video playback issues, especially when combined with installing LAV filters (see manual for more details)
• Add the 'Save image' option when right clicking on any item on any event screen in the Screen Editor, to create an image file of the item
• Thumbnails now automatically created for Sharing Station and Web Gallery
• Thumbnail size and quality settings added in Social media -> Media size
• The Webcam SDK 2023 is now the default SDK on new installs
• Fix: Prevent event lockup after using the Webcam video recorder tester in Webcam Video Settings
• Fix: SendGrid not working on some systems
• Fix: 'ToDo' emails are now correctly saved in Tasks

Updated: October 2023
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Note: The complete functionality described in this article is available in RightBooth version 7.12.0 (or newer).

RightBooth provides an 'Access code' feature which can prevent unauthorised use of your events by requiring guests to enter a 6 digit access code or by showing a QR code to a webcam camera.  If the access code is recognised by RightBooth, then the guest will be allowed to use the event.

Create Your Access Codes
Access code can be created in RightBooth Settings --> Security --> Access codes.
Click the '+' button to create a quantity of unique access codes.  Here you can see we have created 20 codes:

Notice that each code in the list is followed by #1.  This is the code Usage count, signifying that the code can only be used one time to access an event.  You can increase the usage count of one or more codes by selecting the codes in the list, then clicking the 'Usage count' button and entering a value.  Here we are changing the usage count of the first few codes to 10:

Providing Access Codes to Guests
The idea is to provide each guest with a printed access code that they can take with them to use at the event booth (or booths). So before the event starts, print out your codes.  There are two options:  Print numeric codes or Print QR codes.

To print codes, first select the codes in the list, then click the 'Print' or 'Print QR' button. Here we are printing all 20 access codes.  Notice that the print layout provides white space around each code to facilitate easy cutting:

Alternatively, the codes can be printed as QR codes. The slider can be used to alter the font size and/or QR code size:

Now, print your codes and cut them up, ready for handing out to your guests.

Setting up your event for Access Code input

• Open your event file
• In the Event Designer, go to the Event structure tab
• On the Start screen, tick the option 'Include the Start screen'
• Then choose either 'Access code' or 'QR access code'

Note: If you choose the 'QR access code' option, RightBooth must be set up to use a webcam for scanning the QR codes.
Your event is now ready to accept access codes !

This video demonstrates both access code methods in use:

Each time a guest uses their access code, the Usage count associated with the code will be reduced by 1 and the access code file will be updated with the new value.  When the Usage count for any code drops to 0, that code can no longer be used.  However, you can always increase the 'Usage count' feature (as described previously) to add more counts to expired code(s).

​Using The Same Access Code At Multiple Locations
You might have more than one booth in operation at your venue and would like your guests to use the same access code at each booth.  To do this, make sure your booths are networked together and can all access the same location on the network that contains your access code file.
​In RightBooth Settings --> Security --> Access codes choose a network folder for saving the access code file,  then in RightBooth on each booth, make sure it is using the same access code folder.  In this example we are using a code file that is located in the shared folder: \Codes of the MAIN-PC:

Using QR Access Codes Hands Free
If you would prefer your users not to have to interact with the screen, in the Screen Editor, simply add a camera item live view to the Start screen and then play the event.

Users can now approach the screen and hold up their QR code in front of the camera lens.
RightBooth will then automatically scan the QR code and will progress onto the next screen in the event if the QR code is valid.

​Please note that this hands free access feature will work with a live feed from a webcam or from a DSLR camera.

Note: The Web Gallery feature is available in RightBooth version 7.12.0 (or newer).

With a RightBooth Sharing Station event, you can provide your guests with a touchscreen (or mouse) driven interactive system that displays all videos and photos taken during the event.  Guests can then interact with the system and download their chosen file(s) onto their mobile phones (via your local WampServer web server and  router), using QR code scanning.  For more information on how to create and use a sharing station event see here.
However, providing a sharing station event can cause bottlenecks as guests queue up, waiting for their turn to use the sharing station.

A solution to this problem is to provide your guests with a way to access a Web Gallery of the videos and photos directly on their phones, so that they can browse and download files independently (and away from) your sharing station.  This article shows you how to provide this feature.

The Web Gallery
When you run a sharing station event, RightBooth will automatically create and maintain a Web Gallery web page structure, which is placed in the sharing station event's local web server folder.
As an example, let's assume you are running a sharing station event named 'TheSharingStation'.  This event will maintain the videos, photos and web gallery in the following folder:

The main web page for the Web Gallery is named: rbgallery.php and it is automatically created and maintained by RightBooth.  This file contains php script that can be processed correctly by the WampServer local web server.

The Web Gallery automatically maintains thumbnail files for each video and photo in the folder:  c:\wamp64\www\TheSharingStation\rbthm\

The Web Gallery also maintains a separate download web page for each video and photo in the folder:  c:\wamp64\www\SharingStation\rbqr\.  Note: This folder also holds a copy of all the event videos and photos. The reason for this is to prevent file access conflicts between guests who are using the sharing station and guests who are downloading files using the Web Gallery.  Here is an example screenshot of our SharingStation1 folder structure, containing four event videos, the two sub folders, the web banner file: rbban.jpg and the file: rbgallery.php:

Accessing the Web Gallery
Note that the Web Gallery can only be accessed from mobile phones when the computer is running a local web server which is made accessible over a private router.  Details here.
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The simplest way for guests to use the Web Gallery on their phones is to show them a QR code that they can scan to gain direct access.  To do this: on any of your sharing station event screens, add a QR code item and set its QR code type to 'Web gallery'.

In this screenshot you can see we have provided two QR codes on the Media browser event screen, one to join the network and the other to allow direct access the Web Gallery:

Tip:  You might want to print a large copy of the two QR codes and display them  around your venue location.  To help with this, in the RightBooth Screen Editor, right click on a QR code and choose 'Save image' from the popup menu.  The QR code can then be saved as an image file on your computer and used for printing purposes.

Modifying the Web Gallery
In RightBooth Settings --> Social media --> Local web server, you will find a panel of settings that allow you to change certain aspects of the Web Gallery and web download pages.  You can also Test the Web Gallery in your browser as long as WampServer is also running.

Also in RightBooth Settings --> Social media --> Media size there is a Thumbnails section where you can set the size and quality of the video and photo thumbnail jpeg files that will be used in the Web Gallery.  Setting smaller sizes and lower quality will improve the Web  Gallery rendering speed.

​Now play the event
While the event is playing, RightBooth will maintain the Web Gallery, allowing guests to have independent access to videos and photos from their mobile devices.

A few issues have been reported recently regarding RightBooth not playing MP4 videos correctly. Issues include:

• video not starting immediately but the audio is heard
• video playing with pixilation, shearing or breakup
• video showing as a black screen
• video not playing at all

Problems can appear especially on extended Windows monitors.
If you are experiencing MP4 video playback issues,  try the following suggestions:
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1 - Change the RightBooth rendering settings
In RightBooth Settings --> Start / Stop --> Performance,  you will find the following two settings:

• Hardware rendering when using extended desktop
• Additional displays use main screen renderer

Try altering these settings in various combinations and then check to see if it fixes the problem.  This suggestion is more relevant to videos that RightBooth is playing on an extended desktop monitor, but it could also have an affect on the primary monitor.


2 - Use the RightBooth Video Player
RightBooth version 7.12.0 (or later) includes two video players to choose from.   These are available in RightBooth Settings --> Miscellaneous --> Video Player.

By default, RightBooth uses the Windows Media Player tech for all its video playing features, but if you are experiencing problems you can now switch to using the RightBooth player to see if that makes a difference:

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3 - Install LAVfilters
LAVfilters is an Open Source video decoder pack for Windows that provides added support for playing many video formats, including mp4.  The new RightBooth player (see above) will especially benefit from installing LAVfilters on your computer, but it can also improve the Windows media player option.

You can download and run the latest LAVFilters-x.x.x-Installer.exe from here:
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https://github.com/Nevcairiel/LAVFilters/releases

RightBooth version 7.11.0 contains the following new features and fixes:

Add the 'Video frame' option in Video enhancements
This allows you to place one frame from the source video at the start of the enhanced video for the number of seconds you specify.  This feature is useful to give all videos a different thumbnail if hosted on your own websites.

Add the option to 'Watch subfolders' in a Sharing Station event
This option will cause a RightBooth sharing station event to show all sub folders that contain videos and images.  Users can then navigate into and out of the sub folders while interacting with the Media Browser.
 
Add the option to process the 'Oldest file first' in a 'Watch folder' event
In a 'Watch folder' event you can tick the 'Oldest file first' option to force RightBooth to process incoming files in the order that they arrive in the folder.

Add the 'Files to Android' event action
Adding this action to a button on the 'Show video' or 'Show photo' event screen will allow your users to select the button.  RightBooth will then prompt the user to connect an Android device (phone) to a USB cable connected to the PC.  RightBooth will then auto detect the connection and transfer the chosen file to the DCIM folder on the Android device.  This action can be used in a Recording event or Sharing station event as another option to allow users to transfer event files to their phones.

Allow the keyboard arrow keys to alter the grid selection when the user input mode is 'Multiple keys' or 'Multiple USB buttons'
Users can now use the 'Left' 'Right' 'Up' and 'Down' arrow keys on the keyboard to allow them to select an item in any RightBooth grid item, e.g.  Media browser, karaoke file selector, greenscreen image selector, etc.

Include the 'RestartRB' utility
The new RestartRB utility app is installed in Program Files (x86)\RightBooth and it allows you to quickly stop all running instances of RightBooth and restart the first instance.  This is useful if RightBooth crashes and remains in memory.

GoPro Configuration Options
RightBooth now provides 4 different configuration options for controlling a GoPro camera:

• Option 1 - USB only
• Option 2 - Bluetooth / Wifi
• Option 3 - Bluetooth + SD card
• Option 4 - Camera Controller

For details on each of these options can be found here

Include the RBCameraController mini app
This new app can be used to allow RightBooth to remotely control a GoPro that is  connected to another computer on the network. 
Full details on the RBCameraController app and how it is used can be found in the Option 4 documentation here

Add the 'GOPROWIFI' text variable
Use this new text variable on an event screen to allow you to see the current GoPro WiFi status as either  'OK' or '??'

Show all FTP files (uploaded during the event) in Tasks
All files that are FTP uploaded (or attempted upload) during the event are now added to the FTP file list in RightBooth Tasks.  This allows you to upload the files again at a later time and this can be useful if one or more files had failed to upload during the event.

Fixes:

• Prevent copying and uploading (FTP) print layout files until the layout is completely populated with photos
• The color selector panel now shows in the Screen Editor after a screen transition
• The 'Hand' mouse cursor now shows over the whole area of any item that has a click action
• Prevent spurious WhatsApp screens appearing if a 'pre WhatsApp feature' event file is started from another event via the 'Play event' action
• Prevent crash when using DSLR greenscreen settings

This video explains the main new features added in RightBooth v7.10.0.

RightBooth version 7.9.7 has been released.  New features and fixes:

• Add option to use SendGrid for emailing files
• Remove redundant setting: 'Process videos in background'
• If an overlay video is included, it is now repeated for the duration of the enhanced video
• Improvements to image load speed and image memory usage
• Improve the clarity of buttons in the Screen Editor
• Fix: Prevent random crash when including photo printing and animated gif creation
• Fix: Camera items no longer block the user input to a screen click action
• Fix: Video emails would fail to be sent if video resizing was selected in 'Media size' settings
• Fix: Allow the 'After creating' photo copy action to work in Watch folder events

Note: This feature requires RightBooth v7.9.3 (or later).

This article explains how to use RightBooth to create videos and photos by taking the camera feeds from two webcams and combining them into one file, as shown in the following demonstration video:

Your webcams are now set up to be used for Picture in Picture recordings.

Step 2 - Design your event

• Create a video recording and photo capture event.
• In Event Designer --> Event structure --> Miscellaneous, tick 'Picture in picture', then use the arrows to select the webcam layout option shown in this shot:

Choosing this option will cause RightBooth to overlay the camera feed from webcam 2 directly on one half of the camera feed from webcam 1.  The two feeds will then be treated as one combined feed for the purposes of recording videos and taking photos in RightBooth.

• Go into the Screen Designer and arrange your screens and webcam item as required, making sure that your webcams are both pointing at your intended subject (or subjects):

• Save the event.

​You are now ready to Play the event and record videos and photos from two combined webcams.

Note:

• When recording videos, if you are recording audio, the audio feed will be taken from the audio device specified in Settings --> Cameras --> Webcam audio.
• There a lots of other Picture in Picture layouts to experiment with, involving up to three additional webcams.

Demonstration video showing augmented reality photo capture in RightBooth:

How to create your own greenscreen videos for use in RightBooth:

How to take augmented reality photos in RightBooth using greenscreen videos:

RightBooth now includes support for wireless Canon cameras, including wireless live view.  Details here

See the Release notes page to read the complete list of new features and fixes in this release.