Sparkbooth Photo Booth Software News

If you are running Mac OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion, you will need to temporarily turn off Gatekeeper to run Sparkbooth. Here is what you need to do:

1. Go to System Preferences
2. Select "Security and Privacy"
3. Change "Allow applications downloaded from" to "Anywhere". You can switch it back after running Sparkbooth for the first time.
4. Install Adobe AIR 3.1 or later from https://get.adobe.com/air
5. Install Sparkbooth from download page
6. And that is it!

Note: On some Macs, you will need to disable "Automatic Graphics Switching" under "Energy Saver" in System Preferences for Adobe AIR to run correctly.

Sparkbooth 3.4.22 update for SmugMug, Flickr, and Guest Selection uploaders. Changes include:

• Improved Guest Selector uploader
• Improved Flickr authorization
• Improved SmugMug authorization

The Sparkbooth 3.4.21 update adds emailing via Mandrill, and easier MailChimp setup.

You can now email photos using MailChimp's new Mandrill transactional email service. They got a great pricing plan starting at FREE for up to 12k emails per month. It is only $9.95 for up to 40k emails per month.

If you want to create a mailing list from emails collected from Sparkbooth, the MailChimp setup is now even easier to use. You just click the MailChimp Login button under Savings setting to sign into your account. No more creating API keys manually!

Sparkbooth is currently competing in the Evernote Devcup. There is a People's Choice award which you can help Sparkbooth win. Please go to Sparkbooth's Evernote Devcup page and click the "Vote" button. Every vote is appreciated!

The Sparkbooth 3.4.20 update provides some changes to the Facebook and Guest Facebook uploaders to handle changes to Facebook apps. Facebook provides apps 2 weeks before expiring access. So you will need to re-authenticate your access periodically. The Facebook uploader now shows this expire date. Please update if you use the Facebook uploader.

The Sparkbooth 3.4.17 update adds Evernote as an upload option. Connect your Evernote account to Sparkbooth, and photos will be added to your Evernote notebook as notes. The best thing is you can share your notebook online, so your guests and friends can view the photos.

The Sparkbooth 3.4.14 update provides a workaround for the distorted video issue on Macs with Adobe AIR 3.2 and 3.3. It is still recommended to use Adobe AIR 3.1 on Macs for better video.

The Sparkbooth 3.4.13 update is a maintenance update to fix the following issues:

• Fixed tumblr uploader on Macs
• Removed F key shortcut for toggling fullscreen mode. Please use F7 instead.
• Fix Facebook uploader prompted sign in on start up. Facebook recently removed offline permissions which caused this issue.
• Remove apps from Facebook uploader. Facebook no longer allows photo uploads to an app, please use an app page instead.

Sparkbooth 3.4.11 is a maintenance update to fix a few minor bugs:

• Fix hidden mouse cursor in Guest Chooser Uploader. If guest presses either Facebook, Twitter, or Email, the mouse cursor remains hidden on the next screen.
• Default Camera setting is no longer turned on by default for Macs. Please update to Adobe AIR 3.1 to enable multi-webcam selection. Do not update to Adobe AIR 3.2, because of video distortion issue.
• Added "Always hide buttons/toolbar" warning

Looking for the perfect prop to add excitement to your photo booth experience? Check out this selection of party props. Your guests will be sure to enjoy them!