Sparkbooth Photo Booth Software News

Sparkbooth 3.0.10 preview update is now available. This update includes the new Facebook Guest uploader which will upload photos into your guest's Facebook account. Guests will be prompted for permission to upload into their Facebook account for each photo session.

Other changes include centering of on-screen messages when video screen is not displayed.

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Changes include:

• Guest print copies selection control now works with keyboard (ctrl-P or cmd-P, or plus/minus keys)
• Streamlined guest print copies control setting. To turn on, Go to Options tab > Printing from list > check "Enable printing", "Prompt guest to print", and "with copies selection"
• Fixed show/hide issue with touch controls. Controls were not hiding or showing in certain situations.
• Cleaned up setting labels
• Cleaned up start up code

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Just in time for your Halloween party! This update adds the ability for guests to select the number of print copies. To turn this new option:

1. Open Sparkbooth Settings by pressing F1 or the settings button in the upper right.
2. Select the Options tab, and selecting Printing from the list
3. Enable Printing. Also enable the print prompt by checking the option to "Prompt user to print" and "With preview"
4. Select User Controls from the list to show the print copies control.
5. Select "Enable Print Copies Selection"

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Sparkbooth 2.6.7 update is now available for download. Changes include:

• Added Twitter uploader. You can now post photos directly to your Twitter account using Twitter's offical photo service.
• Disable fullscreen hotkey (ctrl-F or cmd-F) when Sparkbooth is locked (ctrl-L or cmd-L).

Sparkbooth 3.0.7 preview update is now also available on the download page. This update includes all changes above plus all Sparkbooth 3 preview features and...

• Change the portrait photo used in the layout selection preview
• Added a couple 4 x 8 (perforated) photo layouts

Your Sparkbooth license key will also unlock this version. If you have a Sparkbooth Party Edition license key, please contact me about upgrading pricing if you want to unlock Sparkbooth 3.

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This update includes:

• Select available video colors for color button by keyboard via ctrl-K or cmd-K
• Hide distracting photos and video during user name/email prompts
• Improved user prompts - bigger and cleaner
• On-screen cancel button

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Starting Oct 1, 2011, Facebook is requiring all applications to use OAuth 2.0 for their APIs. If you are using the Facebook uploader, please update to this version in order to continue to upload photos to Facebook.

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This update includes:

• Fix watermark on preview for layout selection
• Switch off click/touch to start, if start button is displayed
• Option to select layout with ctrl-J or cmd-J

The previous changes and features for Sparkbooth 3:

• Added SendGrid to email photos to users. Select this option in Uploaders settings.
• Added Postmarkapp.com to email photos to users. Select this option in Uploaders settings.
• Added option to submit emails to MailChimp mailing lists. To turn on this option, go to Settings, select Option tab, select Saving from list and check the "Submit Email to MailChimp Mailing List" option. You will need to also select the Prompt for email option.
• New touch screen controls. To enable, go to Settings > Options tab > User Controls.
• New on-screen keyboard used for user prompts.
• New on-screen photo layout selection and layout preview, so your users can now select the layout to use. Only layouts marked as "Favorite" will be displayed.
• New on-screen color button so your users can change video filters.
• New on-screen start button as an alternative to the "Click to start" option.
• Option to always hide mouse cursor. Useful for touch screen users.
• Enable Facebook page albums selection.
• Fixed missing "z" key from on-screen keyboard.
• Fixed Posterous and SmugMug uploader issues.
• Other minor fixes

This preview does not include the Canon camera or the native webcam features. These are still under development, but feel free to email me if you want to try it. If you want to use your Canon camera, please read the instructions carefully to get access.

You can use your Sparkbooth license to activate this preview. If you have a Sparkbooth Party Edition license, I will be offering an upgrade to Sparkbooth which will allow you to get Sparkbooth 3. Details coming soon, or please email me if you can't wait.

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There is a Windows issue where if you change the username and/or password on your computer, the license component will not be able to access the license data and Sparkbooth will get stuck on start up. This maintenance update will reset license data so it can start up correctly, but you will need to re-activate your license. Please update if you are experiencing this issue.

You can download the latest version from the download page.

Goodbye Adobe InMarket! I would like to thank Adobe for letting me into their beta program 3 years ago for Adobe InMarket. Without Adobe InMarket, Sparkbooth would not have existed. Thanks again, I am sorry to see you guys go - it was great working with all of you.

Sparkbooth's new online store is now open for business. You can now purchase your Sparkbooth licenses directly from me via PayPal or credit card.

Sparkbooth has been updated to use a new licensing system outside of Adobe InMarket. You will be able to purchase and activate installs of Sparkbooth software beyond the close date of Adobe InMarket using the new version of the software.

Everyone who purchased the software through Adobe InMarket will receive license keys for the new version of the software. Emails have been sent out if you purchase the software with details. If you purchased Sparkbooth within the past week through Adobe InMarket, you will receive the email in the next few days.

Any Sparkbooth software that is already installed and activated will continue to run and operating past the closure of Adobe InMarket. So there is no need to update your existing installs.

You only need to use the new version of Sparkbooth if you need to reinstall or update the software on the same computer, or install on a new computer after August 31, 2011.

If you have any questions, please contact me.