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Sparkbooth Photo Booth Software News
Print out Sparkbooth photos after the event to include in your thank you cards. The photos look great on 4 x 6 photo paper.
Head over to 2000DollarWedding.com to enter a contest for a free copy of Sparkbooth. Contest ends February 2, so hurry!
-John
Quick tip, remember to run Sparkbooth in fullscreen for a kiosk-like experience. Press the fullscreen button in the lower-right corner, or press F7 on your keyboard to make Sparkbooth fullscreen. This will keep your guest’s attention and focus on the photo booth, and not be distracted by your computer’s desktop. It is more user-friendly, and a better experience.
- Customize on-screen start, processing, and thank you messages. Great for customizing Sparkbooth for your event or language
- Option to ask user for name and/or email for “Save to disk only”. Information is saved to delimited text file along with photo filename. Useful for sending photos to guest after the event.
- Improved Facebook Connect sign-in process
- Attempt to retry Facebook uploads if Facebook service is having problems
- More user-interface refinements and improvements
This is a free update.
-John
Niamh Lynch of Softonic recently reviewed Sparkbooth. Some review highlights:
- All the fun of a photo booth on your computer
- Sparkbooth is a clever, fun tool that's perfect for parties.
- Great social networking options
- Lots of photo layout options
- Very clear controls
-John
- Improved memory usage
- Sharper fonts and other user-interface improvements
- Fixed issue where photos may not save with logo/background image
- Updated to Adobe AIR 1.5.3
To update to this version, just run your existing installation of Sparkbooth, and you will be asked to update. Or download the update by clicking in “Install Now” button on the right-side.
If you have purchased Sparkbooth, this is a free update!
-John
Thanks to everyone for the great response to Sparkbooth. I have received many emails with suggestions and ideas for Sparkbooth, please keep those emails coming. I am constantly working to improve Sparkbooth to make it the best photo booth software for parties and celebrations. I have already started on the next update so keep an eye out for it in the coming weeks. Every Sparkbooth license purchase includes free lifetime updates.
Also continue to let me know of you and your guests’ experiences with Sparkbooth. I am especially looking forward to hearing about how you have used Sparkbooth at your holiday and New Year’s Eve parties.
Happy holidays, happy photo booth-ing and see you next year!
-John
- New photo layouts
- Add custom image or logo to photos
- Photos saved with higher resolution
- Added ability to upload to Facebook and tumblr
- Minor bug fixes
-John
- Fixes purchasing and activation issues
-John