Posts Tagged "hotkey"

You may want to replace the keyboard with a USB button for your Sparkbooth photo booth. It will simplify the usage of the photo booth, since guests will only have the option of pressing a button. There is now a variety of Sparkbooth compatible USB buttons to choose from.

• Dave Rogge is selling his Big Red Lightup Button (pictured above) and mini usb button on Etsy
• Pete of Rasterweb has his Awesome USB button for sale.
• Several Sparkbooth users have mentioned that the Griffin PowerMate works and looks great, and is very affordable.
• Or check out the USB button FAQ for more options or links on how to build your own

Pete over at Rasterweb made a really cool USB button for his Sparkbooth photo booth. He posted instructions on how to make one for yourself. Or if you are not up for a DIY project, he is now considering selling these USB buttons! If you want one, please head over to his post, and let him know.

Sparkbooth 2.5.10 and Sparkbooth PE 2.4.10 update is now available for download. This update includes:

• Option to reset video color filter. Go to Settings > Options > Other and check the reset video color setting.
• Option to change font size of on-screen messages. Go to Settings > On Screen Messages and use the Message Font Size slider.
• Ability to cancel a photo session using ctrl-Z or cmd-Z. Go to Settings > Options > Other to enable this new feature.
• Done message display time is adjustable. Go to Settings > Options > Count Down and Timing
• Add status indicators to About screen to show if printing and uploader is ready and configured.
• Add notification if background or overlay image is different size than photo layout.
• Fix upload complete message for custom uploader.
• Fix saving of Flicker caption message.

Changes in this release:

• Fix SmugMug gallery selection
• Checks if printing is enable on start, and displays printer setup.
• Prompted dialog text is now customizable
• Added prompt for comment option. Comments will replace photo captions for photo uploads.
• Prompted name, email, and comment values will be sent in custom uploader request
• Cancel prompts with ESC or ctrl-Z
• Re-enable Twitter name prompt with Twitter uploaders
• Prevent exiting fullscreen when displaying settings.
• Sparkbooth 2.4.x is now known as Sparkbooth PE (Party Edition). Sparkbooth 2.5 and Sparkbooth PE 2.4 are the same product, just different product SKUs.
• Fixed updating of Sparkbooth 2.5. If you purchased 2.5.x, please update by pressing Download button from here.

Sparkbooth 2.3.3 has been released. This is a minor maintenance release to fix hot key issues with reprint, change color, and locking/unlocking.

To download this update, please start Sparkbooth and you will be automatically prompted to install the update.

Sparkbooth 2.3.2 has been released. Changes include:

• Switch ScreenTweet uploader to new OAuth API
• TweetPhoto is now Plixi. Updated service urls for new domain
• Use control-K or command-K to switch video/image color on “Press space bar to begin” screen
• Print prompt dialog now shows print preview