Appearance

The appearance applies to the whole guest interface: start screen, selection screens, gallery, overlays and buttons. It belongs to the event, so every party can look different.

Colours and font#

The cross next to a colour field resets that one colour to the factory colour. It is greyed out as long as the factory colour is already in place.

Logo and background media#

Logos and backgrounds are scaled automatically. Every medium can be removed or reset to the factory state. Whether the logo appears on the start screen at all is set under Start and notices.

Dimming#

Every background has its own dimming value: one for each background image and one for the video. Out of the box a dark veil lies over them so that title and buttons stay readable on any motif. The veil lies evenly across the whole area and does not tint the motif.

With a calm, dark motif it pays to turn the value down — the image then comes into its own. With a bright or busy motif it belongs higher. 0 shows the motif unaltered; check on the device afterwards whether the texts are still readable.

Every image has its own value — the gallery, the final screen and the gallery on an external device included. If a screen has no image of its own, the dimming of whichever image appears there instead counts.

Button appearance#

The shape applies to all buttons: from the pill shape through two intermediate steps to fully square. The icon buttons for printing, e-mail and QR code go along — the circle becomes a square with the same corners. A pill looks friendly and playful, square buttons matter-of- fact; at a company event the second choice often fits.

Colour and opacity of the buttons are set apart from the surface colour — one fill colour, one text colour and one opacity for the main buttons (Start, Print, Continue), for the secondary buttons (Back, Continue without decoration) and for the cancel button. The three groups sit next to each other so everything can be seen at a glance. The settings also apply to the gallery on a tablet; the admin area is not affected.

The cancel button during the shot has a group of its own because it lies above the live view: it is backed dark instead of light, otherwise it would be lost on a light motif. It also carries a light border. Anyone who wants it calmer can switch the border off — in front of a light picture the button then disappears more easily. Both apply to the labelled version in the button row as well as to the round "X" in the top right corner.

A preview above the three groups shows shape, colours and opacity right away on one example each. It sits on the configured background colour — only against that can it be judged how much of a translucent fill is left.

Without a colour of its own everything stays as it was: the main buttons follow the accent colour, the secondary buttons a light veil, the cancel button a dark surface. The cross next to a colour field leads back there at any time, even once a colour has been chosen.

The opacity affects the fill only, the label stays fully opaque. A low value lets the background image show through. On a calm motif that looks light, on a busy one the button loses its edge — there the value belongs higher.

Loading animation#

Between the shutter and the finished picture the guest sees two waiting screens: "Preparing the shot" and "Finishing your picture". Both show the same animation with an icon in the centre. Variant, icon and speed can all be chosen.

The centre holds a photo, a heart, a star, a champagne glass, sparkles or a smiley. "Own image" puts an uploaded file in that place — a PNG with a transparent background works best, larger images are scaled down to 512 pixels. "No icon" leaves the centre empty.

The speed applies to every variant alike: slow, normal or fast.

There are no separate colours here: the rings follow the accent colour, icon and text follow the text colour. The preview shows the animation exactly as the guest sees it, on the background colour you have set.

Transitions#

By default one screen cross-fades into the next and the buttons on it appear one after another. Four transitions are available - cross-fade, slide, from below and zoom - plus "no effect", which makes the interface jump as it used to. Three speeds go with it.

The buttons appearing can be set separately: softly, from below or popping in. The speed applies to both together.

A calm transition makes the flow look more expensive but costs a fraction of a second on every screen. For a booth with a long queue the fast speed or no effect at all pays off.

Selection screens#

Applies to the tiles with which the guest picks a mode, layout, filter, AI style or background.

Small tiles get a fixed width and are centred - otherwise four tiles on a wide screen would end up just as large as before. The button for choosing stays in place either way, even without labels.

Video overlays#

An overlay is a transparent animation that lies above everything the screen shows - above live view, text and buttons. The whole flow gets a frame in the style of the party without making operation harder: taps pass through the overlay.

Each screen can carry its own file (admin area "Design & branding" > "Video overlays"): start screen, info screen before the first shot, countdown and capture, info screen before further shots as well as image preview and result. Anyone who only wants to decorate one screen leaves the other slots empty.

The overlay only lies on the screen, not in the stored image. A frame that should end up on the photo belongs in the layout.

Background music#

One music file runs in a loop on the start screen, the selection screens and the info screens. From the countdown on it stays silent so guests hear the countdown and know when to hold still.

A long, calm track works better than a short excerpt - its repetition becomes noticeable after a few minutes. The volume belongs rather low: music that drowns out conversations drives guests away.

Own sounds for countdown and shutter sit where they are also selected: in the admin area "Capture flow" > "Countdowns" respectively "Camera". Like the music, the countdown sound belongs to the event; the shutter sound belongs to the camera and therefore to the device - it survives an event change.

Preview images#

The photo stored here fills every image slot in the layout selection and shows in the filter selection how each filter looks. Without a photo of your own the supplied sample image is used.

A landscape picture with a 6:4 aspect ratio works best (PNG, JPG or WebP).