How events work
Every party is its own event. It brings its own settings, layouts, graphics and pictures. Exactly one event is loaded at a time; its name appears in the heading of the admin area, so it is always clear what is being edited.
The split everything else builds on#
| Belongs to the event — travels with it | Belongs to the booth — stays put |
|---|---|
| Layouts, fonts, graphics, stickers | Camera and its settings |
| Start screen, design, branding | Printer and photo strip printer |
| Capture modes, filters, countdown | Buzzer, relay, lighting control |
| Print permission, copies, usage limits | Cloud account and mail account |
| Cloud identifier and access code | Licence |
| Gallery, QR codes, web photo album | Screen resolution and scaling |
| Slideshow, operating hours | Admin PIN, language of the admin area |
| Guest languages | Outbox — the sending queue |
| Quick settings including their PIN | Remote management |
| Pictures, gallery, counters |
The split is visible in the menu as well: the green areas belong to the event, the purple ones to the device.
What happens when an event is loaded#
Loading exchanges the event-bound settings, layouts and graphics, and the gallery shows the pictures of the new event from then on. Camera and printer stay connected.
Pictures are never lost: they live in their event's folder and reappear as soon as it is loaded again.
How an event gets its name#
Three entries belong together and are maintained in the event assistant or under "My events":
| Entry | Purpose |
|---|---|
| Name | What operator and guests see, for example "Smith wedding" |
| Identifier | The folder in the cloud. Derived from the name automatically |
| Access code | What opens the web photo album. It is inside the QR codes |
Presets, copies and templates#
An event can start empty or descend from something existing:
- Preset — a template of layouts, fonts, graphics and event-bound settings. A preset never contains camera, printer, cloud account or licence, so it never reconfigures the hardware. The supplied "Standard" preset is always available.
- Copy of an event — takes everything from an already configured party, without its pictures.
- Customer form — the customer's wishes are read from a file, see Customer configuration.
Where the data lives#
%LOCALAPPDATA%\RAWCaptureBooth\events\<event>\
├── config\ settings of this event
├── layouts\ layouts
├── fonts\ fonts
├── branding\ logos and graphics
├── sessions\ pictures per session
└── gallery\ gallery with thumbnailsThe storage location for all events can be changed in the device settings — useful when many parties are kept and the system drive is small.