Finish and sharing
After the last capture the guest sees the finished picture, gets feedback about printing and sending and is then sent back to the start screen. Everything in this chapter belongs to the event and travels with an event switch.
Customize final screen#
The final screen shows the guest the finished picture and the buttons for printing, sharing and finishing. This area sets three things: the design, the free arrangement in the screen editor and custom images for the buttons.
Design#
The design decides how picture and buttons are arranged and what the buttons look like. Below the selection, a short text explains what the chosen design does.
At the very top of the area, a preview shows the final screen with a sample picture and the event's colours and sending ways — the way the booth shows it. Another design appears there right away, even before it is saved; the picture format of the preview can be switched. If the preview looks different from the description, a note below gives the reason.
| Design | Effect |
|---|---|
| Groups | Icon with a short word, in the groups "Get the image" and "What's next?" — default |
| Side panel with QR code | The buttons stand next to the picture, with the download QR code above them |
| Side panel with QR code, glass design | The same side panel; the background shows through the card and groups, the QR code sits in white directly on the glass |
| QR in focus | Large QR code next to the picture, printing and the other ways as small icons below |
| Large tiles | Large touch areas next to the picture, two per row |
| Floating bar | Picture at full height, the buttons as a bar on top of it - at the top on a photo mirror |
| Row of labelled buttons | Bundled under "Share/receive image" as soon as there are two sending ways |
| Row of icon buttons | Icons only, needs the least space |
The groups stay clear even when printing, several sending ways, retake and pay-per-use are switched on at the same time, and no guest has to guess what an icon means. Icon-only buttons are worthwhile when the finished picture should appear as large as possible; labelled buttons fit when only one or two ways are switched on. The side panel suits events where most guests take their picture to their phone: the code sits right next to the finished picture, and nobody has to look for a button first. It needs the single-image QR code; without it the groups appear. The glass variant suits a background image or video that should shine through.
The design also applies to the info screen of the hand-over to the gallery. The gallery itself has its own button style, see Gallery at the booth.
Texts#
The button "Done & continue" can be labelled freely, for example "Next photo" or "Back to start". Left empty, the supplied text appears in the guest's language; a custom text is the same in every language. It also appears on the info screen of the hand-over to the gallery.
Free arrangement#
The button "Open screen editor" opens an editor in which every element can be dragged anywhere — see Designing the final screen. A preview there shows how the final screen looks in every picture format. As long as nothing has been moved, the design arranges the screen.
Custom button images#
A custom image can be stored for printing, e-mail, web photo album, QR code, "Share/receive image", retake and "Done & continue". It takes the place of the button in every design; cut-out PNG files work best. Printing, e-mail, QR code and "Share/receive image" show the same image in the gallery as well, also on the tablet. The images belong to the event and travel with a copy or an export.
Hand over to the gallery#
Useful when the gallery runs on a tablet or a second monitor next to the photo booth and guests print and share there - especially with AI portraits or a digital background, where finishing takes a while. Instead of waiting, the guest sees an info screen with the expected waiting time after the last shot, and the next guest can start right away. The picture appears finished in the gallery. It is switched on under Admin area "Finish & sharing" > "Hand over to the gallery". The "Open screen editor" button arranges heading, text, waiting time and button freely - the same editor as for the start and final screens.
It requires "Gallery on an external device" to be switched on (see Gallery) or the gallery on an extra screen; with privacy by default, the privacy mode is needed there as well. If either is missing, the booth shows the final screen as usual.
Pictures are finished one after another. If more are waiting than set, the start screen pauses briefly and continues by itself - by default from three open pictures. The value applies to the device: a fast computer or AI portraits via the provider can handle more.
On the tablet, one line shows how many pictures are still being finished and in how many seconds the next one appears, so guests can see their picture is on its way.
Prize draw#
Give away prizes among the guests, shown on the final screen - set up in the separate menu item "Prize draw", described in the chapter Prize draw.
Sharing notices#
The short messages at the top when printing, mailing or cloud upload start at the end of a session - on the photo mirror at the bottom. Appearance, size and duration can be set; a test message shows the result right away. By default the size is "Automatic": 5 on a photo booth, 7 on the photo mirror.
Under "Custom animations" each of the three notices can get its own video or animated image. Large over the screen, the animation replaces the notice entirely - suitable for ready-made printing animations with their own message, which then appears in one language only. In the notice in place of the icon, the translated text stays; this is the better choice when guests speak different languages.
Return to the start screen#
Sends the booth back to the start screen when nobody is operating it. By default every touch restarts the clock; switched off, it runs from the moment the screen appears and only "I am still here" restarts it. It can be set separately for:
- selection and info screens
- the gallery
- the final screen
0 switches the respective area off, the maximum is 900 seconds. A progress bar runs along the bottom edge and can be switched off; above it a notice can be shown in which {seconds} inserts the remaining time. On large screens or from a distance the bar is easy to miss, so its height can be set (2 to 40 pixels).
In addition the booth can ask "Are you still there?" first: "I'm still here" restarts the clock, no answer returns to the start screen.
If the final screen has a time of at least 1 second, the "Done & Next" button can be hidden there — useful when the booth sends the guest back through the timer anyway. If that leaves the button row completely empty, the picture is shown larger. Without a timer the button stays, otherwise the guest could not move on.
Without this return, a half-used booth sits on its last screen, and the next guest cannot tell whether they are interrupting or free to start.