Software

Photo booth or photo mirror, one software

A photo mirror is an upright screen, usually behind a mirror front, with a rotated camera above it. Guests see themselves life-size and operate everything right on the screen. A single setting makes the difference to a photo booth.

One setting: the design

The design is chosen in the setup assistant on first start and can be changed at any time. It belongs to the device, not to the event: an event created on a photo booth runs on the mirror without changes.

  • Camera rotated by 90° and live view mirrored, after a confirmation
  • "Check live view" shows right away whether the orientation is correct
  • Applies to the photo camera and to the boomerang camera
Same events, same layouts: only the design differs.

What changes at the mirror

At a mirror the bottom edge of the screen is at knee height. The interface therefore rearranges itself, without any further switches.

Buttons at the top

On every screen the buttons sit right below the heading instead of at the bottom.

Image close to the camera

Live view and finished picture sit at the top, so guests do not look past the camera in the photo.

Notices at the bottom

Messages about printing, email and upload appear at the bottom and cover neither buttons nor live view.

Keyboard and mirror front

The on-screen keyboard stays easy to use, and a glow that would show through the glass is left out.

Portrait layouts fill live view and finished picture at the mirror much better than landscape ones. The countdown works best at the top centre, right below the camera.

Start screen, countdown and end screen on the photo mirror in portrait
On the mirror: buttons and picture at the top, close to the camera