Your first event in ten minutes

This guide takes you from installation to a booth ready to welcome guests. Allow about ten minutes if your equipment is already unpacked.

1. Connect the equipment

1. Plug the camera in over USB directly into the computer (no hub), turn it on and remove the lens cap. A USB webcam also works for a first try.
2. If you print: install the printer driver before connecting it (see Install your photo printer's driver), then plug it in and turn it on.
3. Connect the guest screen. With two screens, you keep one for yourself and reserve the other for guests.

2. Check the camera

Open the Cameras page:

1. Your camera appears under Devices. Click Open session, then Start preview.
2. Take a Test photo to check exposure and framing.
3. While you're there, set the Countdown (3, 5 or 10 s), the number of Photos per session (1 to 4) and the Delay between photos.

Details: The Cameras page.

3. Check the printer

Open the Printers page:

1. The printer appears among the detected printers within a few seconds. Click Use to make it the booth's printer.
2. Choose the Paper size that matches the installed ribbon (4 × 6", 6 × 8"…).
3. Run a Test page.

Details: Print settings.

4. Create the event

1. Open Events, then Create.
2. Choose a Type (Wedding, Birthday, Corporate, Party, Christening, Trade show or Other) and enter a Name (“Julie & Thomas's Wedding”).
3. If the event has set times, turn on Schedule dates and enter the start and end. Without dates, the event stays available at any time.
4. Click Create event.

Details: Create and edit an event.

5. Design the event

From the event's page, click Open the editor:

• Templates: the layout of the printed photo (photo slots, title, date, decoration). Check that the template format matches the printer paper;
• Screens: what guests see at each step (lock, welcome, capture, share, end).

The quickest way: open Templates in the left rail and install a complete theme on all five screens in one click. See Discover the editor.

6. Secure the booth

Before welcoming the public, set a PIN or a pattern in Settings › Kiosk. Without a code, anyone who knows the exit gesture can leave the event. See PIN or pattern lock.

7. Do a full test run

Launch the event (Launch on the event's page, or Ctrl+A with the event selected) and do a session as a guest would: touch the screen, smile, wait for the layout, check the print and scan the QR code with your phone.

To leave the event: perform the exit gesture (swipe from the colored area to the ring) or press Esc, then enter your code.

Event-day checklist

• Camera on mains power, auto power-off disabled, memory card not full.
• Enough paper and ribbon, test page printed on site.
• Event selected and tested, booth code set.
• Keep the screen and computer on enabled (Settings › Power).
• Computer plugged into mains power.
• Internet connection if you want the online gallery during the evening; otherwise the photos will be uploaded later.