Glossary

Preview (live view): the live image from the camera, shown to guests during capture and on the Cameras page.

Auto-recovery: the watchdog process that restarts BoothX if it crashes or freezes for more than 90 seconds. See Power, sleep and auto-recovery.

Booth: a computer running BoothX, linked to your account. An account can have several booths; a booth corresponds to only one computer at a time.

Game booth: the mode that offers a quiz, a wheel of fortune and a contest. See The game booth.

CCAPI: Canon's Camera Control API, which lets you control some cameras over Wi-Fi. See Canon camera over Wi-Fi.

Remote command: an action sent from the web panel to a booth (launch, stop, lock, unlock, restart). It expires after 15 minutes if the booth doesn't connect.

Countdown: the seconds before each photo or each video message; also a widget on the Capture screen.

Quick setup: a set of settings applied in one step (Kiosk, Performance, Eco).

Credits: the prepaid balance used by pay-as-you-go services beyond the free quotas. See Free quotas and credits.

Screen (in the editor): one of the five steps of the guest journey styled in the editor: Lock, Welcome, Capture, Share, End.

Slot: the area of a template where a photo from the session goes. The number of slots sets the number of photos taken.

Event: a job, with its design, photos, gallery and statistics.

Multi-mode event: an event that offers several modes to guests. See Multi-mode event.

Selected event: the booth's active event, launched with Ctrl+A and used by the editor, Storage and the modes.

Free / Pro / Ultra plan: the three account plans. Pro gives more events and AI designs, the Pro templates and customization options for the lock screen; Ultra includes everything in Pro, with even more events, AI designs and storage.

Online gallery: the event's web page where guests find their photos by scanning the QR code.

Exit gesture: the gesture that opens the unlock page during an event (swipe from the colored area to the ring).

Active printer: the printer chosen with Use on the Printers page; BoothX always prints to it.

Kiosk: the set of settings that isolate BoothX from the system for a self-service booth. See Kiosk mode and security.

Launcher: the page that presents the booth's modes. See The launcher.

Mode: one of the booth's activities: photobooth, videobooth, game booth.

Layout: the final photo, the template filled with the session's photos; this is what gets printed.

Template pack: a file of templates (photo templates and screens) that installs in the editor without updating BoothX.

Web panel: the app.boothx.org website, used to prepare events and monitor booths.

Settings profile: a set of settings saved to the account and shareable between booths. See Synced settings profiles.

Free quota: the included portion of each pay-as-you-go service, renewed every period.

Session: one visit to the booth by a guest or a group, from the welcome screen to sharing.

Camera session: BoothX's connection to a Canon camera, opened from the Cameras page or when an event is launched.

Template: the layout of the printed photo (slots, text, decoration). An event can have up to 20.

Theme: the app's appearance (Dark, Light, or automatic). Not to be confused with a complete theme in the editor, which styles the five screens of an event.

Videobooth: the video guestbook mode. See The videobooth.

Widget: a special element of a screen, present only once: camera preview, countdown, sharing QR code, start button, layout preview, cancel button.