Table of Contents. I.) Introduction 3

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1 Operations Manual

2 Table of Contents I.) Introduction 3 II.) General Settings 3 PartyBoxPhotoBooth v7.22 (registered) Preferences..4-5 Configure Printing Layout Editor Launch Reprint Utility 8 Moving Images..9 Camera III.) How To:...11 Make a Graphic Load a Graphic Make a Disc of all the Pictures IV.) Troubleshooting Monitor Issues...15 Printing Blurry/Wrong Size Pictures displaying 4 boxes like a window..16 V.) Conclusion

3 I.) Introduction Once again, congratulations on your PartyBox PhotoBooth purchase. At this stage of the process you have the initial set-up of the Frame and the Accessories. In this manual, you will learn how to operate the booth, you will become familiar with the optimum settings that your computer should be on, and you will learn how to troubleshoot when settings are changed. Our focus here is to get you familiar with the PhotoBoof v7.22 software so that all of your events flow smoothly. II.) General Settings When you open the PhotoBooth Program, a Black screen will appear with a blue PartyBox rectangle in the middle that reads: PartyBox PhotoBooth is warming up one moment please. - Hit the ESC key You will now have two windows: 1) PartyBoxPhotoBooth v7.22 (registered) 2) Moving Images 3

4 In the General Settings section, we will go over all of the fixed settings and show you a snapshot of them so that you will have it for your records. These settings are designed to operate for the Single PartyBox Photo Strip. We will go over all of the important settings in these two windows to make sure that your booth is running properly. 1.) PartyBoxPhotoBooth v7.22 (registered) In this window, we will cover the following settings: - Preferences - Configure Printing - Layout Editor - Launch Reprinting Utility All others can be disregarded. Preferences The main setting to check here is the Photo layout. This tells the program what type of print to make. Click Test to ensure the correct layout is selected. (It should be partybox single strip) 4

5 Ensure Photoboof with Webcam is your selected camera. Configure Printing Click Configure to get to the next section. Must be done to both printers!! Round Robin is the default setting that we use. There are other print options available. 5

6 Once you click configure: - Canon Inkjet ip3600 series Printing Preferences will pop up - Focus on Main and Page Setup These are the settings that should be used for proper printing of the single PartyBox strip. 6

7 Layout Editor Click the preview button to see if the graphic you loaded is correct. These are the settings to print the correct size for a partybox single strip. Click browse to pick a graphic to load. An in depth graphic loading tutorial is on pg. 11 of the manual. You can change the color of the photo strip with this button. Leave these numbers that the current setting. This is for the picture placement for the photo strip. If these numbers are changed, nothing will print correctly. 7

8 Launch Reprinting Utility You can keep this window open during the entire event. After a Boof session, you can click the right arrow to get the new picture on the screen. (It takes a second to register, so if you do it too soon, it will take you all the way to the 1 st picture. If it does, just click the left arrow to get back to last picture.) Once you have the picture you want to reprint in the screen, simply click the printer icon. If you need 5 additional prints, click the printer icon 5 times. 8

9 2.) Moving Images Snapshot size should be set on 640 x 480. Notes: This window has the live preview and camera settings on it. Camera Click here. Camera Options is the only important setting in this dropdown menu. 9

10 If the laptop has an onboard webcam, it may default to it. Ensure under the Camera Properties Window that Microsoft LifeCam is the selected camera. Frame rate should be set on 30, but the webcam may auto adjust it to 15 or 10. It is okay. This is just the camera adjusting to different lighting. Frame size should be set at 640 x 480. It should be the same as the Snapshot Size. 10

11 III.) How To: This section of the manual is a step-by-step process of how to do perform the following tasks: - Make a Graphic - Load a Graphic - Make a CD of all the Pictures Make a Graphic 1. Open Inkscape.exe Graphic Editor 2. Go to File / click Open. 3. Browse to the folder with the Photo Strip Template of your choice name.svg 4. Inkscape should open with the Strip Template 5. Use the [+] plus key to Zoom In or the [-] minus key to Zoom Out a. Zoom in or out so you can see the area you plan to work on 6. Use the Scroll Bars, Click the Up/Down ~ Left/Right Arrows, or [ctrl] plus arrow keys to move the graphic to the area of the screen you can see to work on. 7. Select / Click the Text button on the left toolbar Pointer will change to +A 8. Mouse over the text area you wish to change, a blue box should show around text a. Double Click text to select the one to change b. Use the drop down Text Box to select new font or [shift] [ctrl] [T] to open text-font viewer and change to desired font. Click [Apply] is using Font Viewer c. Use the Font Size drop down or Font Size in Text and Font Viewer to change font size to fit strip area. i.you can also use the on the left toolbar and the sizing arrows will show to size the text manually. d. Repeat for all the text areas needing changing. e. Other text options include Bold, Italics, Color, Outline, Etc i.the change text color click the [d] paintbrush on the top toolbar ii.choose the color you want on the color pallet below. To change the outline color hold [shift] then click the outline color. 11

12 9. To change the background block or outline color, click the edge of the block. If the arrow selects the wrong area, try holding [alt] down and click again until the correct area is selected. Use the color pallet below to choose the background color. To change outline hold [shift] then click color. 10. To insert Custom Graphic 11. Go to File, Import or [ctrl] I then browse to the graphic you want to import, embed graphic. a. You can also copy image and paste image into graphic as well b. Use the sizing arrows to adjust to the size you need c. Goto Object Raise and Lower to place image behind or in front of other text or objects. You can also use [pg up] or [pg dn] to move up and down. 12. To Export finished Graphic 13. Goto Edit, Select All or [ctrl] [A] to select all the elements 14. Goto File, Export Bitmap or [shift] [ctrl] [E] 15. Click Browse, select the location {Desktop\Graphic Templates} to export, enter a File name, Save as type: PNG, Save, then Export! Make sure Bitmap size Width: 638 by Height: 300dpi 16. New Graphic should be ready to copy into the Photo Booth 17. As a backup goto File, Save As and new file name.svg 12

13 Load a Graphic - 1) Go the PartyBoxPhotoBooth v7.22 (registered) window - 2) Click File - 3) Click Layout Editor - 4) Image Mask: Click the browse button - 5) Highlight the graphic you would like to use, click Open - 6) To preview, click the preview button at the top of the Layout Editor Make a CD of all the Pictures - 1) On the desktop, double-click the Photoboof Files Folder, - 2) Click New Folder and insert the name you would like to save it to - 3) Double-Click Strips - 4) Highlight all the photo strips from the event, right click, and copy. - 5) Paste these strips in the new folder that you created for the event - 6) Double-Click Pics - 7) Highlight all the pics from the event, right click, and copy. - 8) Paste these pics in the same folder that you just pasted the photo strips - 9) Double-click the event folder - 10) Click Burn and create the CD 13

14 *** Your client will get a copy of all of the photo strips, as well as all of the individual pictures of the entire event. IV.) Troubleshooting If you are experiencing any issues with your booth, the first thing you should do is check your settings to make sure that they are set to the optimum settings that we have preset for you. This manual has visuals of all these settings that you can reference. The following are issues that we have experienced in the past, and have an easy and direct solution: 1) Monitor Issues 2) Printing Blurry/Wrong Size 3) Pictures are displaying 4 boxes like a window 14

15 Monitor Issues If you are seeing the entire computer screen in your monitor instead of just the photoboof screen, follow these instructions: 1) Right click on the main screen of your laptop 2) Click Screen Resolution 3) Under the Multiple Displays tab, it should be on extend these displays. 4) Before you close the screen, make sure that Display 1 is your main display Multiple Displays must read extend these displays. This is vital to your monitor having the correct PhotoBooth screen. Printing Blurry/Wrong Size Every now and then, you will get one blurry picture due to the camera trying to auto-focus. If all of your prints are coming out blurry or seem to be the wrong size, it is probably because the Snapshot Size and Frame Size are off. These two should always be the same: 640 x 480. The Frame Rate should be set at 30. If it adjusts on its own, that is okay. The camera does this to adjust to different lighting conditions. 15

16 Pictures are displaying as 4 boxes like a window If each individual picture is showing up as a 4 box window (usually the top two will be the same picture, and the bottom two will display just a black screen) you need to change your resolution under the moving images window. As stated in the manual, the resolution needs to be set at 640 x 480 under Snapshot Size and Frame Size at all times. Look underneath the moving images chapter previously mentioned in this manual. V.) Conclusion This manual can be used as reference tool as you learn about your PartyBox PhotoBooth. It surely doesn t cover all the functions of the photobooth, but it is a great instrument that will help you grow as your PartyBox grows in your market. These settings can be adjusted to your preference. We just wanted you to have a standard setting to start from. For questions not answered or covered in this manual, please contact the Baton Rouge office, and we will be more than happy to assist you. Good luck, and remember, the party is in the box! 16