Profiles and Saving Settings

Profiles and Saving Settings

Settings can be saved to file and reloaded using the Save… and Load… buttons in the Photobooth Settings dialog. This allows you to define multiple layouts and switch between them before entering photo booth mode.

Layout depends on page size and printer settings. Settings saved for one printer may not produce the same results on a different printer or resolution.

Profiles

Profiles assign saved settings files to keyboard shortcuts (Shift+Ctrl+1 through Shift+Ctrl+18) or touchscreen actions, allowing quick switching between configurations during an event.

To assign a profile:

1. Click the Profiles… button at the bottom of the Photobooth Settings dialog.
2. Click the … button next to a profile slot and select a saved settings XML file.
   

Profiles can also be triggered via touchscreen actions, enabling guests to choose layouts (e.g. a 4-strip vs. a 2×2 grid).

Tokens in profile paths

Default profile

Set a default profile to ensure the booth starts in a known state and resets after each shooting sequence. Enable Load default profile when launching Remote Pro to apply it automatically at startup.

You can also load a profile by dragging and dropping a settings XML file onto the main Remote Pro window or onto the desktop shortcut.

Random profiles

• Method 1 — Set the default profile to Random, Random 1..10, or Random 10..18 to pick a random profile at startup and after each sequence.
• Method 2 — Use touchscreen actions (e.g. Select random profile 3-10) to let the booth pick a random profile when the user interacts.

Random profile selection only chooses from profiles that reference an existing settings file.

Saving all photo booth settings

Select File > Save Photobooth Settings… to save all photo booth settings, printer settings, profiles, shortcut buttons, download folder, and image editor settings to a single XML file. Restore by dragging the XML file onto the main Remote Pro window or using the Load… button.

Setting up transferable installations

To make settings portable across PCs, edit the <photoboothImageDir> tag in the XML settings file:

• Replace the absolute path with {documents}\YourFolder to work across different user accounts.
• Replace it with . (a single dot) to make the path relative to the settings file’s own folder. This allows the entire event folder to be copied anywhere and loaded correctly.

If you save the settings again using the Save… button, the <photoboothImageDir> value reverts to an absolute path. Re-edit the XML if portability is needed.

Install file (install_me.xml)

For multi-profile event packages, create an install_me.xml file in the root event folder. Drag it onto the Remote Pro window to install all profile definitions, event info, shortcut buttons, and folder paths in one step. This file uses additional XML tags (<defaultProfile>, <profile10>, <downloadFolder>, <eventInfo> etc.) that are read on load but not written back when saving from the dialog.