2. Start Screen & general settings

The Start Screen | Capture Modes is where users can choose their desired capture mode. It displays all capture modes which you have selected. It is the first screen the user sees when approaching the photo system and is also being displayed after each user session (both depending on your 1. Standby Screen settings). You can upload your own logo and background image or simply choose a background color. This settings page also includes some other general settings & features.

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Examples

Available Options

Option

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Start Screen Preview

The area on the right side is a live preview of your current settings. You can specify the screen resolution of your UpReach Photo System to get an accurate preview (old devices: 1600x900px, new devices: 1920x1080px). The red lines only markt he position of the capture mode buttons and do not show in the final user flow in the UpReach App.

Enabling this toggle allows you to upload an image file by clicking on the “Upload” button.

After uploading an image you can adjust its size and select its position on the Start Screen. Choosing a position below the capture mode icons will mirror their position to the upper part of the screen.

Background

In this section you can choose among 2 options:

  1. Choose a background color by selecting “Choose background color” & clicking on the color field

  2. Upload a background image by selecting “Upload background image” & clicking on the upload button.
    Click on the trash icon next to the uploaded file name to delete the image.
    If your background image aspect ratio does not match the previously entered screen size (see “Start Screen Preview” above), you can choose one of the following options to match the screen’s dimensions:

    1. Stretching the image

    2. Cropping the image (i.e. zooming in)

Capture Modes

Here you can select your desired capture modes. This determines which icons are shown on the start screen and what output the user can receive:

  • Single photo: 1 single photo which can be printed on 10x15cm or on 2 photo strips.

  • GIF: 3 different photos resulting in a stop-motion animation. Can be printed on 10x15cm or on 2 photo strips.

  • Boomerang: A video played back & forth repeatedly. Can be printed on 10x15cm or on 2 photo strips.

Default UpReach icons

Enable this toggle to use our default animated capture mode icons as buttons on the Start Screen.

Disable this toggle to hide our default icons and use your own design instead. You have 2 possibilities to use your own designs:

  1. Include your button design in the Start Screen background image (see “Background” above) & position the button areas on your button designs (see “Capture Mode Buttons” below).

  2. Upload each button design separately (see “Capture Mode Buttons” below).

Capture Mode Buttons

Here you can reposition and resize the Capture Mode icons shown on the Start Screen. Enter the desired position and size in percent.

When the option “Default UpReach icons” is disabled, upload buttons will appear next to the input fields. You can use them to upload your own button images. If you choose not to upload single images here, you will be able to reposition & resize the invisible touch areas on top of your background image.

Camera Settings

Predefine the camera settings for this Configuration. They can be adjusted locally in the UpReach App on the Device during the deployment but will be overwritten every time you download the Configuration again.

Available presets:

  • Standard (default): AV 8.0, TV 1/160, ISO Auto

  • Sunlight: AV 10, TV 1/200, ISO Auto

  • Night: AV 8.0, TV 1/100, ISO Auto

Print Counter & Notifications

Enabling this will activate in-app notifications when the printer runs out of paper.

  • Users will be asked to notify the photo booth personnel every session and after every print, starting from 10 remaining prints

  • The print button on the Sharing Screen will be disabled when 0 prints are reached.

  • Optionally, a phone number for SMS notifications can be defined.

For this to work, the available number of prints has to be defined inside the UpReach App each time the paper gets refilled (see Print counter & notifications).

These options can be adjusted locally in the UpReach App on the device during the deployment but will be overwritten every time you download the Configuration again.

Chroma Keying

Enabling this toggle will activate https://upreach.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/UHC/pages/76152847/Chroma+keying+settings in the UpReach App. By using e.g. a green screen or blue screen background system, the UpReach can remove the background and replace it with the digital background design which you’ve added in the layout settings of each capture mode (see 3./4./5. Photo/GIF/Boomerang).

All color adjustment settings have to be done locally on the device during the event as the background color heavily depends on the local lighting conditions (see Chroma Keying adjustments).

Timeout to Start Screen

The required idle time without user activity on the Preview Screen | Previews & Color Filters or Sharing Screen | Printing & Sharing after which the App will automatically return to the Start Screen (or Standby Screen, depending on your1. Standby Screen settings).