Spire Photo Booth: The Miraculous Photo Booth

Pro-Grade Photo Quality

The Spire Photo Booth captures professional-grade photographs and videos with a Canon DSLR camera of your choice mounted on a retractable arm.

Spire Photo Booth’s retractable arm allows for both a classic eye-level camera angle and an overhead camera angle for unique green screen experiences.

Using the easily adjustable orientation, angle, tilt, and zoom, you can extend the shot way beyond the perceived size of the photo booth and capture any kind of audience size; be it a single person, a couple, or even large groups (up to 50 people in one shot).

Camera settings can be controlled through Foto Master’s photo booth software. Software-based camera control allows you to preset event-specific camera configurations and fine-tune them on-the-fly without physically accessing the camera.

Retractable DSLR Arm

Spire Photo Booth’s retractable arm is an innovative key feature that will set you apart from the competition by unlocking brand new photo booth experiences on top of top-of-the-line classic ones.

When extended, the arm allows for an overhead camera angle and new miraculous green screen experiences.

When the arm is retracted, the photo booth captures photos and videos from a classic eye-level camera angle.

Double-Sided Ultra-Wide Screens

Each side of the Spire Photo Booth is equipped with an ultra-wide 34″ screen.

The front screen serves as a spacious, interactive and touch-enabled interface, enhanced by included premium assets that make full use of it.

The back screen provides for an eye-catching real-estate, featuring a beautiful gallery of the latest photos taken by the photo booth.

LED Ring Flash

The Spire Photo Booth is equipped with a powerful, 400W, LED based ring flash that surrounds the DSLR camera’s lens and provides for an even, shadow-free illumination.

Easy To Transport

When collapsed for transportation, the Spire Photo Booth is just 1′8″ high, 1′8″ wide, 5′10″ deep and fits inside cars as small as common sedans with the back seats folded down.

Transporting and moving the Spire Photo Booth around is safe and easy. We’ll supply you with a designated protective case to safely accommodate all of the photo booth’s components. We’ll also supply you with a durable and convenient hand truck, making the overall weight of 138lbs (63kg) easy to maneuver.

Fast to Set Up

The Spire Photo Booth can be fully set up in a few minutes by a single person or a team of two people.

Durable All-Aluminum Build

With a meticulously engineered all-aluminum frame and body, the Spire Photo Booth is built to last.

The structure of the Spire Photo Booth has an exceptional stability, achieved by a low center of gravity.

Built-In Printer Storage

With Spire Photo Booth’s built-in printer storage your setup will have a smaller footprint and a cleaner appearance. The printer will stay protected from the environment and there will be no need to invest in a table, stand or a printer enclosure.

Miraculous Green Screen Features

Spire Photo Booth’s unique retractable arm allows for an overhead camera angle that unlocks new miraculous green screen experiences.

Create your own custom experience by uploading a custom animated background or choose an existing one from a built-in selection:

• Sail down a river in an inflatable boat
• Ride over fields on a flying carpet
• Get barbecued over hot coals
• Float on a shark surrounded raft
• Fall down an endless black hole
• Float over a swimming pool
• Get served on a dinner plate
• The floor is lava
• And counting!

Your clients will also be able to opt for a classic green screen experience with the arm retracted and the camera set to eye-level.

Foto Master’s photo booth software uses automatic chroma keying to replace the green backdrop with a background image or animation selected by the participant or pre-set by your custom workflow.

Live-View Animations

Coupling a live video of participants captured by the DSLR camera with overlaying vibrant animations that guide and entertain throughout the workflow is engaging by its very nature.

You’ll be able to get the most out of it with hundreds of exclusive, premium animations included right out-of-the-box and the ability to add your own.

Included Animations

All included animations were exclusively drawn by Foto Master’s talented animator to be as clever, beautiful and entertaining as possibly imaginable. And they all include professional, complementing voice-overs.

The animations are bundled by event types, including specific animations for weddings, Bar/Bat Mitzvahs, birthdays, corporate events, Christmas, Halloween, children’s parties and more – So you’ll be ready to shine in any type of event.

Custom Animations

You’ll be able to turn any original idea, unique concept or purchased media into an animation.

Upsell and charge more for your services by producing unique animations that feature the subjects of the event (for example: the bride & groom, the corporate brand, etc).

Random Animations

You’ll be able to surprise participants and make every experience unique with random animations. With the feature added, the software will make a random selection out of a custom animations list.

Signing, Drawing & Stamping

Participants love having the ability to personalize their keepsake with this unique and interactive feature. When the signing & stamping feature is included in a workflow, participants can sign their name, draw and stamp over their captured photos and videos.

Signing and Drawing Options

For signing and drawing, participants can style stroke colors and sizes, use a glowing neon effect, undo strokes and clear the drawing to start over.

Included Stamps

For stamping, participants can choose and apply static and animated stamps from an included collection of emojis, symbols and virtual props.

Custom Stamps

In addition to the included collection of stamps, you’ll be able to add your own custom stamps and tailor collections to suit different events.

Upsell and charge more for your services by producing unique symbols and virtual props that highlight the subjects of the event.

Augmented Reality

You’ll be able to offer jaw-dropping experiences, win clients, upsell and charge more for your services by realistically inserting virtual people, objects or scenery as a living part of the selfie experience and final photograph.

Example concepts:

• Virtual Selfie Partners: Celebrities
• Virtual Selfie Partners: The bride & groom
• Virtual Selfie Partners: Cartoon characters
• Virtual Selfie Partners: 3D rendered characters
• Virtual Objects: Entertaining signs (e.g. “I’m here for cake”)
• Virtual Objects: A promoted commercial product

Overlay Selection

The overlay selection feature is an amazingly fun and easy way for you to let participants choose a preferred overlay for their photos, GIFs and videos before they are printed or shared online.

You’ll be able to set this feature to automatically appear after participants are done capturing their selfies. The participants will then swipe through the overlay designs that you’ll offer and choose their preferred one.

Included Overlays

Hundreds of static and animated overlays will be included for you to offer right out-of-the-box.

Custom Overlays

In addition to the included collection of overlays, you’ll be able to add your own custom overlays and tailor collections to suit different events.

Upsell and charge more for your services by producing unique static and animated overlays that highlight the subjects of the event.

Photo Filters

Beauty Photo Filter

The beauty photo filter feature is based on an image processing algorithm developed exclusively by Foto Master for its photo booth software. When enabled, the feature will automatically process and enhance participants’ selfies before they are printed or shared online. You can easily set the filter’s enhancement intensity using dedicated software options.

Extensive work has gone into creating an algorithm which has a subtle yet significant effect while keeping the natural sense of the original image. In order to achieve that, the feature uses adaptive filtering, soft contrast lighting correction, smart noise reduction and preservation of facial features.

Artistic Photo Filters

With the artistic photo filters feature enabled, participants can add various artistic effects and filters to their photos before printing and sharing them. These include ‘Black & White’, ‘Sepia’, ‘Extra Sharp’ and ‘Pencil Sketch’.

Games

You’ll be able to offer an unforgettable photo booth experience by combining touch-based multiplayer games with a selfie keepsake as part of the process.

Included Games

Four interactive games will be available for you to include in an event’s workflow. The included games are ‘3 Shells and a Pea’, ‘Tic-Tac-Toe’, ‘Pong’ and ‘Connect’.

Custom Games & Apps

In addition to the included collection of games, you’ll be able to develop your own interactive games or apps using Adobe Animate and include them in your events’ workflows.

Upsell and charge more for your services by producing unique games and apps for an event (for example: interactive table plans with a photo at reception, interactive polls, tic-tac-toe featuring the bride and groom as the X’s and O’s, etc).

Interactive Animations

You’ll be able to ramp up excitement with optional interactive animations. Each one of these special animations invites the participants to interact with the photo booth. The end result? Some great laughs and a hilarious photo keepsake!

Screaming Contest: Can you recall those candid shots of you screaming as you ride down a terrifying roller-coaster? The screaming contest features the same idea by inviting participants to reach the highest level of the scream bar as their photo is being taken. The achieved score can be included on the final photo.

Wheel of Fortune: Participants are presented with a spinning wheel of fortune which will determine their ‘selfie fate’. The position at which the wheel stops is randomly determined by the photo booth and instructs the participants on how to pose for their photo.

Slot Machine: A beautiful slot machine with an interactive lever is presented on the screen. Pulling the lever activates the machine. When the jackpot is hit the photo booth captures the winning smile!

Video Production

You’ll be able to capture and automatically produce videos complete with animated backgrounds, overlays, stamps and more for participants to send themselves.

GIF Recording

The GIF recording feature produces a classic or a ‘Boomerang’ style looping animation.

Video Recording

The video recording feature allows participants to leave a personal message for the event’s hosts or record a short video clip for themselves.

Animations from Photos

The animations from photos feature transforms multiple photos into a looping GIF or video file.

Experience Selection

You’ll be able to ensure that each participant gets the optimal experience by simply letting him choose it himself. The experience selection feature presents a screen of choices based on presets you’ve selected or created. Choices are represented by selectable thumbnails.

Use Cases

Use cases for this feature are limitless, here are a few examples.

• You’ll be able to offer a language selection screen.
• You’ll be able to let the participants choose a preferred output. For example: whether to record a GIF or take a photo.
• You’ll be able to offer options that vary by the amount of photos to shoot and their produced layout.
• You’ll be able to offer a selection of different themes, each one complete with its own animations and printout designs. For example: “Bride’s Side” vs “Groom’s Side”, “The Devil Experience” vs “The Angel Experience”, etc.
• You’ll be able to let participants choose whether to send their captured photo, print it or do both.
• And much more!

Styling

You’ll be able to style the experience selection screen by using an included collection of backgrounds and thumbnails or by adding your own custom ones.

Photo Retake

You’ll be able to make sure that all participants walk away with a smile. With the photo retake feature enabled, participants have the option to retake a photo in a seamless, time-efficient manner that ensures satisfaction.

On-Screen Photo Gallery

The photo gallery feature displays a beautiful layout of all photos captured during the event. Any photo can be easily selected for reprinting.

This feature is handy in cases where a printed photo gets lost or an insufficient amount of print copies is selected by a group of participants.

Printing

You’ll be able to let participants choose how many copies to print (if any).

You’ll be able to preset limits for print copies per session (and per the whole event).

You’ll be able to use a dye-sublimation printer that you already have, purchase a new dye-sublimation printer independently (Foto Master will provide you with a list of recommended models) or purchase a dye-sublimation printer through Foto Master as part of your photo booth package.

You’ll be able to print at any size that your printer supports, including 6×2, 6×4, 7×5, 8×6 (both vertical and horizontal) and photo strips printing.

You’ll be able to use multiple printers concurrently.

Sharing

You’ll be able to allow participants to send their produced selfies, GIFs and videos as MMS messages to their phones, as email messages to their inboxes or by using your own custom-built online sharing methods.

The Sharing Experience

Sharing is a quick and easy experience where participants enter their phone number or email address using a virtual keyboard/numpad.

Offline Mode

The sharing experience continues operating seamlessly when you don’t have or lose an internet connection during an event. Foto Master’s photo booth software maintains a queue that gradually delivers the data of each sharing action when an internet connection becomes available.

Online Sharing Methods & Customization

You’ll be able to choose whether to enable printing, online sharing or both concurrently and customize them per event. You’ll also be able to display a selection of printing and online sharing methods for each participant to choose from per session.

You’ll be able to customize the online sharing interface: the design of the virtual keyboard or numpad, the textual content of the disclaimer and that of the shared message, whether to display a GDPR compliance checkbox and more.

Processing Methods

• You’ll be able to use Foto Master sandbox servers currently available as a courtesy service for:
  • Sharing via Email: A free method with reliable deliverability
  • Sharing via MMS using Your Own Twilio Account: A cost-effective method with reliable deliverability
  • Sharing via MMS using Public Carrier Services: A free method with unreliable deliverability
• You’ll be able to use your own servers and custom-built scripts to:
  • Process and send email messages and/or MMS messages directly
  • Integrate with 3rd party sharing services of your choosing
  • Share by custom-built online galleries

Exports

You’ll be able to export all email addresses and phone numbers that were used as sharing destinations per event.

Sharing Analytics

You’ll be able to view a summarized usage count of each sharing method per event.

Unattended Payment Acception

You’ll be able to customize unattended payment acception for any business model that requires it with Foto Master’s photo booth software and two optional add-on devices – Foto Master’s coin acceptor and a credit card reader (Nayax/Intercard/Embed Card).

Both devices can be used simultaneously, mounted on the photo booth’s casing and connected to the computer using a single concealed USB cable each.

You’ll also be able to present a selection of multiple experiences (see ‘Experience Selection’ feature) and set a different price for each.

Social Distancing & Surface Safety: Remote Interaction Options

In times where social distancing and surface safety are required, you’ll be able to offer fun and seamless remote interaction using either smartphones, hand gestures, facial expressions, movement, a USB foot switch, a keyfob or a wireless keyboard.

Smartphones

With smartphone based interaction, participants can scan an on-screen QR code to interact with the photo booth and share their produced photos and videos via email and MMS.

Hand Gestures, Facial Expressions and Movement Detection

A Kinect sensor can be connected and configured to allow hand gestures (e.g. hand raising, waving), facial expressions (e.g. smiling) and movement (e.g. approaching, leaving) as means of interaction.

USB Foot Switch

A simple USB foot switch can be connected and mapped to keyboard shortcuts of Foto Master’s photo booth software.

Keyfob

A nifty little remote controller can be used to save time and keep the activity running smoothly.

Wireless Keyboard

A standard wireless keyboard can be used to seamlessly control the session for each participant.

Automatic, Interval-Based Operation

Workflows can be configured to automatically advance based on preset time intervals, requiring no input from participants.

Workflow Builder

Included Workflows

Foto Master’s photo booth software comes pre-configured with hundreds of workflow presets right out-of-the-box. You’ll be able to select a preset to automatically load a workflow complete with the matching animations and engaging features to suit the event.

Custom Workflows

You’ll be able to amaze your clients by using the workflow builder to customize anything about the experience and charge more for your services:

• The graphic animations
• The voice-overs
• The photography types and settings
• The overlay selections
• The matching stamps
• The augmented reality productions
• The background replacement features
• The photo filters
• The games
• The experience selection screens
• The photo layout designs
• And the overall combination of features (the workflow)

Photo Layout Designer

Included Designs

Foto Master’s photo booth software comes pre-configured with hundreds of photo layout designs right out-of-the-box. You’ll be able to select a preset to automatically load a layout complete with matching overlay images, text and placeholders for the photos.

Custom Designs

You’ll be able to customize and design photo layouts. The photo layout designer is comprised of a WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) editor which demonstrates the layout in real-time as it is being manipulated. The editor will allow you to:

• Modify the photo layout size and orientation.
• Configure placeholders for dynamic elements – generated or selected during each session.
• Set additional overlay text, logos and symbols, backgrounds and foregrounds.

We’ve Got You Covered: 24/7 Support You Can Rely On

If you think our products are cool, just wait until you meet Foto Master’s support team. We are all about giving you true peace of mind.

You will get personal attention from professionals who really care about you and 24/7 availability by phone, online chat, email, Skype, or Facebook.

Keeping Your Service Fresh: Constant Software Upgrades

Amaze your clients with the latest, cutting-edge photo booth features and exclusive premium content assets on a regular basis.

With the “Foto Master Advantage” service package, your lifetime software license gets constantly upgraded with both major and seasonal version releases.

Software releases include new, often game-changing capabilities and industry-leading features developed by Foto Master as well as exclusive premium content assets that keep you way ahead of the competition.

Supply of Exclusive Leads

Upon your purchase of a Foto Master photo booth you will be given access to the ‘Lead Distribution Platform’ (LDP) – a dedicated system developed by Foto Master to help you speed up your return on investment.

The system automatically provides you with contact details (leads) of people in your area currently interested in renting your model of Foto Master photo booth.

• The leads are sourced by Foto Master directly.
• The leads are shared quickly, keeping them current for you.
• The leads you receive are not shared with anyone else, keeping them exclusive for you.
• The contacts expect a product owner in their area to contact them with an offer.

For more information about how the system works, visit this blog post.

Your New Family: A Friendly Community of Foto Master’s Photo Booth Owners

We have a group on Facebook for Foto Master’s photo booth owners to which we’ll add you after completing your personal training session.

Once you join as a member, you’ll find a very active, warm and friendly community with helpful discussions, resource sharing, sharing of experiences, software update announcements and much more. It works, looks and feels like a real family.