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Imaging USA Show Specials
If you will be in Nashville for Imaging USA please visit us at Booth 655. We will showing some exciting new features soon to be added to Darkroom Booth, Core and Pro software. You can take advantage of the following show specials on our website through Friday February...
Lighting for Green Screen photography and Darkroom Software
The key to great results with Chroma-key backgrounds is good, consistent lighting. The examples below illustrate different lighting and exposures and the results. All of these images were processed with the default settings in Darkroom Booth photo booth software. The...
Free Holiday Photo Booth Templates with Sound & Matching Prints
Here are a couple of holiday themed templates that you can easily customize and use for your holiday photo booth events. These templates are available as a free download and include sounds and a matching 2×6 print layout. Check out the preview videos to see how they...
Top Considerations When Building Your Own Photo Booth
Building your own photo booth? Based on experience from building my own photo booths and helping Darkroom customers as well, here are some things to consider when looking at hardware options. Camera Most first time photo booth builders go for the least expensive...
Will My Templates work in Darkroom Booth Photo Booth Software?
“I’ve been using different photo booth software and I want to upgrade to Darkroom Booth. Will my old print templates work with Darkroom Booth?” Yes! We’ve helped many photo booth owners and operators make the switch to Darkroom Booth and one of their favorite features...
Windows 10 – Should I update my photo booth or event photo system?
UPDATE: Windows 10 has since been released and there are no known issues when used with Darkroom products.Microsoft is set to release Windows 10 on July 29th and it will be a free upgrade to all current Windows 7, 8 and 8.1 user. The Darkroom team has tested all of...
How to use Arcade style buttons with Darkroom Booth
There are 2 ways to use arcade buttons with Darkroom Booth. One is to use a USB mouse and take it apart and replace the original mouse buttons with arcade buttons. This will require some minor soldering but is not complex. You can use an inexpensive mouse that can be...
How to copy images and finished photo strips to a CD or Thumb Drive
We have many users that offer their customers a thumb drive (or CD) of images after their photo booth event. This task only takes a few clicks of the mouse – here’s how. First, select the event to export then click on either the Photos or the Prints Tab (Photos are...
How to create touchscreen buttons in Booth
This video will show you how to create and edit touchscreen elements (buttons) in Darkroom Booth software.
How to Facebook with Darkroom Booth
You can post images to Facebook Pages with Darkroom Booth by using the built in emailer. The benefits of doing this is that it’s fast, easy, and there are no passwords to enter or remember (this also works with other social sites like Twitter). Here’s how… First,...
Advanced Booth Screen Editing
This article will cover some Advanced Booth Screen template Editing. Darkroom Booth allows you to control when items are shown and hidden during the booth session. For example, you can have a “start button” that appears on screen until someone clicks on it. After...
Create a Print Template from scratch in Booth
This article will show you how to create a Print Template (in seconds) from scratch in Darkroom Booth. Print templates can be almost any size and can be as simple as one or more photos or as complex as many photos, graphics, and text fields all linked together. Here’s...
How does Booth 2 upgrade work?
Darkroom Booth version 2 is an upgrade over 1.5 and so requires its own activation. When you run Booth 2 for the first time, it will ask you for an activation code. There are two kinds of Booth 2 activation codes, Full Code (i.e. a new 2.0 purchase) and Upgrade Code...
10 Things You May Not Know Darkroom Software Can Do
1. Export order data like email addressWith version 9.1.1934 and later in the Orders Tab> Completed Orders select a range of orders and then right click with your mouse. At the bottom of that menu you will see “Export Order Data”. Selecting that will allow you to...
Setting up the Kodak DLS Printer
This article contains information on the setup of the Kodak DLS printer. 1. Java Runtime Environment must be installed on the computer with Darkroom Software. Go to the following website to download the application: http://java.com/en/download/index.jsp 2. Find the IP...
How to Email a Photo to Your Printer Using Darkroom Software
Steps to Upgrade a Hardware Protection Key
After purchasing the upgrade go to https://darkroomsoftware.com/support/downloads/ and download the latest version of the product you need (Core, Pro or Assembly Edition). After installing on your computer plug in your hardware protection key or dongle and run the new...
Darkroom 9.1 Promo Borders
See the Darkroom 9.1 Promotion borders from Synchroplex in action and learn about advanced template features.
Event Presentation mode in Darkroom 9.1
This video will give an overview of the Event Presentation mode in Darkroom. Event Presentation mode can be used alone on a single computer or in combination with Darkroom Pro as a server and Core on Presentation stations to scale up to very large crowds.
How to use Auto Print with a Multi Opening Border
This video will show you how to create and use Auto Print with a multi-opening border. Create the border for the size print you want to use and insert as many photo openings as you want. Each opening should be numbered with a different number and Darkroom will add the...