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Camera Settings

Every control on the booth's Camera Settings page, from live view aids and camera exposure for Canon, Sony, Nikon and Fujifilm to digital zoom, rotation and hand sign detection.

Canon EOS Setup

How to connect a Canon EOS DSLR or mirrorless camera to the Pix Desktop App and set it up for a booth.

Capture Modes

How the booth takes the photos, what can trigger a shot, the Session Time countdown, the Preview Cards block, and the outputs a session produces.

Event Video Modes

How an event switches its booths to video or 360 slow-mo capture, what the booth's Capture Settings page shows, and what the guest gets.

Filters

The filter strip guests choose from, the 14 built-in looks and custom .cube filters, per-booth assignment, and how the chosen filter reaches every output.

Fujifilm Setup

Connect a Fujifilm X or GFX camera to the Pix Desktop App over USB, on Mac or Windows, and set it up for a booth.

Hardware Payments

Take coins, banknotes, card taps or DuitNow QR at the booth with a coin acceptor, a Nayax or EDC reader, a Transpire QR DuitNow terminal, or a CASH-Interface2 system, using the booth's Hardware API page.

Home Screen

The idle Start screen of the booth, everything that can start a photo session, the tutorial screen, the operator tap zone and the notices the booth shows there.

Install the Pix Desktop App

Download the Pix Desktop App from pixture.io/download and install it on a Mac (Apple Silicon or Intel) or a Windows PC, ready for pairing.

Installation

How to download and install the Pix Desktop App on macOS and Windows, and what happens on the first launch.

Nikon Z Setup

Connect a Nikon Z mirrorless camera to the Pix Desktop App over USB, on Mac or Windows, and set it up for a booth.

Offline Mode

What the booth does when the venue internet drops, how the upload queue retries, what the operator sees in the Admin Panel, and how Pix Pro and payments behave offline.

Operator Menu

How to open the booth's hidden operator menu, protect it with a PIN, read its status footer and notices, and use each of its pages including the Admin Panel.

Overview

What the Pix Desktop App is, what is new in version 1.1.115, what it needs to run, and how it works with the Pixture dashboard.

Payment

When the Payment screen appears, the QR, voucher, coin and card steps, packages, tax and fees, voucher and pickup codes, and the idle timers.

Photo Session Flow Overview

The nine screens a guest can see during a photo session on the Pix Desktop App, which ones are optional, and where each is switched on.

Pix Pro on the Booth

What the Pix Pro badge in the operator menu means, what watermarked and blocked look like on the booth, how an event computer gets its Event Pass or Pix Pro, pairing with a code, the warnings before it ends, and what Logout does to Pix Pro.

Printer Setup

Choosing a printer, media size and alignment on the booth, running a test print, and what happens when a print fails during a photo session.

Review and Adjust

The per-shot Review screen, how guests scale, mirror and move a photo within its slot, and the Advanced review mode in Pix Design.

Sharing

The last screen of a photo session, with the QR code to the share page, the print, the GIF and live photo, extra prints, the consent prompt and what each plan delivers.

Software Updates

How the Pix Desktop App updates itself, how to check for an update from the operator menu, and where to see which version a booth runs.

Sony Alpha Setup

Connect a Sony Alpha or ZV camera to the Pix Desktop App over USB, on Mac or Windows, and set it up for a booth.

Studio Sessions

How a Studio mode photo session runs on the booth, from the timed pool of shots to assigning photos to the template and sharing every shot.

Template Selection

How guests choose a print design on the booth, where the templates come from, and how events, template packs and plan limits change the set.

Troubleshooting

Symptom, likely cause and fix for the common camera, printer, network, payment, Pix Pro, clock and storage problems on the Pix Desktop App, and where the logs are.

Webcam Fallback

Using a built-in camera, a USB webcam or a virtual camera as the capture source in the Pix Desktop App.