Feature Updates

📸 Candy’s 12 Days of Christmas: Day 12 – Photo Booth Mode! 🎄🎉

Candy

December 25, 2024

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Hello, my festive photographers!

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Candy here, and Merry Christmas to those who celebrate.

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We’ve arrived at the 12th Day of Christmas, and I’m thrilled to unwrap our biggest new feature of 2024—Photo Booth Mode in the Capture & Upload App!

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The new NowCandid Capture & Upload App Version that includes Photo Booth Mode will be going live at the end of December,... this very month!

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Let’s get into the holiday spirit and explore everything this mode has to offer. 🎁

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What Is Photo Booth Mode? 🤶

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Photo Booth Mode is a brand-new option inside our Capture & Upload App—you’ll see a shiny new “Photo Booth” button once you log in to an Event and create a Folder (after the update of course).

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Give that Photo Booth button a tap, and voilà: your iPad turns into a photo booth station where guests can snap fun pictures with minimal hassle!

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Multiple Camera Options: Tether a Nikon, Sony, or Canon camera, or use your iPad’s front-facing camera, depending on your particular photo booth setup.
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Solid Internet Connection Required: The app downloads any custom overlays or backgrounds you’ve set on the web dashboard, and live-uploading images of course requires an internet connection, so stable Wi-Fi or LTE is essential!

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It’s perfect for holiday parties, corporate shindigs, weddings, or any event where a lighthearted photo booth can bring on the smiles!

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The Photo Booth Flow ⏱️

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Here’s how Photo Booth Mode keeps your guests engaged:

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Tap to Begin Screen: A dimmed live view awaits guests to tap and start. Once they do, the booth will let them know to get ready for three photos.
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Three Countdown Shots: Each shot has a 3-second countdown followed by a short preview of the taken pic after each shot. If your event uses a Bottom Banner Overlay or Full Frame Overlay, it shows up in the live view, so no one ends up hidden behind the graphics!
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Instant Delivery & Overlays: In Events using the QuicPics Program, each photo is sent via MMS with the overlay art included! And with every NowCandid Program, a gallery link is delivered where retail site users can download images and order photo products.

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Guests can hop in, pose, and receive fun, branded photos—no fuss required! 🎉

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On-Device Backgrounds & Filters 🎨

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Before finalizing those memorable pics, guests can personalize them right on the device:

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Background Selection: If you’ve uploaded custom backgrounds on the web dashboard, the app fetches them before the booth session. Guests can pick from these in addition to several default backgrounds, great for holiday vibes or brand-specific themes.
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‍Filter Options: Classic filters like Noir, Sepia, Clarendon, and others let participants get creative.
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‍Reshoot Button: Not happy with the shot? Guests can “Reshoot” and start the session over at any time.

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This ensures a lively, interactive experience that encourages guests to come back for more snaps. ⛄

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Positive ID vs. Face Matching 🧐

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After styling, the next step depends on your event’s workflow:

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For Face Matching Events: Guests are guided to tap the faces they see on-screen, and then can enter contact info for each face! If this is their first or only reference photo for the Event, it will also match them to shots taken outside the Photo Booth!
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For Positive ID Events: A simpler approach: participants just type in their contact info and send off the images! Easy peasy.

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Either way, photos head straight to their phones via QuicPics (if you’re using that Program) and will always land in their personal gallery. 🔔

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Seamless Integration with NowCandid 💖

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Photo Booth Mode plugs right into your existing NowCandid features:

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Selfie Check-In & LiveLoop: Photo booth images appear in your LiveLoop feed if you’re displaying one at the event. Selfie Check-Ins can still match participants to their booth photos too if they don't self-identify during their photo booth session!
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QuicPics & PartyPics: The images upload instantly, letting your guests receive them right away via MMS (with QuicPics), or find them in their personal gallery for easy purchase or free download (with every Program).

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It’s the same NowCandid ecosystem you know—just dressed up in a festive booth format! 🎄

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Requirements & Limitations 🎅

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A few notes to keep in mind:

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Camera Orientation:
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- Nikon supports horizontal and vertical live view.
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- Sony/Canon currently only support horizontal orientation for tethered cameras.
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iPad-Only for Now:
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- Photo Booth Mode works on iPad in vertical orientation, not on iPhone or Windows.
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No Built-In Printing:
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- If you need on-site prints, consider setting up your own print station with a computer and a printer! Use quic.pics/portal to access your Event images, and then download images with or without overlays to print them on-site.
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We Value Feedback:
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- Missing something? Let us know! Your input shapes our next updates.

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Why Photo Booth Mode Is a Holiday Treat 🎁

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Interactive & Fun: Guests love choosing backgrounds, filters, and overlays, making the booth a memorable attraction.
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Fully Integrated: Works seamlessly with QuicPics, PartyPics, LiveLoop, Face Matching, and more.
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Revenue & Engagement Boost: Branded overlays, holiday backgrounds, or sponsor tie-ins can lead to higher sales and delighted clients.

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This mode is a surefire way to add a dash of cheer to any event—holiday-themed or otherwise! ✨

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That’s all for now, folks.

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We hope Photo Booth Mode adds a dash of magic to your season and beyond.

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And thank you for following along with our 12 Days of Christmas!

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Enjoy this new feature, and as always, keep capturing the moments that matter most.

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Reminder: The new NowCandid Capture & Upload App Version that includes Photo Booth Mode will be going live at the end of December, this month!

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Candy 🍬

Scanner Identification Now Available in Our Microsoft Store App

Feature Updates

December 1, 2022

Scanner Identification Now Available in Our Microsoft Store App

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We have a new update now available for the Now Candid Microsoft Store App! This update has several quality of life changes and logging improvements, but the main change is that Scanner Identification has finally been implemented!

Scanner Identification is a system that positively IDs images to your customers using, as the name implies, a scanner to scan a customer’s QR card.

When setting up your event you can generate these QR cards (more on that later) that your customers can scan with their phone to input their contact information. From there, the info & QR code are linked. Any time a QR code is scanned by the photographer that starts a session, and all subsequent photos taken will be matched to that contact info until another QR code is scanned.

At this time, Scanner Identification will only be usable with Sports Pics Now and Portraits Now. During event creation, when one of those two programs have been selected, you’ll choose either the “Tap A Face & Selfie Registration” option, or the “Scanner Identification” option. Once Scanner Identification has been selected and the event created, you’ll be able to input how many QR cards you need and a PDF will be generated with that many cards.

You’ll want to print out the PDF on perforated paper such as this 4 up card paper found on Amazon to more easily distribute cards without manually cutting all the paper.

The Scanner Identification workflow does require an LTE tablet! It’s required both as a device to connect your scanner to and as a way to upload your images live at the event so that guests can have links to buy their images moments after their session ends! Since facial recognition is not being used, galleries will be sent even more quickly and with 100% of the images taken during the session.

If you happen to have a very poor internet connection at your event, bringing the tablet and camera to a location with a strong internet connection after the event will send up all the images at that time! Paired to the data you scanned with it at the time of taking the image.

How Bruce H. Used GradPics Now to Increase Sales

Success Stories

April 21, 2022

How Bruce H. Used GradPics Now to Increase Sales

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Bruce Heflin utilized Now Candid’s Grad Pics Now, with Selfie Check-In at a recent graduation, so far racking up roughly $2600 in total sales in less than two weeks.

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Heflin had covered this Nursing College’s graduation in previous years, generating roughly $200 in sales each year. The sales had been so dismal the administrator would provide gas money to keep Bruce coming back. This year was a different story, Heflin has managed to increase his sales by roughly 1200% with the help of Grad Pics Now’s Selfie Check-In Workflow & automated marketing campaigns.

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Here's How He Did It:‍

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1. Used Selfie Check-In to collect correct & current contact data

2. Sent automated marketing messages during the event

3. Bruce had about $200 in sales by the time he reached home an hour or so after the event (he didn't have to go back to the office!)

4. He used a mix of GPN Price Levels 1 & 3

5. He had a total profit margin of roughly 75% across the College’s ceremonies after accounting for the 85% margin for digital downloads.

6. We’re excited to see people discovering the effectiveness of Now Candid’s systems in action when executed properly with quality photography!

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We recently caught up with Bruce to get a better idea of how he started incorporating Now Candid's tools into his existing photography business. Watch the video below to hear from Bruce.

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Success Stories

April 18, 2022

Drive Sales Using Party Pics Now

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“We had a very successful Father/Daughter dance. The assistant principal was shocked at how organized and fast the pictures were this year. She also said that she didn't think dads would buy photos online. I told her that with my system, they will (this was our first year covering this event). Last year, dads had to pay with a paper order form, and many of them left the dance without taking photos because the line was so long. This year, we used Now Candid’s Party Pics Now, with Tap-A-Face. And when dads entered a phone number, we asked them to put mom's cell phone number in.” - Eric Miller

(screenshot of the event report taken before $2,100 was reached)

In one week, this event has done over $2,100 in sales and has ~$13.65 in sales per father’s face tapped.
Father/Daughter pairs were shot with a sparkling golden backdrop for most photos.
Price Level 11 (the most expensive PPN price level) was used for this event. Accounting for the 85% margin digital downloads and Price Level 11's 80% margin on physical products: Miller’s total profit margin was 82% of all sales and shipping.

No additional fees, charges, or unexpected costs makes for easy and instant accounting, and funds were deposited to his account within the week

Overall, this event was a homerun for MillerFoto and a great example of how effective Now Candid’s systems can be when you shoot quality photography and book quality events.

Thanks for sharing, Eric!

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📸 Candy’s 12 Days of Christmas: Day 12 – Photo Booth Mode! 🎄🎉

Hello, my festive photographers!

What Is Photo Booth Mode? 🤶

The Photo Booth Flow ⏱️

On-Device Backgrounds & Filters 🎨

Positive ID vs. Face Matching 🧐

Seamless Integration with NowCandid 💖

Requirements & Limitations 🎅

Why Photo Booth Mode Is a Holiday Treat 🎁

That’s all for now, folks.

And thank you for following along with our 12 Days of Christmas!

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How Bruce H. Used GradPics Now to Increase Sales

Bruce Heflin utilized Now Candid’s Grad Pics Now, with Selfie Check-In at a recent graduation, so far racking up roughly $2600 in total sales in less than two weeks.

Here's How He Did It:‍

We recently caught up with Bruce to get a better idea of how he started incorporating Now Candid's tools into his existing photography business. Watch the video below to hear from Bruce.

Drive Sales Using Party Pics Now

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