Slideshow GIF Settings

Slideshow GIFs are optional animated GIFs and/or MP4 movie files which can be created from the photos taken in stills photo booth mode.

In this Guide

• Examples
• Intros, Outros, Backgrounds & Overlays
• Filenames
• Selecting Output Type
• Output Folder
• Boomerang Option
• Number of Loops
• Overlays Per Photo
• Playback Interval
• Overlay Blend Modes
• Sharpening
• Minimum Duration
• Layout Editor
  • Width & Height
  • Bounding Box
  • Crop to Bounding Box
  • Text / Captions on GIFs

Example Slideshow GIFs

Intros, Outros, Backgrounds & Overlays

File Names

Selecting Output Type

First, decide whether you want to create an animated GIF or an MP4 movie. For animated GIFs, choose "Create animated GIF". For MP4 movies, choose "Create MP4 movie"

Output Folder

Specify the output folder where the generated GIF or movie should be saved. This can generally be left at the default selection, but you may wish to change this if using an external sharing Kiosk or other processing applications.

Boomerang Option

Select the "Boomerang (forward/backward)" setting to create a boomerang GIF. This will display the photos in forwards order followed by reverse order e.g. if there are 4 photos in the slideshow it will display them in the order 1, 2, 3, 4, 3, 2 and then repeat. When the boomerang option is not selected the photos will be displayed in the order 1, 2, 3, 4 then repeat.

Number of Loops

The "Number of loops" setting specifies how many times the the photos should be added to the animated GIF. This can be useful when using overlays to add animations which last longer than a single pass of the slideshow e.g. falling confetti.

Overlays Per Photo

The "Overlays per photo" setting specifies how many overlay frames are created per photo. This allows for smoother animated overlays e.g. if overlays per photo is set to 2 the sequence would be:

Playback Interval

Set the duration each frame should be displayed.

Overlay Blend Modes

The blend mode controls how the overlay is blended with the GIF. The following blend modes are available:

Sharpening Photos

Adjust settings like "Unsharp Mask Intensity" and "Unsharp Mask Radius" to control the sharpening effect. Make sure you test the impact of these settings on the clarity and quality of your ph

otos.

Minimum Duration

Specify the minimum duration if saving as video file. This ensures it's long enough for sharing, especially on platforms like Instagram.

Layout Editor

GIF Width & Height

Use the "GIF width in pixels" and "GIF height in pixels" settings to specify the size of the animated GIF.

Bounding Box

Use the "Photo bounding box left" to specify the position in pixels of the left of the photos from the left of the GIF frame.

Use the "Photo bounding box top" to specify the position in pixels of the top of the photos from the top of the GIF frame.

Use the "Photo bounding box width" and "Photo bounding box height" settings to specify the size in pixels of the left of the photos.

Crop to Bounding Box

The "Crop photo to bounding box" setting controls how the photo is resized to fit the bounding box.

If "Crop photo to bounding box" is set the photo is resized so that it fills the bounding box horizontally and vertically and cropped to fit. Example: if the photo is 900x600 pixels and the bounding box is 300x300 pixels the photo will be resized to 450x300 and 75 pixels will be cropped from the left and right of the photo so that it fills the bounding box.

If "Crop photo to bounding box" is not set the photo is resized so that it fits inside the bounding box. Example: if the photo is 900x600 pixels and the bounding box is 300x300 pixels the photo will be resized to 300x200 and centered within the bounding box.

Text and Captions

Text can be added to animated GIFs, including the intro (Title) and outro's (Credits). Right click on the layout and select caption to add it. The Caption Text can contain tokens to add dynamic text to GIFs. Different text can be added to the Title or Credits by enabling the relevant options.