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Downloading & Saving Photos

While Simple Booth automatically hosts your images in an online gallery, you may want to download your media for physical printing, high-resolution backups, or post-event marketing.

Simple Booth offers three primary ways to save your photos: directly to your Simple Booth dashboard, to your iPad’s Photos app, or to a connected Dropbox account.

Remember to always follow relevant laws, regulations, and best practices when handling private user data.

Media Types

Before choosing a saving location, identify which file types you need.

The finished, branded photo exactly as it appears in your online gallery. This includes your overlays, margins, and any applied filters.

We have a few types of individual images.

Raw Frames

The individual photos that make up a layout, captured without any filters, digital props, or branding.

Branded Frames

Individual images that include your filters and overlays.

GIF Frames

The individual frames used to create GIF animations, including applied filters and graphics.

GIF and raw frames are not available for download if Green Screen, digital props, or the drawing feature were used during the event.

These are specifically formatted for re-printing outside of the Simple Booth app during or after events (available in 4x6" or 5x7").

These must be enabled before your event begins and are only available via Dropbox saving.

Saving Locations

Where and how you choose to save your photos depends on your workflow and the type(s) of media you need.

All captures automatically upload to your Simple Booth account. This is the most reliable way to retrieve your media after an event has ended.

Accessing Files

  1. Sign in to your online dashboard and open your Gallery List.

  2. Find your gallery and click the Actions dropdown menu.

  3. Select Export Media.

  4. Choose your format (Layouts, Raw Frames, or GIF Frames).

    • Your account download will exclude private pictures by default, or you can enable a checkbox to include them.

  5. You will receive an email with a download link once the ZIP file is ready.

You can save copies of your photos directly to the iPad’s Photos app.

How to Enable:

  1. Open your Preset settings and navigate to Save Options in the General Settings section.

  2. Toggle on Save to Camera Roll.

  3. Choose whether to save Layouts, Individual Images, or both.

Accessing Photos

Images appear in the iPad Photos app within a dedicated "Simple Booth" album and main library. If iCloud Photos is enabled, they will sync to your other Apple devices automatically.

We do not recommend this for permanent installations or high-volume events, as it can quickly consume iPad storage and cause the app to crash.

The Dropbox integration automatically syncs files to your Dropbox account in real-time as they are taken. This is the only method that supports Formatted Sheets.

How to Enable

  1. Open your Preset settings and navigate to Save Options in the General Settings section.

  2. Toggle on Dropbox.

  3. Crucial Step: You must sign in to Dropbox directly within the HALO app on the iPad to authorize the connection.

  4. Select which media types to sync (Layouts, Frames, or Formatted Sheets).

Accessing Files

Dropbox creates a specific folder structure for your event: Apps / Simple Booth / [Preset Name] / [Media Type]

To locate your files, open the Simple Booth folder and navigate to the preset folder from there

You can enable Dropbox saving from your online dashboard or in the app, but you must sign in to Dropbox directly within the app to complete the connection.

Make sure your app's offline queue is empty before downloading.

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