Creating Attract Screens For The Photo Booth
Intro
Attract screens (aka Attract Loops when multiple screens play together) serve a few purposes:
- they attract people to use the booth
- lets people know they need to touch the screen to start the booth
- promote the sponsor
- allow the consumer to choose between different filters/themes when run in Combo Mode
File Types
Attract screens can be a variety of file types:
- photos (PNG or JPG),
- animations (GIF), and/or
- videos (MP4).
Each graphic must be no more than 20 MB in size.
Pixel Resolution
Graphics should be the same aspect ratio as the iPad screen, so 4x3 in landscape and 3x4 in portrait.
The ideal resolution follows for each target device, but note that as long as the graphic is the correct aspect ratio, it will scale up or down to fill the screen.
To run at full resolution, use these specs:
- Portrait 9.7" : 1536 x 2048 pixels
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Portrait
10.5" : 1668 x 2224
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Portrait
12.9” : 2048 x 2732
- Landscape 9.7" : 2048 x 1536
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Landscape
10.5" : 2224 x 1668
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Landscape
12.9” : 2732 x 2048
Selection Screen Layout
The Selection Screen can display anywhere from 2 to 16 different Campaigns as choices for the consumer. Consumers can choose between different filters/overlays, media capture types, or whatever you set up.
These GIFs can help you visualize how the layout changes change as you increase the number of Campaigns. Of course, once only one of these would show up on the photo booth screen at a time.
Downloadable Templates
Click here to Download Sample Attract Loop Graphics 60mb .zip file.
This includes sample graphics, for the background and attract screens. You can use these as is or alter to fit your brand.
To see how the Combo Mode selection screen is laid out as the number of campaigns increase from 2 to 16:
These links are Photoshop (.PSD) files that show the screen layouts from 2 to 16 Campaigns (the above GIFs).
How to Build the Attract Loop
Please refer to the numbered labels on this diagram which are explained below:
This diagram shows how the Attract Loop is built. Here are the components:
1a: Campaign Attract Screen
You can load one or more graphics into a Campaign that will become the Attract Screen.
Some examples (click to open):
To load the graphic in the Admin Site, go to
go to Customize > Promotions > [Promotion Name] > Edit > [Campaign Name] > Booth App > Attract Screen & UI.
Load either a Portrait and/or a Landscape graphic depending on how the iPad will be mounted.
If you run the Campaign alone, this graphic will be displayed full screen.
If you run the Campaign in Combo Mode, this graphic will be displayed as one of the options on the selection screen as shown above.
1b: Additional Campaign Attract Screens
If you load a 2nd (or 3rd) Attract Screen for the same Campaign, the graphics will cycle through on the screen. You can load, for example, a graphic like the above that identifies the media type of filter, and then a second graphic that shows a photographic example.
This is loaded on the same page of the Admin Site page, as 1a (shown in previous paragraph).
2: Selection Screen Background Graphic
If you run FotoZap Booth with a Selection Screen, you should upload a background graphic that will appear behind the Campaign selection graphics. Here are two examples (click to open):
To load the graphic in the Admin Site, go to Customize > Promotions > [Promotion Name] > Edit > FotoZap Booth Options
Load either a Portrait and/or a Landscape graphic depending on how the iPad will be mounted.
You can not load multiple graphics, it is a single graphic only.
3: Secondary Attract Screens
Optionally, you can also load in extra screens that will display after the Combo Mode selection screen. See diagram above for how the sequence goes together.
A Promotional Splash Screen creates movement which draws the eye of consumers. It can promote usage of the booth as well as sponsors. In effect, these screens turn the booth into a digital sign.
To load these graphics, visit the Admin Site and go to Customize > Promotions > [Promotion Name] > Edit > FotoZap Booth Options
Load either Portrait and/or Landscape graphics depending on how the iPad will be mounted.
You can load any number of photos, GIFs, or videos that will cycle through before the booth returns to the Selection Screen.
Additional example graphics/screens.
